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California Courts of Appeal


Three justices were sworn to the state appellate court, following confirmation hearings Thursday in San Diego. ...


A former chief campus counsel at UC Riverside won a $2.5 million when a Riverside Superior Court jury found she was wrongfull...


Environmental


Southern California Gas Company has agreed to pay $8.5 million to end a lawsuit filed by air quality regulators related the 20...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Michael L. Baroni has a different agenda planned as 2017 president of the Orange County Bar Association after weeks of turmoil...


Corporate Counsel


David R. Garfield

Feb. 10, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

EVP and General Counsel The Charles Schwab Corp. (San Francisco) ...


Law Practice


"We did music for years and years before the practice of law swallowed us whole," said John Blumberg, a trial attorney and bar...


Government


Former Deputy Attorney General Gary W. Schons is no longer being considered to help oversee Orange County's criminal justice s...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Akin Gump partner arrested for alleged bribe

Feb. 10, 2017
By Matthew Blake

A former U.S. Justice Department attorney faces federal criminal charges of trying to sell a sealed lawsuit for $310,000 at a ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


9th Circuit stream most watched in court history

Feb. 10, 2017
By Joshua Seboldn

Tuesday's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on President Donald J. Trump's travel ban was the most-streamed event in t...


Government


Defenders of Gov. Jerry Brown say he is appointing judges no slower than his predecessor, but some critics wish he would pick ...


Judicial Profile


Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter

Feb. 10, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Benjamin Wirtschafter is one of many Yuba County public defenders who became judges.


Transactions


Dealmakers

Feb. 9, 2017
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Labor/Employment


In interpreting an 1893 statute on what defines a work week, the state Supreme Court Tuesday looked inclined to agree with Nor...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The American Bar Association has rejected a resolution to raise the bar passage rate. After a debate stretching longer than an...


A trio of Assembly Democrats have introduced a bill to sanction landlords — and their attorneys — who attempt to use a tenant'...


Intellectual Property


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has punted the Apple Inc. design patents case against Samsung Electronics Co...


California Courts of Appeal


2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Roger W. Boren quietly left the bench Jan. 31 after 33 years. ...


California Supreme Court


Defendant ScoreInc.com is facing an uphill battle to win legal fees from plaintiff DisputeSuite.com LLC following oral argumen...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Mark B. Helm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP said his firm did not have an agenda to get former State Bar Executive Director...


Criminal


Retired Ventura County judge dead in murder-suicide

Feb. 9, 2017
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Herbert Curtis III died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after negotiating with SWAT officers. His victim died of gunshot w...


ADR Provider


Mediator's laid-back style earns client trust, attorney praise


Judicial Profile


Michael C. Mattice

Feb. 9, 2017
By Phil Johnson

Solano County Judge Michael Mattice manages to maintain the jury's attention to speed cases.


Corporate Counsel


Daniel G. McIntosh

Feb. 8, 2017
By Melanie Brisbon

EVP and General Counsel Content Partners LLC (Los Angeles) ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn and former Chief Trial Counsel Jayne Kim said each other's wrongdoing was to blame fo...


Litigation


A federal jury decided Monday afternoon that Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. should pay its former general counsel, Sanford S. Wadle...


Judges and Judiciary


A Commission on Judicial Performance panel on Monday heard from five attorneys who described courtroom conduct by a San Diego ...


Environmental


Months after he dismissed their initial cases, a San Jose federal judge has ruled that a new state law has given three cities ...


Judges and Judiciary


San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ronald E. Albers has retired after a four-decade legal career. ...


Education


UCLA Law School women's event aims to encourage

Feb. 8, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

UCLA School of Law womens' group meets for first large-scale networking conference. ...


Entertainment & Sports


The National Collegiate Athletic Association settled a class action antitrust suit Friday when it agreed to pay $209 million i...