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Civil Litigation, Government


Facebook Inc. may be facing a public relations nightmare over allegations of data mining by Cambridge Analytica, but legal obs...


Civil Litigation, Corporate


Kleiner Perkins defeats unique shareholder suit

Mar. 22, 2018
By Joshua Sebold

Lawyers representing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers knocked out a lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged that the venture c...


Immigration, Government


Any effort to punish a small city in Orange County that is refusing to comply with California’s so-called sanctuary law could ...


Some other California law schools also saw significant changes in their U.S. News ranking.


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


DA charges man with threatening OC judge

Mar. 22, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

A man accused of threatening an Orange County Superior Court judge during arraignment has been charged with a felony.


Government


Three men who want to be California's next attorney general debated in the state capital on Wednesday. Notably absent was the ...


Law Practice


Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that chairman William H. Voge has stepped down “effective immediately” after disclo...


Entertainment & Sports, Contracts


Greenberg Glusker and Cohen Milstein have produced templates for other lawyers to follow.


Civil Litigation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Jury renders $68M against heart surgeon

Mar. 21, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

A Kern County Superior Court jury in a medical malpractice case delivered $12.4 million in punitive damages Tuesday, rounding ...


Law Practice


Paul Hastings hires 10 lawyers from Loeb & Loeb

Mar. 21, 2018
By Steven Crighton

The newly added entertainment attorneys will be based at the firm’s new Century City office.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals repeatedly pressed the government Tuesday on its claim that it was justified i...


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


In a case that may more sharply define Proposition 57’s criteria for determining which inmates doing life might be eligible fo...


Immigration, Government


Attorneys say that a recent decision by the U.S. attorney general to vacate an important decision on whether asylum seekers ar...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles County jury has awarded $30 million to the children of a worker who was killed by a rock crushing machine.


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, Civil Litigation


A few securities litigation defendants hoping to avoid fighting class actions in state court saw those dreams dashed after the...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles couple has been accused of unlawfully converting tenants’ rent-controlled apartments into hotel units under the ...


Law Practice


Kate Kendell — who joined the organization in 1994 and has served as executive director since 1996 — will step down at the end...


Environmental and regulatory lawyer Timothy J. Swickard joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder in Sacramento, the firm ...



Stand-Up Guy

Mar. 21, 2018

U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney is unafraid of making controversial calls in criminal cases.


Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court


California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye thanked the Legislature for increased funding for the courts in the...


Civil Litigation, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A week after a flood of appeals concerning the Federal Communications Commission's decision to rescind internet regulations kn...


Civil Litigation, Insurance


Plaintiffs’ counsel in a state court insurance class action argue the defense can’t get out of claims because a previous feder...


Government


The incoming leader of the state Senate won’t commit to continuing an arrangement her predecessor had with Covington & Bur...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


The suit alleges that Walmart’s failure to tend to the inflated sales figures was partially motivated by the battle for market...


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


The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case testing the limits of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Biotechnology company Illumina Inc. has sued Natera Inc. for patent infringement over its use of a noninvasive prenatal test.


South San Francisco-based Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. has appointed John B. Moriarty as executive vice president and general ...


Quanergy Systems Inc. has tapped Rick Arnold to be general counsel.


Civil Litigation


RICO suit against ADA plaintiff’s attorneys moves forward

Mar. 19, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A federal judge is allowing a RICO case to go forward against a group of lawyers that unsuccessfully sued a San Jose restauran...


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


The Department of Justice received a small victory recently in its ongoing effort to push swift U.S. Supreme Court review of a...