Some attorneys are concerned the state Legislature is taking too direct an approach to combat abuse by internet service provid...
A new class action blasted Toyota for allegedly hiding safety defects in its cars that endanger hundreds of thousands of drive...
Prosecutor says the county still considers the convict dangerous, which is driving the appeal.
Criminal
Defense attorneys using OC jail informant scandal to defend clients
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal methamphetamine distribution case has emerged as the latest battleground in Orange County’s jail informant scandal.
The California Appellate Law Group recently opened a second office in Los Angeles to better meet its Southern California clien...
The support for experiential learning came during a public hearing hosted by an ABA commission.
Intellectual Property, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Longtime LA lawyer to join JAMS as a neutral
By Skylar Dubelko
Howard B. Miller, a longtime Girardi Keese attorney, to join JAMS as a mediator, arbitrator and special master.
Schiff Hardin LLP announced Wednesday that commercial litigator Mauricio Beugelmans has joined the firm as a partner in the Sa...
Ventura County Judge Roger Lund won’t allow parents’ angry disputes to upset children.
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Both sides point fingers as Waymo trial begins
By Joshua Sebold
Both trial teams at the Waymo-Uber trade secret trial began their opening statements by identifying a company in the autonomou...
He said his clients weren’t happy with his former firm’s recent trajectory.
Government
Legislature approves bill aimed to protecting Capitol employees who allege sexual harassment.
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Employees of the state Legislature are one signature away from gaining long-sought whistleblower protections.
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
California labor law can apply to coastal rigs on Outer Continental Shelf
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Oceanic drilling rig workers received a significant victory from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when a three-judge pane...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kozinski misconduct inquiry ends
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Judicial Council for 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that it is unable to address merits of complaints against former 9...
Intellectual Property
Judge questions old statutes’ applicability to new digital age
By Andy Serbe
An attorney for Disney Enterprises Inc. argued that a federal judge should enjoin DVD rental and sales company Redbox Automate...
Labor/Employment
Defense questions UCLA doctor’s handling of audit, view of German men
By Matthew Blake
Persistent semantic clashes and insinuation of an anti-German bias marked a painstaking cross-examination of the plaintiff in ...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court stays release of violent child molester
By L.J. Williamson
A convicted child molester whose attorney successfully petitioned for release with an argument that his client’s trial on whet...
Intellectual Property, Government
US Senate confirms LA attorney as patent office director
By Caroline Hart
The U.S Senate voted to confirm Irell & Manella LLP managing partner Andrei Iancu as director of the U.S. Patent and Trade...
Obituaries
Retired LA County judge remembered for sharp mind, sense of humor
By Shane Nelson
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Christian E. Markey Jr. died in his sleep last week at 88.
Judges and Judiciary, Alternative Dispute Resolution
LA County judge retires, joins benchmark Resolution Group
By Arin Mikailian
After 10 years on the bench, Judge Lesley Green retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday.
Civil litigator Thomas Hixson was selected as a magistrate judges in San Francisco, the court announced Monday.
Private equity lawyers David M. Smith, Robert T. Graffum and Nicolai M. Schwarz-Gondek joined O’Melveny & Myers LLP as par...
Government
Legislature releases documents about harassment claims, stirring criticism
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Legislature released more than 100 pages detailing sexual harassment allegations and investigations on Friday aftern...
Law Practice, Criminal
Judge ponders why insurance companies don’t seek reimbursement from convicted clients
By Meghann Cuniff
Cross examination of a man accused of insider trading sparked a debate over an issue that has perplexed the judge for 40 years.
Government, Criminal
Pot conviction dismissals moved quickly in Santa Clara, San Diego counties
By Winston Cho
District attorney’s offices in San Diego and Santa Clara counties quietly implemented small-scale initiatives to dismiss and r...
Immigration, Government
State probing if businesses cooperated with federal raids
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigration enforcement raids across Northern California have raised questions over how a new state law dictating employer int...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DACA plaintiffs file briefs with U.S. Supreme Court
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
In a series of filings before the U.S. Supreme Court, plaintiffs seeking to stop the Trump administration from dismantling the...
Civil Litigation
Russian real estate mogul’s $84M suit dismissed over jurisdiction
By Eli Wolfe
A Russian real estate mogul suffered a heavy blow last Thursday when a federal judge gutted a critical part of his lawsuit to ...
Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit: Art not protected when it depicted an animal pose found in nature
By Andy Serbe
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s ruling that an artist cannot claim copyright violations ...
A major fish distributor has agreed to relabel its smoked salmon products so consumers aren’t fooled into thinking they’re eat...