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State Bar & Bar Associations


A Los Angeles Superior Court judge confirmed an arbitration award that saves the State Bar from paying over $4 million to a fo...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

May 16, 2017
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Divorce attorneys for venture capitalist Kevin Kinsella and his ex-wife testified Monday in the fraud and false advertising ca...


Letter to the Editor


Much has been reported and discussed within the Los Angeles legal community concerning the Los Angeles County Bar Association'...


Uber Technologies Inc. was hoping to narrow the public scope of its trade secret litigation but instead faces the specter of a...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The board will vote in July to determine whether Vice President Danette Meyers or Trustee Michael Colantuono will secure the r...


Obituaries


Richard Schauer, 1929-2017

May 16, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Schauer, former presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court and a former state appellate justice, died Wednesday. ...


Firm Watch


Real estate and business law firm Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Sa...


Judicial Profile


Geoffrey T. Glass

May 16, 2017
By Matthew Blake

Witty, passionate Orange County Judge Geoffrey T. Glass is his own harshest critic.


Firm Watch


On the Move

May 15, 2017
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.


Obituaries


Bay Area antitrust legend dead at 81

May 15, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Antitrust legend M. Laurence "Larry" Popofsky, senior counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San Francisco, pass...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Aided by strategic hires, Nossaman LLP's health care practice is making a move into the San Diego market.


An Orange County jury awarded $10 million to former Orange County official Chriss Street in the conclusion of a malpractice su...


Criminal


The jury hung on all charges against co-defendant corporate executive James Mazzo, ending seven days of deliberation after a t...


Labor/Employment


State agency sued for gender discrimination against men

May 15, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The state Department of Fair Employment and Housing has sued a fellow state agency, the California Department of Social Servic...


State Bar & Bar Associations


One of the union's presidents also said the demands put on staff have resulted in high attrition and difficulties in hiring.


A federal jury in Orange County did not reach a verdict on the guilt of co-defendant James Mazzo, chairman of Chapman Universi...


In his recent column, Jonathan Goldstein bemoans "Court of Appeal justices who are either too inexperienced for their position...


Education


The results represented the lowest success rate on the winter test in eight years and the State Bar said it is determined to a...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Robert Hight, a retired Sacramento County Superior Court judge, is winning praise as a mediator for knowing when cases can — a...


Law Practice


Lawyers mistakenly handed a jury evidence of alleged prior bad acts by the defendant client, thought the jury got it from the ...


Ten-X LLC announced the settlement details of a trade secrets case this week, which included a $1.6 million payout.


About 64 percent of 2016 graduates from the state's ABA-accredited schools secured full-time, permanent jobs requiring bar exa...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The Los Angeles County Bar Association's Corporate Law Departments Section is the latest section to criticize a decision by a ...


Vigorous objections by Kinsella's counsel led to dismissal of the jurors until Monday, when the judge will order them to disre...


Litigation


Volkswagen AG reached the final global settlement with auto dealers and purchasers of vehicles affected by the company's schem...


Litigation


Public defenders sue for overtime pay

May 12, 2017
By Eli Wolfe

In an unusual wage and hour complaint, two attorneys filed a collective action suit against Santa Barbara County earlier this ...


Government


Gov. Jerry Brown released a revised 2017-18 state budget on Thursday that included no increases for courts above the initial p...


Law Practice


Boutique corporate counsel firm Breakwater Law Group LLP announced it has added Kurt L. Kicklighter as a partner. ...


Law Practice


Archer Norris PLC has hired Michael R. Nebenzahl, known for defending public entities in personal injury cases, as a partner i...