As GC of AeroVironment, Douglas Scott helps the unmanned aircraft maker stay on the cutting edge. ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved
Litigation
Port of Los Angeles fends off claims it ignored air pollution harms in pushing new train and truck facility
By Fiona Smith
Regional air quality regulators, the city of Long Beach and others hope to convince a court next week that the port violated C...
Criminal
Implementation of Prop. 47 varies widely from county to county
By L.J. Williamson
Citing vastly disparate statistics from local law enforcement agencies statewide, an American Civil Liberties Union report rel...
Revenue at firms up 4.7 percent in third quarter, Citi report finds ...
Intersil Corp., a power management solutions company based in Milpitas, named Andrew S. Hughes as the new vice president and g...
Law Practice
Orange County bankruptcy boutique Weiland Golden adds partners, changes name
By Steven Crighton
The firm, which managing partner Michael Weiland said is now one of the largest and most experienced bankruptcy boutiques in C...
Litigation
Judge to issue sanctions, injunction in disjoined mural suit
By Ashley Cullinsn
The owners of a Los Angeles bar who cut a mural into six pieces and tried to sell those as unique works are now facing sanctio...
California Courts of Appeal
State appeals court affirms $37K in sanctions against lawyer
By Banks Albachn
A Sacramento attorney is facing more than $37,000 in court-ordered sanctions after the 3rd District Court of Appeal affirmed a...
Litigation
Settlement with NCAA, Electronic Arts finalized after objections dropped
By Matthew Hamity
A settlement between student-athletes and defendants Electronic Arts Inc. and the NCAA overcame a final hurdle as objectors dr...
Litigation
FDA takes up 'natural' claims in sweetener industry battle
By Gautham Thomas
Court battle over "natural" claims for sweeteners is now the subject of a proposed FDA rule. ...
Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley LLP settled with Metzger Law Group PLC over class action compensation both firms claimed they...
Pharmaceutical companies have prevailed in multidistrict litigation involving failure to warn of risks with diabetes drugs. ...
The city of Oakland on Tuesday joined the ranks of California cities that have filed lawsuits against Monsanto Corp. seeking t...
Intellectual Property
Open Internet trumps piracy concerns, appeals court rules
By Kevin Lee
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. International Trade Commission cannot regulate electronic data transmissio...
A lover of language, LA Superior Court Judge Andrea Thompson fancies courtroom lexicon.
A federal judge on Monday ordered to close a case on behalf of 12,400 certified Apple Inc. store employees, ruling the company...
Litigation
Judge denies revival of insurance claims against Metrolink
By America Hernandez
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge refused to revive insurance companies' claims on Monday that Metrolink train operato...
Senior Vice President and General Counsel Toyo Tire Holdings of America Inc. Cypress ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Skadden guides deal creating $23B timber company
By Banks Albachn
In an all-stock deal worth $8.44 billion that creates one of the largest timber company in the U.S., Plum Creek Timber was acq...
State Bar Executive Director Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker has laid off two staffers in her office. ...
Hon. James N. Reese, a longtime JAMS neutral and retired Superior Court judge, died Oct. 31. He was 96 years old. ...
Litigation
Defamation charges against Metrolink board members dismissed
By Gautham Thomas
Three Metrolink board members won an anti-SLAPP motion Friday in a suit by a former auditor. ...
Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and the Golden State Warriors LLC have thwarted an antitrust lawsuit brought by StubHub Inc., ...
A victim of assault by sheriff deputies was formally cleared of all assault charges Friday and his criminal record from the in...
Tuolumne County Judge Kate Segerstrom is carrying on traditions in a small community.
Fresno County Judge Kent Hamlin says he barks at attorneys who are disrespectful or waste time.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved
Attorney General Kamala Harris, in a Friday speech before the annual Consumer Attorneys of California convention, sounded more...
The race to succeed Attorney General Kamala Harris, who is running for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in 2016, has attracted intere...