The governance role of institutional shareholders over the last few decades has significantly expanded. By Nicholas O'Keefe ...
Understanding what makes a good board must start with understanding what a board needs to do. By Timothy G. Hoxie and Robert T...
Corporate Governance
It's critical to review board conduct on ex ante basis
By Ben Armisteadn
The great strength of Delaware's corporate law system has been its enabling model of corporate governance which generally allo...
Increasingly, some activist hedge funds are looking to sell their stock positions back to target companies. By John Newell, Br...
While gender diversity on boards correlates with improvements in stock price and other performance indicators, the vast majori...
The shareholder unrest that followed Dole Foods' $1.6 billion buyout last year has turned a spotlight on what has become one o...
Corporate Governance ...
It has been said in many contexts that "good plans shape good decisions." This quote rings true with respect to the National O...
Los Angeles County Treasurer Mark J. Saladino was appointed as the next county counsel Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Unions lose 9th Circuit battle over 'threatening' demonstrations
By John Roemer
In a setback for labor unions' right to picket, a federal appellate panel ruled on Tuesday that federal law doesn't preempt ma...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is celebrating its 150th anniversary through a series of community service programs aro...
Environmental
Lawsuit opens second attack against oil trains in California
By Fiona Smith
Environmentalists claim officials failed to do CEQA review of train offloading facility near Sacramento. ...
The Howrey LLP estate recently moved to settle clawback claims with 31 of the defunct firm's former partners for $1.5 million....
Litigation
Twisting and turning, defect suit frustrates judge, spins through web of lawyers
By Matt Hamiltonn
The long-running construction defect suit was brought by Santa Monica attorney Fred Adelman and Kristen Whitney, whose Watermi...
Government
New realignment funding formula gaining support among counties
By Kylie Reynolds
A recently released formula for allocating funds under realignment, the state's 2011 prison reform effort, is gaining support ...
LA Superior Court Judge Joel M. Wallenstein is known for getting creative in the courtroom.
Division General Counsel of Rural/Metro Corp. Scottsdale, Ariz. ...
Video game companies have been contacting lawyers with concerns that the virtual economies in their products could fall under ...
NASA recently announced Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX as the winners of the Commercial Crew Program. This marks the true c...
Perspective
Employers should be 'bully' over new training requirement
By Ben Armisteadn
Jerry Brown recently signed Assembly Bill 2053 into law - a significant amendment to California's mandatory sexual harassment ...
Government
About a dozen inmates still need to file resentencing petitions under Proposition 36
By Kylie Reynolds
About a dozen inmates who are eligible for resentencing under Prop 36, the 2012 ballot initiative that diluted the state's thr...
News of the California Public Employees' Retirement System's plans to liquidate the entirety of its $4 billion position in hed...
Criminal
Judge questions soundness of fraud case against Israeli banking executive
By Henry Meier
U.S. District Judge John F. Walter pressed the government for specific evidence to prove Shokrollah Baravarianknew customers t...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Jones Day, Fenwick involved in biggest deal yet for SAP
By Salvador Mares
SAP SE tapped Jones Day to handle its $8.3 billion acquisition of travel and expense management software maker Concur Technolo...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote whether to hire the current county treasurer as the new county counsel T...
A former University of Southern California football player who collapsed during a 2012 game and suffered a brain injury claims...
Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2494, which is intended to combat frivolous actions and proceedings. By Katherine Pettib...
Taiwan-based MediaTek Inc. and Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor Inc. struck a global settlement on Monday, just before juro...
Irell & Manella LLP has helped a pharmaceutical client secure a $100 million drug patent settlement after seven years of l...