Judges and Judiciary
Failed case management system continues to impact judicial branch
By Paul Jones
The state judicial branch's Court Case Management System project may be dead, but its impact on the branch lingers. ...
Don't start the new year unprepared. By Hilary Rowen, Jason Chorley and Benjamin Shiftan of Sedgwick LLP ...
Judges and Judiciary
Looking ahead to 2012: Making court funding a priority
By Michael Leen
The state's drastic court budget cuts set the stage for increasing problems. By Brian S. Kabateck of Kabateck Brown Kellner L...
Points to consider before filing a claim to enforce shareholder rights. By Robert M. Heller ...
Government
Email deletion policies are a blow to public accountability
By Michael Leen
Currently, local state agencies are not required to retain public records for a certain amount of time. By Philip J. Hess ...
Los Angeles officials are defending a decision not to hear public comment at a meeting over a proposed ban of medical marijua...
Law Practice
More Luce Forward partners depart before anticipated merger with McKenna Long
By Casey Sullivan
Two more partners from Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP jumped ship from the firm slated to combine with McKenna Long &...
Prudential Insurance Company of America agreed Friday to a settlement that could cost it more than $200 million for having not...
Law Practice
Briefing continues in disgraced journalist's effort to join California Bar
By Laura Ernden
The high court is deciding whether to admit Stephen Glass, who fabricated dozens of stories for national magazines and lied to...
Judges and Judiciary
Cuts to self-help centers at courts could backfire
By Laura Ernden
The Judicial Council has frozen funding for self-help centers and some counties have been forced to cut back the amount of mon...
A Los Angeles federal judge on Friday dismissed a shareholder class action against American Apparel Inc. that alleged the clot...
Federal prosecutors announced their first plea agreement in their ongoing investigation into inmate beatings and the conditio...
One of the major creditors in Heller Ehrman LLP's liquidation has cashed out now rather than waiting for a payout at the concl...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar increases continuing education audits
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar has stepped up its efforts to check whether lawyers actually take the continuing legal education classes they cl...
U.S. Supreme Court
Lawyer's filing fee class action granted by high court
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will weigh a nationwide class action against the federal government that could benefit a...
Following a year of major victories for companies facing workplace litigation, in-house legal departments and outside counsel ...
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the state to ensure adequate services are available for disabled prisoners and parolees housed ...
Entertainment & Sports
Independent powerhouse studios close merger deal
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Two of Hollywood's biggest independent studios have merged in a leveraged buyout worth $412.5 million in cash and stock and le...
A retired federal judge has joined the law firm of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP to head up its new Sacramento office with...
The California Public Utilities Commission last week approved five photovoltaic and wind energy power purchase agreements in i...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court grants another 9th Circuit habeas case
By Robert Iafolla
The high court broke with its customary schedule for the second consecutive Friday and granted new cases, although it hasn't d...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Latham takes the lead on M&A deals in the West
By Robert Pierce
Latham & Watkins LLP kept the top spot as the largest M&A adviser by volume in the West, according to a report issued ...
In the wake of state court judge's ruling allowing a similar case to go forward, lawyers for a group of municipalities are pre...
In a move praised by California's building industry, a judge indicated he would require the Bay Area's air quality watchdog to...
Despite a learning curve, Judge Donna Gunnell Garza is one of her county's 'fastest civil judges.'
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP added Eric J. Schwartzman as partner in Silicon Valley. He focuses on private equity, mergers a...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Judge Steven E. Stone takes pride in public service and building consensus between parties.
Juvenile
In rare public case, judge finds 12-year-old murdered his father
By Katie Lucia
A Superior Court judge in Riverside ruled Monday that a 12-year-old boy committed second-degree murder when he shot and killed...