It's good that the 4th District Court of Appeal has ruled that judges who resentence felonies to misdemeanors under Propositio...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Fenwick guides network technology company in $1.6B private equity buyout
By Banks Albachn
Vista Equity adds to a expansive software portfolio with purchase of Infoblox ...
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
Appeals court overturns Beats headphone royalties case
By Justin Kloczko
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
State Bar cancels events, including luau, amid cost and optics concerns
By Lyle Moran
The agency has also canceled a reception at its annual meeting for former board members. ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Obama gives broad framework for driverless car regulations
By Matthew Blake
The Obama administration rolls out its first policy guidance for driverless cars Tuesday, but the administration has not given...
Litigation
Cities suing the state over money lost after redevelopment agencies dissolved
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city of Buena Park is the latest municipality to sue the California Department of Finance over money it claims to be owed ...
Executive Vice President & General Counsel Oakland Raiders (Alameda) ...
Personal Injury & Torts
Woman crushed by fallen branch files claims with city
By Phil Johnson
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
Nursing home company, executives to pay $30M for overbilling
By Saul Sugarman
A nursing home company and two of its executives have agreed to pay $30 million to wipe away allegations that it billed the go...
Litigation
In unusual move, Fox sues vendee Netflix over executive poaching
By Matthew Blake
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, developers score state high court CEQA win
By Kevin Lee
Public agencies have discretion to decide whether to initiate supplemental review procedures under the California Environmenta...
Mendocino County Judge Ann Moorman is known for her intelligence, rigor, and preparation.
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Special Coverage
Chief justice worries what might be lost in effort to split State Bar
By David Houston
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, whose court oversees the bar's admissions and discipline activities, has at turns defend...
Intellectual Property
New Patent Trial and Appeal Board bar association formed
By Eli Wolfe
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Bar Association is the country's newest national bar association. ...
Law Practice
NBCUniversal film group SVP departs for litigation boutique
By Steven Crighton
David Burg, senior vice president and associate general counsel for Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, joins Scheper Kim &a...
Litigation
Police officer denied qualified immunity in shooting lawsuit
By Saul Sugarman
A Tustin police officer was denied qualified immunity Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a civil lawsuit invol...
Litigation
Judge mulls request for better discovery compliance from Pimco lawyers
By Meghann M. Cuniff
An Orange County judge appeared to be on the verge of ordering lawyers for Pacific Investment Management Co., LLC, to better c...
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
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Alternative dispute resolution firm Judicate West will open a Sacramento office Sept. 26. ...
California Courts of Appeal
San Francisco can block antennae if it looks ugly, appellate court rules
By Kevin Lee
The City of San Francisco can regulate telecommunications antennae near public roads based on whether such equipment would "di...
Immigration
Federal judge quizzes government lawyer on child immigrant detention policy
By America Hernandez
Plaintiffs' motion is the latest flash point in a series of recent rulings on handling of migrant children. ...
The latest moves from around the state.
Riverside County Judge Chad Firetag gets praise from family law attorneys in his new role.
Agency says legislative impasse means it still can't provide bar exam passage list. ...
The all-female plaintiffs' employment firm has a passion for helping women take on powerful employers. ...
Litigation against debt collector iQor US, Inc.and subsidiary Allied Interstate LLC for repeated robocalls continues after fou...
Law Practice
Asian-American women lawyers in LA to celebrate milestone
By L.J. Williamson
The Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance is preparing to celebrate an important milestone Friday: 100 Asian Pacific A...
The state attorney general's office rested its defense Thursday after little more than half a day's worth of argument in a hot...