San Diego Judge David J. Danielsen urges other judges to get involved in court policy discussions.
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
Unions push initiatives in hospital association battle
By Laura Hautalan
The push to collect signatures for the initiatives came on the heels of an attempt to bring the trade group's member hospital ...
Perspective
Bill to reduce peremptory challenges is common sense reform
By Ben Armisteadn
The reality is that only three states - California, New York and New Jersey - have 10 peremptory challenges per side in misdem...
The presumption of reliance theory is under attack, and without it securities fraud class actions will go the way of the Dodo ...
Litigation
Another judge bows out of case in which 9th Circuit judge objects
By Hadley Robinson
A third federal judge Friday recused himself from a case Chief 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski involved ...
The judicial branch is backing legislation to streamline how courts handle civil judgments rendered by Native American courts....
Law Practice
Less than a year after launch, litigation boutique splits apart
By Alexandra Schwappach
The six-attorney firm - created by Orange County power litigators Jennifer L. Keller, Kay Rackauckas, Thomas J. Umberg and Dea...
Love's former attorney, Rhonda J. Holmes of San Diego litigation boutique Gordon & Holmes, sued the musician over a 2010 t...
Mergers & Acquisitions
What cross-border mega deals say for Japan M&A
By Ben Armisteadn
One might wonder whether the fact three mega deals have been announced in the last 18 months is merely a coincidence, or wheth...
The Coronado-based conference, which runs Monday through Wednesday, is headlined by White, who is in her first year at the hel...
Litigation
Settlement: SF immigrant detainees will not be shackled in court
By Saul Sugarman
Immigrant detainees who appear in San Francisco will no longer be routinely restrained when appearing in court thanks to a set...
Personal Injury & Torts
Girardi, Brockovich go in on water contamination case
By Omar Shamout
Top toxic tort attorney Thomas V. Girardi filed suit this week on behalf of 36 plaintiffs in Wedron who claim multiple compani...
State officials last week asked a federal three-judge panel for another two years to reduce overcrowding in state prisons thro...
Frederick Maurice Brosio, Jr., who served as chief of the civil division of the Central District U.S. attorney's office from 1...
Special Coverage
Securities class actions back on the rise... for now
By Ben Armisteadn
In 2013 the number of federal securities class actions was up by 10 percent over 2012, with filings in the 9th U.S. Circuit Co...
A Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP legal team represented the Valencia-based foundation in its patent case against Australian c...
Litigation
Web companies battle lawsuits alleging email, message scanning
By Hadley Robinson
Some of the biggest technology titans in Silicon Valley are fighting lawsuits alleging they scan personal emails and messages ...
After moving often as a child, Derek Woodhouse found stability in law and now hears eviction cases.
A would-be Air Force pilot became a superior court judge through a series of 'repottings.'
Special Coverage
Once a cottage industry, mergers litigation reaches new heights
By Dominic Fracassan
A recent study found that in 2013, fully 97.5 percent of public company buyouts valued at $100 million or above triggered a sh...
Community News
Securities Regulation Institute to feature Mary Jo White
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP
The Coronado-based conference, which runs Monday through Wednesday, is headlined by White, who is in her first year at the hel...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Whether in drug court or traffic cases, Gregory H. Saldivar takes a compassionate approach.
Video
VIDEO: Trade secret misappropriation claims are the new noncompetes
By Ben Armisteadn
Companies need to be aware of the vulnerabilities presented when nearly any employee moves between jobs and take measures to p...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
How to mediate your fee disputes gracefully
By Ben Armisteadn
When a fee dispute arises, your response is critical to the outcome. By Malcolm Sher ...
Is new memoir, super sports agent Leigh Steinberg takes us from his law school days at Berkeley, to his reign as the sports ag...
The building once served as a courthouse for Los Angeles. In 2014, it will reconnect with its legal past with the establishmen...
Chief U.S. District Judge Claudia A. Wilken on Tuesday swore in the five new officers of the Northern District's Federal Bar A...
A woman who scored a big settlement after splitting from her husband wants a do-over with one of her lawyers who nabbed $7.8 m...
