Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham advises underwriters in SunEdison Semiconductor IPO
By Salvador Mares
Latham & Watkins LLP is representing a consortium of underwriters in connection with the planned $250 million initial publ...
A bill to require California law enforcement to obtain warrants before asking Web companies to turn over emails or other onlin...
Environmental
Groundwater feud pits Coachella Valley tribe against local districts
By Fiona Smith
A legal feud over how to manage dwindling groundwater in the Coachella Valley will decide whether Indian tribes get water they...
Law Practice
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips welcomes back governor's sister as partner
By Joshua Seboldn
Kathleen L. Brown, retired chair of investment banking for the Midwest region at The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has joined Mana...
Proskauer and Latham were transactional and finance counsel, respectively, to Los Angeles-based private equity investor Ares M...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Gay Russian man's asylum bid draws favorable reaction in 9th Circuit hearing
By John Roemer
A gay Russian man beaten by skinheads at home and seeking asylum in the U.S. got a sympathetic hearing Monday at oral argument...
Justice H. Walter Croskey keeps a running tally of his published cases - it's now up to 482.
The list of avoidable catastrophes is literally endless, and in the end extraordinarily costly. By Bradley I. Kramer ...
Because of the impressive growth by various Latin American countries over the past decade, the pace of work there has accelera...
Perspective
Commercial landlord-tenant dispute highlights need for due diligence
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent ruling brings new scrutiny to these costs, illustrating how the court can reach into the records of a negotiation. By...
Thompson Coburn LLP is moving closer to its West Coast clientele with the acquisition of a Century City boutique, firm leaders...
Litigation
Toyota expert concedes driver may have braked in unexpected acceleration trial
By Omar Shamout
An engineering consultant for Toyota Motor Corp. admitted the accident victim at the center of a bellwether $20 million uninte...
Christine Copeland has spent many years helping self-represented litigants navigate the courts.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Insurance policies are growing more popular as mergers and acquisitions lawyers search for ways to overcome barriers to making...
Senior Vice President, Chief Social Responsibility Officer and Chief Legal Officer for Golden State Foods Corp. Irvine ...
Re: "The Charge of Law Schools," Aug. 29. By Byron K. Toma ...
Letter to the Editor
Texting case correct on personal responsibility
By Ben Armisteadn
Re: "And Like That, a New Cause of Action," Sept. 5. By Stanley Jacobs ...
A recent settlement in Minnesota may signal the end of one tactic employed by some so-called "patent trolls." By Matthew S. Jo...
Discipline
Bay Area lawyer faces disbarment for massive misappropriation
By Don J. De Benedictis
An attorney just three years out of Stanford Law School enticed a 77-year-old doctor to invest in a partnership, then used the...
An Orange County judge recently signed off on a $15.4 million settlement Lake Forest agreed to pay a landowner in a contentiou...
Intellectual Property
Recent Federal Circuit ruling showcases patent eligibility divide
By Kevin Lee
A recent win for Durie Tangri LLP partner Mark A. Lemley and a Foster City-based client demonstrates the difficulties a federa...
The U.S. Supreme Court should shoot down California's appeal of a federal court order demanding a reduction in prison inmates,...
Criminal
Attorney general declines to charge judge in sexual misconduct allegation
By Alexandra Schwappach
Orange County Superior Court Judge Scott Steiner, who in March was accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with a female law ...
The Orange County Superior Court has received recognition for its creation and implementation of an electronic case-filing sys...
In a summer month notorious for its stagnant job growth and slow activity, August saw the second highest jump in U.S. legal se...
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said Friday he will seek to placate businesses by amending his bill to reform the C...
Personal Injury & Torts
Passenger in Irwindale bus crash is first to sue
By Omar Shamout
The first lawsuit arising from the Aug. 22 crash of a tour bus carrying senior citizens to the San Manuel Indian Bingo & C...
Law Practice
Silicon Valley Law Group defends itself against malpractice claims
By Joshua Seboldn
Silicon Valley Law Group is defending itself against malpractice claims over the firm's role in a deal that turned out to be a...
A state appellate court has ordered a retrial in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit after applying a precedent that says a j...