Sidley Austin LLP partner Eric Shumsky joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as partner in its Supreme Court and appel...
Environmental
Oakland environmental group gets first settlement in nap mat toxic warning lawsuit
By Fiona Smith
An environmental group suing several companies over toxic flame retardants in children's products announced Monday that a majo...
Judges and Judiciary
LA County Superior Court judge wins Senate confirmation to federal bench
By Hadley Robinson
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell to a vacant spot on the f...
Labor/Employment
New, smaller class in Wal-Mart gender discrimination case
By Laura Hautalan
The saga of a 12-year gender discrimination lawsuit against America's largest private employer continued Monday with the filin...
Latham & Watkins LLP represented JPMorgan Chase & Co., financial adviser to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., in the comp...
Criminal
Ex-South Gate city treasurer wins honest-services fraud reversal
By Don Debenedictisn
The 9th Circuit reversed former South Gate official Albert T. Robles' convictions on 25 corruption counts, citing a U.S. Supre...
Judge James Stoelker pushes punctuality and pays close attention to parties' legal arguments.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
While foreigners are subject to a 35 percent FIRPTA tax upon the disposition of U.S. real estate, foreign investors are increa...
Hopefully 2013 will be a more prosperous year, as the top bracket has increased from 35 percent to 39.6 percent and there is n...
California has taken dramatic steps to negate the benefits its businesses and residents previously enjoyed by "moving away." B...
Tax
India seeks to tax offshore transactions involving Indian assets
By Ben Armisteadn
The harsh results of the new law, especially its retroactive application, have made the situation unpalatable to non-Indian mu...
Strangely, a nonearning same-sex partner may be required to pay taxes he or she should not otherwise owe. By Emily J. Kingston...
Ten years after creditors pushed San Francisco law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP into bankruptcy, the defunct firm'...
The Howrey estate has sued several vendors, including Ceridian Benefit Services Inc. and Cigna Healthcare Inc., in hopes of re...
Since 2009, 38,000 individuals have voluntarily disclosed their foreign financial accounts, taking advantage of a special amne...
Corporate
Tax board's retroactive ruling irks startup investors, advisers
By Alexandra Schwappach
In December, the Franchise Tax Board decided to eliminate a tax deduction for people who buy, sell or invest in startup compan...
Criminal
Defense tactics in KPMG insider trading case raise legal eyebrows
By Henry Meier
Defense attorneys' transparency about their clients' wrongdoing in relation to the government's insider trading case against a...
Judge Daniel Ramirez finds excitement in the efficiency he's able to bring to his civil calendar.
The U.K.'s top tax policymaker was in California last week promoting his country's recently-lowered corporate tax rate, new ta...
Fox Rothschild LLP added John E. Mason Jr. and Jonathan B. Altschul as partners in the firm's Los Angeles office. Both joined ...
Formerly a watchdog for the state prisons, Judge Brett Morgan now helps criminals stay in line.
Judge Terrence Van Oss pulls no punches, wins respect.
Perspective
VIDEO: Federal Circuit ruling provides guidance for showing worldwide damages
By Ben Armisteadn
The case is of particular interest in the damages context because the patent owner had sought and obtained a jury award based ...
The state Supreme Court granted Inland Empire's petition for review and heard oral argument Feb. 5. Based on the justices' que...
Rather than being adversaries, soon-to-be-married persons should view themselves as partners in the crafting of a prenuptial a...
Two years after starting her own law firm, Polina Friedland Bernstein's practice got busy enough to necessitate another attorn...
Two Bay Area small firms represented an Oakland developer and a Chinese investor in a venture delivering the final funding for...
Community News
Asian Pacific bar association celebrates 15th anniversary
By John Michael
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County celebrated its 15th anniversary installation dinner at the Lo...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Flight school students must arbitrate claims against lenders, 9th Circuit rules
By Saul Sugarman
Former students of a defunct private helicopter school in Oakland must arbitrate claims against their tuition lenders, instead...