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Law Practice


The group, consisting of five partners and an associate, will be split between Hinshaw’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.


Health Care & Hospital Law


Kirkland & Ellis LLP threw its support behind a public impact lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court on Monday that ac...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge in San Diego dismissed a class action brought by hundreds of U.S. sailors against a Tokyo-based electricity pr...


Immigration, Government


Legal experts doubt that significant federal litigation will result from the Trump administration’s decision to end deportatio...


Real Estate/Development


A bill to repeal a state law that prohibited California cities and counties from putting rent control on apartments built afte...


Melissa Murray talked about the challenges of being interim dean in the aftermath of allegations against the former dean.


A superior court judge on Monday said Los Angeles County can decide where the estate hearing of Charles Manson will take plac...


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...


Labor/Employment


The engineer fired by Alphabet Inc.-owned Google after posting a memo criticizing the company’s diversity policies sued his fo...


Immigration, Government


Immigration experts are divided on the federal government’s decision to review a case management tool used by immigration judg...


Corporate


Veteran in-house attorney Arnold A. Pinkston takes the reins of CoreLogic’s legal team.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Hilarie Bass, president of the American Bar Association, told the Daily Journal she wants a probe into what kinds of testing m...


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.