Lynne C. Hermle, the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP labor and employment partner, maintained her undefeated jury trial...
It's a familiar scenario: A company conducts an initial public offering; a quarter or two later, it stumbles. There might be a...
In a pending case, our state high court has the opportunity to prevent a Clinton-type email scandal from cropping up right her...
Litigation
Stubhub challenges Ticketmaster, Golden State Warriors over exclusive ticket deal
By Laura Hautalan
StubHub Inc. aims to keep a vast and valuable market from closing up to competition with its antitrust lawsuit against competi...
A dynamic Los Angeles litigation duo has left Loeb & Loeb LLP to join Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Centu...
Criminal
Northern District prosecutes federal agents accused of stealing bitcoin
By Henry Meier
Two agents were charged and arraigned Monday after prosecutors unveiled an indictment alleging fraud and money laundering the ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cooley makes mark in life sciences with duo of deals
By Banks Albachn
Attorneys from Cooley LLP advised two companies on two separate acquisitions announced Monday in the pharmaceutical spectrum w...
Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. announced Monday the appointment of George K. Ng as its new executive vice president and chief lega...
Goodwin Procter LLP snagged long-time partner Chauncey M. Swalwell from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in Los Angeles, ...
At the center of a case set for argument Tuesday at the U.S. high court, is a Spider-Man toy - a glove that shoots foam string...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge wants 'Big Pimpin' copyright infringement case to go to trial
By America Hernandez
An Egyptian composer's heirs seek a slice of the album sales and concert revenue that Jay-Z earned after 2004 from a 1999 hit ...
A Google software engineer claims his cut of the $415 million settlement is paltry compared to what he allegedly lost due to S...
Alameda County Judge Ursula Dickson maintains a kind and even temperament in the courtroom.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Courtroom defeat in gender discrimination case may still make waves
By Craig Andersonn
Despite not getting what she wanted to in the courtroom, Ellen Pao's complaint will have an impact that will echo across the e...
Professor Joanna Schwartz recently wrote a guest column suggesting that law enforcement officers are unconcerned about possibl...
Last week, the SEC took another important step in breathing life into government-approved crowdfunding, easing the way for sma...
The commercial use of drones is not yet broadly authorized in the U.S., but it will be very soon. By Lisa Ellman ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Parents have no right to expose other kids
A proposed law, Senate Bill 277, will be considered by three California Senate committees in April. The law is aimed at curbin...
New judges have been named to the Alameda, San Francisco, Tulare, Los Angeles and San Diego county superior courts. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit to decide if judge had right to sanction attorneys
By Henry Meier
A federal panel will soon hear an appeal filed by lawyers claiming Judge Otis Wright had no authority to sanction them in conn...
Citing past whistleblower cases centered on the same allegations, a California federal judge has thrown out a False Claims Act...
Law Practice
Six partners join McDermott rainmakers in Paul Hastings jump
By Kevin Lee
Six patent litigation partners will join prominent practitioners Yar R. Chaikovsky and Blair M. Jacobs in their move from McDe...
If properly preserved, an instructional error can easily result in a new trial. But preservation is not automatic. By Scott A....
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Citing torture in Mexico, 9th Circuit rules that man should be granted asylum
By Saul Sugarman
A Mexican man who has been repeatedly tortured by police in his home country should be granted asylum in the U.S., the 9th Cir...
In a decision last week, the U.S. high court crafted a middle-ground approach to accommodating pregnancy-related limitations, ...
Zynga Inc. and several of its current and former officers failed to escape from a case brought by shareholders when a federal ...
Ventura County Judge William Liebmann helps family law litigants to see each other's perspective.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Criminal court Judge Michael Cowell of Los Angeles thinks deeply about the law and the death penalty.