Proxy access proposals, or the push for shareholders to nominate their own directors, landed on the laps of about 120 companie...
Superior Court Judge Fresno County (Fresno) ...
Vice President and General Counsel of FCTI Inc. Los Angeles ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved
Judge Allan Goodman, praised for his dedication and keen mind, keeps working on assignment.
Truly at issue is whether the Private Attorneys General Act lets plaintiff's act like state prosecutors. ...
While law firms today are doing relatively well, it is still important for law firms to have dissolution agreements and polici...
Law practice is a profession which supposedly aspires to the highest integrity and ethics. Yet incivility committed by lawyers...
A Los Angeles jury swiftly decided that a doctor and his assistant, and not a sprawling university health system, were liable ...
Litigation
More no-poach cases await judge after technology company class action settles
By Craig Andersonn
A judge's approval of a $415 million settlement that ends an employee class action against Silicon Valley technology companies...
Former judge Luis A. Rodriguez is a lifelong learner who embraces a range of new opportunities. ...
Sunnyvale-based network equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. named Brian M. Martin as its new general counsel and senior vice...
Some of the most successful restaurants and restaurateurs in Los Angeles are accused of operating as a "cartel" that engages i...
Judges and Judiciary
Bill funding 12 judgeships passes legislature
By America Hernandez
Gov. Jerry Brown has until Sep. 30 to sign the bill into law, which would fund the first of 50 positions previously authorized...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LETTER: In California, a client's suicide plans are confidential
By Ben Armisteadn
I read with interest the compassionate and informative article discussing help for suicidal lawyers and clients. But Californi...
A District Judge Wednesday dismissed with prejudice a suit by the City of Los Angeles against JPMorgan Chase & Co. for al...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Transgender women who fear death in Mexico granted relief by 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
In a major advance for transgender rights in immigration law, a federal appellate panel on Thursday granted relief to three tr...
Tom Campbell, dean of Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law, will step down at the end of the academic year, schoo...
Last month, the D.C. Circuit threw out a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission "pay-to-play" rule for investment...
Emeryville-based Tanium Inc., a "unicorn" cybersecurity company, tapped a Fenwick & West LLP team to broker a $120 million...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a legal challenge Wednesday from Amgen Inc. to stop sales of Zarxio, ...
Law Practice
Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles head to Vegas for MCLE credit
By America Hernandez
The nation's largest trial lawyer convention kicks off Thursday in Las Vegas and is expected to draw more than 2,000 attendees...
A grand jury indictment filed Tuesday in the Central District accuses an attorney of defrauding a Gardena-based Korean food co...
A Ventura County jury found the state created a dangerous condition of public property by failing to warn drivers to slow down...
Administrative/Regulatory
FTC settles misleading advertising complaint against video game site
By Joshua Seboldn
Los Angeles-based Machinima Inc. has settled claims with the Federal Trade Commission that the online video game network misle...
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued a long-awaited decision expanding the test for finding whether two or mo...
Litigation
Salacious medical records leak trial against UCLA draws to a close
By Matthew Blake
The defense asked jurors to let UCLA Health System off the hook for a humiliating medical records breach while plaintiffs argu...
While closely questioning both sides, the justices did not tip their hands on how they would rule on the massive Newhall Ranch...
With more attention on diversity within law firms, experts say that corporate counsel are reworking their methods to hire more...