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Solo and Small Firms


Stepping Out

Mar. 15, 2014
By Katie Lucia

The duo behind the Law Offi ces of Lady Justice in Victorville employ an aggressive marketing campaign that they say is payin...


Community News


The Anti-Defamation League held its annual Helene & Joseph Sherwood Prize for Combating Hate luncheon and awards ceremony ...


Law Practice


The Busch Firm partnered with Michael W. Caspino to create a firm concentrating on business, estate and tax planning, corporat...


California Supreme Court


Asked for their opinion by the 9th Circuit, state Supreme Court justices will look into whether employers are obligated to pro...


California Supreme Court


California jurisdictions must make a public warning for each new red light camera installed, the state Supreme Court has ruled...


Labor/Employment


A group of lawyers filed several proposed class actions on behalf of McDonald's workers throughout the country, including thre...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC relied on counsel from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP i...


Community News


U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford of the Central District, left, accepts the American Inns of Court charter from Judge Ri...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board petitioned the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a much-watched case over one of ...


Community News


Law firm event highlights brand-building

Mar. 15, 2014
By Ben Adlin

Attorneys, managing partners and other law firm leaders gathered March 4 to hear from speaker and author David Avrin about bui...


Community News


A ceremonial groundbreaking for the new San Diego Central Courthouse was held March 10 at the corner of Union Street and C Str...


Judges and Judiciary


Court leaders say the probe is duplicative and could complicate ongoing internal reform efforts, but audit proponents argue it...


Perspective


Be like Mike, but don't speak for Mike

Mar. 15, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

Jordan recently won in a very different court when an appeallate court ruled that he could pursue claims against a grocery sto...


Government


It's two years and counting since a Fresno federal judge announced he would take senior status. The Obama administration still...


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


The tiny fish, hovering near extinction, scored a big victory Thursday after a federal appeals court ruled the government is a...


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


The court barred removal of certain overtime and other claims from state courts to federal. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Mar. 14, 2014
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Judicial Profile


Patrick A. Cathcart

Mar. 14, 2014
By Henry Meier

Judge Cathcart initially bucked the family tradition and took a very different career path before turning to law ...


Corporate Counsel


Lucy Pliskin

Mar. 14, 2014
By Kylie Reynolds

Chief Legal Officer for Goodwill Southern California Los Angeles ...


Perspective


Selectiveness in residency prosecutions?

Mar. 14, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

In Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," Mr. Bumble proclaims, "The law is an ass." Jackass, he meant. By Robert S. Henry ...


After parting ways with a name partner and three of its attorneys, the health care-focused Los Angeles boutique now known as N...


Government


City's firearm law to remain in effect for now

Mar. 14, 2014
By Hamed Aleazizn

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday rejected gun owners' request for an emergency order to block a Sunnyva...


Criminal


The government's crackdown on real estate investors who engineered lower prices in foreclosure auctions in violation of federa...


Law Practice


A great leap abroad for Squire Sanders

Mar. 14, 2014
By Alexandra Schwappach

Squire Sanders no longer wants to be known as "that Cleveland-based firm." That's why, for the past several years, the firm ha...


Litigation


A San Jose-based technology company must pay memory manufacturer SanDisk Corp. $28.5 million for breaching a patent license ag...


Criminal


Banning the box is a step forward

Mar. 14, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

San Francisco now has the distinguished honor of being the first legislative body in the country to protect its citizens from ...


Government


California's family law court system is underfunded, speakers testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, and l...


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


In a tussle over how copyright licenses work in an era of eBooks, iTunes, Netflix and Shutterstock, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...


Criminal


Banning the box is a step forward

Mar. 13, 2014
By Katharine Malonen

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee recently signed the Fair Chance Act into law, regulating the rampant use of background checks as a ...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Mar. 13, 2014
By David Ruiz

A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.