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Litigation


The right to deny peremptory challenges is on appeal by the Orange County district attorney's office. ...


Law Practice


With corruption surprisingly now in line with privacy and cybersecurity as a top concern for corporate legal departments, gene...


Litigation


Mistrial declared in age discrimination case

Dec. 29, 2015
By Matthew Blake

A judge gave a jury a permanent holiday on Thursday from rendering a verdict in a multimillion dollar age discrimination trial...


Law Practice


Kirkland lawyers handle pro bono slumlord case

Dec. 29, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

Earlier this year, intellectual property lawyer Sharre S. Lotfollahi steered the settlement in a practice area completely outs...


Litigation


Corruption probes fuel corporate legal hiring

Dec. 29, 2015
By Kibkabe Araya

Criminal Justice in 2015: The Year In Review ...


Law Practice


Attorneys hit the slopes via helicopter

Dec. 29, 2015
By Banks Albachn

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney James N. Kramer likes the thrills of skiing remote mountains - even if he's af...


Litigation


Disinherited son receives full $26M

Dec. 29, 2015
By America Hernandez

A $26 million inheritance settlement finalized this week concludes five years of litigation on a case of first impression in p...



Hacking the processes that encumber law

Dec. 29, 2015
By Kibkabe Araya

2015 put legal hacking on the global map. ...


Criminal


Criminal Justice in 2015: The Year In Review

Dec. 29, 2015
By L.J. Williamson

Criminal Justice in 2015: The Year In Review ...


Litigation


Courts hand setbacks to abortion foes

Dec. 29, 2015
By Amanda Schallert

Lawsuits filed by religious medical clinics across the state sustained heavy setbacks last week, with two federal judges and o...


Firm helped seal an agreement sought by environmental group to limit pollution from roadside parking near the famous redwood g...


Jurors in Snepp age discrimination trial made progress Wednesday, judge says. ...


San Jose-based Nutanix Inc. filed for a $200 million initial public offering late Tuesday with counsel from San Francisco Bay ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A former state administrative law judge has been exonerated of State Bar disciplinary charges brought seven years after the al...


Law Practice


Christmas Eve is a night often spent with family, and for one Los Angeles attorney that family includes countless children in ...


Partner Andra B. Greene teaches yoga at firm's Newport Beach office to help staff and attorneys reduce stress. ...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Jerry Brown announced 14 judicial appointments Wednesday, highlighted by two additions to the state appellate courts. ...


Education


Longtime professor and constitutional scholar David L. Faigman has been tapped to lead UC Hastings College of the Law on an in...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Dec. 24, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

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


Public Interest


Reed Smith team stops bull run recreation

Dec. 24, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

A Reed Smith LLP team helped the Animal Legal Defense Fund stop an event designed to recreate Pamplona's world famous running ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A retired federal judge has been tapped to arbitrate Joseph L. Dunn's case against the State Bar. ...


Entertainment & Sports


LA attorney by day, ballroom dancer by night

Dec. 24, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

By day Jody Simon is a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP and chair of the firm's production practice; by night he's a competitive ...


Corporate


ACC SoCal and Bet Tzedek team up

Dec. 24, 2015
By Kibkabe Araya

23 in-house attorneys from the Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel spent a November day at Bet...


Law Practice


Adam Carlson's idea of fun is biking, swimming and running from Los Angeles to Tijuana — preferably in less than 10 hours. ...


Law Practice


When he's not defending Hollywood's hottest venues in court, Michael N. Schonbuch can be found lifting big in the gym. Colleag...


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


Panel denies asylum

Dec. 24, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

North Koreans who permanently relocate to South Korea are not eligible for asylum in the U.S., the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...


Constitutional free speech protections prevent the federal government from blocking the registration of offensive trademarks, ...


A Title IX suit by two former Pepperdine women's basketball players for discrimination continues. ...


Adam Winkler of UCLA School of Law, John Eastman of Chapman University's Fowler School of Law, and Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Irv...


Corporate


Pacific Commerce Bank announces merger

Dec. 23, 2015
By Riley Guerin

Pacific Commerce Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Commerce Bancorp, and ProAmérica Bank have entered into a definiti...