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Labor/Employment


Iskanian drops out, future of case in doubt

Jun. 7, 2016
By Matthew Blake

In a stunning move, Arshavir Iskanaian got out of the landmark Iskanian employment case that bears his name and his law...


Judicial Profile


Michael Deems

Jun. 7, 2016
By Steven Crighton

For Butte County Judge Michael Deems, the law is just another form of problem solving.


Firm Watch


On The Move

Jun. 6, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

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


Judicial Profile


Juan Carlos Dominguez

Jun. 6, 2016
By Matthew Blake

LA County Judge Juan Carlos Dominguez has an open mind and expects the same from lawyers


Judicial Profile


Michele E. Flurer

Jun. 5, 2016
By Logan Noblin

Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...


Judges and Judiciary


Deputy Public Defender Tami L. Warren filed a declaration of intent in February to unseat Kathryn A. Solórzano, the Los Angele...


Judicial Profile


Michael A. Fagalde

Jun. 4, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Although only in Mariposa County 9 years, Judge Michael Fagalde fits in with its tradition.


Judges and Judiciary


Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates was awarded $659,759, just over half of what the firm had asked ...


Law Practice


Norton Rose Fulbright added the attorneys across three cities on the East and West Coast and opened up a San Francisco office ...


Law Practice


Briones has moved to the Los Angeles office of Boston-based Mintz Levin from Blank Rome LLP, and said Thursday that as managin...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Diane M. Goodman

Jun. 4, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

Law and Mediation Office of Diane M. Goodman APC ...


The five-attorney, Santa Monica-based firm specializes in work-related construction accidents and injuries sustained in vehicu...


Criminal


Senate bill gives jurors more say in sentencing

Jun. 4, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

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


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's future in mass tort litigation hangs in the balance as the state Supreme Court considers whether out-of-state pla...


Litigation


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


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...


Litigation


A federal judge on Thursday raised skeptical questions surrounding whether he should preliminarily approve a $100 million sett...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Assembly amends State Bar bill

Jun. 4, 2016
By Lyle Moran

The State Bar's board would feature a majority of non-attorney members by October 2019 at the latest under amendments the stat...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Jun. 3, 2016
By Brian Cardile

In this week's column, one attorney courted disbarment with such enthusiasm


Judges and Judiciary


Kern judicial race heats up

Jun. 3, 2016
By America Hernandez

Two challengers hope to unseat Kern County Superior Court Judge Cory J. Woodward after he was censured in 2014 for having a co...


Corporate Counsel


Christopher Miner

Jun. 3, 2016
By Chris Gilfillan

Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mobile Mini Inc. (Phoenix) ...


Law Practice


Trucker Huss opens Los Angeles office

Jun. 3, 2016
By Amanda Schallert

Trucker Huss APC, a San Francisco-based firm that focuses on employee benefits law, opened a second office in downtown Los Ang...


Transactions


Salesforce to buy Demandware for $2.8B

Jun. 3, 2016
By Banks Albachn

The prodigious Bay Area internet company announced Wednesday that it plans to buy e-commerce company Demandware Inc. ...


Entertainment & Sports


Federal law covers songs

Jun. 3, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Song tracks remastered after 1972 are governed by federal law, not state law, according to a district judge who dismissed a la...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Jun. 2, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


Law Practice


More California law firms are looking to parental leave policies that give men and women longer and equal paid time off to rec...


Judicial Profile


James Bruce Minton

Jun. 2, 2016
By Justin Kloczko

Superior Court Commissioner San Bernardino County (Victorville) ...


Criminal


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...


Criminal


The bill would have made public the investigation and discipline records of police officers with proven findings of misconduct...