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Criminal


Facing criminal charges, the seafood packaging company's former chief said those working for him colluded in a price-fixing sc...


Judges and Judiciary


The Hollywood Courthouse closed in 2013 due to statewide budget cuts but reopened in October and had an official opening Frida...


Deputy DA Joseph Iniguez urged other candidates to continue their efforts to unseat the incumbent, Jackie Lacey.


Intellectual Property


A San Francisco intellectual property attorney has persuaded a federal judge to dismiss an infringement complaint against Netf...


Government, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


State officials gave up their effort to try to force President Donald J. Trump to disclose his tax returns in order to be plac...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Search for the Win-Win

Nov. 22, 2019

Mediator Don Morrow is happy to give each party a chance to tell their story.


Law Practice


Greenberg Traurig celebrates 15 years in Orange County

Nov. 22, 2019
By Alexandra Applegate

Greenberg Traurig LLP hosted an event to commemorate its move to a new office and to celebrate its 15-year presence in Orange ...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


A bid by the makers of the Katy Perry song "Dark Horse" to annul an adverse $2.8 million verdict for infringement requires "a ...


Government


The court-appointed special master in Los Angeles Department of Water & Power litigation tentatively found fraud related t...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Nominees slated for two upcoming 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacancies advanced through committee Thursday on party-line...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


Plaintiffs challenging the constitutional validity of Assembly Bill 1054 are seeking to amend their complaint proceeding on cl...


International Law, Government, Environmental & Energy


A nearly two-year dispute over polluted ocean water flowing from Mexico onto California beaches pits two cities and the San Di...


Intellectual Property


A San Francisco intellectual property attorney has persuaded a federal judge to dismiss an infringement complaint against Netf...


Civil Litigation


Global settlement resolves mobile park lawsuit

Nov. 21, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

Attorneys from Kabateck LLP and Fields Law achieved a $56.4 million settlement for 350 residents of a Long Beach mobile home p...


Some experts say law schools could do more to prepare aspiring attorneys to enter the profession possessing a basic familiarit...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


These policies are making it harder for low-income Californians to rent or buy homes, preventing them from building wealth and...


Chicken of the Sea executive Shue Wing Chan said he routinely assured Bumble Bee CEO Christoper Lischewski he was adhering to ...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


A writ petition with the 2nd District Court of Appeal seeks to force Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William F. Highbe...


Labor/Employment


Munger Bros. LLC will pay $3.5 million to settle U.S. Labor Department allegations the company employed foreign visa-holders r...


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ attorneys are hoping the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent finding of asbestos in Johnson & Johnson ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Teri L. Jackson to the 1st District Court of Appeal on T...


California Supreme Court


Chief Justice says she sometimes takes one for the team

Nov. 20, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Tani Cantil-Sakauye spoke with government students at her alma mater, C.K. McClatchy High School on Tuesday.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Days after he caused a stir by calling out a legislative ally of the Consumer Attorneys of California at the group’s annual co...


Labor/Employment


The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will no longer use its EEO-1 employer information report to collect pay data ...


Criminal, Corporate


An attorney representing Christopher Lischewski challenged Monday a former Bumble Bee Foods LLC marketing executive's characte...


Civil Litigation


State utility regulators to weigh in on Southern California Edison Co.’s inverse condemnation liability in Woolsey lawsuits


Civil Litigation


If Alki David is not allowed to argue in his own defense in an ongoing sexual harassment trial then no one will, the billiona...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The pass rate on July's California bar exam was 23% higher than a year ago, but the State Bar said the much-improved result wa...


Civil Litigation


A lawsuit filed Monday by the state of California against electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. claims the company’s viral...


Civil Litigation


The Consumer Attorneys of California, at its annual convention over the weekend, celebrated a successful year of getting bills...