Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP advised Canoga Park-based One Lambda Inc., a transplant diagnostics company, in it...
Presently, the law appears to treat pets only as property but that law may be evolving as pet disputes become more prevalent. ...
Robin Miller Sloan, compassionate but no-nonsense, has a low tolerance for excuses, lawyers say.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions and the lawyers involved.
State Bar & Bar Associations
New LA County Bar head prepares slate of ambitious goals
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Richard J. Burdge Jr. of The Burdge Law Firm PC brings his solo practice skills and decades of large law firm experience with ...
Retired Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra pleaded guilty Friday to three felony counts related to fraudulent activiti...
Plaintiff's suing under the ADA for an allegedly wrongful determination based on medical marijuana use shouldn't get their hop...
Litigation
Video game cases highlight tension between right of publicity and First Amendment
By John Roemer
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Friday tried to balance athletes' right-of-publicity and trademark contentions again...
Employee Benefits
Supreme Court to address circuit split on equitable relief under ERISA
By Ben Armisteadn
Some Circuits have ruled that strict adherence to plan documents which disclaim the application of traditional equitable defen...
A lawsuit against CBS Interactive brought by dozens of musical artists can go forward, U.S. District Court Judge Dale S. Fisch...
A federal appellate panel on Friday vacated contempt sanctions against Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP over its failure...
Jacoby & Meyers LLC has merged with Chicago-based Macey Bankruptcy Law in a move industry experts say may pave the way for...
When it comes to high earners, the standard guideline formula may result in an enormous support order far surpassing the child...
Litigation
Literalism versus equal protection in the California Wage Wars
By Ben Armisteadn
In Housing Partners I, the court held that because of the way it was funded, a low-income housing project did not fit w...
A new study by LexisNexis finds that, contrary to talk of the billable hour dying, the billable hour remains strong and altern...
Criminal
Mendocino D.A. lightens pot sentences in exchange for restitution
By Henry Meier
Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster is on a quest to redefine how marijuana cases are prosecuted by using an obscu...
San Bernardino Superior Court will close its Chino courthouse, eliminate 23 staff positions and cut back on clerk hours to com...
Law Practice
The 'real world’: Why practitioners make good law professors
By Michael Leen
Law schools should take advantage of the wealth of experience in the community. By Carole E. Handler of Lathrop & Gage LLP...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Citing fees, panel rejects settlement in class action
By Ben Adlin
Taking aim at a proposed deal's "excessive attorney fees," a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday rejected a sett...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit cancels 2013 judicial conference citing cost cutting
By John Roemern1 Rebe
The judicial conference of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - a fixture on the court's calendar since 1944 - will not be ...
Judicial Council post during a time of budget cuts will put Judge James Brandlin in the hot seat.
Loeb & Loeb LLP added Allen Z. Sussman as a Los Angeles partner focusing on corporate and securities transactions.
Loeb & Loeb LLP added Allen Z. Sussman as a Los Angeles partner focusing on corporate and securities transactions.
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Judge Dan Detienne dishes out justice in the Mojave Desert and keeps things under control.
Commissioner Stephen Marpet helped pave the way for home schooling rules in California.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel Falcon Waterfree Technologies LLC Los Angeles ...
Entertainment & Sports
Growth in overseas entertainment deals has law firms testing the waters
By Jean Yung
In an era of law firms boasting offices around the world, the practice of entertainment law is one that hasn't been known to s...
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Jesus G. Bernal to serve as a U.S. District Court judge in River...
Before everyone runs for the door, the most important task of the day remains: documenting the settlement. By Robert Mann of A...