Cooley LLP has beefed up its Southern California corporate practice with the addition of two corporate partners from Sheppard...
Energy Law
Regulators may order power sellers to pay $1.6 billion for role in energy crisis
By Fiona Smith
An administrative law judge with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ruled that several energy marketers overcharged ...
San Francisco litigation firm Sedgwick LLP announced Tuesday it will officially hire 19 lawyers from Oakland defense boutique ...
A bill by Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Wieckowski would keep businesses for claiming expemptions for punitive dam...
Criminal
Former OC lawyer faces murder charge in 2006 death of ex-wife
By Don Debenedictisn
Long suspected of strangling his ex-wife and throwing her off a Mediterranean cruise ship in 2006, one-time O'Melveny & My...
Michael J. Plonsker, who co-chaired the entertainment and media practice at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, is starti...
Perspective
Court budget cuts to hit probate department especially hard
By Ben Armisteadn
This year we are looking at even further cuts in the probate department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. By Brian She...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
More than just goodbye: the ethics of associate departures
By Ben Armisteadn
When leaving a law firm, associates must navigate a minefield of legal and ethical obligations to avoid breaching the duties t...
Cooley LLP has scooped up two corporate specialists formerly at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, including C. Thom...
Regulators froze assets Friday linked to a Swiss trading account that cleared $1.7 million by placing an unusually large optio...
California judges and lawyers have considered reducing jury sizes before. This year, it might actually happen because of the o...
MGA Entertainment Inc.'s insurers voiced support for its request to void a preliminary arbitration award for unpaid legal fees.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP picked up former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates partner Rick C. Madden...
Kirkland & Ellis LLP added Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden as partners in the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices,...
Jeremy Matz, a 13-year veteran federal prosecutor in the state's Central District, joined Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessi...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Internet gaming companies Zynga Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc., which have been sparring in court over copyright issues announc...
San Jose business law firm Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel elected Daniel W. Ballesteros as president and managing shareholder.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP represented the Republic of Guatemala in its recent senior notes offering.
Renowned San Francisco appellate attorney Sanford "Sandy" Svetcov died Friday morning after a long battle with pancreatic canc...
The California Legislative Analyst's Office reviewed Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed funding of the judicial branch.
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court to decide if city avoided environmental review
By Fiona Smith
The state Supreme Court has granted review in a case over whether Sonora County officials improperly avoided doing environment...
Hollywood visual effects studio Rhythm & Hues Inc. is the latest to buckle under global competition and the economic downt...
Intellectual Property
Silicon Valley patent lawyers fret over implications of U.S. Supreme Court agriculture case
By Rachel Swan
Attorneys for Silicon Valley companies say a U.S. Supreme Court case stemming from seeds, and being considered by the justices...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar seeks to discipline lawyer for false statements in judicial election
By Don Debenedictisn
In a rare case, former Yolo Deputy District Attorney Clinton E. Parish faces discipline for an allegedly misleading statement ...
Perspective
Planting the seeds for a life dedicated to public service
By Ben Armisteadn
Billable hours and needy clients may dominate our typical workday. And thankfully so. But don't underestimate your ability to ...
Many cases of workplace bullying are not legally actionable. However, if the behavior is tied to the victim's protected charac...
Law Practice
New firm hopes to tap into Los Angeles transactional field
By Ryne Hodkowski
In hopes of tapping into the Los Angeles transactional market, attorneys Jeffrey A. Sklar and Andrew T. Kirsh have opened eigh...
James R. Walther this week jumped from Mayer Brown to the Los Angeles office of Arnold & Porter LLP, a source told the Dai...