LA County Judge Thomas Griego wins praise for demeanor but criticism for criminal law expertise.
Technology & Science
FBI may have a way around forcing Apple to help it break into iPhone
By Amanda Schallert
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym granted the federal government's request for a continuance on a hearing Tuesday after prosecut...
Media
Antitrust lawsuit stops L.A. Times publisher from acquiring Freedom Communications
By Amanda Schallert
A government antitrust lawsuit and a federal judge's temporary restraining order killed the deal for the Los Angeles Times pub...
General Counsel, Endemol Shine North America, Los Angeles ...
David E. Lanzer previously served as the first vice president and senior counsel at Prologis Inc. ...
Litigation
'Degree mill' settlement receives preliminary approval
By America Hernandez
Students claim they were misled about the accreditation status of a Los Angeles campus. ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Santa Clara-based Affymetrix Inc. sticks with $1.3 billion purchase
By Banks Albachn
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
Subpoena issued to co-author of bar's report on Dunn
By Lyle Moran
Attorneys for the former State Bar executive will get to depose Munger Tolles partner ...
U.S. Supreme Court
EA's petition in likeness case rejected by Supreme Court
By Steven Crighton
The court will not weigh in on EA's argument that its use of former players' likenesses was transformative ...
Intellectual Property
High court to consider Samsung appeal of Apple win in design patent case
By Kevin Lee
The nation's highest court entered the smartphone war between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Monday, just days be...
An expert witness for the Thomas Jefferson School of Law pushed back Monday against claims from a former graduate of the San D...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Administrative/Regulatory
More federal agencies enforcing privacy regulations, creating a crowded field
By Joshua Seboldn
The avenues through which companies can be penalized for inadequate cybersecurity or privacy protections for users are expandi...
Judge Robert A. Knox, who passed away last week, is remembered by his peers and family as a down-to-earth, knowledgeable judge...
California Supreme Court
Prosecutors cannot pursue new criminal charges based on same facts, high court rules
By Kevin Lee
Criminal defendants are shielded from facing charges brought under different sections of the state penal code, the state Supre...
Criminal
Riverside judge dismisses rare murder charges against detox center
By Amanda Schallert
A Riverside judge dismissed key parts of the Attorney General's rare second-degree murder case against a detox center Friday. ...
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
By Steven Crighton
The court amended its opinion to define how the ruling affects automated copyright-flagging tools. ...
San Francisco Judge Brendan Conroy is known for his diverse experiences and his keen mind.
A defendant asked for the Orange County district attorney's office to be disqualified under the "outrageous government conduct...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California
California Supreme Court
State high court sides with cities over inadvertently disclosed documents
By Kevin Lee
Government entities are allowed to retract privileged documents that were mistakenly released in response to a public records ...
Arbitrator Profile
San Francisco mediator handles a wide range of cases, from the serious to the quirky
By Fiona Smith
Michael Ornstil has always been an avid athlete and competitor and that mindset follows him in his work as a neutral. ...
Fresh off three Academy Award wins, socially conscious entertainment company Participant Media Inc. promoted Gabriel F. Brakin...
Media
DOJ tries to block Tribune Publishing from creating newspaper monopoly in Southern California
By Amanda Schallert
The justice department filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Thursday to block the LA Times publisher from achieving a monopoly ov...
Heron Therapeutics Inc. announced David L. Szekeres will assume his new position Thursday as general counsel, senior vice pres...
Criminal
Family of slain man files tort claim against Long Beach Police Department
By L.J. Williamson
The family of Mharloun Saycon, a 39-year-old mentally disabled man shot by police last December while he sat in a chair outsid...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey L. Bleich has left Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP to join Dentons. Bleich spent m...
Carbon3D Inc. announced the hiring of Joshua L. Green as its first general counsel Thursday. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Parents of slain agent seek to reinstate claims in Fast & Furious case
By Fiona Smith
The parents of a border patrol agent killed with a gun obtained illegally in the federal government's botched Operation Fast a...
