Cyan Inc. announced Monday the appointment of its first chief legal officer. Kenneth M. Siegel will serve as vice president a...
The state Supreme Court has cancelled plans to hold its June 2013 oral arguments in Los Angeles in an effort to save money, th...
Intellectual Property
For sugar producers and adversaries, latest court battle is not so sweet
By Ben Adlin
Just in time for Halloween, the ongoing tussle between sugar producers and manufacturers of high-fructose corn syrup is turnin...
Intellectual Property
Samsung demands information from Apple about juror
By Rachel Swan
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. continued to press its argument Tuesday that jury foreman Velvin Hogan tainted its patent trial l...
Going on the attack against graduates suing over employment statistics, Thomas Jefferson School of Law asked a court to sanct...
Law Practice
Los Angeles-based bankruptcy boutique expands into New York
By Ryne Hodkowski
Stutman, Treister & Glatt PC, a 29-lawyer Los Angeles bankruptcy firm, opened an office in New York to further build its c...
State courts experienced a decline of roughly two percent, or 2.5 million cases, from 2009-10, according to a new report by th...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham & Watkins LLP guides Lucasfilm in $4 billion sale to Disney
By David Ruiz
Latham & Watkins LLP advised Lucasfilm Ltd. in its $4.05 billion sale to The Walt Disney Company, which called on Skadden,...
Criminal
Courts will soon have to fit parole revocation hearings into their dockets
By Henry Meier
Beginning next July, parole revocation hearings will cease to be held by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabi...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Observers say State Bar getting tougher on prosecutors
By Saul Sugarman
With ongoing discipline cases against two California prosecutors, some observers believe the State Bar is out to prove a tough...
This statute proscribes theft of "honest services." Unfortunately, the statute and case law construing it are unclear. By Dan ...
When a multilingual liability waiver says different things in different languages, which version controls? By Gregory Smith of...
Letter to the Editor
Human toll from wage theft should not be dismissed or minimized
By Ben Armisteadn
I write to provide a different perspective to the discussion about small businesses that evade their obligations to pay their ...
King & Spalding LLP has turned to a former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC leader to bolster its corporate practic...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Death sentence reversed for longest-serving man on death row
By John Roemer
A week before Californians vote on whether to end capital punishment, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday reve...
Entertainment & Sports
After ruling on spooky movie, lawyers and creators weigh risks of free speech
By Jean Yung
Just in time for Halloween, a state appellate court ruled that a movie about the spooky home of the heiress to the Winchester ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The wisdom of mediation confidentiality is up for debate
By Alexandra Schwappach
Some legal experts are questioning whether confidentiality rules that shield mediators from malpractice liability are serving ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Weil, Wilson Sonsini, Cooley advise on $1 billion Riverbed deal
By Kevin Lee
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Cooley LLP all played roles in Riverbed Technology...
Former U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell, also the former chairman of DLA Piper, will no longer mediate settlement talks over th...
Stanford's Criminal Justice Center has been awarded $650,000 in grant money to study the impact of the state's realignment ef...
Labor/Employment
Rounding defense strengthened in See's employee class action
By Laura Hautalan
The 4th District Court of Appeal held Monday that See's Candy Shops Inc. could use two key defenses in a superior court case, ...
Public Interest
Major California law firms will host call centers for Election Day
By Ameera Buttn
Lawyers from some of the major law firms across the state will participate in making the national voting process much smoother...
Solo and Small Firms
Small firms increasingly facing leadership quandaries
By Ryne Hodkowski
With many smaller firms getting gobbled up by bigger firms looking to expand their regional footprints, many firms are finding...
Litigation
Jury verdict reached in $4.33 billion federal junk bond trial
By Ben Adlinn
A federal jury returned a verdict on Monday in favor of Francois Pinault's Artemis SA holding company, which was sued by state...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has named Mitchell Zuklie as the official successor to longtime chairman and CEO Ralph ...
Patrick Mahoney draws on his commercial litigation expertise in presiding over juvenile court.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Judges and Judiciary
Alliance of California Judges risks losing credibility as its complaints multiply
By Emily Green
Greater transparency is high on the list of demands the Alliance of California Judges makes of state court leaders. But critic...
Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Development for Beachbody LLC Santa Monica ...