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State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


William E. Adams, the former dean of Western State College of Law, has been promoted to managing director of accreditation and...


Judges and Judiciary


Two challenged San Bernardino County judges in races with considerable special interest spending have held onto their seats, b...


Government, Criminal


District Attorney Jackie Lacey had a big lead in her Los Angeles County re-election race as of Wednesday evening, potentially ...


Civil Litigation


The defendant’s attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP took over the case just three months before trial and won over the jury.


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


A confidential settlement was reached Tuesday between Vaporstream Inc. v. Snap Inc. in a tech patent infringement worth upward...


The greatest increase for any demographic group was women judges, according to the report posted on March 1.


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral argument in a habeas corpus petition about a no-bail pre-trial detention order.


Since the gig-worker law took effect Jan. 1, opposition has come in the form of lawsuits as well as bills seeking to exempt ce...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco federal jury handed Volkswagen AG an early victory Tuesday by awarding just $5,727 in compensatory damages to ...


Government, Criminal


The informational hearing by the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Public Safety dove into the department’s proposed $13.4 billi...


Obituaries


Raymond C. Fisher, 1939-2020

Mar. 4, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

9th Circuit mourns senior judge as model of collegiality


Insurance, Civil Litigation


A federal judge awarded less than half of requested attorney fees to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP after opposin...


Civil Litigation


The program was not affiliated with Berkeley, and students received little to no instruction, according to a lawsuit filed by ...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


San Jose-based TiVo Corp. scored an incremental win Monday in its patent battle with Comcast Corp. when a federal appellate pa...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“Even with the significantly increased outreach, the number of new intakes in 2019 was only up 16 from 2018,” wrote Donna S. H...


The emails showing a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher attorney working with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and...


Government, Criminal


During the last debate, when DA Jackie Lacey told a story about her father being shot in his front yard a protester yelled, “G...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


A federal judge rejected a bid for class certification by 1970s soul musician Leonard Williams on Monday, finding the peculiar...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


Apple Inc. has agreed to settle up to $500M to resolve allegations of throttling older iPhone models.


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Days into a federal trial, Red Robin International agreed to pay $8.5 million to workers who claimed they were cheated out of ...


California Supreme Court


In a case out of Ventura County, justices ruled felony identity theft can’t be reduced to misdemeanor shoplifting as lower cou...


The candidates include a former child actor who isn’t a prosecutor but is labeled one on TV; a presiding judge being challenge...


After raising concerns of bias on the eve of trial, Bryan Altman, representing the car owners, argued the “court has demonstra...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit alleges DA Diana Becton, who was appointed interim DA in 2017, perpetuated age and gender discrimination by failin...


Probate, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan named by Bradford Lund, a grandson of Disney suing his sister and a sla...



LGBTQ Litigators

Mar. 2, 2020

Medina Orthwein LLP lawyers say their identity helps them articulate their clients' stories.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


It’s been two years since four San Francisco County deputy public defenders challenged incumbent judges on the rationale they ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


The defendant, attorney Khosro Reghabi with the Southern California Law Group, represented himself in the bench trial before S...


Civil Litigation


The newly amended settlement is worth upwards of $100M in benefits to Fiesta, Focus owners.


Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Bradford D. Lund, the plaintiff and a 50-year-old grandson of Walt Disney, alleged Cowan violated his Fourteenth Amendment rig...