Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Privacy statements and written response protocols have become one of the yardsticks by which the FTC measures "deceptive" onli...
As we celebrate this year the landmark 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, few realize that the seeds of that hi...
Law Practice
Senator-Elect joins Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP
By Melanie Brisbon
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP on Wednesday announced that Senator-Elect Robert M. Hertzberg of the San Fern...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Malibu voters limit formula retail development, setting stage for legal battles
By Kibkabe Arayan
In an effort to preserve the coastal city's local character, voters in Malibu approved a controversial land use ordinance Tues...
Government
Prosecutor fights suspension, saying he was singled out for punishment
By Craig Andersonn
A Santa Clara County prosecutor suspended for withholding potentially exculpatory evidence in an eight-defendant murder case s...
Chief operating officer and general counsel of United Talent Agency Beverly Hills ...
Judges and Judiciary
Solano County judge admonished for berating litigants
By Henry Meier
Solano County Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Healy was publicly admonished Wednesday for berating litigants who appeared bef...
Judges and Judiciary
Two judges lose elections, while prosecutor beats professor in $1 million race
By Don Debenedictisn
Voters threw two sitting Superior Court judges off the bench, and they chose a senior prosecutor over a law professor in what ...
Recent reports by Wilson Sonsini and Cooley covering the venture financing market during the third quarter showed exuberance a...
Former San Diego federal prosecutor Timothy C. Perry joined the firm's Los Angeles office as counsel in the securities and li...
The executive director of the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, Shari Steele, is leaving the nonprofit after...
Government
Private practitioners snag top prosecutor spots in Madera, Sutter counties
By Kylie Reynolds
In runoff district attorney elections, David Linn ousted incumbent Michael Keitz in Madera County, while Amander Hopper defeat...
The U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California was once firmly established among the top prosecutors' offic...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit disciplines prominent Silicon Valley patent litigator
By Kevin Lee
Edward R. Reines, a Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP partner, was publicly reprimanded Wednesday by a federal appellate court fo...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Fenwick & West LLP San Francisco Litigation ...
Gradstein & Marzano PC Los Angeles Music ...
Gradstein & Marzano PC Los Angeles Music ...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court reverses dismissal, chides judge for lack of a written record
By Emily Green
A trial court shouldn't refer to a nonexistent record in its decision, a state court of appeal ruled Tuesday, dinging a Los An...
Basic risk mitigation techniques and smart Wall Street investors have proven no cure for the contractual disputes that have lo...
Ziffren Brittenham LLP Los Angeles Corporate ...
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Los Angeles Litigation ...
Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP Santa Monica Litigation ...
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Los Angeles Litigation ...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Los Angeles Corporate ...
Toberoff & Associates PC Los Angeles Litigation ...
Jenner & Block LLP Los Angeles Litigation ...
Interactive Entertainment Law Group El Segundo Digital ...