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Corporate


Proxy access proposals, or the push for shareholders to nominate their own directors, landed on the laps of about 120 companie...


Judicial Profile


Mark W. Snauffer

Sep. 9, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Superior Court Judge Fresno County (Fresno) ...


Corporate Counsel


Joni Lee Gaudes

Sep. 9, 2015
By Melanie Brisbon

Vice President and General Counsel of FCTI Inc. Los Angeles ...


Firm Watch


On The Move

Sep. 8, 2015
By Steven Crighton

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


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Sep. 8, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved


Judicial Profile


Allan J. Goodman

Sep. 8, 2015
By XYZ

Judge Allan Goodman, praised for his dedication and keen mind, keeps working on assignment.


Litigation


Courts take on plaintiff's rights under PAGA

Sep. 5, 2015
By Matthew Blaken

Truly at issue is whether the Private Attorneys General Act lets plaintiff's act like state prosecutors. ...


Corporate


Firms can prevent ugly breakups

Sep. 5, 2015
By Ben Armisteadn

While law firms today are doing relatively well, it is still important for law firms to have dissolution agreements and polici...


Judges and Judiciary


End the incivility plague in our profession

Sep. 5, 2015
By Hannah Hartshornn

Law practice is a profession which supposedly aspires to the highest integrity and ethics. Yet incivility committed by lawyers...


Litigation


UCLA found not liable for lurid records breach

Sep. 5, 2015
By Matthew Blaken

A Los Angeles jury swiftly decided that a doctor and his assistant, and not a sprawling university health system, were liable ...


A judge's approval of a $415 million settlement that ends an employee class action against Silicon Valley technology companies...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediator embraces new challenges

Sep. 5, 2015
By Deirdre Newmann

Former judge Luis A. Rodriguez is a lifelong learner who embraces a range of new opportunities. ...


Corporate


Juniper Networks names new general counsel

Sep. 5, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

Sunnyvale-based network equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. named Brian M. Martin as its new general counsel and senior vice...


Litigation


Los Angeles restaurants sued for price fixing

Sep. 5, 2015
By Ashley Cullinsn

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

Sep. 5, 2015
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


I read with interest the compassionate and informative article discussing help for suicidal lawyers and clients. But Californi...


Litigation


Judge throws out suit against JPMorgan

Sep. 5, 2015
By Gautham Thomas

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


In a major advance for transgender rights in immigration law, a federal appellate panel on Thursday granted relief to three tr...


Education


Tom Campbell, dean of Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law, will step down at the end of the academic year, schoo...


Government


Pay-to-play rule sticks around for 2016

Sep. 4, 2015
By Hannah Hartshornn

Last month, the D.C. Circuit threw out a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission "pay-to-play" rule for investment...


Transactions


Emeryville-based Tanium Inc., a "unicorn" cybersecurity company, tapped a Fenwick & West LLP team to broker a $120 million...


Intellectual Property


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


The nation's largest trial lawyer convention kicks off Thursday in Las Vegas and is expected to draw more than 2,000 attendees...


Litigation


Orange County lawyer indicted for fraud

Sep. 4, 2015
By Gautham Thomas

A grand jury indictment filed Tuesday in the Central District accuses an attorney of defrauding a Gardena-based Korean food co...


Litigation


CalTrans to pay $14M in road signage suit

Sep. 4, 2015
By America Hernandez

A Ventura County jury found the state created a dangerous condition of public property by failing to warn drivers to slow down...


Administrative/Regulatory


Los Angeles-based Machinima Inc. has settled claims with the Federal Trade Commission that the online video game network misle...


GC Email


Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued a long-awaited decision expanding the test for finding whether two or mo...


The defense asked jurors to let UCLA Health System off the hook for a humiliating medical records breach while plaintiffs argu...


Environmental


Justices grill lawyers on development

Sep. 4, 2015
By Fiona Smith

While closely questioning both sides, the justices did not tip their hands on how they would rule on the massive Newhall Ranch...


Corporate


Corporate counsel retool diversity push

Sep. 4, 2015
By Kibkabe Arayan

With more attention on diversity within law firms, experts say that corporate counsel are reworking their methods to hire more...