The ripple effect following McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announcement earlier this year that it would merge with global fir...
Karole Morgan-Prager, who has been the McClatchy Co.'s general counsel since 1995, will be leaving at the end of the month to ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Administrative/Regulatory
Candidates for State Bar leadership announced
By Don J. Debenedictis
The next president of the State Bar will be either Heather Linn Rosing of San Diego or David J. Pasternak of Los Angeles.
Litigation
Repossession notice law boon to subprime auto borrowers
By America Hernandez.
A decades-old state law imposing strict disclosure requirements on auto lenders after repossessing a vehicle has in recent mon...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court got it right on EEOC's pre-suit obligations
By Ben Armisteadn
The decision deals a heavy blow to employers looking to use a "failure to conciliate" defense as a backdoor mechanism to undul...
Juries help bring fairness to the justice system, but not every Californian is stepping up when it is their turn to bat. By Jo...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediator utilizes psychotherapy background to help resolve probate disputes
By Laura Hautalan
Bette Epstein has something unusual but fitting for a probate mediator: a degree in psychotherapy. ...
Sam was arrested for stealing a two pairs of flip flops from a department store. He was placed on probation, and had to wear a...
Confidence in the judiciary is hard won and easily lost. A recent Supreme Court case should help with the former. By Daniel Br...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Be careful whom you choose to represent
By Ben Armisteadn
Carefully screening your clients is an important first step for attorneys and mediators. By Paul Fisher
A court recently addressed whether attorney billing statements are covered by the attorney-client privilege. By Emily H. Wood
Environmental groups claim state regulators are failing to protect groundwater by allowing the oil industry to continue inject...
Irell & Manella LLP snatched up a pair of entertainment litigation rainmakers from O'Melveny & Myers LLP Thursday. Man...
Heather King joins Theramos Inc. from Boies, Schiller & Flexner in Washington, D.C.
After two years of fruitless negotiations, U.S. Senate leaders from both political parties are bullish that Congress will pass...
Litigation
Oil companies settle with state over alleged gas tank violations
By Phil Johnson
Two oil companies will pay the state of California a combined $11.5 million to settle alleged violations of state environmenta...
Attorney Kimberly L. Bick wanted to offer high-caliber legal services at lower rates than bigger law firms charged, so she ope...
Among lawyers disbarred recently, four got in trouble for mortgage modification and foreclosure rescue schemes - including one...
Should we weaken the legislative promise of mediation confidentiality and, if so, in what way? By Rebecca Callahan
Administrative/Regulatory
Despite drama at State Bar, president soldiers on with platform
By Don Debenedictisn
State Bar presidents typically tour the state spreading the gospel of court funding, legal services or other high-flying goals...
California Supreme Court
Pharmaceutical company's agreement could violate Cartwright Act
By Kibkabe Arayan
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Barr Laboratories Inc. may have violated the state's antitrust law when it ac...
A rapid-fire series of headline-grabbing deaths of unarmed men at the hands of police in recent months have made harder work f...
A recent Delaware Supreme Court decision, in conjunction with California broad exceptions to the internal affairs doctrine, ma...
As competition for engineering talent continues to intensify in Silicon Valley, some privately held technology companies are c...
In a 2-1 opinion, the 4th District said a lower court erred in denying jurors instructions on the different states of unconsci...
Law Practice
Pillsbury chair announces he's stepping down at the end of next year
By Deirdre Newmann
The chairman of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP will step down at the end of his newly-elected term in December 2016, the ...
U.S. District Judge James J. Donato appears poised to give another victory to law firms fighting clawback cases from the bankr...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Former PG&E auditor sues utility, claiming he was fired for reporting safety issues
By Philip Johnsonn
A former Pacific Gas and Electric Company auditor, whose attorney says the utility "does not do anything about safety," allege...