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Perspective


It's good that the 4th District Court of Appeal has ruled that judges who resentence felonies to misdemeanors under Propositio...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Vista Equity adds to a expansive software portfolio with purchase of Infoblox ...


Law Practice


K&L Gates announces new leadership

Sep. 21, 2016
By Eli Wolfe

The firm announced Monday the successors to chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis, who during a 20-year tenure b...


California Courts of Appeal


A breach of contract case over Beats Electronics LLC royalties will go to trial after an appeals court reversed a summary judg...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The agency has also canceled a reception at its annual meeting for former board members. ...


Administrative/Regulatory


The Obama administration rolls out its first policy guidance for driverless cars Tuesday, but the administration has not given...


The city of Buena Park is the latest municipality to sue the California Department of Finance over money it claims to be owed ...


Corporate Counsel


Daniel M. Ventrelle

Sep. 21, 2016
By Paula Lehman Ewing

Executive Vice President & General Counsel Oakland Raiders (Alameda) ...


Personal Injury & Torts


An attorney for a woman left paralyzed after a 100-pound tree branch fell on her head filed four claims Monday with the city a...


Litigation


A nursing home company and two of its executives have agreed to pay $30 million to wipe away allegations that it billed the go...


Hollywood is abuzz over a lawsuit Daniel M. Petrocelli, partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP filed on behalf of Twentieth Cent...


California Supreme Court


Public agencies have discretion to decide whether to initiate supplemental review procedures under the California Environmenta...


Judicial Profile


Ann C. Moorman

Sep. 21, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Mendocino County Judge Ann Moorman is known for her intelligence, rigor, and preparation.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Sep. 20, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


Special Coverage


Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, whose court oversees the bar's admissions and discipline activities, has at turns defend...


Intellectual Property


The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Bar Association is the country's newest national bar association. ...


Law Practice


David Burg, senior vice president and associate general counsel for Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, joins Scheper Kim &a...


Litigation


A Tustin police officer was denied qualified immunity Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a civil lawsuit invol...


An Orange County judge appeared to be on the verge of ordering lawyers for Pacific Investment Management Co., LLC, to better c...


Discipline


James J. Seltzer, a disbarred attorney from Marin County, pleaded guilty to securities fraud last week. ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Judicate West ADR service opens Sacramento outpost

Sep. 20, 2016
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Alternative dispute resolution firm Judicate West will open a Sacramento office Sept. 26. ...


California Courts of Appeal


The City of San Francisco can regulate telecommunications antennae near public roads based on whether such equipment would "di...


Plaintiffs' motion is the latest flash point in a series of recent rulings on handling of migrant children. ...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Sep. 19, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

The latest moves from around the state.


Judicial Profile


Chad W. Firetag

Sep. 19, 2016
By Matthew Blake

Riverside County Judge Chad Firetag gets praise from family law attorneys in his new role.


Education


Agency says legislative impasse means it still can't provide bar exam passage list. ...


Solo and Small Firms


Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP

Sep. 17, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

The all-female plaintiffs' employment firm has a passion for helping women take on powerful employers. ...


Litigation


Litigation against debt collector iQor US, Inc.and subsidiary Allied Interstate LLC for repeated robocalls continues after fou...


Law Practice


The Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance is preparing to celebrate an important milestone Friday: 100 Asian Pacific A...


Government


Donor list trial could be 9th Circuit test

Sep. 17, 2016
By America Hernandez

The state attorney general's office rested its defense Thursday after little more than half a day's worth of argument in a hot...