Former prosecutor Brian E. Hill of Santa Barbara, now on the criminal bench, pays it forward.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Dorothy B. Reyes calls her busy preliminary hearing calendar a 'pressure box,' but she enjoys it.
Litigation
Counties must protect waterways harmed by groundwater pumping, court rules
By Fiona Smith
In a win for environmentalists, a Sacramento superior court judge has extended the reach of the powerful but rarely used publi...
After a recent Delaware Supreme Court opinion, California corporations may want to consider adopting fee-shifting bylaws as a ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Who's the client? It's not always clear
By Katharine Malonen
One would think that when representing a corporation, figuring out who your client is shouldn't be difficult. But not so fast ...
AB 1839 is a win for everyone: It puts people to work, increases demand for the goods and services on which the entertainment ...
The rights of free speech and assembly are fundamental in our political and legal systems, but they are not absolute: Their ex...
Attorneys in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice have sided with the ACLU in the group's lawsuit targe...
Firm Profile
Nonprofit lawyers advocate aggressively in immigration cases
By Emily Green
Niloufar Khonsari and her collaborator in chief, Marie Vincent, have achieved a number of successes in handling immigration ca...
Orange County DA is prosecuting what it calls state's largest food safety action ...
Litigation
Hospital administrator hit with another lawsuit over alleged spinal implant counterfeiting
By Henry Meier
The civil suit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of plaintiff Mary Cavalieri - a former spinal surgery pati...
Litigation
Bank inks settlement with lawmakers over campaign treasurer's theft
By Chase Scheinbaum
In an unusual case, attorneys for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, several U.S. and state legislators and nonprofits have reached a $4 m...
Civil Rights
Prisoner challenges state alternative custody program, citing gender discrimination
By Kylie Reynolds
William A. Sassman, a convicted felon and father of two, filed a lawsuit claiming the program for inmates with children violat...
A longtime federal judge and a high profile proponent of same-sex marriage won unanimous approval from the Commission on Judic...
After retiring from the state appellate court bench, James R. Lambden joined ADR Services Inc., handling consulting work in ad...
California Courts of Appeal
Suit against attorney not barred by statute of limitations, appeals court rules
By Hadley Robinson
A woman suing her lawyer for failing to return more than $46,000 in allegedly unearned attorney fees is not barred by the one-...
Government
San Bernardino County judge to head Judicial Council committee
By Paul Jones
San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Marsha Slough will take over as head of the California Judicial Council's Trial Cou...
Shipping giant FedEx Corp. and subsidiaries conspired to traffic drugs, according to a federal grand jury criminal indictment ...
Government
Divorces taking longer to finalize in the state, attorneys and judges say
By Craig Andersonn
As backlogs continue to afflict California superior courts, divorcing couples must now wait half a year or more in some counti...
Government
Judicial branch intensifying efforts on court access, technology
By Paul Jones
While state courts are unable to grow services amid constraints in the 2014-15 budget, judicial branch leaders are moving forw...
In one month, two of the most well-regarded bankruptcy boutique firms in Southern California disappeared from the marketplace....
Insurance
General liability policies may exclude data breach coverage
By Melanie Brisbonn
As the number of data breaches steadily increases year on year, so have insurance claims related to remedying the exposure of ...
Criminal
Ruling against death penalty based on judges' law review articles, studies
By John Roemer
Twenty years ago, Alex Kozinski, now the chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, planted the legal roots of a Sa...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
The Daily Journal hosted a reception Tuesday night in Beverly Hills for California's leading labor and employment lawyers. The...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
General Counsel Telgian Tempe, Ariz. ...
Litigation
Judge who found death penalty unconstitutional known for bold rulings
By Henry Meier
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney is known for being an independent thinker who is unafraid of issuing controversial opinio...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate lawyers pooh-pooh move by Treasury secretary
By Salvador Mares
A letter sent by U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew urging congressional budget leaders to pass legislation aimed at stiflin...