Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates took a cut of the legal work in what could be the priciest going-p...
A suspended lawyer who let courts, partners, clients and opponents think he could still practice law should be disbarred, the ...
Criminal
Death penalty foes endure hits to cause in wake of recent crimes
By Henry Meier
After a strong start in their campaign to abolish the death penalty in California, supporters of Proposition 34 have seen publ...
Intellectual Property
Judge asks Apple, Samsung to settle patent case
By Saul Sugarman
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh on Wednesday made a final plea for attorneys to settle a high-profile lawsuit between Apple In...
Long & Delis, a litigation firm specializing in business, construction, products liability and medical and legal malpracti...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar moves closer to buying LA headquarters
By Don Debenedictisn
A State Bar committee decides today whether to pursue formal negotiations to buy a new headquarters building in Los Angeles. ...
Greenberg Traurig LLP Los Angeles Specialty: real estate transactions ...
Paul Hastings LLP San Francisco Specialty: joint ventures, acquisitions ...
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP San Francisco Specialty: public-private partnerships ...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Los Angeles Specialties: residential and commercial development and acquisition ...
DLA Piper LLP San Diego Specialties: real estate securities, finance ...
Paul Hastings LLP Orange County Specialties: real estate joint ventures, developments, mixed-use ...
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP San Francisco Specialties: Land use and redevelopment ...
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP Orange County Specialties: Land use, entitlement and land use litigation ...
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP San Francisco Specialty: development, regulations, compliance issues ...
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP Los Angeles Specialty: development, construction, retail ...
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP Century City Specialty: purchase/sale, leasing, development ...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP San Francisco Specialty: Land use ...
Kennedy Wilson Beverly Hills Specialty: commercial real estate transactions ...
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP San Francisco Specialties: land use, natural resource law ...
Gipson Hoffman & Pancione LLP Los Angeles Specialties: leasing, acquisitions, financing ...
Latham & Watkins LLP Los Angeles Specialties: Finance, acquisitions and dispositions, REITs ...
Marks Finch Thornton & Baird San Diego Specialties: Corporate real estate, federal procurement and claims ...
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Los Angeles Specialty: mixed-use, public-private partnerships ...
Nossaman LLP Los Angeles Specialties: Public finance, transportation infrastructure, public-private partnerships ...
Alston & Bird LLP's recent roll of court successes in beating back California Environmental Quality Act challenges to deve...
Real Estate/Development
Pension funds gravitating to real estate
By Jason W. Armstrong
With some aspects of the economy beginning to recover, public pension funds are increasingly easing their way back into real e...
Labor/Employment
NFL lineman seeks California workers’ compensation benefits
By Ben Armisteadn
Bruce Matthews had a stellar NFL career, but has found less success seeking workers' compensation in California. By Fraser McA...
Fortunately for employers, resident managers are subject to a different set of rules, not only for what is considered compensa...
Letter to the Editor
Reports of Continental’s impact are greatly exaggerated
By Michael Leen
While the court allowed "stacking" of policies absent an "anti stacking" provision, it noted an insurance company's right to l...