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Real Estate/Development


The Mondrian Los Angeles

Feb. 23, 2012
By Pat Broderick

National boutique hotel operator Morgans Hotel Group sold the Mondrian Los Angeles to an affiliate of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust ...


Real Estate/Development


Google lease at Technology Corners

Feb. 23, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

When Google, Inc. signed a nine-year lease at the Technology Corners at Moffett Park campus in Sunnyvale last July, the deal c...


Labor/Employment


'Teen tour' chaperones file suit over wages

Feb. 23, 2012
By Brian Sumersn

Plaintiffs suing a tour company that organizes expensive international summer trips say they signed contracts stating they wou...


Real Estate/Development


Horizon at Playa Vista office building sale

Feb. 23, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

At $290 million and 500,000 square feet, the sale of two office buildings in the Horizon at Playa Vista office campus was one ...


Litigation


Vote on civil pro bono program delayed

Feb. 23, 2012
By Saul Sugarman

A vote on a city-funded pro bono civil litigation program in San Francisco has been delayed a week. ...


U.S. Supreme Court


In a decision that could boost deportations but hurt tax law enforcement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Southern...


Real Estate/Development


DIRECTV lease

Feb. 23, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

The lease, which was closed in November, is part of DIRECTV's effort to consolidate and increase productivity by centralizing ...


Real Estate/Development


A Supersized Hotel Deal in San Diego

Feb. 23, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Towering high above the San Diego Bay and offering views of the Pacific Ocean and downtown San Diego, the 1,625-room Mancheste...


Real Estate/Development


Bella Vista

Feb. 23, 2012
By Pat Broderick

The sale of the Bella Vista at Hilltop, an apartment community in San Pablo ...


Real Estate/Development


Compton Senior Center

Feb. 23, 2012
By Pat Broderick

Structuring a deal for the construction of a senior activity center and parking structure in an uncertain political climate ...


Real Estate/Development


Bank of America Campus sale/leaseback

Feb. 23, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Lawyers involved in the $88-million purchase of the five-building, 1.1 million-square-foot Bank of America office campus in Co...


As California tries to reduce its prison population by shifting people from state to local oversight, bail bonds agencies are ...


Real Estate/Development


636 El Camino

Feb. 23, 2012
By Pat Broderick

Relative to the amount of tax credits available, the large size of this 225,000-square-foot , 110-unit mixed-use affordable h...


Obituaries


M. Katherine Baird Darmer

Feb. 23, 2012
By Don Debenedictisn

Chapman University School of Law Professor M. Katherine Baird Darmer, a prominent activist for same-sex marriage and against t...


Entertainment & Sports


China film imports change was anticipated

Feb. 23, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

Lawyers who've seen their film finance practices grow in recent months say China's agreement to remove restrictions on foreign...


Real Estate/Development


Roosevelt Lofts

Feb. 23, 2012
By Pat Broderick

The acquisition of the Roosevelt Lofts, a 222-unit, mixed-use condominium complex in downtown Los Angeles, required a lot of h...


Personal Injury & Torts


Costa Concordia passengers will likely face a difficult path to recovery. By J. Denny Haythorn of Whittier Law School ...


Litigation


A woman who sued Facebook Inc. for violating her privacy, then decided she did not want to be deposed because questions from t...


Real Estate/Development


Kilroy Realty Corporation acquisition

Feb. 23, 2012
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

Lawyers involved in the transaction and concurring 11-year, 70,000-square-foot lease to Pac-12 Enterprises said it was the bli...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Prop 8 proponents seek en banc review

Feb. 23, 2012
By John Roemer

Ending speculation about their next move, proponents of the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban on Tuesday asked the full 9th...


U.S. Supreme Court


High Court to take up affirmative action

Feb. 23, 2012
By Robert Iafolla

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday they'll take up race-based admissions programs in higher education, just a week after...


Judicial Profile


George H. King

Feb. 23, 2012
By Gabe Friedmann

Everything Judge George King does - and doesn't do - is aimed at producing the best result.


Judicial Profile


Valerie L. Skeba

Feb. 23, 2012
By Pat Alston

Court Referee Valerie Skeba tries to break the cycle of violence she's seen overtake children and adults.


Government


California unions spend member dues on a wide array of political causes. Though members can opt out, few do so, partly because...


Entertainment & Sports


DreamWorks Animation announces China venture

Feb. 22, 2012
By Erica E. Phillips

In a move that's becoming increasingly common for Hollywood studios, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. announced a new joint ventu...


Litigation


San Francisco has moved one step closer to having the country's first-ever city funded pro bono civil litigation program with ...


Environmental


Enviro groups dealt blow over smog standards

Feb. 22, 2012
By Fiona Smith

A federal appeals court dealt a blow to public health and environmental groups Friday, ruling that the Obama administration ac...


Perspective


9th Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith's dissent proposes a sweeping test that would leave Proposition 8 challengers eternally disen...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Solar company mulls merger

Feb. 22, 2012
By Riley Guerin

Solar company Westinghouse Solar is mulling a merger in which it would be absorbed as a new subsidiary of CBD Energy, an Austr...


Mergers & Acquisitions


S&C represents Billabong on joint venture deal

Feb. 22, 2012
By Robert Pierce

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised Australia-based Billabong International Ltd. on a deal that will keep the company public a...