Alternative Dispute Resolution
Family law mediator praised for his people skills
By L.J. Williamson
Robert Schnider's roots in family law go deep, personally and professionally. ...
Corporate partner John T. Sheridan left Wilson Sonsini, where he recently served as co-managing partner, and jumped to Latham ...
Democratic members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee want the state Supreme Court to reduce the bar passing threshold while ...
Entertainment & Sports
Hollywood attorney Terry Christensen now serving time for 2008 wiretapping conviction
By Steven Crighton
After an eight-year appeal process, a judge ordered Christensen last month to begin his sentence. ...
Arbitrator Profile
State appeals court panel overturns arbitrator's $30 million award
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Justices said in a 3-0 decision published Tuesday that the 2015 award by Peter Shenas, formerly of American Arbitration Associ...
Senior Vice President and General Counsel Rambus Inc. (Sunnyvale) ...
Litigation
Vivendi asks judge to oust "Spinal Tap" members as plaintiffs
By Steven Crighton
Vivendi claims their claims are blocked because they weren't signatories to the agreement. ...
While conservative groups have been hailing a decision by a federal judge in favor of a pair of gun rights bloggers, the plain...
Criminal
4th District panel rules again, no change in 170.6 petitions
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The longstanding interpretation of California's judge disqualification law will remain unchanged after the 4th District Court ...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission on Judicial Performance wants input on proposed rule changes
By Justin Kloczko
The Commission on Judicial Performance seeks public comment on a series of proposed changes to its rules, including lowering t...
California Courts of Appeal
Local government authority over state agencies debated
By Kevin Lee
Attorneys for the city of San Francisco told a state appellate court Wednesday that cities should have broad powers to tax sta...
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye tells the State Bar it would be prudent to study whether the second highest passing score...
Placer County Judge Garen Horst was a football player, musician, prosecutor before the bench.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved
A draft of President Donald J. Trump's first federal budget proposal that has been circulating in recent days has confirmed th...
In its first major lateral hire of 2017, Arent Fox LLP has hired a commercial litigator from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sull...
El Segundo-based Cetera Financial Group Inc., a network of firms offering retail financial advice, announced this week financi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Final pitches made in former State Bar exec's case
By Lyle Moran
The briefs feature arguments about whether the State Bar knew former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn was a whistleblower and...
During his two tenures as governor, Jerry Brown has diversified the state judiciary to a substantial degree. That has accelera...
Firm Watch
Reed Smith LLP nabs five-attorney tax group from Morrison & Foerster LLP
By Eli Wolfe
Reed Smith LLP has scooped a five-attorney tax team from Morrison & Foerster LLP in the latest addition for the firm's gro...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judges call for 9th Circuit to rehear agriculture case
By Joshua Seboldn
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel called for en banc review of a case where they felt growers are not being given adeq...
San Diego attorney Ray J. Artiano of Artiano Shinoff is stepping away from his practice to join ADR Services Inc. on March 1, ...
Environmental
Outsiders can challenge endangered species designation: court
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that concerned residents, groups and companies can challenge in court the Cal...
Immigration
ICE immigration enforcement activity information sought in request
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Democratic leaders of the state Legislature filed a wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act request Monday seeking answers fro...
9th Circuit rejects Trump administration's stay bid on travel ban
By Chase Di Feliciantonio
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's bid to stay the appeal of its travel ban Monday, ins...
Labor/Employment
For first time, a court says Uber driver is a freelancer
By Matthew Blake
For the first time in California courts a ruling has declared that Uber Technologies Inc.correctly classifies its drivers as i...
EVP and General Counsel Serviz Inc. (Los Angeles) ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Court overturns child molestation convictions due to prosecutorial misstatements
By Kevin Lee
The 2nd District Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions and a 65-years-to-life sentence for a defendant accused of sex...
A lawsuit alleging a San Diego JAMS neutral misrepresented her credentials and engaged in false advertising heads to a summary...