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Entertainment & Sports


Record labels reach $210M deal with Sirius

Jun. 30, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

Five record labels, controlling about 80 percent of oldies played on Sirius XM Radio, will receive a total of $210 million fro...


Litigation


Another lawsuit filed in Isla Vista rampage

Jun. 30, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

A UC Santa Barbara student is suing the university, the county, the sheriff's department and the gunmen's parents for negligen...


Constitutional Law


Victory for liberty, equality

Jun. 30, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The impact of the same-sex marriage ruling will be far-reaching - it is a testament to the Supreme Court's - and the judiciary...


Family


"There's no there there," Judge Mark A Juhas said Friday, decisively rejecting a former Sullivan & Cromwell partner's clai...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Friday appointed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Luis A. Lavin as associate justice of the Se...


Judicial Profile


George C. Hernandez Jr.

Jun. 30, 2015
By Fiona Smith

Alameda County Judge George Hernandez Jr. sees himself as a participant in trials he oversees.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 29, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Nancy Ramirez

Jun. 29, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Nancy Ramirez's work with underserved litigants prepared her to handle a child support courtroom.


Technology & Science


Tug of war emerges in cyber policy claims

Jun. 27, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

After paying more than $4 million to settle a class action suit filed against one of its policy holders, insurer Columbia Casu...


Law Practice


Discovering law partner misconduct

Jun. 27, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Many law practices find themselves in the uncomfortable position of deciding what to do when someone suspects or discovers mis...


GC Email


Lewis Carroll, Humpty Dumpty and final 'offers'

Jun. 27, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

A recent decisin shows why public agencies should avoid making contingent and complex final offers in eminent domain negotiati...


U.S. Supreme Court


Prosecuting child abusers just got easier

Jun. 27, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

The U.S. high court just made it easier to prosecute child abusers by retreating a bit from the court's stringent confrontatio...


Corporate


Wrestling organization gets new GC

Jun. 27, 2015
By Banks Albachn

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has tapped Blake T. Bilstad as incoming general counsel, senior vice president and secretar...


Litigation


A San Francisco County judge has issued a tentative ruling that would direct all proceeds of a $5.9 million settlement fund to...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


For lawyers in large law firms, the number of substantive claims has inched down the last two decades. Prices swing widely but...


Litigation


Another class action suit was filed this week accusing an energy company of failing to implement a safety system on one of its...


Firm Profile


Small but Mighty

Jun. 27, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis LLP wins multimillion dollar settlements for its clients, based on its David vs. Goliath prowes...


U.S. Supreme Court


Chevron skirted in ACA opinion

Jun. 27, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

How the justices got there is as interesting as the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell. By Mich...


California Supreme Court


In another sign that the state Supreme Court is showing a newfound regard for criminal defendants' rights, all seven justices ...


The State Water Resources Control Board is under attack from water users who argue they are immune to cutback orders. ...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Jun. 26, 2015
By Don Debenedictisn

Several of the lawyers disciplined recently were able to mitigate their punishment because of the medical, emotional or substa...


After getting pulled from the ballot by the state Supreme Court last year, the question of whether Californians can cast a non...


Delaware Gov. Jack A. Markell signed a long-anticipated bill Wednesday that amends the state's corporate law code by banning f...


Criminal


This week, rather than increasing housing or services, the Los Angeles City Council passed two laws that make it easier to sei...


Constitutional Law


A recent decision by the U.S. high court shows that, at least in some cases, property owners may successfully challenge an unc...


Constitutional Law


Subjective perceptions rule the day

Jun. 26, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

We've been taught that Supreme Court decisions turn on arcane points of law applied with reasoned objectivity to settled facts...


Perspective


Trade authority ascends to Obama's desk

Jun. 26, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

This week, amidst great secrecy from the general public, Congress passed a bill granting fast-track authority for the presiden...


Law Practice


O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Wednesday it will welcome back three of its former attorneys as partners after serving in ...


A former executive of a Riverside-based renewable energy company has sued his former employer, claiming he was fired after exp...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday vacated the stiff conviction against a man sentenced to 14 years in jail af...