Cooley LLP is advising one of the latest Silicon Valley startups to announce plans for an initial public offering: The firm is...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham advises Questcor Pharmaceuticals in $5.6B sale to Mallinckrodt
By Salvador Mares
Anaheim-based pharmaceutical developer Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. tapped Latham & Watkins LLP in its $5.6 billion sale ...
Appellate decision upholds ruling in class action on behalf of consumers who claim they were charged illegal cancellation fees...
Civil Rights
Los Angeles County reaches settlement deal over aid to poor
By Sarah Parvinin
A coalition of advocates for poor local communities is set to announce a $7.9 million settlement agreement with the county on ...
Criminal
Panel lawyer billing record audit spawns criminal investigation
By Henry Meier
Members of the Central District's indigent defense community are outraged over informal audits of panel attorney billing recor...
Law Practice
Sheppard Mullin: McKenna acquisitions boost firm's real estate, insurance trial work
By Alexandra Schwappach
Sheppard's executive chairman, Guy Halgren, said the real estate additions in particular will solidify the firm's position as ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge sends antitrust suit against tech giants to trial
By Laura Hautalan
Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. lost their final effort to avoid trial in a huge employment antitr...
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been hit with a lawsuit alleging a patient was sexually assaulted by a nursing assistant last ...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Criminal
J. Tony Serra among veteran criminal defense lawyers in Yee case
By Hadley Robinson
Several of San Francisco's most experienced trial lawyers will be standing next to the highest-profile defendants in a massive...
Law Practice
Sheppard Mullin nabs close to 20 lawyers from McKenna Long
By Alexandra Schwappach
Real estate partners Nancy T. Scull and David M. Hymer and insurance litigation partner Peter H. Klee will jump to Sheppard w...
Labor/Employment
Judge tosses $5.4M arbitration award, calling it 'retaliatory'
By Laura Hautalan
The decision surprised employment attorneys, who said district judges rarely throw out arbitration awards, preferring to defer...
Businesses and legal advisors are huddling in an effort to survey and adapt to what's changed in the world of corporate govern...
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Trustees for the J. Paul Getty Trust Brentwood ...
Re: "Scrutiny grows over truckers' listing as employees or contractors," April 2. By Ronald W. Novotny ...
Re: "Report: fewer judges disciplined in 2013," April 2. By Erica Yew ...
Perspective
Public officials' private emails are not public records, it seems
By Ben Armisteadn
The law declares that "access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary ri...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives Samsung antitrust complaint against Panasonic
By John Roemer
In a federal appellate clash over flash memory cards for mobile devices, a major electronics company scored the right Friday t...
San Francisco Judge Teri L. Jackson oversaw criminal cases for a decade before taking a civil post.
Criminal
Judge's decision closes book on federal activity in major corruption case
By Katie Lucia
Defense lawyers in one of the so-called Colonies corruption case in San Bernardino County are celebrating a federal judge's re...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Passion and drive have propelled Elizabeth Guerrero Macias to the Orange County bench.
Attorneys say Alameda Judge Scott Patton is contemplative and doesn't make decisions on the fly
Litigation
Retired judges' temp-assignment program draws plaudits, criticism
By Saul Sugarman
The retired judges who are placed in temporary assignments around the state operate in a program praised for helping Californi...
Securities
Some clients prefer litigation over settlement when the SEC calls
By Ben Armisteadn
In many cases, clients will find the agency's settlement demands are unacceptable and instead will conclude that litigation is...
Government
Mud continues to fly in San Bernardino County district attorney race
By Katie Lucia
In the region that's been dubbed the "Wild West" of California, San Bernardino County district attorney hopefuls have waged a ...
The LA Law Library presented its weighty Beacon of Justice Award to 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice H. Walter Croskey on ...
Dispute resolution provider Judicate West closed 2013 with festivities marking the group's 20th anniversary. Neutrals and staf...
A federal jury Thursday awarded $30 million to Neurovision Medical Products Inc. after finding NuVasive Inc. infringed on Neur...
Litigation
LA-based lawyer plays pivotal role in largest environmental bankrupcy case
By Fiona Smith
Irell & Manella LLP partner John Hueston was the trustee who oversaw claims by states, cities and the Navajo Nation in wha...
