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Corporate Counsel


Robert H. Rieders

Jul. 6, 2016
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel Postmates Inc. (San Francisco) ...


Law Practice


Jones Day grabs tech transactions guru

Jul. 6, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

San Diego life sciences and tech transactions guru John E. Wehrli has jumped ship from Latham & Watkins LLP to join Jones ...


Litigation


In the face of a second defeat in its contract dispute with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Oracle Corp. has vowed to appeal — aga...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Attorneys helped birth MLK Hospital

Jul. 6, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles would not have been a reality if not for the health care at...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar is increasing to $200 the fee assessed to lawyers who fail the agency's annual audit of their compliance with co...


Litigation


The attorney who led the charge against Led Zeppelin in a recently resolved copyright infringement trial has been suspended fr...


Litigation


ACLU threatens Orange County DA with lawsuit

Jul. 6, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

The ACLU threatened to sue the Orange County district attorney's office over its response to a request for records related to ...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jul. 5, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jul. 5, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


Judicial Profile


Manuel J. Covarrubias

Jul. 5, 2016
By XYZ

Judge Manuel Covarrubias aims to run an orderly family law courtroom in Ventura County.


Judicial Profile


Carter Holly

Jul. 4, 2016
By Phil Johnson

San Joaquin County Judge Carter Holly traveled the country before settling in his community.


Criminal


As Gov. Jerry Brown's prisoner early release initiative heads toward the November ballot, the state's district attorneys — the...


When Lisa H. Meyer began practicing law in the 1980s she observed the male-dominated field around her and knew she would event...


After agreeing to settle hundreds of lawsuits by consumers and two by the U.S. government that includes buying back 475,000 em...


Litigation


Monster seeks sanctions against Apple in lawsuit

Jul. 2, 2016
By Steven Crighton

An attorney for Apple Inc. intentionally misled a judge about when acquisition talks between Apple and Beats Electronics LLC b...


Law Practice


California firm recognized for its diversity

Jul. 2, 2016
By Banks Albachn

Orange County-based WFBM LLP, better known as Walsworth, has been recognized by a nonprofit group for its high percentage of f...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court established broad restrictions on expert witnesses who rely on out-of-court documents and statements t...


Criminal


New OC public defender is 30-year office veteran

Jul. 2, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Sharon L. Petrosino has served as interim public defender since Frank Ospino left for an Orange County Superior Court judgeshi...


Litigation


A federal judge has denied class certification to a group of plaintiffs in a long-pending lawsuit in which they accuse the soc...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A kinder, gentler Jim McBride is enjoying life in his second career as a neutral for ADR Services Inc. ...


Criminal


The Court of Appeals found erroneous jury instructions created a prejudicial error in a duo’s convictions for the 2005 murder ...


A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Palo Alto mobile home park owners who accused the city of wrongly ordering th...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


In an extensive trademark case between competing pomegranate juice makers, a Los Angeles federal court judge denied defendant ...


A former student subjected to the incident during a 2010 pep rally at Bakersfield High School settled with the Kern High Schoo...


Large Firms


Cooley adds two high-profile IP lawyers

Jul. 1, 2016
By Matthew Blake

Cooley LLP plucked life sciences lawyer Mika Reiner Mayer and intellectual property litigator Bobby Ghajar, perhaps the firm's...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar dues bill in limbo again

Jul. 1, 2016
By Lyle Moran

For the second time in less than a month, the fate of legislation that would authorize the embattled State Bar to collect atto...


Judicial Profile


Karen L. Dixon

Jul. 1, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Judge Karen Dixon draws on her family law background in Siskiyou County criminal court.


More than $100 million has been tacked onto a settlement deal in a Northern District case accusing several Japanese and Korean...


Criminal


Ex-attorney faces federal prison in mortgage fraud

Jul. 1, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

A former Orange County attorney who resigned from the State Bar in 2011 is facing 7 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading...


Corporate Counsel


Eden R. Yaege

Jul. 1, 2016
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel Square One Development (San Diego) ...