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Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 8, 2013
By Dominic Fracassan

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


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Nov. 8, 2013
By Seena Nikravan

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...


Law Practice


Hired guns hunt hackers for video game makers

Nov. 8, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

The increasing popularity of online video games is giving rise to a niche area of litigation in which game developers pursue c...


Banking


Are public banks something we should consider?

Nov. 8, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Even unremitting champions of the free enterprise system are unlikely to laud the recent performance of private banks. By Pras...


Government


City voters turned out Tuesday in strong support of a local firearm measure that experts are calling uniquely restrictive amon...


Government


Voters recalled James F. Penman this week, closing out the lawyer's 26-year tenure with the bankrupt municipality. ...


Corporate


Skadden guides $83 million nursing center sale

Nov. 8, 2013
By Andrew Mc Intyre

The firm represented Long Beach-based real estate investment trust HCP Inc. in multiple sales. ...


Labor/Employment


Five plaintiffs say the weapons research lab inadvertently discriminated against them and other older workers in how it select...


Bankruptcy


Bankruptcy judge seems reluctant to decide battle between estate and firms ...


Criminal


A prosecutor told jurors a former Stradling Yocca partner planted drugs on a school volunteer and then called the police. But ...


California Supreme Court


Justices seemed to agree with the State Bar that Stephen Glass, a former New Republic writer who published numerous falsehoods...


Real Estate/Development


Real Estate Deals

Nov. 7, 2013
By Andrew Mcintyre

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


California Supreme Court


Former California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George settled some old scores and detailed his storied career in an e...


Municipal Lawyers


Holly O. Whatley

Nov. 7, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

Colantuono & Levin PC Los Angeles Specialties: public finance and complex litigation ...


Municipal Lawyers


Randal R. Morrison

Nov. 7, 2013
By Kevin Lee

Sabine & Morrison San Diego Specialties: sign regulation, government speech ...


Municipal Lawyers


Truc L. Moore

Nov. 7, 2013
By John Roemer

County Counsel's Office Los Angeles Specialties: Public contracting, information technology, intellectual property, environmen...


Municipal Lawyers


Kendall H. MacVey

Nov. 7, 2013
By Salvador Mares

Best Best & Krieger LLP Riverside Specialities: eminent domain, public agency litigation ...


Municipal Lawyers


T. Brent Hawkins

Nov. 7, 2013
By Laura Hautalan

Best Best & Krieger LLP Sacramento Specialty: Redevelopment, public agency litigation ...


Municipal Lawyers


Eric L. Garner

Nov. 7, 2013
By Fiona Smith

Best Best & Krieger LLP Los Angeles Specialties: water rights, water resources ...


Municipal Lawyers


Burk "Buck" Delventhal

Nov. 7, 2013
By Hamed Aleazizn

City Attorney's Office San Francisco Specialties: constitutional law, legislative drafting, city administrative law ...


Municipal Lawyers


Municipal Law

Nov. 7, 2013
By Riley Guerin


Municipal Lawyers


Mitchell E. Abbott

Nov. 7, 2013
By Don Debenedictisn

Richards, Watson & Gershon APC Los Angeles Specialties: land use, election law, litigation, appellate work ...


Municipal Lawyers


Some cities now face dissolution as the result of what some see as California's bid to balance the state budget by grabbing fu...


Municipal Lawyers


SB 7 may soon face arguments in court that the law violates the state constitution. ...


Perspective


Blogging on eggshells

Nov. 7, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

The question of whether a blog constitutes attorney advertising is not always simple and straightforward. By Larry Doyle ...


A corrections expert hired by the state testified Tuesday that while recent videos depict prison guards using excessive force ...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court took up the case Tuesday of a bribery scheme described by Gov. Jerry Brown as "one of the most appalli...


Judges and Judiciary


A new educational nonprofit formed to promote public awareness about the role of the judicial branch is part of an trend of th...


Litigation


A group of California municipalities have settled claims with 10 former officers and directors of defunct investment bank Lehm...


Law Practice


Ireland's oldest law school honors Girardi

Nov. 7, 2013
By Omar Shamout

An historic Irish legal society elected top litigator Thomas V. Girardi and two other American attorneys to a prestigious hono...