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Litigation


Litigation finance company Bentham Capital LLC announced Monday it has opened an office in San Francisco, the organization's t...


Labor/Employment


Settlement forces Wal-Mart distribution subcontractor to pay $21 million toward Riverside County workers and their lawyers. ...



Judicial Profile


Daniel G. Lamborn

May 6, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

San Diego County Judge Daniel Lamborn will hear you out, but won't hesitate once he's ready to rule.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

May 5, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

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



As California struggles to cut back water use, two recent and divergent court of appeal opinions are raising questions over ho...


Perspective


After correctly reporting that the Los Angeles and San Francisco Superior Courts plan to keep the popular courts open and runn...



Letter to the Editor


LETTER: Article on blogging makes missteps

May 5, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The author says, "[I]f a blogger receives a 'takedown notice,' the blogger can respond by taking down an image, limiting copyr...


Judges and Judiciary


I know well that the article's message that more applicants are needed is an important one, and that efforts to diversify the ...



The 2nd District Court of Appeal denied three housing developers' petition to appeal Shell Inc.'s $90 million settlement for a...


California State University acted reasonably and fairly when trustees imposed two fee increases on students within three month...



Judges and Judiciary


New magistrate judge for Central District

May 5, 2015
By America Hernandez

Rozella Anne Oliver served as chief of the U.S. attorney's office general crimes section before succeeding Judge Ralph Zarefsk...


Corporate


Achievers general counsel leaves for Udemy

May 5, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

The general counsel at employee engagement software provider Achievers Corp., Lisa L. Haugh, has left to take the same role at...



Government


A patent litigation reform bill backed by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators stands a stronger chance of passage than a simil...


Labor/Employment


A hairdressing and cosmetology school litigated for 17 months before seeking arbitration, after students introduced wage and ...



Judicial Profile


Jeffrey B. Jones

May 5, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Judge Imperial County (El Centro) ...


Firm Watch


On the Move

May 4, 2015
By Alison Frostn

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



Judicial Profile


Mark S. Borrell

May 3, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Judge ...


Litigation


Weighing risks, benefits of juror questioning

May 2, 2015
By Philip Johnsonn

The practice of jurors questioning witnesses dates back to common law, but it is undergoing a revival of sorts. The trend has ...



Perspective


Proposed rules embrace mediation

May 2, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are an edorsement of mediation. By Benjamin S. Seigel ...


GC Email


Welcome guidance on paid sick leave

May 2, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Since California's new paid sick leave law was passed in late 2014, employers have been struggling to understand the law's req...



GC Email


These clauses provide peace of mind to employers who often want to simply sever all ties with the employee after struggling th...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


According to speakers at a State Bar symposium on lawyer ethics last weekend, lawyers must wend their way through a complex et...



Criminal


State Supreme Court upholds death penalty

May 2, 2015
By L.J. Williamson

A California Supreme Court decision released Thursday attracted the attention of trendspotters interested in seeing whether st...


Solo and Small Firms


James R. Mayock, managing partner of E&M Mayock, makes it his business to help small foreign companies open up operations ...



California Supreme Court


It's back to the future for the state Supreme Court, which agreed to hear a 9-year-old case brought by security guards demandi...


Firm Profile


Generational Gumption

May 2, 2015
By America Hernandez

Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt was built from two generations of lawyers, and its leaders attribute most of t...



Ethics/Professional Responsibility


When attorneys abruptly depart

May 2, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

An unprepared law practice can be thrown into chaos when an attorney leaves the practice of law unexpectedly for death, incapa...


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


A high school student who pointed a laser beam at an airplane and temporarily blinded the pilot will get a new sentence - and ...



Litigation


Complex courts face funding shift

May 2, 2015
By America Hernandez

A decision to make permanent a 15-year-old pilot program to build a group of judges with special expertise to handle complex l...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

May 1, 2015
By Don Debenedictisn

Four lawyers disciplined recently by the state Supreme Court or State Bar Court all got into trouble for not doing what they'd...