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U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


With a historically contentious confirmation battle behind him, newly minted Justice Brett Kavanaugh will sit with his eight c...


Immigration, Government, Civil Rights


Andrea Sheridan Ordin, a senior counsel at Strumwasser & Woocher LLP, has been tasked with examining juvenile detention fa...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The State Bar challenged, in closing briefs, a San Francisco County assistant district attorney’s contention that his alleged ...


Criminal


Facebook tells police not to create fake profiles

Oct. 9, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

Facebook’s Palo Alto-based associate general counsel wrote a letter to the police department condemning the practice, but no l...


Law Practice, Corporate


Investment banking firm hires new general counsel

Oct. 9, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

Vaquero Capital Inc. appointed Danny Allen as vice president of operations and general counsel. He aims to build out its infra...



LSAT to introduce digital format

Oct. 9, 2018
By Erin Lee

The LSAT will be administered digitally on tablets starting in July 2019.


Helicopters for Agriculture, a nonprofit association, and the owners of Barrett Vineyards are suing the County of Napa and its...


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations


As the U.S. Senate moved toward sealing up the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend, the American Bar Associ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The California senator is willing to support a consensus slate of nominees including U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh and Orang...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Contra Costa County judge accused of sexual harassment by the Commission on Judicial Performance believes the allegations st...


In the waining days of a personal injury jury trial involving a seizure-prone Southern California Gas Co. employee who crashed...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Junior Seau’s family settles with NFL

Oct. 8, 2018
By Andy Serbe

The family of former NFL player Junior Seau has reached an undisclosed settlement with the National Football League over his s...


Immigration, Criminal


Immigrant offenders not protected by state law, court rules

Oct. 8, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Some immigrants who committed minor crimes may face deportation despite the Legislature’s attempt to dampen the impact of thei...


A U.S. judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding certain law enforcement grants from “sanctuary” jur...


U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. heard motions Friday about the "prejudicial effect" of a decades old felony conviction o...



LA County’s new public defender sworn in

Oct. 8, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Ricardo D. García will take the reigns of the thousand-attorney office Oct. 15, becoming the county’s first Latino public defe...


Law Practice


Any attorney who signs on to defend any of the four California men charged this week with rioting in connection to last year’s...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


A Japanese corporation accused of leading a years-long criminal conspiracy caught a break after its lawyers discovered a gover...


Civil Litigation


Lawyer asks defendant if he is having a seizure

Oct. 5, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

The witness, a former Southern California Gas Co. employee who was convicted of criminal hit and run after crashing into a sto...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The State Bar is investigating allegations a deputy district attorney violated the California Rules of Professional Conduct in...


Civil Litigation, Insurance


A large purveyor of universal life insurance policies has agreed to pay class members $195 million to resolve claims the compa...


Community News


Federal Bar hosts LA awards luncheon

Oct. 5, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, Education Law


More than 2,400 law professors signed a letter questioning Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s judicial temperament.


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs excluded from the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal settlement because they no longer owned their cars after the ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Criminal


The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week in a case that is expected to decide whether thousands of immigrants...


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


The White House has narrowed down its list of possible candidates for three open California seats on the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Despite claiming to have no involvement in a film that grossed just $724 at the box office, Harvey Weinstein won't be able to ...



Picture Perfect

Oct. 5, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Sheppard Mullin attorney Shaun Clark works a side job as a professional photographer, taking shots of everything from soccer t...


Government, Criminal


After a summer of being booed out of press conferences and losing the endorsement of the city’s mayor, San Francisco District ...


Government, Civil Litigation


Trade groups representing the county’s largest telecommunications firms sued Wednesday to block California’s new net neutralit...