Law Practice
Morgan Lewis boosts OC office with five new hires
By Alexandra Schwappach
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP will expand its business and finance practice to its Orange County office with the addition of ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges fault CJP response to proposed ethics investigation changes
By Paul Jones
The president of the California Judges Association expressed disappointment Wednesday after reviewing the Commission on Judic...
Nearly 15 years after he was sworn in as a member of the Central District's judiciary, Senior District Court Judge A. Howard M...
Intellectual Property
Frustrated by court ruling, tech companies seek legislative fix to ITC holding company cases
By Rachel Swan
In the wake of a federal appellate defeat, Silicon Valley technology companies plan to push for legislative action to thwart t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit considers whether EPA must do more studies on nanotechnolgy product
By Fiona Smith
A federal appeals court panel considered Wednesday whether the Environmental Protection Agency must do more studies before all...
Judges and Judiciary
Failed case management system continues to impact judicial branch
By Jason Armstrongn
The state judicial branch's Court Case Management System project may be dead, but its affects on the branch continue to linger.
Best Best & Krieger LLP entered into an 11-year lease for the fourth floor of the Ontario Airport Towers.
Environmental
Environmentalists want court to order more studies of fracking growth in the state
By Craig Andersonn
The potentially explosive growth of fracking in California sparked a sharp debate during a hearing Tuesday pitting concerned e...
Most contractors know that work must be performed under a license. At the same time, however, they probably know that Native A...
The Food Safety Modernization Act, signed into law in 2011, is the most significant reform of U.S. food safety laws in over 70...
Family
When does getting remarried terminate spousal support obligations?
By Ben Armisteadn
Does the marriage ceremony of a spousal support recipient constitute a “remarriage” terminating her right to continue to recei...
Fenwick & West LLP and Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP guided two California companies in...
Stanford Law School's new Religious Liberty Clinic aims to train students in conflicts between church and state. ...
Government
Trial Court Funding Workgroup struggles to gauge success of funding centralization
By Paul Jones
Despite meeting for a third time and facing an April deadline, the Judicial Council's Trial Court Funding Workgroup continued ...
Litigation
Plaintiffs' lawyers awarded $23.5 million in LCD price-fixing case
By Saul Sugarman
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has awarded $23.5 million to plaintiffs' attorneys this week in an ongoing class action alle...
Shartsis Friese LLP doubled its female partner ranks this week with the addition of Winston & Strawn LLP partner Nicole Do...
Locking in interest rates that continue to linger near all-time lows, cable giant Comcast Corp. closed a $3 billion Securities...
Corporate
Asset firm names Irell & Manella partner new general counsel
By Ameera Buttn
Los Angeles-based international asset management firm The TCW Group named a former Irell & Manella LLP partner as the fina...
Judges and Judiciary
State Supreme Court justice recuses self from employment law case
By Emily Green
State Supreme Court Justice Marvin Baxter recused himself from deciding on an employment discrimination case Tuesday one week ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial discipline panel rejects judge association's request to allow early discovery
By Don Debenedictisn
Rejecting a request from the state judges association, the Commission on Judicial Performance said it will not change its rule...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
'Innocent spouses' can avoid large IRS tax bills, divided 9th Circuit panel rules
By John Roemer
The U.S. Tax Court has the authority to go beyond Internal Revenue Service fact-finding to aid an "innocent spouse" who would ...
Activity among private equity firms has seen an uptick over the past year, which has meant more work for deal lawyers involved...
Perspective
Crowdfunding: the pros and cons of raising capital online
By Ben Armisteadn
Despite its theoretical promise, when Congress adopted the JOBS Act, it left many of the details on the mechanics of crowdfund...
Employers are increasingly relying on Internet searches to identify the best candidates. However, there are a number of hidden...
Employers need to become knowledgeable about what the laws require, and much savvier in the way they treat this increasingly l...
The 38-year run for Silicon Valley's Murray & Murray PC ended Monday after five lawyers from the bankruptcy boutique offic...
Kevin Morris, longtime lawyer for the creators of "South Park," helped shepherd the pair's founding a film and TV production s...
Litigation
San Bernardino County to challenge ruling in suit over controversial settlement
By Katie Lucia
San Bernardino County officials say they plan to challenge a recent ruling pushing forward a case by taxpayer groups battling ...
Financial services law firm Smith Dollar PC announced the expansion of its California footprint this week with the opening of...
Intellectual property and entertainment litigation boutique One LLP is expanding into the Hollywood deals space with the addit...