Transaction sees Crown Castle International Corp. buy 600 towers and purchase the rights to 9,100 others. ...
Law libraries - the greatest equalizer for access to justice - suffer when filings drop. By John W. Adkins and Yvonne E. Campo...
While the state's new measures may appear to flout federal policy, they fit into a long tradition of U.S. law seeking to integ...
Law Practice
Amid rollout of Affordable Care Act, firms face challenge in boosting health care practices
By Alexandra Schwappach
The demand for sophisticated attorneys who practice in the niche has jumped. Yet the supply, many lawyers say, is at an all-ti...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for San Diego Gas & Electric Co. San Diego ...
Solar installations have soared in California in recent years, but a new law raises questions about a rule that allows residen...
Acknowledging that changes to the law were necessary, the Legislature revisited the repeal in order to address some ambiguitie...
At least one senior partner of the defunct Upland-based police law firm Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir APC has retained ...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission on Judicial Performance elects new leaders
By Don Debenedictisn
Members of the judicial discipline panel elected Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Erica R. Yew as its new chair at the group's...
Federal prosecutors lament the lost opportunity to publicize their work during the partial shutdown, but the court system got ...
In roughly three months, the Los Angeles office of Kaye Scholer LLP lost three notable practice leaders. And under a new stra...
The information found by conducting a Google search for jurors isn't enough for some attorneys these days - they want to see s...
Perspective
Can executive officials 'veto' a voter-approved initiative?
By Ben Armisteadn
The case of Los Angeles County's Measure B has reached the 9th Circuit, and may further determine the fate of the initiative p...
Government
Political transparency bill would combat big anonymous donations
By Paul Jones
The California Fair Political Practices Commission is hoping to pass a bill early next year to stop a repeat of an incident wh...
Education
Slow bar exam results upset law deans, recent graduates
By Don Debenedictisn
To many, the length of time it takes to receive bar exam results in California is a tragedy, slowing job hunts and frustrating...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
San Diego Judge Peter L. Gallagher, an ex-prosecutor, thoughtfully wields the hammer of justice.
Judge Lewis W. Clapp says time spent in Alaska in his youth gave him a chance to rise and soar.
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
New export rules likely to help aviation companies, frustrate lawyers
By Caitlin Johnson
This week marked the change in decades-long rules governing the export of defense-related aircraft components and other aviati...
Labor/Employment
Districts split on scope respondeat superior liability
By Ben Armisteadn
If you require your employee to use her vehicle for work, two recent published cases suggest your liability may turn on which ...
The error can very consequential, but missing a statute of limitations in and of itself does not necessarily equal malpractice...
Nossaman LLP attorneys from around the state were on hand Wednesday to celebrate the redesign of the firm's San Francisco offi...
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that he will lead a group of experts that will explore the issue. ...
IVAMS Inc. Rancho Cucamonga ...
Roughly 500 people gathered at the Fairmont in San Jose Oct. 10 during the State Bar's annual meeting for California Women Law...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Court boots lawyer from case after 4th attempt at brief
By Omar Shamout
An appeals court made a rare decision this week to remove a criminal appellant's lawyer from a case after he failed to submit ...
The Latina Lawyers Bar Association hosted its 16th annual awards and scholarships dinner on Oct. 5 at the Millennium Biltmore ...
Litigation
Following failed mediation, litigation against Texas firm flares up
By Chase Scheinbaum
An Austin-based firm accused of improperly collecting taxes for governmental entities in California sought to have the case di...