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Arnold H. Gold

Apr. 30, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

Retired Judge Arnold Gold is pleasantly surprised that he's outlasted his supposed mediator shelf life. ...


Media


Comcast acquires DreamWorks for $3.8 billion

Apr. 30, 2016
By Steven Crighton

The deal provides Comcast with new IP for films and theme parks. ...


Solo and Small Firms


Touchton & Weinberger LLP launched last March, specializing in general civil litigation and white collar criminal defense ...


Intellectual Property


Jurors won't be tapped to hear the retrial until May 9, but the tech behemoths have been engaged in an all-out battle to mold ...


Litigation


Evidence of conflicts piles up in Drobot suit

Apr. 30, 2016
By America Hernandez

Hueston Hennigan LLP knew too much to be loyal to two clients with adverse interests, defense attorneys have argued, seeking t...


California Courts of Appeal


Beach access battle partially reopened

Apr. 30, 2016
By Kevin Lee

The legal campaign to establish public access to Martin's Beach in San Mateo took another twist Wednesday when the 1st Distric...


Public Interest


Legal Aid Society celebrates 100 years

Apr. 30, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

The organization recently got an ordinance passed expanding paid parental leave throughout San Francisco, making it the first ...


Criminal


Boom times for in-house conviction review

Apr. 30, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

More DA offices are opening conviction review units, but transparency and bias remain concerns. ...


Labor/Employment


Long Beach hotel hit with pair of lawsuits

Apr. 30, 2016
By Matthew Blake

The non-unionized Renaissance Hotel is hit with complaints that finger corporate parent Marriott. ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


The appellate court removes District Judge Manuel L. Real from a Medicare fraud case after it found Real had treated the defen...


Litigation


SF retains significant water source

Apr. 30, 2016
By Phil Johnson

The Hetch Hetchy Valley will continue to hold drinking water for more than 2.5 million people in the Bay Area, a Tuolumne Coun...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Apr. 29, 2016
By Brian Cardile

A weekly report of the State Bar's disciplinary actions.


Labor/Employment


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP discriminated against possibly hundreds of thousands of job applicants, according to a complaint fi...


Corporate Counsel


Jodi Lumsdaine Chapin

Apr. 29, 2016
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel Eminent Inc. dba Revolve Clothing (Cerritos) ...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review a $1.3 million legal fee dispute pitting Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Ha...


Criminal


The Japanese electronics giant has agreed to plead guilty in San Francisco federal court to conspiring with erstwhile competit...


Education


New organization will focus on academic and independent research aimed at making the civil justice system more accessible to t...


Despite a lackluster start to the year for private equity funds, middle and lower market add-ons hit records for the industry....


Litigation


Gardena-based Z Gallerie LLC will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the upscale furniture seller of improperly fill...


Litigation


The writing credit would entitle the trust of Randy Craig Wolfe to future earnings on the song. ...


Product Liability


The complaint is the latest in a string of lawsuits alleging misrepresentation. ...


Judges and Judiciary


A town hall on Thursday will include at least eight of the nine candidates. ...


Legislation that would allow civil trade secrets lawsuits to be brought in federal court sailed through a vote Wednesday by th...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Jayne Kim was at the center of multiple controversies engulfing the State Bar during her five-year tenure. ...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Apr. 28, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

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


California Courts of Appeal


Appellate court weighs OC judge-papering case

Apr. 28, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

DA tells justices motive for disqualifying judge is irrelevant as long as proper procedure is followed. ...


Law Practice


National firm Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck LLP doubled the size of its Los Angeles office and expanded its professional liab...


A former Stanford student is accusing the school of railroading him during a sexual assault investigation because it was conce...



Public Counsel receives $100,000 grant from DOJ

Apr. 28, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

The pro bono law firm, in partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, was one of 18 organizations award...


A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys alleges an attorne...