State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar seeks to discipline lawyer for false statements in judicial election
By Don Debenedictisn
In a rare case, former Yolo Deputy District Attorney Clinton E. Parish faces discipline for an allegedly misleading statement ...
Perspective
Planting the seeds for a life dedicated to public service
By Ben Armisteadn
Billable hours and needy clients may dominate our typical workday. And thankfully so. But don't underestimate your ability to ...
Many cases of workplace bullying are not legally actionable. However, if the behavior is tied to the victim's protected charac...
Law Practice
New firm hopes to tap into Los Angeles transactional field
By Ryne Hodkowski
In hopes of tapping into the Los Angeles transactional market, attorneys Jeffrey A. Sklar and Andrew T. Kirsh have opened eigh...
James R. Walther this week jumped from Mayer Brown to the Los Angeles office of Arnold & Porter LLP, a source told the Dai...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced Thursday she had reached a settlement with the city of Jurupa Valley over claims t...
In Riverisland, the state Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the enforceability of integrated written contracts by e...
As part of its national push to expand its public company transactional practice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired a former ...
Kern County has lost again in its long-running fight with the city of Los Angeles to enforce a voter-approved ban on spreading...
A South Lake Tahoe police officer was arraigned Thursday on charges related to instructing a witness to destroy evidence and ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Slew of firms aid US Airways tie up with American Airlines
By David Ruiz
In a merger that involved roughly a dozen law firms, the boards of directors of both AMR Corp., parent to American Airlines In...
A weekly roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Todd B. Scherwin, who spent eight years as a partner in the firm's Irvine office, heads to Los Angeles in an effort to grow bu...
Public Interest
Suit alleges hazardous conditions at apartment building
By Connie Lopezn
Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP filed a lawsuit Thursday against New Hampshire Apartment Inc. and Affordable Housing Alternative fo...
Judges and Judiciary
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston announces plan to take senior status
By Hadley Robinson
Sen. Barbara Boxer's judicial advisory committee is already getting applications to fill the position of U.S. District Judge S...
The Legal Aid Association of California, the statewide membership organization of nonprofit legal services programs, held an a...
Litigation
City of Oakland loses bid to stop federal government from shutting down pot dispensary
By Hadley Robinson
The city of Oakland's legal effort to stop the federal government from shutting down the country's largest not-for-profit medi...
Mattel Inc. Wednesday asked a federal court to let it step aside while rival MGA Entertainment Inc. and its insurers and legal...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit overturns dismissal of price-fixing case
By John Roemer
U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston of San Francisco was wrong to dismiss a price-fixing case by mobile phone companies again...
H.J. Heinz Co. is being purchased by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and 3G Capital Management LLC for $28 billion in cash, the larges...
Community News
Legal professionals focus on diversity and preparing the next generation
By John Michael
On Feb. 7, Hogan Lovells and Fox Entertainment Group partnered with UCLA School of Law's Critical Race Studies Department and ...
"The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." To accomplish this g...
Judicate West neutral Linda Quinn has a mission to help ease the courts' budgetary woes.
The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association celebrated its 50th anniversary and installed its officers and board of directors ...
Real Estate/Development
Apartment frenzy spurs concerns of a bubble
By Alexandra Schwappach
Lawyers are treading cautiously amid concerns that an uptick in apartment prices, coupled with deal competition and a possible...
Thomas Jefferson School of Law held its 13th annual Women and the Law Conference on Feb. 8 on its new campus in downtown San D...
After a year of merger talks, US Airways and American Airlines have reached an agreement that would combine the companies, cre...
A federal bankruptcy judge will allow former employees of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to bring a putative class action against the...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP represented Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in Samsung Electronics America Inc.'s purchase of NeuroLo...
An Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday highlighted the impact of funding cuts to courts over the years and warned wor...
