Law Practice
Latham and Orrick finding success in bankruptcy, numbers show
By Alex Shively
Latham & Watkins and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe both secured spots in the top ten of a recently released list of t...
Large Firms
Bingham may consider bankruptcy, managing partner says
By Alexandra Schwappach
In his first public statements on the health of Bingham McCutchen LLP, the firm's new managing partner Steven Browne spoke bri...
Corporate
Hedge fund urges Amgen to consider breakup amid raft of corporate spinoffs
By Salvador Mares
Third Point LLC suggested Thousand Oaks-based drug developer Amgen Inc. consider breaking itself up into two separate companie...
Law Practice
Reading International snags Sidley Austin real estate veteran as new GC
By Alison Frost
Los Angeles-based Reading International Inc. announced Wednesday the appointment of a long-time Sidley Austin real estate atto...
Criminal
Defense attorney gets rare 'factual innocence' finding in rape case
By Alison Frost
An Alameda County Superior Court Judge granted a finding of factual innocence last week for a man accused of felony rape. ...
Litigation
Judge to weigh key issues in city's fight to regain control of airport
By Vik Jolly
Next week, a Superior Court judge in Riverside could put to rest a big chunk of a highly unusual legal tug-of-war over LA/ Ont...
Litigation
Company hit with $25 million judgment in work-from-home scheme
By Henry Meier
A federal judge this week imposed a $25 million judgment against a company that marketed a work-from-home opportunity to consu...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Former second-in-command of Archdiocese of Los Angeles sued over abuse
By Matt Hamiltonn
Two men accused the former Archdiocese of Los Angeles leader of sexually abusing them beginning when they were about 14 years ...
Hoffman Libenson Saunders & Barba, a four-lawyer Oakland-based plaintiff's employment law firm, has dissolved and its part...
The interests of consumers are not being adequately protected by the current patchwork of industry-specific federal laws and g...
Immigration
Central Valley, Inland Empire seek more help for immigration cases
By Craig Andersonn
Legal aid providers are ramping up immigrant children services in the the Central Valley and Inland Empire, which have experie...
Trial lawyers are making a final push to pass their ballot initiative to raise medical lawsuit payouts in California, with rou...
Laura Hymowitz brings levity, compassion and years of experience to her mental health calendar.
The dust is beginning to settle after a recent increase in Chinese antitrust enforcement. By Becky Koblitz ...
Litigation
Amid record auto recalls, lawyers evaluate potential for litigation fallout
By Henry Meier
A record number of automotive industry recalls in 2014 has attorneys on both sides evaluating the potential for litigation fal...
There has been significant discussion about India in the past several months, culminating in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re...
Japanese companies large and small continue to look to the U.S. for expansion, whether through M&A, joint ventures with U....
Perspective
New Shanghai free trade zone: promising or pointless?
By Katharine Malonen
More than a year has passed since Xi Jinping's administration placed foreign law firms in China at a cross-roads with the crea...
The enactment of the Companies Act of Japan in 2006 was a once-in-a-century revolution for Japanese company legislation. By Je...
The Japanese and California life sciences communities have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship dating back many decades...
While use of the cloud is increasingly attractive to multinational business, significant regulatory implications are associate...
Perspective
Cross-border M&A deals with Chinese companies: top tips for successfully navigating the negotiations
By Katharine Malonen
Because many Chinese parties are still relatively new to international M&A, they generally approach deals differently than...
Over the past two years, it has been hard to miss the sharp increase in investment from China in development projects across t...
Perspective
Tectonic shift in Chinese investment felt in California
By Katharine Malonen
We are in the early stages of a tectonic shift in Asian investment that is being felt around the world. The impact will be hug...
When South Korea's anti-competition authority found that the nation's top ramen noodle producers had been agreeing on prices f...
Once considered a distant land, Asia has become an important market for American businesses and California law firms. ...
Recent developments have enhanced protections for whistleblowers who report patient safety concerns or other suspected illegal...
Is it now guilty until proven innocent? Is any sex involving drugs or alcohol now rape? And the ultimate question: What role s...
Must employers pay for time employees spend leaving work if they cannot depart until they pass a security screening to prevent...