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Litigation


Volkswagen AG has reached an "agreement in principle" with the federal government, California authorities, and class action co...


Litigation


Medical device company Intuitive Surgical Inc. settled a products liability case with a woman besieged by injuries after a hys...


Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP obtained summary judgment in a counter-suit where the firm's client, a San Diego-based ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 21, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a partial reprieve to the California Franchise Tax Board in a years-long dispute with...


Judicial Profile


Justin L. Quackenbush

Apr. 21, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Senior U.S. District Judge Eastern District of Washington Visiting Judge in Central District of California (Riverside) ...


Labor/Employment


Snepp-KNBC age bias dispute settles

Apr. 21, 2016
By Matthew Blake

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

Apr. 21, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Rapper claimed his album would be exclusive to music streaming service Tidal, but later released the album elsewhere. ...


Public Interest


Joint venture to offer online legal advice

Apr. 21, 2016
By Banks Albachn

The Legal Services Corp., with $1 million in backing from Microsoft Corp., is launching an online service focused on aiding lo...


Environmental


Plaintiff's attorney R. Rex Parris will be appointed to an advisory panel on gas and oil well safety. ...


Corporate


Partners Advantage Insurance Services LLC named Patrick Amaya the new general counsel Tuesday. ...


John C. Hueston of Hueston Hennigan LLP lays out best practices for city firing and campaign contributions. ...


Law Practice


Trust and estate attorneys say they're keeping busier than normal, attributing the increase to shifting age demographics. ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Legislature to seek reforms of State Bar

Apr. 21, 2016
By Lyle Moran

Amendments to the bar's dues bill also criticized recent loan agreements entered into by the agency ...


State Compensation Insurance Fund asked a federal judge Monday to reconsider his disqualification of Hueston Hennigan LLP from...


Government


The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a settlement with the Newark company accused of painting an inaccurate pi...


Securities class action litigation hit a variety of benchmarks, suggesting that markets are in the midst of a particularly li...


Judicial Profile


David M. Sanders

Apr. 21, 2016
By Amanda Schallert

Calaveras County's David Sanders fell into the law after dreams of globetrotting.


Top Women Lawyers


Apr. 20, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP


U.S. Supreme Court


US high court won't hear Google Books case

Apr. 20, 2016
By Fiona Smith

Google Inc.'s ambitious effort to digitize vast library collections survived a long legal fight with book authors on Monday wh...


Corporate Counsel


Chelsea A. Grayson

Apr. 20, 2016
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President American Apparel LLC (Los Angeles) ...


A federal judge gave the go-ahead Monday to the government's insider-trading prosecution of a former medical device company CE...


Obituaries


Richard M. Mosk 1939-2016

Apr. 20, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Mosk, a former justice for the 2nd District Court of Appeal, died from pancreatic cancer Sunday. ...


Litigation


California-based Pearson Simon & Warshaw LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP were approved for nearly $254 m...


Litigation


UC Regents settle football death suit for $4.75M

Apr. 20, 2016
By America Hernandez

After a student with sickle cell trait collapsed and died during a strenuous football workout in 2014, the Regents of the Univ...


Litigation


A marathon settlement session featuring lawyers for copyright combatants Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. in front of U.S. Magistr...


Litigation


The clock is ticking for a class of plaintiffs seeking monetary damages from Apple Inc. over claims that a defect in the iPhon...


Judicial Profile


Lori Ann Fournier

Apr. 20, 2016
By Logan Noblin

LA County Judge Fournier is respected for her kind spirit and well-reasoned jurisprudence.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 19, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Litigation


Drowning in competition, veteran class action administrators say attorneys are on the verge of choking quality out of the mark...