Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye tells the State Bar it would be prudent to study whether the second highest passing score...
Placer County Judge Garen Horst was a football player, musician, prosecutor before the bench.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved
A draft of President Donald J. Trump's first federal budget proposal that has been circulating in recent days has confirmed th...
In its first major lateral hire of 2017, Arent Fox LLP has hired a commercial litigator from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sull...
El Segundo-based Cetera Financial Group Inc., a network of firms offering retail financial advice, announced this week financi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Final pitches made in former State Bar exec's case
By Lyle Moran
The briefs feature arguments about whether the State Bar knew former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn was a whistleblower and...
During his two tenures as governor, Jerry Brown has diversified the state judiciary to a substantial degree. That has accelera...
Firm Watch
Reed Smith LLP nabs five-attorney tax group from Morrison & Foerster LLP
By Eli Wolfe
Reed Smith LLP has scooped a five-attorney tax team from Morrison & Foerster LLP in the latest addition for the firm's gro...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judges call for 9th Circuit to rehear agriculture case
By Joshua Seboldn
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel called for en banc review of a case where they felt growers are not being given adeq...
San Diego attorney Ray J. Artiano of Artiano Shinoff is stepping away from his practice to join ADR Services Inc. on March 1, ...
Environmental
Outsiders can challenge endangered species designation: court
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that concerned residents, groups and companies can challenge in court the Cal...
Immigration
ICE immigration enforcement activity information sought in request
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Democratic leaders of the state Legislature filed a wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act request Monday seeking answers fro...
9th Circuit rejects Trump administration's stay bid on travel ban
By Chase Di Feliciantonio
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's bid to stay the appeal of its travel ban Monday, ins...
Labor/Employment
For first time, a court says Uber driver is a freelancer
By Matthew Blake
For the first time in California courts a ruling has declared that Uber Technologies Inc.correctly classifies its drivers as i...
EVP and General Counsel Serviz Inc. (Los Angeles) ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Court overturns child molestation convictions due to prosecutorial misstatements
By Kevin Lee
The 2nd District Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions and a 65-years-to-life sentence for a defendant accused of sex...
A lawsuit alleging a San Diego JAMS neutral misrepresented her credentials and engaged in false advertising heads to a summary...
Uber Technologies Inc. has vowed to fight back in litigation brought by an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary which alleges that the rid...
Corporate
GCs adopt different strategies to fight patent lawsuits
By Paula Lehman Ewing
General counsel say they believe a variety of strategies to combat patent assertion entities are contributing to the decline i...
Immigration
Citing 9th Circuit injunction, LA judge dissolves additional stay on travel freeze
By America Hernandez
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero also cited the government's allowance of 27 plaintiffs with visas to enter the country as r...
Government
Bill would allow State Bar to again make public bar exam passage list
By Lyle Moran
State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson has introduced a bill that would permit the bar to resume disclosing information law schools sa...
San Diego County Judge Timothy Walsh wins praise for his handling of tough criminal cases.
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Solo and Small Firms
A divorced couple represents producers and authors in the entertainment industry
By Steven Crighton
The firm, Kaye & Mills, represents the creative minds that make Hollywood work. ...
Entertainment & Sports
IMDb wins "early skirmish" in First Amendment fight
By Steven Crighton
A preliminary injunction ordered Wednesday prevents the implementation of an age discrimination law. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Roseville mediator, an ex-baseball player, knows how to call balls and strikes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Unlike many mediators, Russ J. Wunderli has never been a judge. His clients see that as a positive. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
On Title IX, Obama civil rights leader has no regrets
By Matthew Blake
A former Los Angeles lawyer revolutionized civil rights in education under the Barack H. Obama administration, but the Donald ...
California Supreme Court
State high court petition tests ban of sex offender from daughter's school
By Kevin Lee
A petition to the state Supreme Court challenges Ventura Unified School District's refusal to allow a registered sex offender ...