A Taco Bell franchisee and a restaurant manager are the defendants in a racial discrimination, racial harassment and wrongful ...
Christopher J. Lovrien was named partner in charge of the California region, while David C. Kiernan was appointed administrati...
Government
Courts set to see changes to funding for child welfare attorneys
By Paul Jones
After years of complaints, the judicial branch is looking seriously at pegging funding for court-ordered dependency counsel to...
The owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse became the latest to plead guilty to participating in a gruesome scheme to sell misbran...
Judges and Judiciary
Southern District judges sentence more criminals than anywhere else in the state
By Deirdre Newmann
Federal judges based along the Southwest border, including California's Southern District, sentence more criminal defendants t...
Litigation
Ex-employee sues fashion school for discrimination, wrongful termination
By Kibkabe Arayan
A former Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising creative director filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles after being ...
U.S. Supreme Court
San Francisco police shooting of mentally ill woman headed to U.S. Supreme Court
By Saul Sugarman
The city attorney's office here will soon bring a rare question in front of the U.S. Supreme Court: What must police officers ...
After 10 years on the high court, there's virtually no doubt about how the chief justice will rule in certain cases. He's goin...
Law Practice
Proposal to allow nonlawyer ownership of firms could boost litigation funders
By Don Debenedictisn
A law review article by professor and litigiation finance leader says allowing equity investment could cure many law firm ills...
An internationally watched labor dispute involving West Coast dockworkers is evidently solely due to the union's dissatisfacti...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
R. Daniel Ralls has started as executive legal counsel at the Emeryville-based online real estate brokerage firm after four ye...
Law Practice
Baker & McKenzie grabs international arbitration leader from Arnold & Porter
By Joshua Seboldn
Baker & McKenzie LLP grabbed the head of Arnold & Porter LLP's West Coast international arbitration practice, Maria Ch...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge OKs consolidation of Sony data breach cases
By Matthew Blaken
Without dissent from Sony, Judge R. Gary Klausner took steps Tuesday to combine seven federal lawsuits against the studio into...
Immigration
Attorneys continue immigrant paperwork despite judge's order
By Kibkabe Arayan
Saying they expect a swift and successful appeal, California immigration lawyers and advocates on Tuesday urged undocumented i...
Litigation
Los Angeles federal judge disqualifies firm from major case over conflict
By Hadley Robinson
A conflict of interest disqualifies Squire Patton Boggs LLP from representing the sugar industry in a case in which the firm h...
Judge Peter Kirwan puts a premium on organization to manage his docket of complex civil cases.
Administrative/Regulatory
Experts wary of push to dump grand juries in cop shooting cases
By Paul Jones
A proposal to end the use of grand juries to review police deadly-force in California is drawing a mixed response from crimina...
Law Practice
Post-judgment tenders can be a trap for unwary creditors
By Ben Armisteadn
If a debtor suddenly hands over a cashier's check after you've incurred fees trying to enforce a judgment, proceed with cautio...
Labor/Employment
Employers: apply for H-1B work visas while they last
By Ben Armisteadn
Employers and their counsel should start preparing for H-1B Visa season. By Eli Kantor
There is a common misperception that dietary supplements are unregulated, but they are actually subject to oversight under bot...
Law Practice
Mass exits paint grim outlook for Dickstein Shapiro’s Palo Alto office
By Joshua Seboldn
Dickstein Shapiro LLP has lost all the attorneys in its Palo Alto office, meaning it will likely become the second California ...
Criminal
Ex-DA accused of prosecutorial misconduct now trains State Bar prosecutors
By Don Debenedictisn
A 2011 study of prosecutorial misconduct in California connected San Mateo Deputy District Attorney Alfred F. Giannini with pr...
Already locked in a patent lawsuit with satellite broadband and television providers Hughes Communications Inc. and Dish Netwo...
Orange County Judge David Chaffee doesn't care for the unexpected at trial and lets lawyers know it.
The issue gained renewed currency when a Boston professor posted a law review article this month citing studies demonstrating ...