Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Lawyer denies trading favors with AG candidate
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys with the Commission on Judicial Performance continued their efforts Wednesday to show retired El Dorado County Judge...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Plaintiffs’ expert attacks shifts in NCAA amateurism definition
By Winston Cho
Attorneys sparred over the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s definition of amateurism on the second day of the antitr...
Law Practice, International Law
Bird & Bird opens first US location in San Francisco
By Erin Lee
Bird & Bird LLP opened a new office in San Francisco, where it hopes to expand its U.S. client base.
Government, Civil Rights
Defense’s main witness rebuts key plaintiffs’ witness in voting system trial
By Justin Kloczko
The defense’s main witness in the bench trial over Santa Monica’s election system said Wednesday there was no discriminatory i...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Rite Aid agrees to provide seating to cashiers, pay $18M in settlement
By Andy Serbe
Rite Aid has agreed to pay $18 million and provide seating to cashiers in a proposed settlement with 23,000 class members, the...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Attorney sentenced to five months in jail for sexual battery on a client
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County attorney was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery involvin...
Civil Litigation
Anti-SLAPP law murkiness complicates actress’ suit against Trump
By Steven Crighton
The applicability of anti-SLAPP statutes in federal court is a legal point of debate, and the adult film actress known as Stor...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
GOP attorney general candidate attacks CJP charges as politically motivated
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney general candidate and retired El Dorado County Judge Steven C. Bailey had his chance to answer charges from the Commi...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NCAA student-athletes seek pay as antitrust trial opens
By Winston Cho
Testimony began Tuesday as college athletes mounted their latest challenge to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s p...
Immigration
Immigration ruling narrows path to avoid deportation
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A precedent-setting decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals has clarified and narrowed when lawyers can apply a recent U....
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit overturns criminal case on juror bias grounds
By Justin Kloczko
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 65-month prison sentence, ruling that the defendant in the identity theft case w...
San Diego County Judge Ana España does her best to steer youths, parents in the right direction.
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kavanaugh’s Kozinski connection will raise its head at confirmation hearing
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A professional connection that helped propel Judge Brett Kavanaugh to what is the pinnacle of most ambitious lawyers’ wildest ...
Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
District attorney fined for discussing immigrant's case in Trump meeting
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Lassen County District Attorney Stacey Montgomery was held in contempt and fined for violating a gag order not to discuss the ...
Space force may bump up against existing treaties
Civil Litigation
Woman sues Las Vegas hotel, drone operator after allegedly being hit by flying object
By Blaise Scemama
After being smashed in the face by a drone, Caesar Palace guest Monika Nourmand filed a lawsuit through her attorney Robert Gl...
Civil Rights
Plaintiffs’ bid to see city consultant’s work in voting case rejected
By Justin Kloczko
Plaintiffs in a Santa Monica voter discrimination trial lost a bid to get work done by a city consultant into evidence after t...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit affirms Border Patrol acted appropriately, but questions the precedent binding its decision
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The federal appellate court affirmed the lower court’s denial of a Fourth Amendment violation of a defendant who was detained ...
Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Government asks 9th Circuit for deference in battle with LA over immigration, funding
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal appeals court Thursday to allow it to give preferential consideration to local ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court
Sheppard Mullin loses conflict waiver fight in state Supreme Court
By Blaise Scemama
Broad waivers that fail to disclose known conflicts of interests are unenforceable, according to an opinion filed by the state...
Government, Environmental & Energy
100 percent zero emission energy bill heads to governor
By Andy Serbe
A bill moving up California clean energy timelines and setting a deadline for 100 percent zero-emission electricity has passed...
Settlement discussions tied to nearly two decades of public nuisance litigation to resolve lead paint manufacturers’ liability...
Plaintiff’s lawyer and hockey player Christian Nickerson brings his competitive edge from court to the ice.
Labor/Employment, Government
Batch of worker protection bills pass in state Legislature
By Andy Serbe
Six different bills, three tied to the #MeToo movement and all affecting California workplaces, have passed milestone votes in...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Judge grants Disney injunction against Redbox
By Steven Crighton
A federal judge ordered Redbox LLC to stop reselling digital download codes of Disney films Thursday, motivated largely by a n...
Bills that limit the state felony murder rule and prohibit young teenagers from being sentenced in adult criminal court are he...
Government, Civil Rights
Defense testimony starts in Santa Monica voting rights trial
By Justin Kloczko
Allan Lichtman has agreed with plaintiffs’ witness Morgan Kousser before, but not when he testified Thursday for the defense i...
Immigration, Government
Pardons rescue Cambodian immigrants from deportation
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Two recently pardoned Cambodian immigrants who committed crimes are part of a large class action over the deportation of simil...
Akerman LLP hosted a private screening of “Crazy Rich Asians” at L.A. Live Aug. 13, two days before the film’s release.
Securities, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
SEC charges former Qualys executive with insider trading
By Sean Kagan
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Amer Deeba, former chief commercial officer of Redwood City-based Qualys In...