Litigation
VW reaches tentative deal with to settle car pollution suit
By Tim O'connor
Volkswagen AG has reached an "agreement in principle" with the federal government, California authorities, and class action co...
Medical device company Intuitive Surgical Inc. settled a products liability case with a woman besieged by injuries after a hys...
Litigation
Judge grants motion for summary judgment on defendant's $55.5 million counter-claim
By Justin Kloczko
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP obtained summary judgment in a counter-suit where the firm's client, a San Diego-based ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court is divided in former resident's suit against state tax board
By Fiona Smith
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a partial reprieve to the California Franchise Tax Board in a years-long dispute with...
Senior U.S. District Judge Eastern District of Washington Visiting Judge in Central District of California (Riverside) ...
A multi-million dollar age discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit reporter Frank W. Snepp filed against KNBC Los Ange...
Entertainment & Sports
Kanye West album flip-flop incites class action
By Steven Crighton
Rapper claimed his album would be exclusive to music streaming service Tidal, but later released the album elsewhere. ...
The Legal Services Corp., with $1 million in backing from Microsoft Corp., is launching an online service focused on aiding lo...
Environmental
LA County panel on well safety to include Porter Ranch litigator
By America Hernandez
Plaintiff's attorney R. Rex Parris will be appointed to an advisory panel on gas and oil well safety. ...
Partners Advantage Insurance Services LLC named Patrick Amaya the new general counsel Tuesday. ...
Government
Former Enron prosecutor delivers ethics report to Santa Monica City Council
By America Hernandez
John C. Hueston of Hueston Hennigan LLP lays out best practices for city firing and campaign contributions. ...
Law Practice
Trust and estate litigation increasing as population gets older
By Justin Kloczko
Trust and estate attorneys say they're keeping busier than normal, attributing the increase to shifting age demographics. ...
Amendments to the bar's dues bill also criticized recent loan agreements entered into by the agency ...
Litigation
State Compensation Insurance Fund asks judge to reconsider Hueston Hennigan LLP disqualification
By Amanda Schallert
State Compensation Insurance Fund asked a federal judge Monday to reconsider his disqualification of Hueston Hennigan LLP from...
Government
Logitech settles with SEC for allegations of inflating income
By Saul Sugarman
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a settlement with the Newark company accused of painting an inaccurate pi...
Litigation
Report: Securities class actions over accounting heated up in 2015
By Joshua Seboldn
Securities class action litigation hit a variety of benchmarks, suggesting that markets are in the midst of a particularly li...
Calaveras County's David Sanders fell into the law after dreams of globetrotting.
Google Inc.'s ambitious effort to digitize vast library collections survived a long legal fight with book authors on Monday wh...
General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President American Apparel LLC (Los Angeles) ...
Litigation
Federal judge won't hold insider trading case for Supreme Court decision
By Amanda Schallert
A federal judge gave the go-ahead Monday to the government's insider-trading prosecution of a former medical device company CE...
Mosk, a former justice for the 2nd District Court of Appeal, died from pancreatic cancer Sunday. ...
California-based Pearson Simon & Warshaw LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP were approved for nearly $254 m...
After a student with sickle cell trait collapsed and died during a strenuous football workout in 2014, the Regents of the Univ...
A marathon settlement session featuring lawyers for copyright combatants Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. in front of U.S. Magistr...
The clock is ticking for a class of plaintiffs seeking monetary damages from Apple Inc. over claims that a defect in the iPhon...
LA County Judge Fournier is respected for her kind spirit and well-reasoned jurisprudence.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Drowning in competition, veteran class action administrators say attorneys are on the verge of choking quality out of the mark...