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Judicial Profile


Thomas Griego

Mar. 24, 2016
By Laurinda Keys

LA County Judge Thomas Griego wins praise for demeanor but criticism for criminal law expertise.


Technology & Science


U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym granted the federal government's request for a continuance on a hearing Tuesday after prosecut...


A government antitrust lawsuit and a federal judge's temporary restraining order killed the deal for the Los Angeles Times pub...


Corporate Counsel


John M. Farrell

Mar. 23, 2016
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel, Endemol Shine North America, Los Angeles ...


Corporate


Rexford Industrial Realty names new GC

Mar. 23, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

David E. Lanzer previously served as the first vice president and senior counsel at Prologis Inc. ...


Litigation


Students claim they were misled about the accreditation status of a Los Angeles campus. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


The company rejected a last-minute $1.5 billion offer from Origin Technologies Corp LLC, a shell company run by former Affymet...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Attorneys for the former State Bar executive will get to depose Munger Tolles partner ...


U.S. Supreme Court


The court will not weigh in on EA's argument that its use of former players' likenesses was transformative ...


Intellectual Property


The nation's highest court entered the smartphone war between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Monday, just days be...


Education


An expert witness for the Thomas Jefferson School of Law pushed back Monday against claims from a former graduate of the San D...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Mar. 22, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

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


Administrative/Regulatory


The avenues through which companies can be penalized for inadequate cybersecurity or privacy protections for users are expandi...


Obituaries


Judge Robert A. Knox, 1927 - 2016

Mar. 22, 2016
By Justin Kloczko

Judge Robert A. Knox, who passed away last week, is remembered by his peers and family as a down-to-earth, knowledgeable judge...


Criminal defendants are shielded from facing charges brought under different sections of the state penal code, the state Supre...


A Riverside judge dismissed key parts of the Attorney General's rare second-degree murder case against a detox center Friday. ...


Judicial Profile


Roger W. Boren

Mar. 22, 2016
By Laurinda Keys

Justice Roger Boren of the 2nd District says a concise, well-organized brief is most effective.


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


9th Circuit declines to rehear 'Dancing Baby' case

Mar. 22, 2016
By Steven Crighton

The court amended its opinion to define how the ruling affects automated copyright-flagging tools. ...


Judicial Profile


Brendan P. Conroy

Mar. 22, 2016
By Phil Johnson

San Francisco Judge Brendan Conroy is known for his diverse experiences and his keen mind.


Litigation


OC courthouse brawl prompts recusal request

Mar. 21, 2016
By America Hernandez.

A defendant asked for the Orange County district attorney's office to be disqualified under the "outrageous government conduct...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Mar. 21, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

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


California Supreme Court


Government entities are allowed to retract privileged documents that were mistakenly released in response to a public records ...


Michael Ornstil has always been an avid athlete and competitor and that mindset follows him in his work as a neutral. ...


Corporate


Participant Media promotes GC

Mar. 19, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Fresh off three Academy Award wins, socially conscious entertainment company Participant Media Inc. promoted Gabriel F. Brakin...


The justice department filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Thursday to block the LA Times publisher from achieving a monopoly ov...


Corporate


Former Regulus GC to head Heron Therapeutics

Mar. 19, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Heron Therapeutics Inc. announced David L. Szekeres will assume his new position Thursday as general counsel, senior vice pres...


The family of Mharloun Saycon, a 39-year-old mentally disabled man shot by police last December while he sat in a chair outsid...


Law Practice


Former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey L. Bleich has left Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP to join Dentons. Bleich spent m...


Corporate


Google-backed Carbon3D Inc. names GC

Mar. 19, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Carbon3D Inc. announced the hiring of Joshua L. Green as its first general counsel Thursday. ...


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


The parents of a border patrol agent killed with a gun obtained illegally in the federal government's botched Operation Fast a...