Government
Environmental lawyer to serve as acting state attorney general
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Outgoing Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has named Kathleen A. Kenealy as chief deputy attorney general. ...
Data Privacy
Privacy regulations increasingly unwieldy heading into 2017
By Joshua Seboldn
The rash of online privacy laws and regulations continued to grow in size and complexity last year, and there is little reason...
Corporate
IT company GC resigns, deputy GC named in acting position
By Paula Lehman Ewing
Infosys Technology Ltd., an India-based information technology company with U.S. headquarters in Palo Alto, announced a mutual...
A team of self-described "happy warrior" attorneys have left large firms to found Pierce Sergenian LLP, a commercial business ...
Criminal
OC judge deciding whether to remove DA's office from murder case
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A judge focused on whether a structural incentive prevents all the Orange County prosecutors from treating the defendant fairl...
Three methods businesses use to suppress negative online reviews are illegal under a new federal law. ...
Executive VP and General Counsel Columbia Sportswear Co. (Portland, Oregon) ...
Law Practice
Entertainment attorneys oversee celebrity clients' jump into business ventures
By Melanie Brisbon
In a significant year for dealmaking in the entertainment industry, actors, musicians, sports figures and other entertainers i...
Stoned driving tests, cop killing as a hate crime, overhauling the bail system: With the 2017-2018 legislative session barely ...
Bitcoin and the technology behind it has established itself as enough of a force in the marketplace that law firms are now for...
Litigation
OC DA achieves civil penalties from Sears in illegal supplements case
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The $250,000 settlement stems from a years-long collaboration between the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and the Orange C...
Labor/Employment
2016 gender pay law made splash, but application still unclear
By Matthew Blake
California's Fair Pay Act, implemented a year ago, has triggered a modest increase in gender pay discrimination complaints and...
Criminal
2 new OC judges at heart of case that questions their credibility as prosecutors
By Meghann M. Cuniff
In testimony, deputy DAs Larry P. Yellin and Michael F. Murray said they did not know a CHP officer's report had been changed....
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Judge David Riemenschneider sees lives improve in Mendocino juvenile, dependency courtrooms.
Corporate
Intel counsel finds polo and law demand similar virtues
By America Hernandez
Carlos E. Rivas, a senior merger and acquisitions counsel at Intel Corp.'s venture capital division in Santa Clara, is Califor...
Obituaries
Prominent San Francisco litigator remembered for top-notch abilities, activism
By Malcolm Maclachlan
William I. Edlund won major antitrust cases and was regarded as a top San Francisco litigator for decades, said those who work...
A commission delivered a report to Congress last month with recommendations to strengthen the power of the Committee on Foreig...
The institute's mission is to provide unbiased research, though the background of the donors is clearly on the plaintiffs' sid...
Law Practice
Attorneys and a judge challenge themselves in grueling races
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Solana Beach-based attorney with Baron & Budd, John P. Fiske is an enthusiast for the relatively new sport of obstacle c...
Harold J. McElhinny, a dean of the intellectual property bar who helped launch Morrison & Foerster LLP's IP group and the ...
Appointments, retirements, resignations and deaths of California judicial officers during the year. ...
California Supreme Court
State high court usually unanimous in 2016, but splits 4-3 on key cases
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court decided major cases involving tort liability, labor and employment disputes, death penalty reversals a...
California Supreme Court
Legal fee invoices cannot be shielded, state high court rules
By Kevin Lee
Los Angeles County cannot claim attorney-client privilege to categorically shield legal fee invoices from public disclosure, a...
Entertainment & Sports
LimNexus LLP partner finds strength to run after debilitating leg injury
By Eli Wolfe
John Lim's journey to become a marathon runner started when he nearly lost his leg. ...
Public Interest
Orange County lawyers volunteer to help homeless at camps around courthouse
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The Orange County Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society of Orange County partnered to offer free legal assistance to the h...
I'm sorry, but I thought the California Supreme Court and the California Legislature wanted to ensure that the public had acce...
Intellectual property litigator also fights for Native American civil rights
By Matthew Blake
Richard De Bodo of Morgan Lewis this year enjoined two North Dakota voter identification laws that a federal judge found discr...
For the third presidential election in a row, attorneys from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP served as observers at pollin...