Ex-Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP attorney Eileen L. Lyon joined the business and litigation law firm King, Holmes, Paterno...
California Attorney General Kamala Harris threw her support behind Chief Assistant Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie...
The Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and Hogan Lovells hosted its 9th annual “ACColades: A ...
Stars Aligning: The Landau Lawyers League held its All Star Games for participants of their Summer Softball League. ...
Despite budget cuts and layoffs, many Administrative Office of the Courts staff have received pay increases in the form of "st...
Intellectual Property
Celebrity lawyer in Apple-Samsung trial forgets a few details
By Hadley Robinson
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Susan R. Estrich has experience in the limelight, but she forgot a few impor...
Average billing rates are back on the rise after stagnating somewhat in the years following the 2008 financial crisis. But mos...
Kenneth D. Gack's extensive experience as a trial lawyer has given the JAMS mediator the keen ability to dissect the particula...
After a history of consumer and employee friendly decisions, state appellate courts are considering how to comport with a new ...
Vice President of legal affairs General Counsel of Epson America Inc. Long Beach ...
Perspective
Despite basic rules, interesting venue issues often arise
By Karen Natividadn
The fundamental rules of venue are not that difficult: The government must prosecute an offense in a district where the crime ...
The parallels between Justice Roberts' vote to uphold a minimum wage law and Chief Justice John Roberts' vote to uphold the in...
Perspective
How much are your Facebook friends and Twitter followers worth?
By Michael Leen
A digital identity may have economic value if it attracts commercial parties, regardless of whether the author is a celebrity....
Environmental
Proposed CEQA guidelines seek to expedite infill development reviews
By Michael Leen
The proposed guidelines were recently issued for public comment. Those comments are due on Sept. 10. By Norman Carlin, David F...
Perspective
Stockton health benefits not protected by the Contracts Clause
By Michael Leen
The bankruptcy court presiding the case explained that the Bankruptcy Clause of the U.S. Constitution eclipses the Contracts C...
Entertainment & Sports
Trial begins for former lawyer of Hollywood financier
By Jean Yung
Opening statements are set to begin in a jury trial that will pit film financier David Bergstein against his longtime counsel,...
The California Supreme Court has rejected a petition from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation that sought to force the state...
Plaintiffs' lawyers in a potential antitrust class action over the alleged misuse of college athletes' likenesses in videogame...
Former 3rd District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice Arthur G. Scotland announced he joined the law firm Nielsen Merksamer Pa...
In the latest twist in a personal-injury lawsuit gone haywire, the judge who oversaw a botched settlement agreement last Janua...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Davis Polk helps Texas Instruments calculate debt deal
By Andrew Mc Intyre
The Dallas-headquartered tech giant recently offered $1.5 billion in debt, which follows the $3.5 billion of bonds it sold May...
Litigation
Judge: Glendale violated state law regulating free intranet
By Saul Sugarman
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge recently ruled that the city of Glendale has violated state law by using intranet pr...
A meeting today of the Judicial Council's Executive and Planning Committee to discuss how to implement recommendations of a c...
Intellectual Property
Judge wants to know what companies paid bloggers in Oracle-Google case
By Hadley Robinson
An order from U.S. District Judge William Alsup demanding Google Inc. and Oracle Corp. disclose financial relationships with b...
Judge
CashCall Inc., a consumer financial and mortgage lender, signed a 125,208 square foot lease with Hudson Pacific Properties at ...
McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Adidas together pay hundreds of millions of dollars for the right to sponsor the Olympics. But the b...
While there are many issues to deal with in planning an artist's estate and protecting his legacy, perhaps the most important ...
California Probate Code Section 15212 now gives us the tools to protect our beloved dogs, when we are no longer present to do ...
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