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Future Leaders in Law: Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Fellows Prepare for Impactful Summer Roles
As Southwestern students embark on their summer placements, our Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Fellows eagerly anticipate the hands-on experiences that will shape their future legal careers.
Daily Journal Names Troutman Pepper Partner Ben Wagner Among 2024’s Top IP Lawyers
For the second consecutive year, Ben Wagner, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, has been recognized as a Top Intellectual Property Lawyer by the Daily Journal.
UCLA Law’s 73rd commencement ceremony celebrates service for democracy
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former justice of the Supreme Court of California, delivered a keynote address in which he stressed the power of democracy, its fragility and the importance of preserving it.
Board of Trustees Approves Record Expungement Plan for Nondisbarment Attorney Discipline
At its meeting on May 16, the State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees approved a plan to automatically expunge nondisbarment attorney discipline records after eight years, assuming no further discipline has since occurred.
Attorney General Bonta Issues Statement After CFPB Win: A Big Day for Consumer Protection
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released the following statement after the Supreme Court upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding structure as constitutional and protected its past and ongoing regulatory actions in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA).
Attorney General Bonta, District Attorney Stephan Announce Sentencing of Travel Agent for Embezzling Funds from School Trips Canceled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan announced that defendant Marie Martin, a San Diego-based travel agent and registered seller of travel, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and six months of felony probation for embezzling travel funds from more than 150 parents who paid for eighth-grade school trips to the East Coast.
California Employment Law Update: Employment Harassment and Discrimination: Updates and New Guidance on May 23, 2024
John Carrigan, Jr., Ethan Chernin, Michele Ballard Miller, and Nicole Herter Perkin will present “California Employment Law Update: Employment Harassment and Discrimination: Updates and New Guidance.”
Federal Government Regulatory Update on May 22, 2024
Join us for the latest session in our Labor & Employment Law Developments Series as members of our labor and employment team cover updates in federal regulatory initiatives.
Attorney General Bonta to Congressional Leaders: Federal Data Privacy Law Should Set a Floor, Not a Ceiling
California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to remove preemption language in the current draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a proposed federal data privacy bill.
Business and Legal Trends in the Animation Industry on May 16, 2024
The webinar will provide a business and legal overview of the animation industry.
Lou Petrich Receives Los Angeles Copyright Society's Lifetime Achievement Award
Ballard Spahr Senior Counsel Louis P. Petrich received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Copyright Society (LACS) at its May 8 monthly meeting.
Attorney General Bonta Announces Arrest and Charges Filed Against a Former Solano State Prison Correctional Officer
California Attorney General Rob Bonta \announced the arrest and felony charges filed against a former Solano State Prison Correctional Officer.
New Shook Partner Named Among Top 100 LA Attorneys
The Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) selected trial and litigation strategist Steven B. Weisburd among the Top 100 lawyers in Los Angeles.
2 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Named to Los Angeles Business Journal ‘Top 100 Lawyers’ List
Lisa C. McCurdy and Mathew S. Rosengart, shareholders in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Los Angeles office, were both named to the “Top 100 Lawyers” list by the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Sheppard Mullin Recognized in Variety’s 2024 Legal Impact Report
Partners Robert Darwell, Linda Michaelson and Alexis Robinson and special counsel Meg Wilson were recognized in Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2024, a prestigious list of the entertainment industry’s top dealmakers and litigators.
5 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in Variety's 2024 ‘Legal Impact Report’
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholders Daniel H. Black, Jay L. Cooper, Jess Rosen, Bobby Rosenbloum, and Mathew S. Rosengart were recognized in Variety’s 2024 “Legal Impact Report.”
Troutman Pepper’s Edgar Vargas Selected to Serve as Young Privacy Professional With IAPP’S Orange County Chapter
Edgar Vargas (CIPP/US), an associate in Troutman Pepper’s national Privacy + Cyber practice, will serve as a Young Privacy Professional (YPP) with the International Association of Privacy Professional’s (IAPP) Orange County KnowledgeNet Chapter.
United States Recovers More Than $2 Million in Aircraft Collision Case
The United States has recovered $2,020,000 in a lawsuit it brought on behalf of the Department of the Navy for damages incurred as a result of a May 30, 2020, aircraft collision at Brown Field Municipal Airport in San Diego.
Michael Leake Named a 2024 Commercial Real Estate Leader
Michael Leake, partner and co-leader of the firm’s Real Estate, Energy, Land Use and Environmental practice group, was recognized among the San Diego Business Journal’s 2024 list of Leaders of Influence in Commercial Real Estate.
Faculty Roundup: The latest highlights from UCI Law’s faculty
Professor Sameer Ashar’s forthcoming article, “The Futures of Law, Lawyers, and Law Schools: A Dialogue” (with Benjamin H. Barton, Michael J. Madison, and Rachel F. Moran), will be published in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review.