Entertainment & Sports
Ties between Hollywood and Chinese film industries growing stronger
By Steven Crighton
The budding relationship between Hollywood studios and China continued to expand in 2016. But political limits may loom. ...
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary Penumbra Inc. (Alameda) ...
Criminal
Jury recommends death for serial killer who represented himself
By Meghann M. Cuniff
One juror declared almost immediately after deliberations began that she couldn't support capital punishment, but then joined ...
Litigation
$25M settlement of Trump University cases receives preliminary approval
By Lyle Moran
Federal judge calls agreement to settle three cases involving the president-elect "fair, adequate, and reasonable" ...
Irvine-based sports apparel brand ASICS America Corp. announced Wednesday Lisa H. Harrington will serve as its new general cou...
Entertainment & Sports
Studios claim streaming service defies court order
By Steven Crighton
Disney and other studios claim VidAngel's service should be blocked by a court injunction. ...
Securities
GC whistleblower claims not usurped by attorney-client privilege, judge says
By Matthew Blake
A jury trial in a whistleblower retaliation case between a top Orange County life sciences company and its former general coun...
Criminal
State Supreme Court stays new law to expedite death penalty appeals
By L.J. Williamson
California's initiative to expedite death penalty appeals has been put on hold, as the California Supreme Court has stayed the...
Intellectual Property
2016 features major copyright verdicts, patent rulings
By Phil Johnson
Heavyweight clashes between technological titans led the way in intellectual property litigation in a year that is ending with...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Government
Prosecutors' and law enforcement groups speak out against proposed bail revision
By L.J. Williamson And Malcolm Maclachla
Law enforcement and prosecutors' groups are voicing opposition to proposed legislation to revise California's bail system intr...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State bill unlawfully helped farm union, 9th Circuit rules
By Matthew Blake
A federal appellate panel sided with two California farming companies, finding that a portion of a law helps the United Farmwo...
Judges and Judiciary
Alameda County commissioner resigns ahead of hearings
By Banks Albachn
Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner Taylor R. Culver, who was facing formal proceedings on accusations of judicial malf...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar trustees open to exploring Uniform Bar Exam
By Lyle Moran
The national bar exam has already been adopted by 25 states and the District of Columbia. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
More than 10 percent of State Bar staff apply for buyouts
By Lyle Moran
Employees accepted for "reduction in force program" would get two weeks of severance pay per year of service, up to 20 weeks. ...
Government
Volkswagen settles with state over more polluting vehicles
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the California Air Resources Board announced Tuesday that they have reached a $66 millio...
Winston Keh's past hard knocks help him serve as a San Bernardino County commissioner.
California Supreme Court
State high court continues move to federal model in clerk hiring
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court implemented policies and procedures this year that observers say resemble practices more commonly asso...
General Counsel Memjet Technology Ltd. (San Diego) ...
The Academy of Art University reached a proposed settlement valued at $60 million with the city of San Francisco, resolving cl...
Judges and Judiciary
Interim San Bernardino County Court executive officer promoted
By Renee Flannery
San Bernardino County Superior Court has selected Nancy Eberhardt as its executive officer. She has been interim officer sin...
The longtime law professor and constitutional scholar had been serving in the interim role since the start of the year. ...
Litigation
Jury clears SF police officers in attorney's excessive force trial
By Phil Johnson
An Oakland federal jury cleared two San Francisco police officers of wrongdoing Monday in a civil rights suit brought by a Ber...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Trial lawyer groups raise money to build dorm for Moroccan schoolgirls
By Justin Kloczko
Craig Peters of the Veen Firm PC traveled to Morocco in the fall for the opening of a dormitory he helped build. ...
Education
Six Supreme Court cases drafted, briefed by UCLA Law School clinic
By America Hernandez
Six cases accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court this year were drafted and briefed by students at the UCLA School of Law, in what...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge cleared by CJP over sentence but still faces recall effort
By Phil Johnson
The Commission on Judicial Performance rejected any disciplinary action against Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron ...
Litigation
State sues federal government to block offshore fracking
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the Coastal Commission have sued the U.S. Department of Interior to block offshore hydra...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
The Judicial Council on Friday adopted changes to the California Rules of Court which will alter procedures governing failures...
Although she is a Vietnam veteran, Justice Eileen Moore didn't get involved with veterans' issues until almost 30 years after ...