Corporate
Crowdfunding platform names former military financial services group lawyer as GC
By Paula Lehman Ewing
RedCrow Inc., a Mill Valley-based crowdfunding platform, announced the hiring of Christopher P. Laia as general counsel and ch...
A small Brazilian nonprofit group is taking technology giant Alphabet Inc.-owned Google to court for allegedly not giving the ...
Government
Legislators try again to move judges to Inland Empire counties
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After failed efforts in the past, bills have been introduced again to allocate more judges to Riverside and San Bernardino cou...
Government
Legislative committee to review declining bar exam passage rate
By Lyle Moran
The chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee said he wants to find out why the state has such a stringent passing score. ...
US District Judge Dean Pregerson's 20 years of rulings has changed lives, protected prisoners.
A songwriting duo has sued fellow composer Marco E. Beltrami, claiming he passed as his own a song they produced to be used as...
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Criminal
OC judge says next hearing in mass murder case may result in dismissal of death penalty
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals on Friday ordered a hearing regarding the ongoing jail informant controv...
Superior Court Commissioner Orange County (Fullerton) ...
Comments made by actor Marlon Wayans were part of the creative process, says appellate court. ...
Firm Profile
Woman-owned Blumenthal Law Offices cover criminal defense in Riverside
By Renee Flannery
When meeting with potential clients, Virginia M. Blumenthal said she and the three other attorneys at Blumenthal Law Offices f...
Plaintiffs in a putative class action accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of systematic age discrimination faced an uphill bat...
Government
State attorney general hires law firm, launches 2018 bid
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Xavier Becerra has tapped a prominent Democratic political law firm to help him in his 2018 run for a full te...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit panel upholds temporary ruling blocking travel ban
By Kevin Lee
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel declined Thursday to reinstate President Donald J. Trump's executive order banning t...
Corporate
HP general counsel pushes outside counsel to diversify
By Paula Lehman Ewing
Kim M. Rivera, the general counsel for Palo Alto-based HP Inc., announced a new program Thursday that will obligate outside co...
California Courts of Appeal
Justices confirmed easily to state appellate court
By Kevin Lee
Three justices were sworn to the state appellate court, following confirmation hearings Thursday in San Diego. ...
Education
Former UC Riverside lawyer wins $2.5M in gender discrimination trial
By Renee Flannery
A former chief campus counsel at UC Riverside won a $2.5 million when a Riverside Superior Court jury found she was wrongfull...
Environmental
$8.5 million settlement ends Porter Ranch lawsuit by local air regulator
By Justin Kloczko
Southern California Gas Company has agreed to pay $8.5 million to end a lawsuit filed by air quality regulators related the 20...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New Orange County bar president commits to overcoming controversial start
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Michael L. Baroni has a different agenda planned as 2017 president of the Orange County Bar Association after weeks of turmoil...
EVP and General Counsel The Charles Schwab Corp. (San Francisco) ...
"We did music for years and years before the practice of law swallowed us whole," said John Blumberg, a trial attorney and bar...
Government
Candidate to oversee OC justice system ends negotiations
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Former Deputy Attorney General Gary W. Schons is no longer being considered to help oversee Orange County's criminal justice s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Akin Gump partner arrested for alleged bribe
By Matthew Blake
A former U.S. Justice Department attorney faces federal criminal charges of trying to sell a sealed lawsuit for $310,000 at a ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit stream most watched in court history
By Joshua Seboldn
Tuesday's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on President Donald J. Trump's travel ban was the most-streamed event in t...
Government
Governor moving deliberately to fill judicial vacancies
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Defenders of Gov. Jerry Brown say he is appointing judges no slower than his predecessor, but some critics wish he would pick ...
Benjamin Wirtschafter is one of many Yuba County public defenders who became judges.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
On worker rest-day issue, Nordstrom may have racked up victory
By Matthew Blake
In interpreting an 1893 statute on what defines a work week, the state Supreme Court Tuesday looked inclined to agree with Nor...
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA rejects controversial bar exam passage resolution
By Banks Albachn
The American Bar Association has rejected a resolution to raise the bar passage rate. After a debate stretching longer than an...
Government
Bill would sanction attorneys who use tenants' immigration status against them.
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A trio of Assembly Democrats have introduced a bill to sanction landlords — and their attorneys — who attempt to use a tenant'...