Best Best & Krieger LLP Los Angeles Specialties: municipal law, business services, litigation ...
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP Los Angeles Specialty: hospitality, real estate ...
Latham & Watkins LLP Los Angeles Specialties: land use, infrastructure, energy ...
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Los Angeles Specialties: Land use and related litigation ...
Farella Braun & Martel LLP San Francisco Specialties: land use and zoning
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP San Francisco Specialties: real estate investment, development, financing
Cooley LLP San Diego Specialties: real estate litigation, intellectual property
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Los Angeles Specialty: real estate
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Orange County Specialty: land use counseling
Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles Specialties: real estate private equity transactions, acquisitions and dispositions, developme...
Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP Los Angeles Specialty: land use
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Los Angeles Specialty: land use
The Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations that clarify the definition of "real property" for purposes of the...
Commercial real estate attorneys in California must be prepared to address emerging issues in response to the changing commerc...
Real Estate/Development
I saw the signage and it opened up my eyes
By Katharine Malonen
Well-considered signage can enhance the value and presence of a development project in an urban center or high-traffic locatio...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP San Francisco Specialty: land use
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Los Angeles Specialties: acquisitions, financing, development
Litigation
TCPA becoming powerful tool against unwanted cell phone messages
By Hadley Robinson
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, with damages of up to $1,500 per call, has become a powerful tool for plaintiffs' attor...
In July, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California declared the death penalty in California unc...
Ridesharing services Uber and Lyft have become a favorite method of transportation for many Californians. Yet these services a...
Criminal
Clerks can file failure-to-appear complaints in traffic court, high court says
By Kylie Reynolds
The state Supreme Court ruled that doing so does not violate the state's separation of powers doctrine. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Jenner & Block hires entertainment litigator
By Melanie Brisbon
Daniel A. Rozansky leaves Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in Los Angeles. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Lewis Brisbois adds entertainment guru in San Francisco
By Alexandra Schwappach
Actor-turned-litigator Dennis J. Holahan joined Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP as partner in San Francisco, the firm ...
Law Practice
Alabama firm opens first West Coast office in San Francisco
By Joshua Seboldn
Maynard Cooper & Gale PC's new location will initially focus on insurance and financial services litigation, complex Emplo...
The city has obtained a $2.23 million arbitration award against an insurance company, a second win this year against insurers ...
Thomas J. Gray was a co-leader of Orrick's trade secret subgroup for many years. ...
Kurt Kumli, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge known for empathy and coming up with practical ideas to advance his work...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judges can still award attorney fees even when the lawsuit is done
By John Roemer
Federal trial judges retain jurisdiction over post-judgment attorney fee disputes even after their authority has expired in th...
California Supreme Court
State high court boots Citizens United nonbinding measure off ballot
By Emily Green
The state Supreme Court on Monday struck from the November ballot an advisory proposition that would have asked voters whether...