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California attorneys who were formerly employed as Jones Day associates targeted their old employer Wednesday for systematical...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Billionaire Los Angeles Times owner and doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong engaged in a “catch and kill” scheme aimed at blocking the ...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Intellectual Property


Wednesday's ruling was less than the $6.6 million it asked for in the case that accusing an adult magazine and its CEO of defr...


Labor/Employment


Two veteran litigators have sued the media giant in a class action over unequal pay.


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


A superior court judge denied the plaintiff’s motion Wednesday to disqualify a defense attorney in a civil suit because of a s...


Civil Litigation


Monster Energy sues rival energy drink company over false advertising, unfair competition and trade libel


Entertainment & Sports, California Courts of Appeal


An appeal by attorneys at Lavely & Singer PC was so frivolous justices have demanded compensation for their wasted time, t...


Law Practice


Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP partner Matthew J. Ertman is trying to help clients capture more of the non...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Criminal, Bankruptcy


Embattled attorney Michael J. Avenatti’s legal woes continues to mount Tuesday as two more former clients accused him of defra...


Securities, Civil Litigation, Government


The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday fined Austrian businessman Daniel Mattes $17 million to settle charges ...


Intellectual Property


The jury began deliberating Wednesday in a battle over attorney fees following a case that helped clarify American copyright l...


Health care industry veteran Mark A. Meltz was appointed as Audentes Therapeutics' first general counsel.


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Judd’s civil suit against Weinstein stayed

Apr. 3, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

A federal judge issued a stay Tuesday in actress Ashley Judd’s defamation case against Harvey Weinstein, citing an imminent cr...


Labor/Employment


A district judge ruled, in keeping with precedent, that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 does not...


Shook, Hardy & Bacon is opening a new Los Angeles office which will be spearheaded by new Partners Michael Mallow, Mark Ca...


Civil Litigation, Government


A handful of mediators, forensic accountants and tax attorneys are among those being recommended to look into the Los Angeles ...


Labor/Employment, Government


The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule on its interpretation of joint employment on Monday which closely resembles one s...


Criminal


A federal judge on Monday imposed no additional bond on Michael J. Avenatti, continuing conditions imposed after his arrest in...


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke candidly about retirement rumors, implying he would stop serving only when he dies.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Seemingly settled questions about whether internet platforms should be responsible for copyright infringement by their users w...


Government, Environmental & Energy


The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit in state court under the California Environmental Quality Act over water rights could h...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider a decision establishing that prosecuting homeless people for sleepin...


Civil Litigation, Government


The second civil trial for a disbarred attorney who says the mistreatment of her and other inmates at Los Angeles County Jail ...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


A federal judge deciding whether to stay actress Ashley Judd’s defamation case against Harvey Weinstein heard arguments Monday...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiff Dawn Knepper never opted out of the firm’s arbitration policy.


Civil Litigation


A Contra Costa Superior Court jury awarded $21.4 million to the families of two brothers who died of cancer after being expose...


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


Conservative nonprofits seeking to strike down as unconstitutional California disclosure laws requiring them to share with the...


Labor/Employment


An Orange County judge handed opponents of California's Private Attorneys General Act a significant win in a tentative ruling ...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Apple, Qualcomm head for major battle

Apr. 1, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

The trial will pit Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook and Qualcomm’s CEO Steve Mollenkopf in the witness box.


Wells Fargo & Co. General Counsel C. Allen Parker is filling in as the company’s interim chief executive officer following...