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A former attorney who practiced in San Diego has been disbarred after committing multiple blunders in appellate proceedings, a...
The new department is expected to handle a lot of construction defect and employment cases. ...
The harsh criticism came as the Assembly Judiciary Committee advanced a weakened bar dues bill. ...
Environmental
State legislature backs more legal protections for environmental disasters
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Over the strong objections of business groups, the state Senate has narrowly passed a bill backed by consumer attorneys extend...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
ON Semiconductor agrees to divestiture to complete $2.4B deal
By Banks Albachn
After a protracted acquisition process that involved a months-long bidding war, ON Semiconductor Corp. is set to seal the purc...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ethics experts decry calls to oust Persky
By Phil Johnson
Embattled Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky's recusal from a child pornography case has reinvigorated criti...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge defends his treatment of prospective jurors at CJP hearing
By Saul Sugarman
An embattled Los Angeles County Superior Court judge spoke passionately Wednesday as he defended allegations before the Commis...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
U.S. environmental group settles with Japanese whalers
By Logan Noblin
A group of environmentalists labeled "pirates" by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reached a settlement with Japanese...
A fraud lawsuit by Orange County against a major India technology developer over a botched software development recently settl...
O'Brien Larson LLP, which opened at the beginning of the year in downtown Los Angeles, has added four associates and a former ...
Vice President and General Counsel ABBYY USA Software House Inc. (Milpitas) ...
Criminal
Former LA sheriff's lawyers face tricky challenge defending him at trial
By L.J. Williamson
In using Lee Baca's diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease as part of his defense, the former Los Angeles County sheriff's defense t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit orders new trial in police shooting of unarmed man
By Logan Noblin
The mother of a 25-year-old man who was shot dead by Anaheim police has been given a second chance to hold her son's killer re...
The University of La Verne College of Law has received the 2016 9th Circuit ADR Education Award for its innovative and compreh...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
The seemingly endless demand for fresh episodic entertainment content has caused a shift in the way producers and their financ...
Government
Governor signs bill allowing police to use body scans on all arrestees
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Despite the opposition of the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that ...
Three Bay Area cities have lost their bid to compel Monsanto Co. to pay for the cleanup of a chemical pollutant leaching into ...
Labor/Employment
Appellate panel finds for hotel worker in arbitration dispute
By Matthew Blake
A worker need not arbitrate her employment grievance even if she signed an employee handbook that directly alluded to an arbit...
Government
Driver amnesty program cut back in proposed legislation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill to extend an amnesty program that has allowed thousands of people to regain their drivers' licenses has been slashed du...
Criminal
U.S. dismisses own wire fraud case under threat of misconduct finding
By Renee Flannery
Faced with a federal judge's indication he would tell a jury the prosecution had elicited false testimony, the U.S. attorney's...
While the bar says it is hopeful lawmakers will resolve their current stalemate and pass a bill authorizing the agency to coll...
California Supreme Court
Murderer's death sentence reversed by 4-3 vote on rehearing
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court has set aside the death penalty against Gary Lee Grimes by the slimmest of majorities, more than two d...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit allows LA hotel workers' pay raises to go ahead
By Saul Sugarman
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with hotel workers when it denied a motion by business groups to stop a...
The state Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into politically charged legal battles over state education funding and teache...
LA County Superior Court Commissioner Cynthia Zuzga focuses on mental health treatment.
Public Interest
State Bar says legal aid groups to receive $7M in federal grants
By Riley Guerin
Crime victims in California will benefit from nearly $7 million in new federal grant funding to 17 legal aid nonprofits, the S...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Senate, Assembly have competing bar dues bills
By Lyle Moran
The state Senate is moving ahead with its own version of a bill that would authorize the State Bar to collect attorney dues in...
Labor/Employment
Employers cannot require class action waivers, 9th Circuit rules
By Logan Noblin
In a decision that could set up a pivotal showdown over arbitration law, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rul...