Three attorneys at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP were selected to join the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) as 2023 Fellow and Pathfinders. Litigation Shareholder Mian R. Wang was named an LCLD 2023 fellow, and Associates Anthony E. Guzman II (Labor & Employment) and Trudy-Anne McLeary (Corporate) were selected as 2023 LCLD Pathfinders.
Orrick senior associate Alex Stathopoulos has been appointed to a 3-year voting term on the Labor & Employment Executive Committee for the California Lawyers Association (CLA).
Leaders of three branches of government met in Sacramento on February 27 to discuss different approaches to shared goals at a legislative-judicial summit convened by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.
Andrea R. Ortega, an attorney at Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has been selected as an academy fellow by the National Employment Law Council (NELC).
Farella Braun + Martel LLP congratulates Partner Tyler C. Gerking on his induction as a Fellow into the prestigious American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC).
The State Bar Court of California recently suspended several California State Bar members due to their alleged failure to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE).
Rachelle Shalom Visconte, a Ranco Santa Margarita attorney, was recently disbarred by the State Bar Court of California after she was convicted of seven misdemeanor criminal counts in two separate matters that showed moral turpitude and warranting disbarment.
During the past four years, more than $4 billion from greenhouse gas emission credits that are auctioned off through the state’s cap-and-trade program have poured into California’s general fund.
SACRAMENTO, California – After beginning initial review last spring of California's landmark Political Reform Act, the Fair Political Practice Commission is on schedule to present the state Legislature with a proposed revision in January, an FPPC spokesman said during a recent interview.
SANTA BARBARA -- On Nov. 3, attorneys and professionals of the wine industry will gather for the 2016 Wine Law Forum, which will take place at Fess’ Parker’s Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara.
SAN FRANCISCO – California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu is reportedly included in a shortlist of Hillary Clinton’s top choices for the U.S. Supreme Court, according to advocates.
ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Supreme Court's apparent recent retreat from its deference to the statutory interpretations of governmental agencies is causing concern, scholars said at an administrative law conference in June hosted by George Mason University's Center for the Study of the Administrative State. The event was held at the Antonin Scalia School of Law, newly dubbed in honor of the late Supreme Court justice.
SACRAMENTO - At a panel on Affirmative Action held in February at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, three of the four panelists held generally the same positive opinion of the policy, but the fourth stood out for his differing view.
