Government
Suing city over ‘sanctuary’ policy fraught with legal issues
By L.J. Williamson
The July 1 killing of a young woman allegedly by an illegal immigrant has sparked calls for legal action against the city of S...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Legislative panel moves State Bar fee bill forward but demands changes, transparency
By Don Debenedictisn
The bill approved by the Assembly Judiciary Committee will leave most lawyers' license fees at $390. But the bar will have to ...
Wrestling tens of millions of dollars in debt and embroiled in litigation against the homeowners association of the private g...
Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Principal Psomas Los Angeles ...
Government
State regulators fine Tesoro Corp. $1M for for air quality violations
By Fiona Smith
The California Air Resources Board announced Monday it has fined Tesoro Corp. more than $1 million for selling gasoline that v...
James W. Hill joins the firm's intellectual property department after nearly a decade with McDermott Will & Emery. ...
A divorce trial that began Monday raises a rare and significant question in California on the issue of frozen embryos: Who de...
Transactions
Funding round points to wider trend in cybersecurity market
By Banks Albachn
In a sign that venture capitalists remain keen on investing in the private cybersecurity market, CrowdStrike Inc. harnessed a ...
PeerStreet Inc., a Manhattan Beach-based real estate crowdfunding marketplace, named Sara J.E. Priola as its first general co...
Government
Obama’s prison visit highlights shift in criminal justice reform
By L.J. Williamson
Obama's upcoming visit to El Reno Federal Correction Instituion and his pardons of 46 non-violent drug offenders is a presiden...
Lawyers on both side of the fence are crying out for more state appellate court guidance on class certification. ...
Commercial litigator recently turned criminal judge Thomas Delaney has a reputation for fairness.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
It's fair to say the leaders of most firms didn't spend their law school days dreaming about the subtleties of website managem...
With 18 years of handling legal matters at Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under her belt, Clarissa C. Weirick on Monday star...
Litigation
Gas station chain launches antitrust class action against oil giants
By Banks Albachn
Suit alleges major oil companies and refineries rigged the California gas market in 2012 and are engaged in the same manipulat...
Mill Valley-based online job recruiter Glassdoor Inc. named Bradley K. Serwin general counsel Monday to oversee legal matters...
Patent holders and licensing entities are flocking in record numbers to the Eastern District of Texas, according to data gathe...
Administrative/Regulatory
State Bar watcher urges legislators to intervene in agency operations
By Don De Benedictis
Legislators shouldn't approve the State Bar's annual dues bill until the "rogue agency" addresses some of the criticisms raise...
California Supreme Court
State high court to consider whether county can keep legal billing records secret
By John Roemer
The state Supreme Court decided last week to consider whether private law firms working for Los Angeles County should have the...
A subsidiary of the energy giant BP saddled its franchises with inferior gas at inflated prices and a computer software system...
Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Labor/Employment
Uber outlines defense against class certification in misclassification dispute
By Matthew Blaken
New lawyer Theodore J. Boutrous laid out Wednesday why driver claims against the rideshare company should not be treated on a ...
Digital health - the broad term encompassing fields at the intersection between healthcare and technology, including mHealth, ...
His loudest critics should treat his work more seriously and Scalia less like their favorite punching bag. If they did, the pu...
A recent opinion is a rare finding of statutory intent that precludes delegation of tort law duties to independent contractor....
Playboy recently sued a law firm in a case that serves a cautionary reminder about overestimating a client's odds at the so-ca...
Intellectual Property
Turtles seek to block Sirius settlement with major music labels
By Ashley Cullinsn
Attorneys for lead singers of the '60s pop band The Turtles on Wednesday filed an injunction to halt a proposed $210 million s...