Superior Court Commissioner Fresno County (Fresno) ...
Though not her initial career path, Judge Shirley Watkins now relishes her work in LA Superior Court.
Litigation
L.A. Times columnist jury win said to be unprecedented in media industry, rare for age suits
By Matthew Blake
A six-week age, disability discrimination and constructive termination jury trial pitting former Los Angeles Times sports colu...
Jeffrey G. Benz ...
Government
Senate Judiciary Committee approves LA County judge for a Central District vacancy
By Matthew Hamity
The Senate Judiciary Committee sent Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young to the full Senate for confirmation ...
A Los Angeles entertainment attorney who spent $25,000 of client funds making payments on a mortgage, a Mercedes-Benz and purc...
Judge Christina A. Snyder denied UC Regents' motion to dismiss a suit brought by two graduate students who alleged Title IX vi...
Plaintiffs allege that corn's ad campaign, which termed high fructose corn syrup "corn sugar" and touted its equivalent health...
A Riverside Superior Court judge has denied the request for a temporary restraining order from a group of homeowners who were ...
Litigation
Railroad company scores defense win in wrongful termination case
By Saul Sugarman
Lawyers with Los Angeles firm Yukevich Cavanaugh scored a federal defense jury verdict Tuesday in a case brought by a former e...
A settlement approved Thursday by the state Board of Education aims to eliminate sham classes in underserved schools in which ...
Attorneys recently disciplined by the State Bar
In an en banc ruling that featured Judge Marsha S. Berzon changing her mind, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined We...
General Counsel Elements Behavioral Health Inc. Long Beach ...
Criminal
SF expungement program sees increases in applicants after Prop. 47
By L.J. Williamson
San Francisco's expungement program, Clean Slate, has seen applications double in the last year ...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Clara County Bar Association honors Judge Stephen V. Manley
By Joshua Seboldn
Judge Stephen V. Manley will receive the Outstanding Jurist Award from the Santa Clara County Bar Association next week. ...
The State Bar, long criticized in some quarters for its secrecy, is preparing to be much more transparent about its operations...
Litigation
State Supreme Court hears arguments involving use of grand jury to indict juveniles
By Deirdre Newmann
The crux of the issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Orange County district attorney's office acted within its discre...
The labor board tossed with little explanation nine claims by factory workers at bankrupct company ...
Law Practice
San Diego's Leventhal Law joins Cincinnati's largest firm
By Steven Crighton
The firm's two partners and two associates brings Dinsmore & Shohl LLP's total attorneys up to 625. ...
A lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court seeks to prevent the burial of nuclear waste close to the shoreline. ...
A jury trial between high fructose corn syrup producers and the sugar industry began Wednesday. ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved
A previously praised agreement began to crack under pressure from new entrants and objectors Tuesday at the third preliminary ...
Criminal
San Diego lawyer sentenced to five months in prison for defrauding clients
By Lyle Moran
Personal injury attorney Todd Macaluso was sentenced to five months in federal prison Monday for engaging in a scheme to defra...
A federal judge released a decision Monday overturning a magistrate judge's ruling in a lawsuit against Riverside County over ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Neither side bulletproof in appeal over Superman rights
By Gautham Thomas
The long-running litigation over the rights to Superman continued Tuesday, as the parties entered the 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...
An Iranian-American immigration judge is no longer banned by the U.S. Department of Justice from hearing matters involving Ira...
Recently-elected LA Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Lewis oversees new parole revocation hearings.
California Supreme Court
Defendant's absence under scrutiny by state high court
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether a defendant facing a felony charge is required to attend all court hearings re...