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State Bar & Bar Associations


Two trustees call for bar to de-unify

Apr. 6, 2016
By Lyle Moran

Trustees Dennis Mangers and Joanna Mendoza want to see the bar split its regulatory and trade-association activities ...


Corporate Counsel


Martin H. Nguyen

Apr. 6, 2016
By Riley Guerin

GC of sports helmet maker thinks Olympic Games will spark brand growth ...



Entertainment & Sports


E-sports growth means legal problems

Apr. 6, 2016
By Steven Crighton

As the popularity of e-sports expands, so too will the industry's legal worries. ...


Law Practice


Fisher & Phillips LLP on Monday opened up a Sacramento office, their fifth in California. ...



Litigation


DOJ hits SF hedge fund with $19M suit

Apr. 6, 2016
By Tim O'connor

ValueAct Capital accused of playing both sides in pending Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger. ...


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


Marilyn Scheer claimed the bar's administrative proceedings deprived her of her constitutional right to free speech and due pr...



Michael McNamara and Kirsten Hicks Spira have joined Jenner & Block from Steptoe & Johnson LLP. McNamara is tasked wit...


Law Practice


McGuireWoods takes two more from Reed Smith

Apr. 6, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

The firm has essentially launched its San Francisco office with a team of four litigators from Reed Smith's financial services...



Mergers & Acquisitions


Alaska Air to buy Virgin America for $2.6B

Apr. 6, 2016
By Banks Albachn

Deal will create the fifth largest air carrier in the US. O'Melveny & Myers LLP advised Alaska and Latham & Watkins LL...


Criminal


Attorney for beaten-up lawyer is skeptical charges will be filed. ...



Labor/Employment


National employers are on alert after the state Supreme Court decided that workers are entitled to chairs if they can complete...


Judicial Profile


J. Christopher Smith

Apr. 6, 2016
By Logan Noblin

After stint in reality TV, Christopher Smith applies amiable nature to juvenile court



Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 5, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Education


La Verne welcomed to ranks of ABA schools

Apr. 5, 2016
By Lyle Moran

Law school deans don't believe there is a glut of legal education institutions in the state. ...



State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar arbitration open to the media

Apr. 5, 2016
By Tim O'connor

In a rare open-door arbitration hearing, lawyers for the State Bar Friday asked a neutral to toss out claims by former executi...


Labor/Employment


Employment in the legal sector improved on a national level in March, according to projections, but the most recent results on...



Criminal


Lack of facilities stymy efforts to focus on rehab instead of incarceration for drug offenders. ...


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


San Diego police appeared to use excessive force when they unleashed a police dog on a woman sleeping at her workplace after s...



Judges and Judiciary


Discipline against judges down, says report

Apr. 5, 2016
By Saul Sugarman

The state Commission on Judicial Performance reported Friday that public discipline against California judges fell slightly in...


Litigation


Fox subsidiary settles in anti-poaching case

Apr. 5, 2016
By Steven Crighton

The lawsuit claims that studios entered into a "gentleman's agreement" that deprives workers of wages. ...



Litigation


Squatters say criminal charges filed against them are politically motivated. ...


A presiding judge does not have the statutory or inherent authority to automatically disqualify all other local judges from he...



State Bar & Bar Associations


The creation of the California Lawyers Guild comes as the State Bar weighs whether to pursue de-unification. ...


Judicial Profile


Michael W. Jones

Apr. 5, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Judge Michael Jones' diverse background makes him the perfect wild card for Placer County.



Firm Watch


On the move

Apr. 4, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California


Judicial Profile


Michael S. Lief

Apr. 4, 2016
By America Hernandez

Superior Court Judge



Judicial Profile


Frank J. Menetrez

Apr. 3, 2016
By Logan Noblin

LA County Judge Frank Menetrez is thorough despite the hectic nature of children's court.


Environmental


Agency's approval of the first man-made salmon to be raised for human consumption has spawned a federal lawsuit by a group of ...



Bankruptcy


Landau, Gottfried & Berger LLP appealed the sanctions it received for frivolous litigation in the ongoing KSL Media Inc. b...


Transactions


Originally announced in January, the deal fell into short-term limbo two weeks ago when Origin Technologies Inc., a shell comp...