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Jason Blasdell testified about his work with parts intended for the International Space Station and other NASA missions as par...


California Supreme Court


Sei Fujii, a Japanese immigrant and prominent community activist who was prohibited from becoming a lawyer because of his ethn...


Firm Watch


Kern County appoints first female public defender

May 25, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Pam Singh will begin working as the county's new public defender June 5.


Transactions


Dealmakers

May 25, 2017
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Labor/Employment


Nightshift workers made their case Wednesday that they should collect a super-sized amount of penalties from the Golden Arches.


An Orange County sheriff's lieutenant said Tuesday that 68 boxes with 30 years of information about informants have not been f...


Sungaila, an appellate litigator, was honored at a May 13 ceremony at Ellis Island. ...


Law Practice


Attorneys for the Regents of the University of California wrapped up their case Tuesday against the former leaders of the worl...


Litigation


UC Davis strawberry research trial wraps up

May 24, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

Attorneys for the Regents of the University of California wrapped up their case Tuesday against the former leaders of the worl...


Judges and Judiciary


California Judges Association elects new president

May 24, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stuart Rice will begin his one-year term in October.


An Orange County Superior Court jury has awarded $256.4 million to a once-prominent Los Angeles auto dealer, finding that Niss...


Law Practice


Sharing stories of their ascents and aspirations to lead in the courtroom and the boardroom, 170 women lawyers, judges and neu...


Environmental


Multi-billion dollar cuts proposed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in President Donald J. Trump's federal budget ...


Labor/Employment


A whistleblower and wrongful termination lawsuit against Space Exploration Technologies Corp. opened Tuesday with the plaintif...


Law Practice


Morrison & Foerster LLP has scooped up a six-attorney intellectual property team from its Bay Area competitor Wilson Sonsi...


Labor/Employment


McDonald's in the frying pan for overtime policy

May 24, 2017
By Matthew Blake

A novel bench trial started Tuesday with sharply conflicting opinions about McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc.'s corpor...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar launches new website

May 24, 2017
By Lyle Moran

The agency hopes the site will make it easier for members of the public to file complaints against attorneys and for lawyers t...


A Miller Barondess LLP attorney, Amnon Siegel, has won a $256.4 million jury award for his firm's client in litigation against...


Patent Dispute


Women on the Bench

May 24, 2017
By Riley Guerin

It should come as no surprise that some of the leading jurists on the bench are women. Join us as we pay tribute to these rema...


Patent Dispute


Effective communications are critical to one's progress and success. As leaders, we often negotiate contracts, ask for busine...


Patent Dispute


This panel is comprised of accomplished women in Law who have each taken (and continue to take) different paths to success and...


Eileen Decker, Former United States Attorney, Central District of California speaks on crisis management and is then interview...


Patent Dispute


Women in the Boardroom

May 24, 2017
By Riley Guerin

The panel will discuss the representation of women in the C-suite and on corporate boards and how to best leverage abilities ...


Patent Dispute


Women in the Courtroom

May 24, 2017
By Riley Guerin

Recent statistics published by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession concluded that women are significantly and shocki...


Patent Dispute


Women Success Stories: I'm With Her

May 24, 2017
By Riley Guerin

Our esteemed panel will share successes nearly three decades out of school. They will discuss how they used their law degrees...


Transactions


Dealmakers

May 23, 2017
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court tightened venue restrictions on patent lawsuits in a Monday decision that deals a major blow to patent ...


Criminal


A private investigator's contacts with jurors who recently convicted two men of insider trading felonies prompted the trial ju...


Government


Gov. Jerry Brown appointed 23 new judges to 11 superior courts on Monday, including nine in Los Angeles County.


Public Interest


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