Solo and Small Firms
Small firms increasingly facing leadership quandaries
By Ryne Hodkowski
With many smaller firms getting gobbled up by bigger firms looking to expand their regional footprints, many firms are finding...
Litigation
Jury verdict reached in $4.33 billion federal junk bond trial
By Ben Adlinn
A federal jury returned a verdict on Monday in favor of Francois Pinault's Artemis SA holding company, which was sued by state...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has named Mitchell Zuklie as the official successor to longtime chairman and CEO Ralph ...
Patrick Mahoney draws on his commercial litigation expertise in presiding over juvenile court.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Judges and Judiciary
Alliance of California Judges risks losing credibility as its complaints multiply
By Emily Green
Greater transparency is high on the list of demands the Alliance of California Judges makes of state court leaders. But critic...
Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Development for Beachbody LLC Santa Monica ...
A recent case suggests that a state law requiring employers to maintain group health plan coverage for employees on pregnancy ...
California's cash-strapped state courts face severe cuts in the face of a budget crisis that threatens to usher in a "new norm...
Criminal
OC grand jury indicts married lawyers accused of planting marijuana on school volunteer
By Don De Benedictis
The husband-and-wife lawyers accused of planting drugs on a school volunteer they believed mistreated their son have been indi...
Labor/Employment
Genentech prevails in disability discrimination suit
By Laura Hautalan
A jury ruled 12-0 in favor of the defense Friday in a disability discrimination trial against Genentech Inc. in Santa Clara Co...
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Oracle Corp. in its planned two-part debt offering of $5 billion announced last week. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council wrestles with courts' extra funding requests
By Jason Armstrongn
At its meeting Friday, the council heard from officials in courts in Kings and San Joaquin counties for extra funding. Three o...
Privacy advocates are concerned about technologies implemented by transportation agencies that track where customers get off a...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
NBA star gets award against financial advisers affirmed, and can pursue more
By John Roemer
A retired pro basketball player's $1.45 million arbitration award against investment advisors who lost him money will stand, a...
Litigation
Former Xilinx executive to pay $1.75 million to settle SEC's Galleon insider trading case
By Hadley Robinson
Former Silicon Valley executive Kris Chellam has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission la...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Split decision in tentative ruling on State Bar claims against prosecutor
By Hadley Robinson
A State Bar judge made preliminary findings Friday that Santa Clara County prosecutor Troy A. Benson suppressed evidence in a ...
Intellectual Property
Supreme Court to consider "first sale" doctrine over goods acquired overseas
By Rachel Swan
The U.S. Supreme Court is getting another chance today to decide whether goods purchased cheaply overseas can be sold in the d...
Judge James F. Iwasko may seem stern, but lawyers say he's a regular Joe.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Proskauer Rose LLP hired Rajani K. Gupta as senior counsel in the firm's Los Angeles office. Gupta represents banks, financial...
Judge Donald Currier's resume includes the following: state official, war veteran, detective.
Public Interest
State Bar emeritus pro bono program reaches out to younger lawyers
By Don Debenedictisn
A State Bar dues-waiver program has enlisted dozens of senior lawyers to do pro bono work. In July, the bar changed the rules ...
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles held its 7th annual Just Neighbors event on Oct. 13 at the Autry National Center of...
Perspective
Curbing abusive disability access suits: Senate Bill 1186
By Ben Armisteadn
The legislation, which has been codified at California Civil Code Section 55.3 et seq., was signed by Gov. Brown as an urgency...
Anonymous contribution to anyone - person or corporation, liberal or conservative - is not speech under any meaningful definit...
The ability of the firms and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley to find new technological opportunities is uncanny. By Martin Ken...
Christopher Cottle draws on his experience as an appellate court justice to bring sometimes contentious litigants to settlemen...
Community News
Latina Lawyers Bar Association hosts Awards and Scholarships Gala
By Caitlin Johnson
The Latina Lawyers Bar Association hosted its 15th Annual Awards and Scholarships Gala on Oct. 19 at the Millennium Biltmore H...