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Law Practice


Pillsbury adds three Squire Patton Boggs partners

May 12, 2016
By Amanda Schallert

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP added three litigation and corporate partners from Squire Patton Boggs to its California o...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A Los Angeles County Bar Association brown bag lunch will review the correct way to file documents under seal with a court, an...


Litigation


OC sheriff's deputy will likely plead the 5th

May 12, 2016
By Meghann Cuniff

Lawyers will be back in court Thursday regarding new information in a double murder case ...


California Courts of Appeal


A state law that prohibits trial courts from considering legal challenges to the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board viol...


Dwight Freeney wants to restore his conversion and theft claims that were dismissed by a retired federal judge. ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar says it is making a concerted effort to review and investigate all the complaints it receives alleging the unaut...


Intellectual Property


Innovation, hard work, and the fair use of a sprinkling of freely shared Java computer code helped Google build the $42 billio...


Corporate


MGM nabs chief legal officer from HBO

May 12, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Film producer and distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. named Lesley G. Freeman chief legal officer this week. ...


Litigation


'Star Trek' copyright case voyages toward trial

May 12, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Paramount Pictures Corp. and CBS Studios Inc.'s lawsuit against the makers of an upcoming "Star Trek" fan film may live long a...


Labor/Employment


Coach poised to settle bag check complaint

May 12, 2016
By Matthew Blake

The posh handbag retailer is set to settle a lawsuit over the company not paying workers for the time it took to check their o...


Judicial Profile


Charles Margines

May 12, 2016
By Logan Noblin

Recently appointed as OC presiding judge, Charles Margines' top priority is the $200M budget.


Education


The law school was the first nationwide to accept GRE scores and not require LSAT results. ...


Judicial Profile


James P. Cramer

May 11, 2016
By Fiona Smith

Alameda County Judge James P. Cramer doesn't let formalities get in the way of adjudication.


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A ceremony last week at JAMS' downtown Los Angeles office celebrated an alliance between the mediation and arbitration group a...


Intellectual Property


For the second time in four years, Oracle Corp. will try to persuade a federal jury Tuesday that Alphabet Inc.-owned Google sh...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court Monday settled debate over California Criminal Code No. 361 jury instructions and when they are approp...


Labor/Employment


A judge has denied an unusual ex parte motion to dismiss an employment representative action for failure to prosecute, but she...


Criminal


Beloved former public defender deeply missed

May 11, 2016
By Phil Johnson

Marla Zamora, 65, stabbed to death Friday morning ...


Law Practice


Cooley bolsters private equity practice

May 11, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

Cooley LLP expanded its private equity group with the addition of three partners who have each served as leaders of their resp...


California Supreme Court


State law prohibits an individual from carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, even if the firearm is stored in a backpac...


Judge reluctant to reinstate Hueston Hennigan as plaintiff's attorney in a fraud suit rife with conflict of interest allegatio...


Law Practice


Len Venger, who was the executive vice president and head of Global Litigation at Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., rejoined ...


Litigation


Adelson, Testan, Brundo, Novell & Jimenez filed a complaint against the newly formed Misa Stefen Koller Ward LLP alleging ...


Transactions


Dealmakers

May 10, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Intellectual Property


Fair use is the only issue on the table for the 10 jurors who will hear the retrial of the copyright case between Oracle Corp....


Judicial Profile


Mark E. Petersen

May 10, 2016
By Logan Noblin

Mark Petersen, the sole judge in Moreno Valley, describes his assignment and courthouse as 'fun.'


Litigation


Targeted in a high-profile lawsuit by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, the president of the Academy of Arts Univers...


The state Supreme Court clarified restrictions involving vexatious litigants in a unanimous opinion issued last week. ...


A Los Angeles federal jury has awarded the owner $3.3 million in damages and said the city of Carson's rent control measures v...


After an explosive two days of testimony last week, newly disclosed sheriff's documents and an audio recording about a secret ...