Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Western Digital Corp. Irvine ...
By James Grafton Randall ...
The misimpression that veterans are passive recipients of state and federal dollars denies the agency of our veterans and the ...
A recent decision by a Delaware court is confirmation of courts' willingness to rein in plaintiffs' firms who attempt to push ...
Government
Judge seems to side with rail authority on high speed rail contracts
By Paul Jones
Opponents of the state's troubled $68 billion high speed rail project may have failed to convince a Sacramento County judge Fr...
Litigation
Federal judge partially certifies class in NCAA player likeness case
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge on Friday certified a class of all current and former Division I college football players who claim the Nation...
The nationwide legal sector lost jobs in October, according to a government report, making it the first month the industry has...
The departure of the gaming giant's chief legal counsel, Reginald D. Davis, comes in wake of a companywide reorganization. ...
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Hewlett-Packard Co. and the National ...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Thursday threw out the conviction of 53-year-old Kash Delano Register, who was wr...
Jason D. Kipnis has joined the Palo Alto office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as a partner after spending the vast ...
Litigation
Orinda firm gets $20 million settlement in bus accident case
By Fiona Smith
Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis, Larsen & Lucey reached a $20.4 million settlement with the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District ...
The 9th Circuit recently imposed long-overdue limits on the use of gang injunctions. By Erwin Chemerinsky ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham advises on $2.6 billion pharmaceutical company sale
By Salvador Mares
California's bustling biotechnology industry saw another multi-billion dollar deal last week with the announcement of San Dieg...
For almost exactly one year — from April 2006 until March 29, 2007 — Lynch was the driving force behind a marijuana operation ...
Riverside criminal judge Elisabeth Sichel is a people pleaser known for her courtroom hospitality.
Los Angeles County (Compton) ...
Irma E. Gonzalez is the second federal judge from the Southern District ever to take on a role as a neutral, having started on...
Irma E. Gonzalez is one of the rare federal judges from the Southern District to take on a role as a neutral, having started o...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Judge Gary Nadler frequently starts his hearings with a speech to litigants, attorneys or jurors.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Deep-seated issues lurk in family business disputes
By Ben Armisteadn
Often issues from years past become magnifi ed, clouding the pressing legal issues. By Joan B. Kessler ...
Administrative/Regulatory
How a [property-related fee] becomes a [reality]
By Ben Armisteadn
A new decision provides guidance on what actions public agencies must take in adoption property-related fees. By Kelly J. Salt...
Richard A. Shaw, an attorney at Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego, received the San Diego County Bar Association's fi...
Community News
Legal nonprofit honors employment and immigration advocates
By Ben Adlin
The nonprofit California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. hosted its annual fundraiser, "San Francisco Fiesta," on Nov. 5 at the Pu...
Southwestern Law School celebrated the arrival of a new dean and the opening of its first on-campus student housing at a recep...
At the 66th annual Supreme Court luncheon on Oct. 29, hosted by the Lawyers Club of San Francisco, San Francisco Public Defend...
ADR Services Inc. San Diego ...
Officer told jurors that "nothing was really adding up" as he investigated attorney Kent Easter's report that a school volunte...
Community News
In-house counsel share thoughts on law firms' marketing efforts
By Ben Adlin
Legal marketing specialists gathered at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco on Oct. 28 for the 2013 Legal Marketing Technology Confer...