California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday that he won’t appeal a significant appellate ruling that could li...
The Miller Starr Regalia founder and trial lawyer has died at 86.
Roy L. Paul has retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court and joined Benchmark Resolution Group LLC.
Civil Litigation
Class action filed against Wal-Mart over background checks
By Andy Serbe
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Wal-Mart, alleging that the company violated federal law by failing to properly ...
Judges and Judiciary
Persky recall stirs angry debate about judicial independence
By Winston Cho
Two sides that typically consider themselves progressives find each other on opposite sides on the issue of judicial independe...
The White House has nominated Nicola T. Hanna to be U.S. Attorney for the Central District.
Civil Litigation
Second case appeals police refusal to remove name from gang database
By L.J. Williamson
A man has taken legal action against the City of San Diego and the San Diego Police Department for their refusal to remove his...
Civil Litigation
US judge urges UC Berkeley, conservative student groups to settle
By Joshua Sebold
U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney strongly urged both sides to settle a dispute between two college conservative organizat...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge says actress has herself to blame, not manager, for missing film role
By Steven Crighton
The judge ruled that Zooey Deschanel’s desire for “a very interesting, small, character role” before a concert tour was too na...
Corporate
Regulatory changes, data breaches among top concerns for in-house counsel
By Kibkabe Araya
Geopolitical shifts, regulatory changes and data breaches are among the top concerns for chief legal officers and general coun...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Former state Department of Justice lawyer becomes a neutral
By Skylar Dubelko
The former director of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Phyllis W. Cheng, joined ADR Services Inc.
Immigration
Government tightens rules on immigration applications
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
In an abrupt policy reversal, the U.S. immigration service will no longer accept signatures on immigration applications made t...
The U.S. government will have to pay a steep price to acquire a patch of land in the Mojave Desert that sits above California’...
Real Estate/Development, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Case about accommodating mentally ill tenant heads to trial
By Lila Seidman
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a motion for summary judgment in a case brought by the Department of Fair Emp...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
LA jury gives UCLA doctor $13M in sex discrimination case
By Meghann Cuniff
The research doctor sued for gender discrimination and retaliation after she said a male colleague made her job unbearable.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to try psychology to boost test performance
By Lyle Moran
The agency is permitting a research team to conduct a “productive mindset intervention” on the July bar exam
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Judges: LA Superior Court misapplied anti-SLAPP law for years
By Justin Kloczko
For years, litigants trying to strike down frivolous lawsuits by invoking the anti-SLAPP statute in limited civil cases before...
Immigration, Appellate Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit panel asks if law has chilling effect on immigration lawyers
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Hearing a second round of arguments in the appeal, the three-judge panel repeatedly questioned the government’s lawyer, Elizab...
The car manufacturer is being sued for allegedly selling cars with faulty software in its MyFord Touch system between 2010 and...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Beverly Hills Bar honors longtime pro bono advocate
By Steven Crighton
Grunfeld, vice dean for Pardee Rand Graduate School, was at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP.
Civil Litigation
Female startup founder sues male VC over alleged assault
By Winston Cho
A female founder of a health technology startup has sued a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist for allegedly sexually ...
Labor/Employment, Immigration, Government
Companies sues government over H-2B visa program changes
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Several companies sued the U.S. Department of Labor this week alleging that processing changes to a temporary worker visa prog...
Civil Litigation, Insurance, Entertainment & Sports
Kanye West settles lawsuit with Lloyd’s over canceled shows
By Steven Crighton
The insurer used a unique system in which the artist never filled out and signed an application.
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Men testify via closed circuit TV to defend convicted terrorist
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In an unusual nighttime hearing, two men testified from Pakistan on Wednesday as alibi witnesses for convicted terrorist Hamid...
Civil Litigation, Government
Class action filed against cities, law firm
By L.J. Williamson
Turning up the heat on a desert law firm accused of prosecuting for profit, nonprofit law center Institute for Justice has fil...
Snell & Wilmer LLP bankruptcy litigator Michael B. Reynolds has been racing Lotus sports cars since 2013.
Labor/Employment, Government
Major changes needed in Capitol sexual harassment investigations, legislators told
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A prominent labor law attorney gave the state Legislature a harsh assessment of what it must do to curb sexual harassment duri...
Government
Attorney targets assemblywoman with anonymous accusers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A prominent employment attorney known for winning a sexual harassment case against former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner set his s...
A 12-year-old’s errant home run made him the subject of a lawsuit.
Securities, Criminal, Corporate
Insider trading trial closes with defense lawyer blasting a key witness
By Meghann Cuniff
An attorney defending an executive accused of insider trading assailed the credibility of a key witness during closing argument.