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Corporate Counsel


Kurt A. Oreshack

Dec. 7, 2016
By Melanie Brisbon

General Counsel Human Longevity Inc. (San Diego) ...


Judicial Profile


Jeanine Nadel

Dec. 7, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Mendocino County Judge Jeanine Nadel, a former actress, doesn't like to waste time in court.


The Law Revision Commission heard opposition from judges and mediators last week as it continued to look into the issue of tak...


Chance Edward Gordon is alleged to have partnered with a non-lawyer to create an illegal loan modification operation. ...


The dean called the school's 51 percent first-time passage rate horrific and criticized the State Bar. ...


Law Practice


The litigation boutique Hueston Hennigan LLP has hired away a long-term partner from the Washington, D.C. firm Williams & ...


Entertainment & Sports


Defendants argued that the plaintiff had improperly bolstered its copyright claims. ...


Alameda County Superior Court appears to be headed to litigation with Tyler Technologies Inc. after canceling part of its cont...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Dec. 6, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge dismissed a real estate breach of contract suit on the grounds that the plaintiff fa...


California Courts of Appeal


Firearm trade groups can challenge a state statute that restricts which semiautomatic handguns can be sold in the state, the 5...


Since the Supreme Court decided Birchfield, there has been an uptick in requests for search warrants to draw blood in DUI inve...


Corporate


Legal experts have cautious optimism for strong public and private markets in 2017. ...


Criminal


A man convicted of a plotting to kill FBI agents, federal prosecutors and U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford in a scheme i...


Litigation


An Alameda Superior Court judge ordered O'Reilly Auto Enterprises LLC pay a $10 million settlement on November 30 in a civil p...


Government


California legal jobs increase slightly

Dec. 6, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

State legal employment experienced a modest bounce in the most recent jobs report, adding 600 jobs in October and ending a two...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The board also recently adopted a policy that will prohibit the agency from pledging attorneys' dues revenue as collateral for...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Dec. 5, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.


Admiralty/Maritime


Hard times in the shipping industry may diminish work for legal practices that rely on maritime matters. But maritime attorney...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Frank C. Damrell Jr. oversaw high profile cases during 14 years as a federal judge, met three presidents, and was also Gov. Je...


Firm Profile


Steven Adair MacDonald has built his real estate and landlord-tenant legal disputes practice from a one-man show to an 11-atto...


Corporate


The rate of increase in GCs' salaries is outpacing the rise in CEO salaries, according to a report. ...


California Supreme Court


In a rare split vote the state Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review a 2-1 decision from the 4th District Court of App...


Lawsuits against contractors, especially those brought by rival companies who suspect foul play, are virtually unheard of nati...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court held Thursday that employers owe a duty of care to an employee's household members who suffered from a...


Venable LLP has scooped up a four-member team of attorneys from McDermott Will & Emery to accommodate a growing demand amo...


U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson found Thursday that the federal government's interest outweighed the First Amendment intere...


Government


Gov. Jerry Brown's nomination Thursday of U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, as the new state attorney general appears t...


Gov. Jerry Brown has nominated U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, as California's next attorney general. ...


Corporate Counsel


Norman M. Brothers Jr.

Dec. 2, 2016
By Paula Lehman Ewing

Chief Legal Officer United Parcel Service Inc. (Atlanta) ...