National Labor Relations Board lawyer Kevin P. Flanagan served notice to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that ...
San Juan Capistrano, accustomed to enforcing a law deemed unconstitutional elsewhere, intends to amend its municipal code on T...
Environmental
U.S. Forest Service agrees to abandon project in Upper Echo Lake
By Phil Johnson
Threat to endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog cited as issue. ...
Law Practice
Gibson Dunn hires international litigator from Munger Tolles
By Joshua Seboldn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP hired Kristin A. Linsley, a former clerk to Scalia, from Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, the f...
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Munchkin Inc. (Los Angeles) ...
The automotive industry boutique Scali Law Firm is opening a new office in Sacramento next Monday as part of an effort to stre...
Intellectual Property
Luxury chair maker Herman Miller awarded $8.3M
By Steven Crighton
A jury found that a downmarket wholesaler had infringed on Herman Miller's Eames chair. ...
The circuit will decide whether injunctive relief is available given new lax water permit rules. ...
Litigation
Confidential settlement ends dispute over $8.4 million jury verdict
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Prevailing plaintiffs sought triple the verdict under the Lanham Act. ...
Banking
Wells Fargo CEO's resignation will not affect lawsuits, plaintiffs' attorney says
By Logan Noblin
The resignation of Wells Fargo & Co. CEO and executive chairman John Stumpf on Wednesday will not affect lawsuits by plain...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Powerful lawmaker among those supporting State Bar's funding request
By Lyle Moran
Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson tells state Supreme Court all of bar's public protection programs should be funded. ...
Criminal
Former Port of LA police chief sentenced to two years in prison
By L.J. Williamson
After entwining himself in a profit-sharing scheme with an app developer and lying to FBI agents about the alliance, former Po...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Government
Court's downgrading of CFPB's independence seen as victory for businesses
By America Hernandez
In addition to the making the bureau's director now able to be fired by the president at will, some experts said the ruling ma...
Loyola Law School's celebration of the installation of Dean Michael Waterstone was held in conjunction with the school's annua...
Retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kurt Lewin, who died last week at his home in Nevada, was remembered as a comp...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar watchdog group criticizes agency's funding request
By Lyle Moran
Center for Public Interest Law says state Supreme Court should order bar to redo funding petition. ...
Public Interest
Diversity coalition in Orange County looks for new members
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A coalition dedicated increasing the diversity of Orange County's legal community is holding a membership drive Thursday. ...
Los Angeles County judges have chosen Daniel J. Buckley as the presiding judge for next year, with Kevin C. Brazile picked as ...
California Courts of Appeal
Housing advocates lose appeal over redevelopment agency funds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A state appellate court has rejected a motion that sought to force the state Department of Finance to set aside future tax rev...
Criminal
Riverside former deputy DA found in contempt of court over discovery
By Renee Flannery
A former Riverside County deputy district attorney was found in contempt of court for her actions during prosecution of a cold...
Environmental
City of Los Angeles reaches settlement over oil drilling
By Justin Kloczko
An agreement has been reached between environmental nonprofits and the city of Los Angeles over alleged drilling practices in ...
Intellectual Property
Apple-Samsung high court fight could yield design patent damages ruling
By Kevin Lee
Apple Inc.'s bid to collect $399 million from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. provides the U.S. Supreme Court a rare opportunity ...
Lorraine Echavarria, former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement program in Los Angeles, joins Wilmer Cu...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Santa Clara County Bar Association names new officers, trustees
By Joshua Seboldn
New president, Kate Wilson, works in-house for Extreme Networks in San Jose. ...
Law Practice
Munger Tolles hires deputy appeals chief from U.S. Attorney's LA office
By Eli Wolfe
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP announced that Mark R. Yohalem, the deputy chief of appeals for the U.S. attorney's office for ...
Litigation
Former Yahoo employee sues company for discriminating against men
By Saul Sugarman
An ex-employee of Yahoo Inc. has sued the company in the Northern District, claiming his former employer's performance review ...
A longtime labor management attorney who opened Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Los Angeles office in the 1970s died Sunday. ...
SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Cubic Corp. (San Diego) ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Oracle extends final offer to NetSuite in $9.3 billion deal
By Banks Albachn
Some NetSuite shareholders, led by T. Rowe Price, are fighting the deal over concerns of undervaluation. ...