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Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Boeing Company lost its second bid to keep a small group of plaintiffs’ lawsuit linked to the Woolsey Fire in federal court.


Criminal


Public defenders believe Global Tel Link is not disclosing the full scope of its recordings.


Entertainment & Sports


The NCAA's announcement allowing student-athletes to benefit from their names, images, and likeness could lead to a clash with...


The defense attorney for a Los Angeles rapper filed a rare motion Friday to disqualify a Los Angeles County judge from presidi...


Community News


Loyola Law’s Civil Justice Program honors 2 attorneys

Nov. 4, 2019
By Alexandra Applegate

Loyola Law School's Civil Justice Program hosted its 15th Annual Tribute to the Champions of Justice dinner and award ceremony...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiff Todd E. Jones had claimed Public Defender Teri M. Monterosso discriminated against male attorneys and retaliated aga...


Immigration


A federal judge has tentatively approved a settlement guaranteeing abused, neglected and abandoned young people from countries...


Obituaries


1925-2019 Lester E. Olson

Nov. 1, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

Retired superior court judge Lester E. Olson, class plaintiff in a landmark state Supreme Court case enshrining cost of living...


Civil Litigation, Government


The plaintiff suing in the nearly decade-long Proposition 65 coffee labeling case filed a number of motions this week hoping t...


Civil Litigation, Government


SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge reluctantly granted an extension Thursday for federal prosecutors to decide if they want to i...


Entertainment & Sports


Depp settles suit with former attorney

Nov. 1, 2019
By Steven Crighton

Actor Johnny Depp has settled a lawsuit with his former attorney Jake Bloom, according to documents filed Thursday at Los Ange...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Health Care & Hospital Law, Administrative/Regulatory


State Attorney General Xavier Becerra rejected a proposed joint venture between two hospital nonprofits in Northern California...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Criminal


A state senator has filed for a restraining order against the woman alleged to have thrown menstrual blood from a balcony onto...


Government, Environmental & Energy


The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to stop the leases and force the US government to produce a new environmental report.



Healer

Nov. 1, 2019

Lawyers value mediator Dana Curtis’ Zen approach to dispute settlement.


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Department of Justice exceeded its authority by seeking to withhold grant money from state and local governments refu...


A federal judge overseeing a bench trial between two martial arts providers authorized the piercing of attorney-client privile...


Civil Litigation


A Van Nuys jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning a nearly unanimous defense verdict for two subsidiaries...


Judges and Judiciary


Facing a “crisis of unprecedented magnitude,” Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the Central District and Chief Judge Lawrenc...


Civil Litigation


Cannabis attorney Henry G. Wykowski can sue another lawyer for malicious prosecution after the opponent helped a client sue Wy...


Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services failed to justify changes to rules allowing health care work...


Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey told a hostile crowd at a re-election campaign meeting this week she has fil...


Civil Litigation


On the third day of a retaliation and wrongful termination trial, the chief deputy public defender of El Dorado County testifi...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


DLA Piper says partner Vanina Guerrero, who accused former partner Louis P.A. Lehot of sexual assault and the firm of retaliat...


California Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations


Law school deans met Wednesday with four California Supreme Court justices to discuss a wide variety of topics related to the ...


Aided by O’Melveny & Myers LLP, the Audit Committee’s investigation into whistleblower allegations involving Mattel Inc.’s...


Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


ABA grade divides committee, troubles chairman

Oct. 31, 2019
By Brian Cardile

Consideration of two 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals candidates before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday focused almo...


Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


Of the numerous 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cases that upheld qualified immunity for public defendants this year, at lea...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Military contractor Ironhawk Technologies Inc. said it will appeal a federal judge’s decision to dismiss its nearly $100 milli...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Attorneys arguing before a U.S. judge in Orange County cited an order in a similar federal case in Oakland