Legal Roundup
Reed Smith standout lawyers featured in Lawdragon guides
Six Reed Smith lawyers have been endorsed by U.S.-based legal ranking firm Lawdragon Inc. for their work in two categories: litigation and employment law.
Meet our 2023 PILC Grant Recipients Working in Government – Part Three
Southwestern's Public Interest Law Committee (PILC) is a student-run organization that sponsors several events each year to raise student awareness and involvement in providing legal services for underrepresented communities and is dedicated to facilitating public interest law careers by supporting students in public interest work through fundraising efforts for the school's Public Interest Law Summer Grant Program.
Barnes & Thornburg Welcomes New Attorneys And Legal Professionals
Barnes & Thornburg has added labor and employment, corporate, litigation, intellectual property and real estate attorneys and legal professionals to its Atlanta, Chicago, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Raleigh, and South Bend offices.
Attorney General Bonta Announces Multiagency Operation Targeting a Dangerous Criminal Operation in Los Angeles
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the results of a multiagency effort — “Operation Safe Harbor” — targeting a violent criminal street organization in Los Angeles.
Buchalter Attorneys Recipient of 2024 Benchmark Litigation Top Stars Award
Buchalter is proud to announce the 2024 litigators of the Benchmark Litigation Top Stars Award to Sanjay Bhandari, Joshua Robbins, Michael “Sam” Sandmire, and Daniel Larsen.
Article by UCI Law Graduate Bethool Zehra Haider ’23 on the Social and Legal Construction of Muslim Women Published in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice
The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce the publication of an article by recent graduate Bethool Zehra Haider (’23) in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice.
Lovee Sarenas Begins Term as President of Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
Dinsmore Los Angeles-based partner, Lovee Sarenas, recently began her term as president of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (LABF).
Attorney General Bonta Supports District Court Decision Upholding State and Local Governments’ Right to Create “Gun-Free Zones”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the right of state and local governments to designate specific, sensitive public areas as “gun-free zones.”
Meet our 2023 PILC Grant Recipients Working in Government – Part Two
Southwestern's Public Interest Law Committee (PILC) is a student-run organization that sponsors several events each year to raise student awareness and involvement in providing legal services for underrepresented communities and is dedicated to facilitating public interest law careers by supporting students in public interest work through fundraising efforts for the school's Public Interest Law Summer Grant Program.
Greenberg Traurig’s Ian C. Ballon to Speak on Generative AI and IP at IP-Con 2023: The Coming Vortex
Ian C. Ballon, co-chair of the Global Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, is set to present at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s IP-Con 2023: The Coming Vortex in Redwood Shores, Calif., on Sept. 29.
Morgan Lewis Partner John Hartigan Receives Business Law Lifetime Achievement Award From the California Lawyers Association
The California Lawyers Association (CLA) has honored Morgan Lewis partner John Hartigan with its Business Law Lifetime Achievement Award.
Webinar: How to Comply with and Unpack the Wide Reach of Washington’s My Health My Data Act on October 5, 2023
Seyfarth is pleased to offer this Masterclass, hosted by Lexology, which is designed to familiarize in-house counsel and privacy professionals, in and out of Washington state, with the My Health My Data Act legislation.
Quinn Emanuel Los Angeles Partner Bobby Schwartz will speak on a panel at LAIPLA's TechTainment 9.0
Quinn Emanuel is pleased to announce that Los Angeles Partner Bobby Schwartz will speak on the panel “Strike-A-Geddon: How the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes will reshape Hollywood Deal-Making” at LAIPLA: Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association's TechTainment 9.0 on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at the Nixon Peabody Office in Los Angeles, CA.
Southwestern Law School Launches First-of-Its-Kind Online J.D. Program
Southwestern Law School is proud to announce the launch of the nation’s first online J.D. program offering both full-time and part-time options with a mainly asynchronous curriculum.
Bruin Bites: "Shaken, Not Stirred": Protecting Television & Motion Picture Characters on October 5, 2023
An introduction to “That's Entertainment": The Entertainment Industry in the Age of Social Media & New Technologies.
Travis Jang-Busby Named 2023 Top 40 Under 40 Attorney by Daily Journal
Blank Rome partner Travis Jang-Busby has been named a 2023 Top 40 Under 40 attorney by the Daily Journal.
Thirty-three Jones Day lawyers are among Lawdragon's “500 Leading Litigators in America” for 2024
Thirty-three Jones Day lawyers are among those listed in the 2024 edition of Lawdragon's "500 Leading Litigators in America" guide.
The Daily Journal Corporation named Partner Will Sears to its 2023 “Top 40 Under 40” list
The Daily Journal Corporation named Partner Will Sears to its 2023 “Top 40 Under 40” list, which honors up-and-comers in the California legal market.
McGuireWoods Named One of LABJ’s ‘Most Admired Law Firms’
McGuireWoods has again been recognized among an exclusive group in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2023 “Most Admired Law Firms” issue.
Lunch Talk on Careers in Nonprofit Arts - Program on Philanthropy & Nonprofits on October 4, 2023
In this presentation of a series on Nonprofit Careers, we feature the Generals Counsel of three arts and culture nonprofit organizations.