A San Diego County Superior Court judge's novel ruling said pet animals sold at Petco are considered products. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar board supports splitting off agency's practice groups
By Lyle Moran
The Board of Trustees unanimously authorized staff to negotiate a funding bill for 2018 that would feature separating the agen...
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was sentenced Thursday to a $3 million fine and five years of probation for failing to properly...
Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP scored a hat trick in 2016: They were involved in writing three successful, high-profile voter ...
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Bankruptcy
Downturn in bankruptcy filings in 2016 part of long trend: attorneys
By Eli Wolfe
There were fewer bankruptcy cases filed in 2016 than any year since 2006, according to a new report by the Administrative Offi...
Litigation
Longrunning antitrust case recovers $399 million for class members
By Justin Kloczko
The last defendant in an antitrust drug case has settled for $225 million, bringing the total recovery to nearly $400 million....
Litigation
Tesla alleges self-driving data theft by defecting employee
By America Hernandez
A pair of managers from Google Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. are accused of starting a competing self-driving startup with Tesla ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit may have raised bar for preventing hostile work environment
By Matthew Blake
Senior 9th Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson's opinion is significant, employment lawyers said, because it acknowledged that the c...
Vice President and General Counsel WD-40 Co. (San Diego) ...
California Courts of Appeal
New arguments may keep judge recusal law up in the air
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Orange County Superior Court still is refusing the district attorney's requests to move three murder cases away from Judge Tho...
Labor/Employment
In employment lawsuit, Akin Gump must produce years of financial information
By Matthew Blake
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP must produce documents relating to its Los Angeles litigation department's productivity...
Immigration
State AG, legislative leaders say they will test Trump immigration orders
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Democratic leaders in the state Legislature, along with the new attorney general, were defiant on Wednesday in the wake of a p...
Bill would halt driver's license suspensions for those who say they can't pay
By L.J. Williamson
Attempting to codify a long-simmering controversy into law, Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, introduced legislation Wednesday t...
Corporate
Asset management firm TPG hires former GE legal executive
By Paula Lehman Ewing
TPG Capital Management LP announced Wednesday the appointment of Bradford A. Berenson as general counsel. ...
Government
Former deputy AG may oversee Orange County justice system
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Orange County is negotiating with former deputy attorney general Gary W. Schons, head of Best Best & Krieger LLP's governm...
Solo and Small Firms
Firm highlights lucrative business trends southwest of LA
By Eli Wolfe
A young law firm in the South Bay stands out as an example of how attorneys can capitalize on new opportunities in the region'...
The Santa Clara County Board of Education overstepped its authority when it approved construction of a proposed charter school...
After more than 20 years working her way up through the ranks of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Kimberly Buffington is p...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th circuit tosses settlement for "worthless injunctive relief"
By Joshua Seboldn
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel threw out a settlement Wednesday between a debt collection service accused of unfair...
The top U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official in Los Angeles said Wednesday there has been an uptick in enforcement...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Special Coverage
Judge stresses importance of corporate director independence
By Lyle Moran
Leo E. Strine Jr., chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, said corporate attorneys must be willing to probe deeply into ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms $5.6M fee award in copyright case
By Joshua Seboldn
Online message board operator Giganews Inc. has earned $5.6 million in attorney fees from a 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals pa...
Government
Northern District says only class action funders must be revealed
By America Hernandez
A proposed rule that had threatened to reveal litigation funders at the outset of all Northern District civil cases has been s...
Five children who were injured in an Anaheim Hills school bus crash were collectively given a $10 million settlement after Ora...
Experienced academic Michael Hunter Schwartz is returning to California to become the dean at the University of Pacific's McGe...
Several California counties are preparing applications for a competitive grant program to fund a diversion model in which stre...
Government
Los Angeles city needs to borrow money to settle rising legal costs
By Justin Kloczko
As legal costs rise, the city of Los Angeles needs to borrow millions to settle cases and pay judgments. ...