Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP added Catherine Conway as partner in Los Angeles.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Some partners who have left Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP this year have claimed their updated K-1 tax forms contain allocations of ...
Judge Steven Counelis tells mothers and fathers in his family law court they hold the key to settling.
Tax attorneys in California who advise upper middle-class and wealthy clientele generally are professionals who prize certaint...
Judge ...
Rebutting the claim that class action lawsuits are the lifeboats of society. By Jeff Scott of Greenberg Traurig ...
Recent decesions provide hope for taxpayers' ability to prevail in U.S. Tax Court. By Bruce Givner and Owen Kaye of Givner &am...
The IRS is increasing its scrutiny of S Corps while new regulations are looming. By Alexander Lee of Paul Hastings ...
For Hollywood's biggest stars, tax and estate planning is a year-round responsibility - one that many of them simply couldn't ...
Six months after taking the reins, new entertainment trade group VP Henry Hoberman has restructured his legal team in Los Ange...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th circuit says ban on political ads for public broadcast is unconstitutional
By John Roemer
A longstanding federal ban on political ads on public radio and TV stations is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech,...
Palo Alto-based attorneys with Morrison & Foerster LLP, led by partner Eric S. Walters, won a defense victory in a patent ...
Tax
Drop it: the remnants of the geographically-based restriction on property tax exemptions for nonprofits
By Michael Leen
Geographic restrictions on property tax exemptions don't make sense as a policy and create needless administrative burdens. By...
By cutting a deal, Amazon and lawmakers left the broader tax law question unresolved and made the already convoluted tax syste...
The mystery over what Apple Inc.'s longtime intellectual property counsel was up to when he left the company last summer is so...
ADR neutral brings more than two decades of experience in negotiating thousands of deals for high-flying entertainment and med...
A Sacramento federal judge on Thursday tossed a lawsuit brought by landfill operators and waste haulers who wanted a Solano Co...
The Busch Firm's practice includes representing religious organizations, many of which its founder created. ...
A collection of essays exploring the choices that women face when trying to balance the demands of work and family. By Bernie ...
Intellectual Property
With passage of America Invents Act, it's a whole new ballgame for inventors. Pt. 2
By Ben Armisteadn
The act turns our patent system into a "first inventor to file" system instead of a "first to invent" system. By Hani Z. Sayed...
Oaktree Capital Group LLC , the largest private equity firm in California, dropped in its first day of trading after raising $...
Dewey & LeBoeuf sustained another defection from its Los Angeles office Thursday, this time a corporate mid-level partner...
A relatively obscure class standing decision out of the state Supreme Court last summer could wreak havoc on local government ...
In the midst of a struggling market for solar companies, Oakland-based solar project developer BrightSource abruptly reversed ...
Labor/Employment
Employer liability for rest breaks clarified by high court
By Brian Sumersn
The state Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday providing long-sought clarity to employers on how they should structure brea...
The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association held its annual dinner on April 5 at the Empress Pavilion Restaurant in Ch...
Three magistrate judges and a general attorney from Morocco’s Court of Cassation visited San Francisco this week as part of a ...