Paul Hastings LLP is advising Samsung and Harman has tapped Wachtell, Lipton, Rozen & Katz as counsel. ...
Natural Resources
First federal report on offshore fracking challenged by environmentalists
By America Hernandez
After securing the first federal agency report on offshore fracking earlier this year, environmental groups now claim report, ...
Criminal
Federal prosecutors indict British executive on fraud charges
By Logan Noblin
A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted the former chief financial officer of Autonomy Corp. PLC on 15 counts of fr...
Immigration
US judge says noncitizens can't be detained without ability to pay bonds
By Renee Flannery
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction which calls for changes in bond determinations made by U.S. immigration offic...
Bankruptcy
After GC becomes CEO, American Apparel files for bankruptcy again
By Paula Lehman Ewing
One month into her role as CEO at the Los Angeles-based American Apparel USA LLC, Chelsea A. Grayson will oversee a second ban...
Irvine-based medical technology company Masimo Corp. has settled patent litigation against Philips Electronics North America C...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Government
New plaintiffs' attorney group president has ambitious goals
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The new president of the Consumer Attorneys of California acknowledges that plaintiffs' attorneys face national headwinds, but...
Litigation
Judge: Smoking depictions in films protected by free speech
By Steven Crighton
The MPAA's rating system is an opinion, not an authority, the judge ruled. ...
Natural Resources
Oil drilling case back before original state judge
By Justin Kloczko
A cross-complaint regarding a settlement between the city of Los Angeles and environmental nonprofits is back in state court. ...
Litigation
Judge vacates $44M antitrust verdict, citing new 9th Circuit precedent
By America Hernandez
A business is not liable for anticompetitive behavior if it profits immediately, a federal judge reasoned. ...
California Supreme Court
High court takes up Prop. 47 DNA expungement case
By Kevin Lee
California's highest court will consider whether state government can retain a convicted juvenile's DNA sample in its criminal...
Peters' elevation will be effective Jan. 1 and the new name of the San Francisco firm will be Keker, Van Nest & Peters LL...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Special master advises against most of State Bar's requests for extra funding
By Lyle Moran
The appellate justice also urged future monitoring of the bar's spending in his 25-page report. ...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Man of few words, US Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill keeps attorneys on track in Fresno.
Merced County Judge Mark Bacciarini has gone from music teacher to respected jurist.
Litigation
President-elect Donald Trump transitions to office in midst of lawsuits
By Lyle Moran
Trump would not be immune from suits over acts alleged to have occurred prior to his presidency. ...
When voters passed Proposition 64, it didn't just legalize recreational marijuana for adult use. It also allowed thousands of ...
The lawsuit claims that while the bill has good intentions, it is misguided and chills free speech. ...
Litigation
Suit claiming seafood providers used forced labor to continue
By Phil Johnson
The pro bono lawsuit proceeds after a Central District judge denies a defense motion to dismiss. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Neutral Judith Ryan's knack for the law and people helps solve disputes
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Former judge Judith M. Ryan has built a reputation as one of the state's top arbitrators while working thousands of cases in a...
Large Firms
East Coast firms Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer merge, consolidate West Coast offices
By Eli Wolfe
Arnold & Porter LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP announced they will merge on Jan. 1, a move outside observers have characterized ...
Judges and Judiciary
Federal judges in California outperform other states on civil case disposition
By America Hernandez
A backlog of prisoner petitions and death penalty appeals is being pushed to magistrate judges. ...
Few law firm founders want to think about what will happen to their firm after they leave, but that's exactly what John Lim wa...
Entertainment & Sports
Casey Kasem's daughter sues for documentary rights
By Steven Crighton
Kerri Kasem claims a documentarian she partnered with is withholding copyrighted film footage. ...
Law Practice
Founder of venerable family law firm winding down, though he'd rather not
By Eli Wolfe
After spending more than six decades as one of the renowned family law practices in the country, Trope & Trope LLP is quie...
Criminal
Prosecutors cannot break plea deal when resentencing, court rules
By Kevin Lee
State prosecutors cannot rescind a plea deal when a defendant who pled guilty to a felony seeks a lesser sentence under Propos...
Judges and Judiciary
Trump win likely to have quick impact on 9th Circuit
By Kevin Lee
President-elect Donald J. Trump can make an immediate and lasting imprint on the nation's largest and busiest federal appeals ...
