A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
A new lawsuit against several California school districts asks not whether stadardized test scores must be factored into teach...
State Bar & Bar Associations
In close vote, longtime State Bar activist elected as the organization's president
By Don De Benedictis
Promising to improve efficiency and transparency, David J. Pasternak, a receivership lawyer and longtime bar activist, was ele...
Labor/Employment
AutoZone case ends, but State Bar sanctions still in play
By Matthew Blaken
A magistrate judge granted a motion to dismiss all claims in the record-setting pregnancy discrimination suit, and referred at...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Attorney sentenced to 30 months in prison for two separate fraud schemes
By Deirdre Newmann
Two federal judges last week sentenced attorney Gino Paul Pietro to a total of 30 months in prison for two separate fraud sche...
The Intel Corp. subsidiary has won a defense jury verdict in a $13 million patent case brought by a Colorado-based holding com...
Patent litigation attorney Sonal N. Mehta left Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP for Durie Tangri LLP on Friday. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Juvenile offenders should have felony sentences reduced under new law, court rules
By John Roemer
Nonviolent juvenile offenders get the same benefits as adults from last year's Proposition 47, a state appellate panel ruled o...
The take away from the criminal case against former managers of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP - the once global, now failed mega law...
U.S. District Judge John A. Krondstadt ruled that evidence of jurors googling information on recalls and the type of bacteria...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Trustees vote unanimously to shorten length of bar exam
By Don De Benedictis
Largely unchanged for more than 25 years, the California State Bar exam will be shortened from three days to two days beginnin...
Superior Court Judge San Francisco County ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
California Courts of Appeal
Committee confirms four appellate justices
By America Hernandez
Elwood G. Lui, John L. Segal, Luis A. Lavin and Lamar W. Baker were all unanimously confirmed to serve on the 2nd District Cou...
Over the last 25 years, the mock trial became standard procedure when preparing a complex case for trial. By Alexander Brainer...
As the modern law practice has emerged, attorneys have seen the risks and frequency of legal malpractice claims change. By J. ...
Recent decisions demonstrate that by following certain guidelines, organizations can improve the likelihood that their online ...
Like a Swiss army knife, Werksman, Jackson, Hathaway and Quinn LLP is equipped to defend against any crime. ...
Law Practice
Sacramento construction group spins out from Hanson Bridgett
By Joshua Seboldn
Four partners are leaving Hanson Bridgett LLP's construction law practice in Sacramento to form their own boutique. The new fi...
Arnold Levinson says his laid back, straightforward style is effective ...
Litigation
Pipeline operator faces sixth possible suit in Santa Barbara spill
By Banks Albachn
The city of Santa Barbara has hired outside counsel to explore a lawsuit against Plains All American Pipeline LP, the operator...
Litigation
$210M settlement between Sirius XM and record labels to proceed
By Ashley Cullinsn
A federal judge denied an injunction attempting to halt the $210 million settlement between Sirius XM Radio Inc. and major rec...
The House Judiciary Committee recently approved a bill that takes aim at so-called "no injury" class actions. By Steve Atlee a...
Obituaries
Retired federal judge Lawrence Karlton, praised for prison reform efforts, is dead at 80
By Fiona Smith
Retired U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of Sacramento was known as passionate and demanding and dedicated. ...
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, the former dean of McGeorge School of Law and the former general counsel of the CIA and the Nation...
Among the dozen lawyers disciplined recently, several suffered because they hadn't done what they'd promised to do when discip...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar board set to trim length of bar exam
By Don Debenedictisn
Exam officials say a two-day exam would be more efficient and cheaper yet just as accurate and difficult as the current three-...
DigitalFilm Tree Los Angeles ...
For years, seven shareholders controlled 60 percent of United Airlines as well as big chunks of several competitors. Antitrust...
In cases involving credit cards, admissibility of credit card statements under the "business records" exception looms large. B...