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Labor/Employment
If enforceable, state bill could sharply cut workplace arbitration agreements
By Matthew Blaken
Employment lawyers have spent the summer fiercely debating Assembly Bill 465, which attempts to stanch the rapid rise in empl...
VP, General Counsel and Secretary Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles ...
Young victims of sexual abuse and exploitation should never be re-victimized in a court of law. By David M. Ring ...
Once the state Legislature returns from its summer recess in August, it will sprint to this year's regular session finish line...
California Courts of Appeal
Appeals court knocks out one claim against Milbank Tweed in malpractice suit
By Saul Sugarman
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP has received a break in a lawsuit at the 1st District Court of Appeal, which held the fi...
A recent Stanford University Law School study found that demographically, California district attorney's offices are stuck in ...
California Supreme Court
Supreme Court asks for input on court rule proposal
By America Hernandez
The proposal would prevent Court of Appeal decisions from being automatically depublished when the California Supreme Court gr...
Judges today seem to be criticizing other judges and their rulings now more than ever - and not just in U.S. Supreme Court dis...
Judges and Judiciary
Leading architect of state’s complex litigation courts set to retire
By Philip Johnsonn
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer, known for his role in building the court's complex litigation uni...
In a surprise move, U.S. Attorney Melinda L. Haag announced Wednesday she will resign after five years on the job. ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Burford Capital LLC has partnered with corporate restructuring firm Chilmark Partners LLC to launch a new $100 million joint v...
The courthouse at 300 E. Walnut street in Pasadena will resume many of its usual functions on Wednesday after a fire forced ci...
The first successful case against Zimmer Inc. showed how the company touted the track record of its European implant without d...
Law Practice
Sidley continues lateral hiring spree with two new partners
By Joshua Seboldn
Sidley Austin LLP is in the process of poaching two prominent partners from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP in Los Angeles...
For the second time, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the state Supreme Court for clarification on what the term "ti...
Circuit Judge ...
Despite a gradual shift towards a more holistic approach in fighting crime, public defender's offices state-wide remain underf...
Administrative/Regulatory
SF Municipal Transportation Agency to pay $1.35M for mishandling hazardous substances in underground tanks
By Fiona Smith
The action comes a decade after the federal government fined the transit agency over a leaky tank that spilled 39,000 gallons ...
Judges are sometimes ill-equipped to make judgments as to the racial/ethnic make-up of the jurors on a panel. By Katherine Mad...
The president has an initiative that reinvigorates executive clemency power and promises to ameliorate excessively harsh sente...
With several new bills pending in the state Legislature, California is once again trying to rein in predatory disability acces...
A fire Monday at the Pasadena courthouse is the latest emergency in a string of floods, elevator entrapments and plumbing disa...
Labor/Employment
Nursing home inspector alleges retaliation by county health department
By Matthew Blaken
The plaintiff claims the county made her perform work that was against the law in order to reduce their backlog of nursing hom...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Sullivan, Latham advise in Teva's $40.5 billion buyout offer of Activis
By Banks Albachn
Consolidation volume in the pharmaceutical market broke financial records Monday after Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. an...
California Supreme Court
State high court changes rules that affect wills
By John Roemer
Where there's a will, there's a new way for potential beneficiaries to contest it, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Th...
Litigation
BP kicks off its defense in bellwether trial against franchisees' claims
By Andy Serbe
Defending claims from four franchise gas station owners who say they're being overcharged for Arco gasoline, supplier BP West ...
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Hill aspired to be on the bench from an early age.
Aspiriant LLC Los Angeles ...