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California Courts of Appeal


Schools owe no duty of care: panel

Oct. 9, 2015
By America Hernandez

A 2-1 publiopinion found that UCLA did not have to warn student Katherine Rosen about a classmante who made threats about her,...


Judicial Profile


Teresa Sanchez-Gordon

Oct. 9, 2015
By America Hernandez

Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) ...


Corporate Counsel


Keven K. Lippert

Oct. 9, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary ViaSat Inc. Carlsbad ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 8, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Special Coverage


Incoming State Bar President David Pasternak is promising transparency from the organization and is starting with himself. "I ...


Perspective


After the financial scandals of the early 2000s, measures were taken to force executives to take individual responsibility for...


Criminal


Brittany Maynard would have smiled on Monday, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act. By Kathy L. Cerminara ...


Perspective


Trade pact is about more than lower tariffs

Oct. 8, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership are not just about lower tariffs - they are broad exercises in global gove...


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


In reducing an attorney fee award for a civil asset forfeiture case, a San Diego federal judge had impermissibly done the gove...


Entertainment & Sports


The highly contested Relativity Media LLC bankruptcy is one step closer to a final resolution after an unexpected twist Tuesda...


California Courts of Appeal


Firm loses arbitration appeal

Oct. 8, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

A Los Angeles law firm has lost another chance to compel arbitration in a proposed class action that accuses its attorneys of ...


International


Trans-Pacific problems

Oct. 8, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

In June, Congress gave the president unprecedented fast-frack "authority" to enter into trade agreements with other nations, s...


Law Practice


Northwestern University School of Law has suspended admissions for its nascent accelerated program. ...


California Supreme Court


State Supreme Court justices appeared open Tuesday to adding a non-binding statewide measure, Proposition 49, to the 2016 ball...


U.S. Supreme Court


Insider trading law may see marked shift

Oct. 7, 2015
By L.J. Williamson

The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review a 2nd Circuit court of appeals decision to overturn the insider trading convictio...


Labor/Employment


Corporations represented by tort "reform" groups have labeled AB 465, a worker rights bill now on the desk of Gov. Brown, a "j...


Entertainment & Sports


Boutique talent agency files suit over poaching

Oct. 7, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

A boutique talent agency is seeking to upend the entertainment business through a poaching and anticompetitive practices lawsu...


Litigation


A marathon age and disability discrimination jury trial on Monday turned into a battle of wills between former Los Angeles Tim...


Corporate Counsel


Rajiv K. Batra

Oct. 7, 2015
By Banks Albachn

Lead Counsel of Coin Inc. San Francisco ...


Government


The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd as a district judge in the Eastern District of C...


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


Suspicious of a series of "coincidences" surrounding a state prison release of a transgender inmate, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...


Litigation


Volkswagen and Audi's direct communications with diesel car owners run the risk of undermining a pending class action, accordi...


Litigation


PG&E target of new wrongful death class action

Oct. 7, 2015
By America Hernandez

After Pacific Gas & Electric Co. settled a third wave of water contamination cases in 2008 for $24.3 million, about 75 new...


Law Practice


Law firm mergers rise in US

Oct. 7, 2015
By Joshua Seboldn

Law firm mergers are once again on pace to break records, with 68 already being completed nationwide in 2015, according to leg...


Just a year after winning a second term, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is taking aim at a more prominent state ...


Corporate


Riverside law firm celebrates its centennial

Oct. 7, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

Riverside law firm Thompson & Colegate LLP has a lot to celebrate on its 100th anniversary. ...


Litigation


Workers get $37M settlement

Oct. 7, 2015
By Philip Johnsonn

A $37.25 million settlement between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and disgruntled former employees has resolved a sev...


Judicial Profile


Hayden Zacky

Oct. 7, 2015
By XYZ

LA Superior Court Judge Hayden Zacky enjoys the human drama that unfolds daily in his courtroom.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Oct. 6, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Environmental


Several environmental groups sued the City of Oakland along with developers of the former Oakland army base on Friday alleging...