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Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 30, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved


Litigation


VW settlement wins cautious applause

Jun. 30, 2016
By Saul Sugarman

Volkswagen AG's announcement that it will spend $14.7 billion to clear up the company's admitted scheme to evade government-ma...


Judicial Profile


Ross C. Moody

Jun. 30, 2016
By Kevin Lee

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ross Moody knows how to dexterously put cases into context.


Government


A state fund reserved for courthouse construction is running dry more quickly than anticipated, prompting local judicial leade...


Spark Networks, which owns 10 online dating websites, has settled two lawsuits claiming lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...


The San Bernardino County district attorney dismissed murder charges Tuesday against William Richards, the namesake for a bill...


Labor/Employment


Judge bags settlement over worker bag checks

Jun. 30, 2016
By Matthew Blake

A federal judge rejected a $1.75 million settlement between Coach Inc. and the company's sales associates in litigation over t...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would take up a foreclosure case in California that centers on whether the Fe...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Jerry Brown appointed 18 superior court judges in 11 counties on Tuesday, most of them Democrats with experience in publi...


Judicial Profile


Lawrence Riff

Jun. 29, 2016
By Garrett Green

Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Van Nuys) ...


John Noonen claims he was fired for making internal complaints about former bar prosecutor's actions. ...


Perspective


Jay Sekulow's recent guest column, "Divided court blocks Obama" (June 24), ignores the use of executive orders by recent presi...


Criminal


Former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison on charges stemming fr...


Corporate Counsel


George H. "Sonny" Cave

Jun. 29, 2016
By Riley Guerin

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer, Chief Risk Officer and Secretary ON Semicondu...


Law Practice


The Phillips Lerner family law firm ends its 26-year life when its four attorneys and staff join Blank Rome LLP on July 1. ...


Law Practice


Law firm leaders and students searched for solutions to the legal industry's female brain drain problem at the Women in Law Ha...


Litigation


The song "Happy Birthday to You" is one step closer to entering the public domain with a federal judge's approval Monday of a ...


A review department for the State Bar Court affirmed a recommendation that Wade Anthony Robertson Jr. be disbarred for stealin...


Litigation


The settlement between Paramount Pictures Corp. and a group of the company's profit participants who claimed they were massive...


Litigation


A teenager who says he was subjected to an unprovoked beating by police at the Los Angeles County Fair when he was trying to f...


Litigation


Judge affirms Hueston Hennigan's disqualification

Jun. 29, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Hueston Hennigan LLP's dual representation of the State Compensation Insurance Fund in a civil case and a defendant in a relat...


Education


In the midst of growing debate about whether there are too many law schools, a federal advisory panel has recommended that the...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 28, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


Juvenile


Waves of innovative, evidence-based policies have eroded the traditional juvenile justice model, diverting resources away from...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A State Bar watchdog has accused the agency of holding an illegal phone meeting in which bar leaders allegedly voiced their op...


California Courts of Appeal


Appellate justice William Rylaarsdam retires Thursday

Jun. 28, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

The 79-year-old senior member of the court isn't ready to leave the law, so he'll be volunteering a few days each week at Lega...


Litigation


Los Angeles-based company Epsilon Electronics Inc. has won a $1.5 million arbitration award handed down in the Rabbinical Coun...


State Bar & Bar Associations


LACBA installs new officers, honors Gilbert, Kuehl

Jun. 28, 2016
By America Hernandez

Appellate Justice Arthur Gilbert and Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl were honored at the county bar's installation ...


Judges and Judiciary


The Judicial Council unanimously approved Friday a pilot program to gauge whether state courts can implement live video of int...


Labor/Employment


The suddenly emboldened plaintiffs' lawyer for Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers declared one federal judge's initi...