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The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has jumped into the fray of numerous actions taken against Los Angeles and Long Beach p...


Corporate


Emeryville drug developer tabs new general counsel

Jan. 9, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Biotech in-house veteran Danny Hart to lead legal team at XOMA Corp.


Law Practice, Government


A nonprofit organization operated by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus has cut ties with a law firm that has become em...


Corporate


California had more IPOs in 2017 as Snap took top spot

Jan. 8, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

California had 27 companies go public in 2017, raising a collective $6.5 billion, up from 2016 when 21 companies in the state ...


Immigration, Criminal


The Mexican national acquitted of Kate Steinle’s killing was sentenced to three years in prison on a gun possession charge but...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The publisher of a magazine marketed at county jail inmates has requested that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reconside...


Intellectual Property


A data analytics company is seeking damages against a former client for allegedly using improperly obtained real estate data t...


Real Estate/Development


A judge ruled that a mixed-use project near Beverly Hills is exempt from a state statute requiring it to identify and mitigate...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


A former judge arrested after drunkenly shooting at police in 2014 was removed from supervised probation on Friday.


Education Law


A panel at the Association of American Law Schools’ annual meeting focused on the issue



California firms see high deals

Jan. 8, 2018
By Melanie Brisbon

Worldwide mergers and acquisitions totaled $3.6 trillion in 2017 with 49,448 deals announced. This reflects the strongest year...


The Carrillo Law Firm’s cases take a toll, as most clients are sexually abused minors.


Judges and Judiciary


Thirty years ago, Justice Arthur Gilbert began writing a regular column in the Daily Journal. Last month, he published a secon...


Government


Why won't Trump pick US attorneys?

Jan. 5, 2018
By Eli Wolfe

The fate of Nicola Hanna, the new interim U.S. Attorney for the Central District, and California’s other new federal prosecuto...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit eases activists' secret taping of animals

Jan. 5, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

A split three-judge panel of the court ruled Thursday that portions of the law criminalizing the entry and recording of audio ...


In Recess


Loving Forward

Jan. 5, 2018
By Shane Nelson

Orrick partner Robert Benson started a nonprofit to help abandoned and orphaned children nearly 20 years ago.


Civil Litigation, Government


California joined 48 other states and Washington, D.C. in reaching a $45 million settlement with PHH Mortgage Corp. over alleg...


The students’ work was highlighted at a law school conference panel on rapid response pro bono work.



Well-known bankruptcy attorney changes firms

Jan. 5, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

Citing a need for a bigger platform, longtime Orange County bankruptcy lawyer William Lobel has left Lobel Weiland Golden Frie...


After the shooting of two Long Beach attorneys by one of their partners, motives remain unclear.


A convicted child molester’s trial following a two-year Sexually Violent Predator Act commitment was delayed for more than 15 ...


Law Practice, Government


U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch will leave his post in the Northern District by the end of the week to join Sidley Austin LLP in S...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Government


This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a decades-old law that made it difficult for unmarried men to pass citizenship...


Government, Criminal


Hanna was included on a list of names sent by the White House to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who recommended in September that the...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A lobbyist has sued her former firm for allegedly firing her for signing a letter speaking out against sexual harassment.


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


Streaming giant Spotify has been hit with a $1.6 billion lawsuit by Wixen Music Publishing Inc., claiming the streaming servic...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation


A California federal judge tossed out a suit against Airbnb Inc. brought by apartment owner and operator Aimco seeking to hold...


Community News


Nate Duncan and Danny LeRoux are conducting a grand experiment to answer the question: What if you took the logic and empirici...


A mediation clinic at Chapman University’s law school recently expanded to Orange County after seven years in Riverside County.


Real Estate/Development, Law Practice


Real estate boutique firm Miller Starr Regalia announced Wednesday that Ella Gower has taken the helm as managing shareholder.