The legal services industry saw a very slight bump in its number of jobs between May and June, a positive sign amidst rising u...
Former Los Angeles County Superior Court presiding judge James Bascue, who was sentenced to probation after pleading no contes...
Education
AG Harris earns $168.5 million settlement in ongoing examination of for-profit schools
By Phil Johnson
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris earned a $168.5 million settlement agreement with a for-profit, online charter school operat...
A federal appellate panel somewhat agreed with the interpretation of Elinor Otto, better known as "The Last Rosie the Riveter,...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar terminates contract with search firm
By Lyle Moran
The bar's severing of the agreement that would have permitted The Hawkins Co. of Los Angeles to be paid up to $59,500 came aft...
A long-running lawsuit against the State Bar seeking demographic and other information about prospective lawyers heads to tria...
Workers' Comp.
State fights back at allegations of gender bias in workers' comp
By Matthew Blake
The official in charge of California's workers' compensation system fired back at a lawsuit alleging it discriminates against ...
A group of Orange County attorneys is celebrating after their pro bono effort to try to ease restrictions on homeless shelters...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Former soccer star, politician faces deportation under cloud of murder suspicion
By Logan Noblin
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for review sought by Roberto Carlos Silva-Pereira now facing deportati...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial ethics panel warns against judges hearing cases involving defendants they prosecuted
By Kevin Lee
Judges risk endangering due process rights and public trust if they oversee a criminal case involving a defendant that they pr...
A judge dismissed, with leave to amend, the retaliation lawsuit filed against the State Bar by the executive assistant to form...
The State Bar's executive team received strong pushback Thursday against their revised proposal of requirements designed to bo...
The decree follows a $14.7 billion settlement the company signed June 28 with the U.S. government, regulatory agencies, states...
JAMS Inc.
Howard & Howard, a Michigan-based law firm, opened its first California office, staffed by partners Lisa Carteen and Ryan ...
Attorneys for tech giant Oracle Corp. want a courtroom rematch with lawyers for Alphabet Inc.-owned Google after losing a jury...
Workers' Comp.
Asserting sex bias, lawsuit seeks to revamp workers' compensation
By Matthew Blake
Declaring "California's system of workers' compensation perpetuates the type of overt sex discrimination that is a relic of a ...
Labor/Employment
Uber nearing settlement in recruitment program lawsuit
By Matthew Blake
A judge conditionally greenlighted an Uber Technologies Inc. employment lawsuit settlement that emanates from a possible misst...
Litigation
Putative class action against AT&T over phone refunds moved to federal court
By Tim O'connor
An AT&T Inc. wireless customer who claims the carrier reneged on its assurance to buy back any new mobile phone returned w...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Government
Senate bill to legally define 'forensic autopsy' making its way through Assembly
By L.J. Williamson
A bill that would resolve ambiguities in California law by defining who may perform a forensic autopsy has received the suppor...
A UC Irvine research institute dedicated to U.S.-China economic relations is expanding thanks to a $2.75 million donation from...
Hyperloop One, a high-speed transportation startup, named Marvin Ammori its new chief legal officer. The move comes less than ...
Attorneys who a filed a salacious breach of contract complaint alleging a prominent venture capitalist broke a $40 million set...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit hears case challenging NSA warrantless surveillance
By Logan Noblin
On Tuesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case challenging the NSA's ongoing warrantless sur...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rules on juvenile immigration detention practices
By Saul Sugarman
A national policy favoring the release of minors from immigration detention centers was upheld Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circu...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Convicted of obstruction, ex-sheriff's deputies plead case before 9th Circuit
By Saul Sugarman
If an enforcement officer breaks the law, but was just following orders, is that a convictable offense? Many defense attorneys...
California Assemblymembers David Chiu and Don Wagner rightly address ["Fed up with the State Bar," June 27] the schizophrenic ...
In response to a fatal accident last month involving a Model S, the NHTSA announced it is opening a preliminary investigation ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rules prosecutor not immune for false declaration
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A Los Angeles County deputy district attorney is not entitled to absolute immunity for misrepresenting a brain-surgery bound w...