John Slawson, a 20-year commissioner, hopes his third application for a judgeship is his last.
The legal malpractice case presents a number of interesting substantive and insurance coverage issues that must be addressed i...
In a recent case the Federal Claims Court held that discounted stock options constitute a deferral of compensation and, hence,...
Intellectual Property
Opinions of counsel still useful in some patent cases
By Ben Armisteadn
Opinions of counsel are useful only where the court finds the accused infringer acted with "an objectively high likelihood tha...
It is no longer enough for the broker simply to provide a copy of the inspection report upon request or make copies available ...
Companies may not have to pay waiting-time penalities if they reasonably believed a union contract waived certain types of fin...
Two former Dewey & LeBouef LLP executives moved to strike the estate trustee's declaration in support of a the proposed se...
UC Irvine School of Law honored six Orange County federal judges on April 27 at its inaugural Public Service Awards Dinner. La...
Entertainment & Sports
Latham & Watkins helps guide lengthy expansion process for Universal Studios
By Ryne Hodkowski
Plans to renovate and expand Universal Studios have been circulating for more than 20 years, but frequent changes in ownership...
Cooley LLP hosted a welcome event for its new corporate partners, Kevin K. Rooney and Louis Lehot, on April 25 in the courtyar...
Community News
Hogan Lovells partner receives award from GLAAD for service
By John Michael
Hogan Lovells partner Dean Hansell was awarded the first Founders Award from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation...
Solo and Small Firms
Small environmental firm tough on big corporations
By Joshua Seboldn
San Francisco-based plaintiffs' firm Sher Leff is a giant slayer in its obscure world of water contamination litigation. The t...
Public Interest
Bet Tzedek plans to slash staffing this year amid budget cuts
By Chase Scheinbaum
Faced with a decline in public funding, the free legal advice and representation service that helps Holocaust survivors, the p...
Community News
Sheppard Mullin hosts event for high school girls with Step Up Women's Network
By John Michael
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Women Lawyers Group hosted, in conjunction with Step Up Women's Network, 50 high...
Paul Hastings is poaching the head of the intellectual property department in Baker Botts's Palo Alto office, Christopher W. K...
Investors and businesses could benefit from proposed legislation to cancel a retroactive tax increase on investment returns on...
Government
Bill to amend state's hazardous chemicals notification law narrowed
By Paul Jones
A bill to amend Proposition 65 - the state's hazardous chemicals notification law - was changed Tuesday to significantly narro...
Southwestern Law School has appointed its first female dean in its 100-plus year history, the Los Angeles-based campus ann...
Chile's Minister of Justice Patricia Pérez Goldberg addressed 226 graduates from California Western School of Law at a ceremon...
San Diego-based Higgs Fletcher & Mack provided a $3,500 scholarship to California Western School of Law student Thomas Wan...
Rutan & Tucker LLP hosted an alumni reception on April 26 to honor past and present attorneys at the Orange County-based l...
The dental implant developer has been battling USC for more than a decade in a case that went to the Supreme Court and back. ...
With lots of experienced former judges, commissioners and lawyers to fill the role of neutral, one has to stand out to succeed...
While Bob King's firm, Legally Nanny, is booming, the Orange County attorney is also wrestling with increasingly complex legal...
Environmental
LA battery recycling plant faces legal headaches after state agency suspends operations
By Fiona Smith
A lead acid battery recycling plant just south of downtown Los Angeles is under growing legal pressure after regulators report...
Publicly traded drug giants have taken an interest in the high-risk-high-reward game of very early stage drug development. ...
In the nonfiction legal thriller "The Price of Justice," bestselling author Laurence Leamer traces the 14-year struggle of two...
Litigation
Judge to weigh bond insurer's suit against state over redevelopment law
By Katie Lucia
A judge is set to hear arguments in a case in which a global debt insurer claims California's redevelopment dissolution law im...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
At San Joaquin County Superior Court, justice delayed in small claims cases
By Emily Green
San Joaquin County Superior Court hasn't set a trial date for the more than 800 small claims cases filed since September, and ...