Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Van Nuys) ...
A major insider trading trial opened Thursday in Orange County with a federal prosecutor alleging a years-long scheme that def...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral uses judicial experience to help settle cases
By Joshua Seboldn
Steven A. Brick saw nearly every type of litigation imaginable during his time on the bench and attorneys who have worked with...
The leaders of more than 150 law firms across the country have signed a letter of support for the Legal Services Corporation, ...
A sandwich shop stare-down resulted in $435,000 worth of Los Angeles Police Department liability on Thursday, when a jury foun...
Obituaries
William J. Genego 1950-2017 Habeas appeals expert dead at 66
By America Hernandez
William J. Genego passed away Wednesday. ...
Solo and Small Firms
Personal injury firm tries to assist fellow attorneys. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
San Joaquin Valley lawyer chosen as Trial Lawyer of the Year
By Renee Flannery
Warren R. Paboojian of the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates was chosen as the 2017 Trial La...
The package of 70 new and amended rules, covering topics such as discrimination and sex with clients, will now move on to the ...
Insurance
Lawyers regulating driverless cars fear no one is behind the wheel
By Matthew Blake
Opportunistic insurers and dithering regulators are the fears that drive lawyers working on the rollout of autonomous vehicles...
California Supreme Court
Governor can shape his state high court legacy with next justice
By Kevin Lee
Gov. Jerry Brown has a rare opportunity to appoint a majority of justices on California's highest court once Justice Kathryn M...
Immigration
Trump administration travel ban faces two court challenges
By Chase Di Feliciantonio
Legal challenges to President Donald J. Trump's latest executive order travel ban picked up speed Thursday as it now appears t...
Environmental
LA County sues to stop reopening of gas facility pending review
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles County is seeking a court order requiring the California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources to conduct ...
Pinterest Inc. announced the hiring of Christine E. Flores as general counsel after the company's first general counsel said h...
General Counsel Pymetrics Inc. (San Francisco) ...
Kathryn M. Werdegar announced Wednesday she will step down from the state Supreme Court after more than two decades as an asso...
Kathryn M. Werdegar announced Wednesday she will step down from the state Supreme Court after more than two decades as an asso...
Firm Watch
Greenberg Gross growth continues with addition of top IP litigator
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Greenberg Gross LLP in Costa Mesa has added a seasoned patent and complex commercial litigator who will chair the firm's intel...
David Huebner served as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand under the Obama administration. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Former employee wins whistleblower status, 9th Circuit rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A former employee can claim whistleblower status under the Dodd-Frank Act for reporting legal violations internally, a 9th U.S...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Judge pares back ex-State Bar employee's lawsuit
By Lyle Moran
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed two of former State Bar public information officer Thomas Layton's three causes o...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives gay Mexican man's asylum bid
By Chase Di Feliciantonio
A gay Mexican man seeking asylum in the U.S. will get another chance to have his case reviewed by an immigration agency after ...
California League baseball players earned class certification in a case where they are seeking minimum wage, but a San Francis...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Heather Williams has been reappointed to a second four-year term as federal public defender for the Eastern District of Califo...
Litigation
Judge approves bail agents' intervention in challenge to system
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An Oakland federal judge has granted a trade group representing 3,330 California bail agents a limited right to intervene in a...
Immigration
Efforts to aid immigrants hitting budget realities
By Chase Di Feliciantonio
While recent Trump administration executive orders have stirred calls to improve legal defense for immigrants vulnerable to de...
In a rare win for mortgage lenders, a state court judge has granted summary judgment to a company accused of force-placing inf...
Seeking to exploit the maturing market of startups, tech companies, and venture capital firms at Silicon Beach, Orrick, Herrin...