A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
Business lawyers sound the alarm about pay stub litigation
By Matthew Blaken
Strict liability for missing information on wage statements has lead to frivolous lawsuits, employment defense attorneys say, ...
Many basic themes and values we learned growing up are now considered "microaggressions" by some colleges. By Arthur Willner ...
The oil company whose pipes have leaked more than 100,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean on the Santa Barbara coast is ...
Litigation boutique Kendall Brill & Klieger has elevated entertainment attorney Philip M. Kelly to name partner and change...
Environmental
States mount legal attack on Obama administration's attempt to regulate waterways
By Fiona Smith
A coalition of states are going to court hoping to unravel a new EPA rule that they claim dramatically expands federal regulat...
All LA County judges will be recused from hearing the case of former presiding judge James A. Bascue, arrested last month on a...
Administrative/Regulatory
SEC decision could tighten rules on executive pay
By Banks Albachn
A decision to consider tightening executive pay rules by the Securities and Exchange Commission last week is kindling concerns...
Last month saw a slight decline in number of jobs in the national legal sector, according to the latest employment report from...
Entertainment & Sports
Appellate opinion on Fox interns' suit could prohibit future similar class actions
By Ashley Cullinsn
The "Black Swan" case was a daring challenge to the growing popularity of unpaid internships, and spawned dozens of similar ac...
California Supreme Court
State high court issues split ruling on Prop. 36 sentencing guidelines
By John Roemer
Voters wanted to ease the harsh three strikes law by passing Proposition 36 in 2012, but some details remained murky. On Thurs...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Glendale) ...
Entertainment & Sports
Prominent boxing manager facing another $300M antitrust lawsuit
By Ashley Cullinsn
Another heavyweight in the boxing business is piling into a legal attack on Floyd Mayweather's manager and investors, claiming...
A few special considerations for mediations where a workers' compensation lien is at play. By Clark W. Patten ...
Despite what its opponents will have you believe, there is good reason to protect California's Private Attorneys General Act. ...
The Supreme Court's decision recognizing a fundamental right to same-sex marriage will have substantial impact on employers. B...
Corporate
Venture investment spikes as deal volume slides so far this year
By Banks Albachn
Venture capital investment channels are flush with cash this year so far, funneling roughly $63 billion to private companies w...
Labor/Employment
Laundry cleaning startup hit with suit claiming drivers are employees
By Philip Johnsonn
The Boston attorney attacking the app-economy labor model sued laundry cleaning startup Washio Inc. in San Francisco County Su...
The doctor's hospital privileges may be restored after a Stanislaus County judge ruled he was mistreated after blowing the whi...
Litigation
Hospital hit with second patient dumping lawsuit in a year
By Kibkabe Arayan
Public Counsel and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represent a homeless man who is suing Glendale Adventist Medical Center ...
Co-founder and general counsel Sonos Inc. Santa Barbara ...
A suit filed Wednesday in LA Superior Court claims that the Los Angeles Unified School District is violating state law by refu...
Former state Sen. Leland Yee on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering in an Northern District case that charge...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Law Practice
Quinn Emanuel largely abandons summer associate recruiting
By Don Debenedictisn
The firm found a short summer stint gave students an artificial experience of litigation. It will spend money on signing bonus...
A draft bill marks Sacramento's first comprehensive attempt to significantly address "virtual," "digital" or "crypto" currenci...
Until last week, almost every court chose to use equal protection to explain why it violated equality principles to prevent sa...
A 4th District Court of Appeal panel ruling late Monday brings some clarification to a murky area of Proposition 47. ...
The former federal prosecutor who gained national notoriety as part of Kenneth W. Starr's team that investigated President Cli...