Firms looking to add data security attorneys have deviated from standard recruiting practices due to the high demand and small...
Dallas-based McCathern PLLC, known for representing the Dallas Cowboys, broke into California recently by picking up an L.A. b...
General counsel movement shot up dramatically last year, and companies have seized on the turnover as an opportunity to place ...
Litigation
San Bernardino County corruption case heads back to trial court
By Katie Lucia
The two-year appellate battle in one of the state's biggest public corruption cases appears to have drawn to a close, after a ...
Intellectual Property
Stock photo company wins 9th Circuit copyright ruling
By Fiona Smith
A federal appeals court ruled that a stock photo company can sue for copyright infringement against a publishing company even ...
Law Practice
Firms' castoffs can be boon for others in search of talent
By Alexandra Schwappach
Firms' cost-saving measures are triggering departures, and legal experts say the fallout could bode well for other firms looki...
Just as firms conduct due diligence before acquiring a lateral partner, it's equally important for you, the candidate, to do y...
Litigation
Judge to consider how much surveillance data government must maintain
By Craig Andersonn
A federal judge will be asked Wednesday to determined how much data relevant to ongoing litigation over the government's colle...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit considers whether convicted murderer really asked for a lawyer
By John Roemer
A convicted murderer who was 19 when he told police interrogators in vain to "give me a lawyer" got a rare second en banc hear...
Litigation
Land use ordinance could broadly impact where 'formula retail' businesses can operate
By Chase Scheinbaum
If Malibu adopts a benchmark governing formula retail in the municipality, it could become a battleground for what some attorn...
Administrative/Regulatory
Future of class-arbitration waivers unclear under agency
By Ben Armisteadn
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was granted authority to limit mandatory arbitration clauses in certain contracts. It...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Questions for both sides in wake of PAGA opinion
By Ben Armisteadn
The 9th Circuit has determined that PAGA actions are not removable to federal district court under the Class Action Fairness A...
Securities
Shearman counsels underwriters on hotly anticipated Weibo IPO
By Salvador Mares
Palo Alto-based Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Alan Seem is leading the firm's representation of the underwriters in conn...
Corporate securities and technology partner Alan B. Kalin left the firm for Pillsbury Winthtrop Shaw Pittman LLP. He is at lea...
Litigation
Outlook uncertain for nonprofits' suit against governor for siphoning housing cash
By Saul Sugarman
A trio of faith and nonprofit organizations want state Gov. Jerry Brown to repay $369 million they say he misspent on reducing...
Intellectual Property
Claims against Google over "Street View" patents revived
By Hadley Robinson
Lawyers with Christie, Parker & Hale LLP won an appeal Friday against Google Inc., when a federal circuit panel revived cl...
Education
ABA law school panel rejects proposals to weaken professors' tenure
By Don Debenedictisn
Despite what some see as problems with the existing ABA law school rule on law faculty job security, accreditation overseers v...
In her annual State of the Judiciary address to the state Legislature on Monday, California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakau...
Christine Goldsmith is known for carefully weighing the long-term impacts of her family law orders.
Law Practice
Raines Feldman opens in Irvine after adding 5-lawyer group
By Kylie Reynolds
The Beverly Hills-based firm opened shop in Orange County last week, the latest change brought by the addition of a team of he...
Alameda County Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte allows lawyers to argue and believes in advocacy.
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Agreements between colleges and law schools allow select students to apply in their third year. Those accepted receive their b...
Having worked in tech marketing, Judge Paul O. Colin of San Jose is an experienced communicator.
Chief Legal Officer & Chief Business Development Officer for Imax Corp. New York ...
Judges and Judiciary
Limiting peremptory challenges won't impact justice, just the court's wallet
By Ben Armisteadn
Senate Bill 794 would reduce peremptory challenges in misdemeanor trials from 10 to five per side. By Helios J. Hernandez II ...
Law Practice
Three decades on, Callahan & Blaine's winning streak is more than just luck
By Alexandra Schwappach
Since its debut, the 33-attorney firm focusing on business, insurance and personal injury disputes has handled some of the hig...
Intellectual Property
Google, Yahoo targeted in suit by alleged 'revenge porn' victim
By Kevin Lee
While victims of "revenge porn" have turned to federal and state authorities to stem the spread of their salacious images, a T...
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed ends his attempt to allow mayors to cut some pensions after losing a petition in court over the word...
Court visitors are taking advantage of service counters in new Long Beach building. ...
