DLA Piper added Patrick Connolly as partner in Los Angeles. He focuses on complex international tax matters and transactions, ...
Lawyers toe the line in Judge J. Stephen Czuleger's courtroom.
Government
Cities increasingly considering severing contracts with attorneys amid economic woes
By Alexandra Schwappach
The economy may be limping along, but as cities across the state continue to cope with looming budget cuts, contract city atto...
An undergraduate degree from a California public university can cost more than $100,000; despite the shocking sticker price, i...
It has been reported that Atwater is considering Chapter 9 bankruptcy, and Atwater is not likely to be the last municipality t...
Perspective
VIDEO: Debating the "residuals clause" in confidentiality agreements
By Rei Estrada
Listen as a team of professionals discuss and debate the "residuals clause" in the M&A context as it regards to potential ...
Community News
Disability Rights Legal Center holds annual awards dinner
By Caitlin Johnson
The Disability Rights Legal Center held its annual Franklin D. Roosevelt Dinner on Nov. 15 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los A...
Community News
Legal Aid Foundation hosts award dinner in Beverly Hills
By Caitlin Johnson
The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles held its 14th Annual Access to Justice Dinner on Nov. 14 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel i...
Community News
First class of UC Irvine law students sworn into state bar
By Caitlin Johnson
State Court oath administered by Superior Court Judge Glenda Sanders. ...
Firm Profile
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP known for role in realignment
By Kevin Leen
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP was at the center of the legal push to reform the state's corrections system. Its efforts...
California Supreme Court
Insurance company can pursue fraud suit regarding wildfire claims
By Emily Green
Farmers Insurance Co. can pursue its lawsuit against two attorneys it accuses of organizing millions of dollars in fraudulent ...
Litigation
Domestic violence conviction reversed because defense cross-examination disallowed
By John Roemer
A man found guilty of beating and kicking his pregnant wife must have his conviction reversed because his lawyer was not allow...
Miller Law Group, a 27-attorney employment law boutique with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, held its holiday open h...
California Supreme Court
Plaintiff who filed claims with the wrong government officials can't sue, state high court rules
By Emily Green
Public entities across the state were closely watching the lawsuit because they said a decision for the plaintiff could have e...
In the seven years since he left the bench, Laurence D. Kay has established a busy career, parlaying his judicial skills to he...
Law Practice
Hunton & Williams boosts West Coast, environmental presence
By Ameera Buttn
Virginia-based Hunton & Williams LLP added two environmental law attorneys from Bingham McCutchen LLP this week to further...
Community News
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association hosts awards gala
By Caitlin Johnson
On Nov. 17, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (OCTLA) held its Top Gun Trial Lawyer of the Year Awards and Charity A...
Corporate
Morrison & Foerster negotiates one of nation's largest real estate deals
By Connie Lopez
Lawyers at Morrison & Foerster LLP are representing Equity Residential in a joint agreement with AvalonBay Communities Inc...
After 15 days in trial, lawyers on Thursday finished closing arguments in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.s first-ever case...
Founding partner Douglas M. DeGrave of Poliquin & DeGrave LLP was sworn in last month as the 2013 California American Boar...
Smartphone rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. headed back to court Thursday to spar over post-trial motions, s...
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court to consider state's same-sex marriage ban and DOMA
By John Roemer
California's same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act will both get U.S. Supreme Court sc...
The head of the judicial branch's administrative office has warned courts that the Legislature may use $200 million of courts'...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Government
San Francisco court adopts contract that lifts staff wage cuts
By Saul Sugarman
The executive committee at San Francisco County Superior Court on Tuesday unanimously voted in favor of contract agreements wi...
General Counsel at Quantcast Corp. San Francisco ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Pharmaceutical deal market reaches for smarter buys
By David Ruiz
Pharmaceutical companies have purchased outside of the drug space for a few years now. Life sciences lawyers say the practice ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Beyond black and white: rebooting the affirmative action debate
By Ben Armisteadn
In his second term, President Barack Obama should take a more public and defined position supporting affirmative action, there...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
California farmers clash at the 9th Circuit over divvying up precious water supplies
By Fiona Smith
Northern California and Central Valley farmers faced off at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday over whether farme...
Immigration
Appeals court upholds injunction against immigration law firm
By Hadley Robinson
A state appeals court upheld the San Francisco city attorney's preliminary injunction against an immigration law firm and its ...
