Civil Litigation
Jury finds lawyer hindered effort to collect on $24M ruling
By Gina Kim
A civil jury finds that an Orange County-based attorney intentionally interfered with plaintiffs’ efforts to recover $24 milli...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Buckley sues actor it represented in suit against lawyer
By Steven Crighton
The lawyers Johnny Depp hired to sue his lawyers are now suing him.
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Trump’s sixth pick for the 9th Circuit confirmed along party lines
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
For the second time in two weeks, U.S. Senate Republicans voted to confirm a California nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation, Government
San Francisco wants PG&E’s grid but its options are few
By Glenn Jeffers
The city of San Francisco wants to buy its local power grid from Pacific Gas & Electric in a bid to create an independent ...
Civil Litigation
Avenatti class action dispute focuses on receiver’s role
By Meghann Cuniff
U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee is to decide who will take over a major class action Avenatti tried to bring to verdict in 2017.
Law Practice
Sidley Austin adds three new private equity partners in one month
By Nicole Tyau
Sidley Austin LLP has added its third private equity partner in a month to its Century City offices. Eric Kauffman, the most r...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
Plaintiffs’ attorneys and SoCalGas disagree on Porter Ranch report
By Justin Kloczko
Plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Aliso Canyon gas leak litigation on Monday hailed a report stating Southern California Gas Compan...
The Commission on Judicial Performance has publicly admonished Los Angeles County Judge Jose I. Sandoval for continuing a rese...
Law Practice, Community News
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria partner receives lifetime achievement award
By Laurinda Keys
Ricardo Echeverria of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP in Claremont received the Lifetime Legal Achievement honor Saturday at Co...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Edwards Wildman counsel cross-examines plaintiff’s lawyer wife
By Blaise Scemama
The attorney wife of a disbarred British solicitor said her husband was a “brilliant legal mind” during her testimony Monday i...
Federal judge denies energy drink company’s motion to dismiss competitor’s civil claims in long-running case over false advert...
State Bar & Bar Associations
February bar results continue trend of poor performance
By Erin Lee
The February pass rate was 31.4%, 4 points higher than last year but still the second-worst result in over three decades.
Law Practice, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Bill that would end many court fines escapes committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A sweeping Senate bill that would end most fines and fees paid by defendants narrowly survived a key legislative deadline, des...
Several local bar associations say the State Bar’s proposed fee increase will hurt their funding and membership.
Kathy Hibbs’ career has been in industries that are addressing people’s most basic problems.
Law Practice
Allen Matkins' new partners have range of real estate expertise
By Gina Kim
Paul W. Nash, Ariel C. Shaeps and Elizabeth J. Wilgenburg have been promoted from senior counsel to partnership at the Allen M...
Immigration, Government
Trump’s emergency wall declaration faces first legal test
By Winston Cho
The Trump administration's emergency declaration to build a border wall faced its first test Friday as attorneys for 20 states...
Labor/Employment, Intellectual Property
Criminal trade secrets laws can help employers
By Andy Serbe
As California and other states limit restrictive covenants employers use to protect essential information like trade secrets, ...
Civil Litigation, Criminal, Civil Rights
Suit says arrests of protesters against police shooting were illegal
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A class of individuals who were arrested protesting the Sacramento district attorney's decision not to charge the two police o...
After a judge issued a tentative order that would compel the release of records by the state Department of Justice under the s...
Civil Litigation
Novel strategy doesn’t pay for Allergan in false advertising case
By Blaise Scemama
In what defense attorneys are calling a novel trial strategy, pharmaceutical giant Allergan USA Inc. won $48,500 instead of th...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Odd turns of malpractice trial include lawyer reading British tabloid
By Carter Stoddard
Minutes before a malpractice trial recessed Friday, a defense attorney for Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP began reading to the jur...
Government, Criminal
PG&E may face Camp Fire criminal charges, prosecutor says
By Gina Kim
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could face criminal charges of manslaughter and reckless arson over the role it is believed to ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Court scrambles to fix case management system
By Erin Lee
A new case management system at the State Bar Court has hit some snags, taking case calendars and dockets offline for months, ...
Civil Litigation
Amid quarreling defense counsel, judge sentences Mongols to fine, probation
By Meghann Cuniff
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter rejected a revised bid from the U.S. attorney’s office to seize the club’s trademarked logos
Entertainment & Sports
Youth’s Epic Games suit hinges on arbitration agreement signed later
By Steven Crighton
If a minor wants to keep his fraud lawsuit against Epic Games Inc. out of arbitration, attorneys say he had better stop playin...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Stricter bar passage standard approved after years of debate
By Erin Lee
A controversial, stricter bar passage standard is now in effect after the American Bar Association’s legal education council a...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court
State high court may consider if indigent prisoners are entitled to counsel for civil suits
By Brian Cardile
The state Supreme Court is mulling whether to hear an appeal that could appreciably expand court access to indigent prisoners ...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Republicans to move forward California 9th Circuit nominee over Democrats’ residency objections
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Senate Republicans are moving forward with a nominee to a California seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, despite th...
Bryan Schwartz and his fellow alumni doggedly pursue evasive defendant employers.