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A proposed class action has been filed against Instagram LLC in San Francisco County Superior Court, accusing the photo sharin...


Will retirees who had been promised pensions have priority over Wall Street creditors if the city that employed them goes bank...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jul. 23, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


With several new cities discussing disincorporating, municipal leaders are pushing hard for legislation to extend a property t...


Corporate Counsel


W. Bradford Weller

Jul. 23, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

General Counsel, Secretary and Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, for Kofax Inc. Irvine and Basingstoke, England ...


Cedars-Sinai recently reported that it has fired five workers and a student intern for snooping on the private medical records...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Causation hurdles in legal malpractice suits

Jul. 23, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

In evaluating causation, California courts consistently apply and discuss the plaintiff's burden as the trial-within-a-trial, ...


Perspective


Don't let winners take the money and run

Jul. 23, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

You would think that after a hard-fought trial, the entry of a money judgment would bring at least temporary closure. But it a...


Litigation


An appeals court ruled that Disney was not required to permit a disabled woman to use a Segway at "The Happiest Place on Earth...


Law Practice


Holmes, Taylor & Jones LLP, which officially opened July 1, combines the practices of three practitioners in civil litigat...


At a State Bar meeting last week, trustees vowed to support a bill that would impose extra requirements on immigration lawyers...


Litigation


A federal judge finalized a $1.6 billion settlement in the class action suit involving Toyota and allegations of unintended ac...


Litigation


Even in her first order in a consolidated price fixing conspiracy case, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers made clear ...


Litigation


Makers of flat panel displays have already coughed up more than $1 billion to settle class action claims that they conspired t...


Judicial Profile


John D. Conley

Jul. 23, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

John D. Conley's childhood experiences helped lead him to his judicial felony trial assignment.


Law Practice


On the Move

Jul. 22, 2013
By David Ruiz

Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP welcomed back a former colleague to its public and environmental law practice group from the ...


Judicial Profile


Harold J. Mulville

Jul. 22, 2013
By Blake Edwardsn

West Covina's veteran Commissioner Harold J. Mulville gets in before the sun to get it right.


Judicial Profile


M. Marc Kelly

Jul. 22, 2013
By Henry Meier

Lawyers are advised to wear green in this former Notre Dame basketball player's courtroom.


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


For the first time since 1944, there will be no judicial conference on the docket this summer at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...


Perspective


The U.S. high court's recent rulings limiting generic drug manufacturers' liability exposure are perplexing given the purpose ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Everytime you say "yes" to a settlement, you're also saying "no" to every other option. By David B. Simpson ...


Books


The Zelig-like career of John Hay

Jul. 20, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

There are few people in American history who have served in so many government positions and turned up at so many historical e...


Community News


Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey gave a keynote address to nearly 175 pro bono lawyers, board members, staff ...


LG Chem Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd pled guilty Thursday to criminal charges filed in San Francisco admitting they were pa...


Community News


Staff, attorneys and summer associates at Blank Rome LLP's Los Angeles office participated in a volunteer day on June 29th as ...


Community News


Celebrating its third anniversary — and U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage — the Orange County Lavender Bar Assoc...


The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco announced Thursday that the Irish pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc will pay...


Litigation


The City of Upland is suing a pair of insurance companies that allegedly bailed on paying legal fees to defend the municipalit...


Entertainment & Sports


The ongoing dispute over the rights to Superman continues as attorneys for the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerome Siegel on W...


Community News


Pasadena's Presiding Judge Mary Thornton House and current and former members of the Pasadena Bar Association attended an even...