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Perspective


Professional policing in a free society

Feb. 6, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

As a young Los Angeles Police Department officer in 1968, I could not imagine the society I now live in as an old man. By Will...


California Supreme Court


Longstanding tensions between the Los Angeles Unified School District and public charter schools came to a head in the state S...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles settlement judge to retire

Feb. 6, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

Known for his efficiency and quick attentiveness to resolve cases, Superior Court Judge Owen L. Kwong will retire this March...


Solo and Small Firms


Capretz & Associates of Newport Beach objected that players from NFL Europe should not be shorted on benefits. The federal...


The former U.S. general counsel of iGate Technologies Inc. is pursuing a lawsuit against her former employer and a supervisor ...


Employee Benefits


No vesting in my backyard

Feb. 6, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In M&G Polymers USA LLC v. Tackett, decided last week, the U.S. Supreme Court finally got a case with the right fac...


Administrative/Regulatory


A first-of-its-kind California effort to curb the use of demurrers in civil cases is moving forward in Sacramento, as plaintif...


The White House announced Wednesday that Eileen M. Decker, the Los Angeles deputy mayor in charge of public safety and counter...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Feb. 5, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

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


GC Email


SEC softens stance on marijuana stock

Feb. 5, 2015
By Hadley Robinson

Irvine-based Terra Tech Corp. became the first company squarely in the business of growing marijuana to publicly register to t...


Litigation


Applying for a severance order does not accomplish what many attorneys think it does. Most misuse the term "severance" to desc...


Perspective


Syncing outside, in-house counsel

Feb. 5, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Strategic, concise, focused and actionable advice forms the most valuable basis, and strongest foundation, for any relationshi...


Litigation


Taking a writ was thought to be the only way to challenge a voluntary dismissal, but sometimes opinions take wrong turns. By G...


Judges and Judiciary


Associate Justice Betty A. Richli, a long-time judge for the District Court of Appeal in Riverside, is retiring, the presiding...


In a closely watched Prop. 65 case, major food companies are fighting claims that they failed to warn the public about lead in...


Litigation


Judge Rolf M. Treu ruled the law firm can recover trial costs for the landmark case decided last summer that argued five educ...


Labor/Employment


Caddies sue PGA Tour over logo requirements

Feb. 5, 2015
By Laura Hautalan

A group of caddies sued PGA Tour Inc. Tuesday for requiring them to wear corporate logos during televised golf tournaments wit...


Saying the state failed to live up to its promise to move disabled prison inmates out of solitary confinement, an Oakland fede...


Entertainment & Sports


Broadcast giants CBS, Disney, Fox and Viacom are petitioning the DC Circuit in an effort to resist divulging their contract ag...


Judicial Profile


William Alsup

Feb. 5, 2015
By Hadley Robinson

U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District is known for early hours, bold rulings.


Litigation


Trademark trouble brews amid craft beer’s rise

Feb. 4, 2015
By Hadley Robinson

As the number of California breweries skyrockets and competition intensifies, disputes over trademarks that were once handled ...


Corporate Counsel


Craig A. Wagner

Feb. 4, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and General Counsel Paradigm Talent Agency Beverly Hills ...


Letter to the Editor


LETTER: With sympathy to the beleaguered bar

Feb. 4, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Let's all shed a tear for the board of the bar / We didn't know how much they cared / When they told Joe Dunn he was done / (p...


Perspective


The defenders of traditional marriage in the current same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court can focus solely on...


Entertainment & Sports


Mobility. Convenience. Anonymity. These call signs of the digital age are pervasive in our daily lives, and have been successf...


Transportation


Last year the U.S. achieved a goal long considered unapproachable: It surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world's ...


Perspective


The Supreme Court's decision in Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Sandoz restores the fundamental juridical principle that appellate cou...


Perspective


If the U.S. and the UK are two countries separated by a common language, Europe is a common market separated by 28 languages. ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Former district attorneys now on the bench don't have to disqualify themselves from hearing criminal cases in which they previ...


Law Practice


LA litigator opens new firm

Feb. 4, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

After nearly 20 years at Jones Day, former partner Philip E. Cook hung up his own shingle in downtown Los Angeles. The Cook La...