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Labor/Employment, Government, Environmental & Energy


The Division of Occupational Safety and Health of California last week approved a new emergency regulation to protect workers ...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Justice Jeffrey Johnson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal failed to show up for work a lot, turned in substandard decisions ...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board proposed changes to three rules that would affect how unions are used as worker representat...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal


The Judicial Council approved $68 million for pretrial detention pilot projects with a unanimous vote at its regular meeting o...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed class certification in a privacy lawsuit over Facebook Inc.’s facia...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge overseeing accusations of fraud against Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Thursday the patent attorney who initiate...


Apple Inc. was hit with a class action Wednesday over accusations Siri devices secretly record conversations.


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Director defeats lawsuit by film company

Aug. 9, 2019
By Steven Crighton

A five-year legal battle waged over two films starring the actor Danny Trejo ended this week with a victory for director Rober...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The head of civil litigation at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power testified recently that he knew about plans for ...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


The vast majority of women never report workplace harassment and that is especially true of women who work in highly prestigio...


Civil Litigation, Government


Legislators who didn’t show up to a meeting Wednesday on plans to transfer $2 billion to the state wildfire fund might face le...


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


In a sharp inter-court rebuke, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday deemed “objectively unreasonable” a 23-year-o...


Government, California Supreme Court


The State Supreme Court recommended a pardon for Susan Burton for three felony convictions. Under Article V of the California ...


Government, Criminal


U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson’s first large-scale initiative as the Northern District’s top prosecutor will prioritize the f...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Jack Landskroner, an Ohio attorney who filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles that was drafted by his opponents, has ...


Government, California Courts of Appeal


The California Department of Managed Healthcare acted properly when it sent a letter to health insurers telling them they must...


Civil Litigation


As lawyers for drug companies decry a seven-week timeline for the opioid bellwether trial in Ohio, a federal judge is consider...


N. Edward Denton served Mono County as district attorney, county counsel and judge.


Civil Litigation


The Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Tuesday the Regents and campus supervisors failed to take immediate and appro...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Justice Victoria Chaney of the 2nd District Court of Appeal spent Wednesday testifying that her colleague, Justice Jeffrey W. ...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment


LeClairRyan announces it will close after 31 years

Aug. 8, 2019
By Steven Crighton

Following a flood of departures, LeClairRyan announced Wednesday it's closing down after 31 years in service.


Corporate


The veteran in-house attorney worked formerly for Staples Inc.


Civil Litigation


Nine months after losing a contentious reelection bid, Orange County’s former longtime district attorney returned to a courtro...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


LOS ANGELES -- After a ninth federal judge was taken off a politically charged case in the Central District of California invo...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Attorneys sparred Tuesday before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in San Francisco over whether a $54.6 million wage-...


Civil Litigation, Government


Two new lawsuits were filed in federal court in Sacramento on Tuesday seeking to block a new state law demanding presidential ...


Civil Litigation


The Los Angeles city attorney is teaming up with the Santa Barbara County district attorney in an enforcement action lawsuit s...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal


A research attorney on the 2nd District Court of Appeal told the Commission on Judicial Performance she was afraid to report i...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Consumer giant Procter & Gamble Company was hit with a lawsuit Monday filed by a composer who says he recorded and exclusi...


Civil Litigation


Ropes & Gray secured a win for MetWest Asset Management on Monday following a bench trial presided by U.S. District Judge ...