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Staff, attorneys and summer associates at Blank Rome LLP's Los Angeles office participated in a volunteer day on June 29th as ...


Community News


Celebrating its third anniversary — and U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage — the Orange County Lavender Bar Assoc...


The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco announced Thursday that the Irish pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc will pay...


Litigation


The City of Upland is suing a pair of insurance companies that allegedly bailed on paying legal fees to defend the municipalit...


Entertainment & Sports


The ongoing dispute over the rights to Superman continues as attorneys for the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerome Siegel on W...


Community News


Pasadena's Presiding Judge Mary Thornton House and current and former members of the Pasadena Bar Association attended an even...


Community News


Lawyers step up to combat hunger

Jul. 20, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Dozens of members of the Bay Area legal community gathered at One Market restaurant in San Francisco Tuesday for the annual...


Arbitrator Profile


Frederick Carr

Jul. 20, 2013
By Hadley Robinson

Frederick Carr, a Bay Area mediator with a background that includes jobs as a deep sea diver and a fisherman, has coaxed even ...


Solo and Small Firms


Patience Pays

Jul. 20, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

Through persistence, 12-attorney Sheldon Mak & Anderson PC became the largest intellectual property firm in Pasadena, draw...


On the heels of reports that state prison officials have punished inmates participating in a hunger strike, an attorney now cl...


Law Practice


To better serve its Southern California clients, Colorado-based law firm Messner Reeves LLP has opened an office in Los Angel...


Law Practice


"What to do with the baby boomers?" That's one of the largest problems facing law firms today, according to legal industry exp...


Labor/Employment


In an upcoming trial to decide the fate of a 2012 voter initiative that shifted some of the cost of unfunded retirement benefi...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jul. 19, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Community News


Labor & Employment

Jul. 19, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Daily Journal honored California's leading labor and employment lawyers with a July 16 reception on the rooftop lounge of ...


Entertainment & Sports


TV tech battle heats up

Jul. 19, 2013
By Ryne Hodkowski

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court denied the major broadcast television networks' petition for a full-court rehearing of the...


Corporate Counsel


Catherine Valentine

Jul. 19, 2013
By David Ruiz

General Counsel and Vice President, Legal, of Logitech Newark (legal) Apples, Switzerland (headquarters) ...


Perspective


Bee groups appeal EPA pesticide approval

Jul. 19, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The EPA's decision May 13 to approve a new pesticide ingredient without label warning protection is being appealed to the 9th ...


Insurance


In litigation between the policyholder and the broker, over the years many decisions have resulted in a "win" for the latter. ...


Labor/Employment


Those irresistible coworkers

Jul. 19, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The Iowa Supreme Court recently gave its stamp of approval - twice - to a doctor who fired his assistant for being too attract...


U.S. Supreme Court


High court defers to Congress, sometimes

Jul. 19, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Chief Justice John Roberts recently noted that, "It is well established that Congress' judgment ... warrants substantial defer...


Labor/Employment


After a 5-week trial, the jury decided in less than an hour that evidence didn't show age discrimination. ...


As the hunger strike in state prison, which now includes 2,327 prisoners as of Wednesday, its 11th day, attorneys and inmate a...


Litigation


The firm has been collecting money on behalf of Los Angeles and San Francisco, along with other entities of the state governme...


Labor/Employment


Auto insurer AAA has lost a bid to have an age discrimination lawsuit against it dismissed in Contra Costa County Superior Cou...


A federal judge late Tuesday shot down Standard & Poor's initial attempt to deflect the government's $5 billion civil laws...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A split federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that a prisoner's attorney, who won a civil rights case on appeal, is not subj...


Criminal


Federal prosecutors in the Northern District charged a 47-year-old Napa financial consultant with defrauding a widow of more t...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is representing Las Vegas-based casino game maker Bally Technologies Inc. in its prospective $...


Law Practice


Not all layoffs are created equal, according to legal consultants, who viewed some recent instances as indicators of poor firm...