Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Judge David Riemenschneider sees lives improve in Mendocino juvenile, dependency courtrooms.
Corporate
Intel counsel finds polo and law demand similar virtues
By America Hernandez
Carlos E. Rivas, a senior merger and acquisitions counsel at Intel Corp.'s venture capital division in Santa Clara, is Califor...
Obituaries
Prominent San Francisco litigator remembered for top-notch abilities, activism
By Malcolm Maclachlan
William I. Edlund won major antitrust cases and was regarded as a top San Francisco litigator for decades, said those who work...
A commission delivered a report to Congress last month with recommendations to strengthen the power of the Committee on Foreig...
The institute's mission is to provide unbiased research, though the background of the donors is clearly on the plaintiffs' sid...
Law Practice
Attorneys and a judge challenge themselves in grueling races
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Solana Beach-based attorney with Baron & Budd, John P. Fiske is an enthusiast for the relatively new sport of obstacle c...
Harold J. McElhinny, a dean of the intellectual property bar who helped launch Morrison & Foerster LLP's IP group and the ...
Appointments, retirements, resignations and deaths of California judicial officers during the year. ...
California Supreme Court
State high court usually unanimous in 2016, but splits 4-3 on key cases
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court decided major cases involving tort liability, labor and employment disputes, death penalty reversals a...
California Supreme Court
Legal fee invoices cannot be shielded, state high court rules
By Kevin Lee
Los Angeles County cannot claim attorney-client privilege to categorically shield legal fee invoices from public disclosure, a...
Entertainment & Sports
LimNexus LLP partner finds strength to run after debilitating leg injury
By Eli Wolfe
John Lim's journey to become a marathon runner started when he nearly lost his leg. ...
Public Interest
Orange County lawyers volunteer to help homeless at camps around courthouse
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The Orange County Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society of Orange County partnered to offer free legal assistance to the h...
I'm sorry, but I thought the California Supreme Court and the California Legislature wanted to ensure that the public had acce...
Intellectual property litigator also fights for Native American civil rights
By Matthew Blake
Richard De Bodo of Morgan Lewis this year enjoined two North Dakota voter identification laws that a federal judge found discr...
For the third presidential election in a row, attorneys from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP served as observers at pollin...
Entertainment & Sports
Rise in stadium deals have sports team counsel leaning on outside firms
By Paula Lehman Ewing
In California, stadium builds and team relocations surfaced as lucrative opportunities for attorneys to work with in-house leg...
Law Practice
Attorney wins long battle against city of San Francisco over tree planting
By Phil Johnson
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP associate Sanjay Nangia spent five years battling City Hall for trees that he said needed to be plan...
Banking
Los Angeles litigator elected board member of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
By Eli Wolfe
The chairman of Michelman & Robinson, Sanford Michelman, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Ban...
Civil Rights
Morgan Lewis team served on panel investigating San Francisco police bias
By L.J. Williamson
Attorney Colin C. West of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP was among those who served on the Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar panel issues advisory opinion on attorney blogging
By Lyle Moran
The opinion states that a lawyer's blogging may become subject to legal ethics rules for advertising when the post expresses a...
A San Diego federal judge's "numerous disparaging comments" against an attorney for a losing plaintiff who sought a different ...
If some ABA-accredited law school graduates do not pass the California bar exam on the first sitting, then tell them to get of...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
With 60 attorneys — 16 at the partner level — the firm manages large-scale deals along with small teams that handle commercial...
Kere Tickner uses her passion for outrigger canoeing to relieve stress and form lasting friendships. ...
Criminal
Attorney general tries out new strategy in latest Backpage criminal complaint
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After a stinging loss, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is trying a different legal strategy against three Backpage.com execu...
Emilio N. Francisco, co-owner of Caffe Primo restaurants, is accused of stealing $9.5 million from foreign investors looking t...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
LA partner nets $15M antitrust win in New York
By America Hernandez
American Airlines Group, represented by a Los Angeles-led team of attorneys from O'Melveny & Myers LLP, secured a $15 mill...
