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Top Women Lawyers


Mary A. Collins

May 13, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP San Francisco


Top Women Lawyers


Elizabeth J. Cabraser

May 13, 2015
By Hetert Waltersn

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP San Francisco


Top Women Lawyers


Linda Burrow

May 13, 2015
By Hetert Waltersn

Caldwell Leslie & Proctor PC Los Angeles


Top Women Lawyers


Laura W. Brill

May 13, 2015
By Hetert Waltersn

Kendall Brill Klieger LLP Los Angeles


Top Women Lawyers


Barbara L. Borden

May 13, 2015
By Alison Frostn

Cooley LLP San Diego


Top Women Lawyers


Karen N. Ballack

May 13, 2015
By Hetert Waltersn

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Redwood Shores


Top Women Lawyers


Elena R. Baca

May 13, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles


Top Women Lawyers


Angela C. Agrusa

May 13, 2015
By Hetert Waltersn

Liner LLP Los Angeles


Top Women Lawyers


Nancy L. Abell

May 13, 2015
By Saul Sugarman

Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles


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Editors' Note

May 13, 2015
By STEPHEN LARSON

2015 marked the year when Ruth Bader Ginsburg evolved from a soft spoken sitting Supreme Court Justice into a millennial icon,...


Labor/Employment


Can regulators end Hollywood bias?

May 13, 2015
By America Hernandez.

While many entertainment lawyers applauded the American Civil Liberties Union's shining a spotlight on gender discriminatory h...


Top Women Lawyers


Irma Rodriguez Moisa

May 13, 2015
By Hetert Qebu Walters

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PLC Cerritos


Top Women Lawyers


Tracey A. Kennedy

May 13, 2015
By Don J. Debenedictis

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Los Angeles


Corporate


Technology transactions continue to thrive

May 13, 2015
By Banks Albachn

After a record year for technology sector transactions, the environment for mergers and acquisitions in 2015 continues to boom...


Intellectual Property


Fenwick & West LLP scored a win Monday for a San Jose company, convincing a federal appellate panel that a Canadian busine...


Law Practice


More moves from McKenna to Pillsbury

May 13, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

The trickle of departures from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Los Angeles office has...


Judicial Profile


Jill Burkhardt

May 13, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill Burkhardt of the Southern District likes lawyers to see the big picture.


Health Care & Hospital Law


FTC on watch over mobile health apps

May 12, 2015
By Kibkabe Araya

The Food and Drug Administration has stepped back in regulating mobile apps and devices while the Federal Trade Commission upp...


A nonprofit that provides pro bono legal services will now have more resources to help more people thanks to in-house counsel ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

May 12, 2015
By Jason Pafundin

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Criminal


It's time to pass end-of-life bill

May 12, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

California just took another step toward providing an end-of-life option to its 39 million citizens. By Jeffrey A. Lowe


Ellen Pao's former employer wants her to pay for expert witness fees after her failed gender discrimination lawsuit, but legal...


Perspective


Defending against excessive force claims

May 12, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Whether to file a motion to dismiss is just one of many early decisions an attorney defending an excessive force claim must ma...


International


Mandela: a lawyer for all seasons

May 12, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

Today one wonders what value any writer could add to the ocean of ink spilled about Nelson Mandela. Maybe it's his example as ...


Judges and Judiciary


OC judge, subject of recall campaign, responds

May 12, 2015
By L.J. Williamson

Judge M. Marc Kelly has filed a response to the notice of intent to recall that opponents filed last week with the Orange Coun...


California Supreme Court


A South Korean immigrant convicted of child abduction asked the state Supreme Court Friday to reverse her conviction as part o...


Labor/Employment


The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board recently issued a Report Concerning Employer Rules. By Kate S. Gold ...


Law Practice


Legal industry adds 2,300 jobs last month

May 11, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

After a significant decrease in March, the national legal job numbers made a modest recovery last month, according to employme...


Law Practice


Despite the legal industry's tepid start this year, law firm leaders remain positive that the rest of 2015 has potential for g...


Corporate


Novatel Wireless hires new GC to help boost M&A

May 11, 2015
By Alison Frostn

Lance Bridges joined straight from Entropic Communications, which was recently acquired by MaxLinear Inc., and has years of tr...