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Government, Criminal


Saying he wants to regulate the industry “as long as they continue to exist,” Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, convinced a k...


Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


For a third time within a week, the Writers Guild of America has found itself named as a defendant in a talent agency’s antitr...


Labor/Employment, Government


Employers would have report pay data by gender and race to the state under a bill passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee o...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco federal judge said Tuesday that he will trim a jury’s $80 million award to a 70-year-old man who served as the...


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


The city of Berkeley can keep requiring cell phone retailers to alert customers to the risk of radio-frequency radiation expos...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


The move comes amid a new grand jury investigation into Avenatti as well as a growing fight over attorney-client files seized ...


Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal


A federal judge slammed defense counsel for San Bernardino County this week in his order compelling the release of years of do...


Community News


A capacity crowd at Disney Hall marked the 10th anniversary of the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic.


Labor/Employment



Labor/Employment


A Sacramento-area Christian college has settled a two-year old wrongful termination case brought by its former women’s soccer ...


Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


A complaint in 2017 alleged smart home manufacturer D-Link of massive security holes in its routers and cameras that put custo...


Judges and Judiciary, Family


Inyo County Superior Court Presiding Judge Brian J. Lamb was publicly admonished for losing track of three family law cases, t...


Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal, Constitutional Law


A tumultuous rollout of a new state law requiring background checks on ammunition may add fodder to the building legal resista...


Civil Litigation, Government


The Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters argued she acted properly within her authority and did not violate the rights of a...


Civil Litigation, Government


Civil damages bill passes full Assembly

Jul. 2, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

The state Assembly on Monday unanimously approved a bill to bar civil damage awards from considering a plaintiff’s race, ethni...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court on Monday barred the majority of claims brought by a class of California prison employees, who sought ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Justice Gilbert Nares, a state jurist for over four decades, will retire at the end of the summer.



The Good Guys

Jul. 2, 2019

Delta Dental's Michael Hankinson sees insurance providers as aiding access to health care.


The U.S. bankruptcy court overseeing Chapter 11 proceedings for Pacific Gas & Electric Company in connection to the Califo...


Government, State Bar & Bar Associations


The panel is moving forward with separation despite missing out on the state funding it sought.


Labor/Employment


The U.S. Department of Labor issued three new opinion letters Monday that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor ...


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


Irascible Legend

Jul. 1, 2019
By John Roemer

Senior federal Judge Manuel L. Real was known for reversals, toughness on the bench, and kindness off it.


Law Practice


Debra I. Grassgreen, a longtime partner at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, was elected the International Insolvency Ins...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A federal judge was wrong to force a California prisoner pursuing civil rights claims against correctional officers to wear sh...


Filed by defense attorney Andrew S. Tulumello of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, the document contains a single paragraph poi...


Judges and Judiciary


The California Judges Association elected Orange County Superior Court Judge Tam Nomoto Schumann to the 2019-2020 term.


U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A law firm in Orange under investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly marketing and selling debt ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Twelve cities have settled a lawsuit over homeless services by agreeing to a four-year consent decree with a federal judge.


A bill introduced last week would devote billions to a wildfire liability fund and modify the burden of proof in cases stemmin...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A State Bar task force is moving forward with recommendations to create a new regulation process for technology entities that ...