In a stunning move, Arshavir Iskanaian got out of the landmark Iskanian employment case that bears his name and his law...
For Butte County Judge Michael Deems, the law is just another form of problem solving.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
LA County Judge Juan Carlos Dominguez has an open mind and expects the same from lawyers
Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...
Judges and Judiciary
Incumbent judge raised four times more than challenger
By America Hernandez
Deputy Public Defender Tami L. Warren filed a declaration of intent in February to unseat Kathryn A. Solórzano, the Los Angele...
Although only in Mariposa County 9 years, Judge Michael Fagalde fits in with its tradition.
Judges and Judiciary
Skadden Arps gets just over half requested fee for representing judges
By Renee Flannery
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates was awarded $659,759, just over half of what the firm had asked ...
Law Practice
Norton Rose poaches 18 attorneys from Sidley, launches SF office
By Joshua Seboldn
Norton Rose Fulbright added the attorneys across three cities on the East and West Coast and opened up a San Francisco office ...
Briones has moved to the Los Angeles office of Boston-based Mintz Levin from Blank Rome LLP, and said Thursday that as managin...
Law and Mediation Office of Diane M. Goodman APC ...
Firm Profile
Randolph & Associates focuses on community, represents blue collar workers
By Justin Kloczko
The five-attorney, Santa Monica-based firm specializes in work-related construction accidents and injuries sustained in vehicu...
A bill that would require aggravating facts to be presented to a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt before they can be ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Panel affirms decision, vacates award in "Vogue" case
By Steven Crighton
The use of a trumpet riff in Madonna's 1990 song "Vogue" was affirmed as de minimis by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pan...
California Supreme Court
State high court considers whether out-of-state plaintiffs can sue in California
By Kevin Lee
California's future in mass tort litigation hangs in the balance as the state Supreme Court considers whether out-of-state pla...
A pair of attorneys at Huang Ybarra Singer & May LLP earned an unusually high award this week from the Financial Industry ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court overturns anti-SLAPP motion in breach of contract suit
By Justin Kloczko
The case of a Carson landowner suing the city for allegedly replacing him as the agent in charge of bringing an NFL team to th...
A federal judge on Thursday raised skeptical questions surrounding whether he should preliminarily approve a $100 million sett...
The State Bar's board would feature a majority of non-attorney members by October 2019 at the latest under amendments the stat...
Two challengers hope to unseat Kern County Superior Court Judge Cory J. Woodward after he was censured in 2014 for having a co...
Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mobile Mini Inc. (Phoenix) ...
Trucker Huss APC, a San Francisco-based firm that focuses on employee benefits law, opened a second office in downtown Los Ang...
The prodigious Bay Area internet company announced Wednesday that it plans to buy e-commerce company Demandware Inc. ...
Song tracks remastered after 1972 are governed by federal law, not state law, according to a district judge who dismissed a la...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Law Practice
California firms feel pressure to offer more generous parental leave
By Amanda Schallert
More California law firms are looking to parental leave policies that give men and women longer and equal paid time off to rec...
Superior Court Commissioner San Bernardino County (Victorville) ...
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which had overturned a woman's murder c...
The bill would have made public the investigation and discipline records of police officers with proven findings of misconduct...