Entertainment & Sports
Rise in stadium deals have sports team counsel leaning on outside firms
By Paula Lehman Ewing
In California, stadium builds and team relocations surfaced as lucrative opportunities for attorneys to work with in-house leg...
Law Practice
Attorney wins long battle against city of San Francisco over tree planting
By Phil Johnson
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP associate Sanjay Nangia spent five years battling City Hall for trees that he said needed to be plan...
Banking
Los Angeles litigator elected board member of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
By Eli Wolfe
The chairman of Michelman & Robinson, Sanford Michelman, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Ban...
Civil Rights
Morgan Lewis team served on panel investigating San Francisco police bias
By L.J. Williamson
Attorney Colin C. West of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP was among those who served on the Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar panel issues advisory opinion on attorney blogging
By Lyle Moran
The opinion states that a lawyer's blogging may become subject to legal ethics rules for advertising when the post expresses a...
A San Diego federal judge's "numerous disparaging comments" against an attorney for a losing plaintiff who sought a different ...
If some ABA-accredited law school graduates do not pass the California bar exam on the first sitting, then tell them to get of...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
With 60 attorneys — 16 at the partner level — the firm manages large-scale deals along with small teams that handle commercial...
Kere Tickner uses her passion for outrigger canoeing to relieve stress and form lasting friendships. ...
Criminal
Attorney general tries out new strategy in latest Backpage criminal complaint
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After a stinging loss, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is trying a different legal strategy against three Backpage.com execu...
Emilio N. Francisco, co-owner of Caffe Primo restaurants, is accused of stealing $9.5 million from foreign investors looking t...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
LA partner nets $15M antitrust win in New York
By America Hernandez
American Airlines Group, represented by a Los Angeles-led team of attorneys from O'Melveny & Myers LLP, secured a $15 mill...
Amoroso opened his practice, Move Legal PC, earlier this year in San Francisco and focuses exclusively on matters related to t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
After firearms dealers win, gun store restriction to get 9th Circuit en banc review
By Phil Johnson
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted en banc review of a contentious gun rights case on Tuesday. ...
California Supreme Court
Chief justice deposed in suit against State Bar
By Lyle Moran
Attorneys representing former State Bar Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn questioned Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye for two hours Tues...
Litigation
After a major year of scrutiny, sharing economy will continue to raise questions in 2017
By Justin Kloczko
This was a busy year for practices dealing with technology companies and the sharing economy. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Trial lawyer says karate helps him see more clearly how to win
By Justin Kloczko
Alan Jay Weil, with Los Angeles firm Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP, said he has been deeply informed by martial arts since it ...
Public Interest
Nixon Peabody works out legal issues for Haitian nonprofit
By Melanie Brisbon
The firm provides pro bono legal services to Team Tassy, a nonprofit organization founded six years ago designed to help famil...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
2016's aggressive antitrust enforcement may see a change next year
By America Hernandez
Experts said they expect a more hands-off approach from the U.S. Department of Justice under the Trump administration, with st...
Judges and Judiciary
Three judges nominated for state appellate justice vacancies
By Kevin Lee
Gov. Jerry Brown announced 26 judicial appointments Friday in a late-year flurry of additions to the state court system. ...
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Law Practice
Sailing allowed attorney Walter Raineri to push out the claustrophobic walls of his blindness
By Renee Flannery
After losing his vision due to a degenerative disease, Walter Raineri from Fenwick & West now sails competitively to push ...
Litigation
Apple sues two patent holding companies, alleging antitrust violation
By Phil Johnson
Apple Inc. has sued a pair of holding companies asserting Nokia Corp. patents for allegedly demanding exceedingly high royalty...
Toni Y. Long, a corporate lawyer, and Cristina Hernandez, a litigator, have formed a Pasadana firm that tries to avoid frills....
Fountain Valley-based Hyundai Motor America announced its chief legal and safety officer, W. Gerald "Jerry" Flannery, will ass...
When Katten Muchin's Noah Balch is not training for a triathlon, he's helping bring the Olympic Games to Los Angeles. ...
California Supreme Court
High court rules workers cannot be bothered during rest break
By Matthew Blake
California workers' rest breaks cannot be interrupted by a call, text or any other communication from their boss, the state Su...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Los Angeles neutral wins praise for practical approach
By Eli Wolfe
In his eight years as a mediator, Victor Persón has developed a reputation among his clients for his low-key, empathetic appro...