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Firm Watch


On the Move

May 1, 2017
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

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


Government


The California Judges Association has emailed members a "legislative alert and call to action" emphatically encouraging them t...


"I need three binders," Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Barbara M. Scheper told lawyer and pro per defendant J.J. Litt...


Litigation


The National Rifle Association's California affiliate is in the midst of a litigation push, filing a series of cases challengi...


Judicial Profile


Brian S. McCarville

May 1, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Superior Court Judge


Corporate


Los Angeles-based financial services provider LendingUSA LLC announced Thursday the appointment of Jenann O. Shemisa as genera...


Transportation


Toyota to pay $3.4B to end class

Apr. 28, 2017
By Eli Wolfe

A class action against Toyota Motor Co. over inadequate rust protection in approximately 1.5 million vehicles neared its concl...


Education


However, the unaccredited schools have defenders who say they provide a low-cost option for those who can't attend school full...


Litigation


Fresh off of winning a settlement in one prisoner abuse case, a plaintiffs' firm will head into federal court on Monday to tr...


Criminal


Rape victim wins $3.5M from Holiday Inn Express

Apr. 28, 2017
By Meghann M. Cuniff

A Kern County jury on Thursday delivered a $3.5 million verdict in a lawsuit against Holiday Inn Express on behalf of a woman ...


Litigation


An entrepreneur claims he wouldn't have hired JAMS neutral if he'd known of $41.5 settlement her company had to pay.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A San Diego County judge has approved a $225 million class action settlement between consumers and the final defendant pharmac...


Corporate Counsel


Clyde E. "Sonny" Ellis Jr.

Apr. 28, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

SVP and General Counsel Parsons Corp. (Pasadena) ...


Government


U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III's ruling that granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald J...


The city of San Francisco could pay eight figures in a whistleblower case against city attorney Dennis J. Herrera,mostly thank...


Government


The Little Tokyo shopping plaza will receive $5.6 million from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority fo...


Law Practice


Former Walnut Creek mayor joins Hanson Bridgett

Apr. 28, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

Hanson Bridgett LLP has added former Walnut Creek mayor Kristina D. Lawson to its real estate group, according to a firm state...


Government


After a three-year series of working group meetings, public hearings, surveys, and targeted outreach, the Commission on the Fu...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Apr. 27, 2017
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Litigation


Embattled high-speed rail project scores a court victory

Apr. 27, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A complaint challenging the California High-Speed Rail project could be headed to the 3rd District Court of Appeal after a con...


Government


Trump order, application decline cast shadow on H-1B visas

Apr. 27, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

President Donald J. Trump's executive order to review the H-1B visa and lower-than-expected application numbers have rattled t...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar names new chief trial counsel

Apr. 27, 2017
By Lyle Moran

Steven Moawad is a longtime Contra Costa County prosecutor who has managed the DA's special operations division.


Judicial Profile


Alan K. Cassidy

Apr. 27, 2017
By America Hernandez

Attorneys describe Stanislaus County Judge Alan Cassidy as an eloquent communicator.


Entertainment & Sports


Luis Montiel, an Arent Fox LLP record department coordinator, recently guided a blind companion to finish the Boston Marathon....


Mergers & Acquisitions


Although his co-defendant testified, ex-baseball player Doug DeCinces said he probably won't. ...


Government


The Court Reporters Board of California won a battle on Tuesday in their long-running fight to bring out-of-state deposition t...


Immigration


SF federal judge blocks Trump 'sanctuary cities' order

Apr. 27, 2017
By Chase Di Feliciantonio

A San Francisco federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking an executive order by President Dona...


Litigation


Medical equipment supplier settles fraud claims

Apr. 26, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

An oxygen tank supplier settled Medicare fraud claims with the Department of Justice for $11.4 million in a False Claims Act w...


Attorneys filed a motion for preliminary approval of a $51.1 million class action settlement on Monday in U.S. District Court,...


A working group appointed by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye strongly backed allowing foreign and out-of-state attorneys ...