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The candidates include a former child actor who isn’t a prosecutor but is labeled one on TV; a presiding judge being challenge...


After raising concerns of bias on the eve of trial, Bryan Altman, representing the car owners, argued the “court has demonstra...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit alleges DA Diana Becton, who was appointed interim DA in 2017, perpetuated age and gender discrimination by failin...


Probate, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan named by Bradford Lund, a grandson of Disney suing his sister and a sla...



LGBTQ Litigators

Mar. 2, 2020

Medina Orthwein LLP lawyers say their identity helps them articulate their clients' stories.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


It’s been two years since four San Francisco County deputy public defenders challenged incumbent judges on the rationale they ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


The defendant, attorney Khosro Reghabi with the Southern California Law Group, represented himself in the bench trial before S...


Civil Litigation


The newly amended settlement is worth upwards of $100M in benefits to Fiesta, Focus owners.


Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Bradford D. Lund, the plaintiff and a 50-year-old grandson of Walt Disney, alleged Cowan violated his Fourteenth Amendment rig...


Environmental & Energy


A federal judge in Sacramento has allowed the U.S. government to move forward with a lawsuit seeking to block California’s cap...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


A federal grand jury has indicted disbarred attorney Heather Stanley of Bakersfield on charges she defrauded her clients of mo...


Government, Civil Litigation


The planned amicus briefs are in response to a lawsuit brought by Costa Mesa a week ago seeking to bar the state and federal g...


Entertainment & Sports


U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken agreed to a request by the defendants to defer the payout until the parties respective cros...


Immigration, Government


The Department of Justice is ramping up efforts to crack down on terrorists, war criminals and other fraudsters believed to ha...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The decision reverses a 1982 decision in which the court said employers could use prior pay to justify paying some employees l...


Law Practice


King & Spalding LLP announced Thursday that international construction and arbitration expert Stephen V. O’Neal has joined...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Intimate Insight

Feb. 28, 2020

His knowledge, local ties and legal perspective helped Kelly Knight succeed as a mediator.


Civil Litigation


The complaint, filed Wednesday by the Earth Island Institute, says companies including Coca-Cola and Nestle should pay restitu...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Political action committees have left all 4 candidates in San Bernardino County’s two contested judicial races flush with cash.


Government, Criminal


After a contentious hearing, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved an audit of how Alameda, Fresno and Los Angeles c...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Alphabet Inc.-owned YouTube won a closely-watched First Amendment challenge Wednesday to restrictions imposed on a conservativ...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


The owners of The Peninsula, represented by Miller Barondess LLP, said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday the alleged plot was intend...


Entertainment & Sports


Houston hires Hueston in Astros litigation

Feb. 27, 2020
By Steven Crighton

Hueston Hennigan LLP has been retained to represent the MLB squad in response to a complaint brought by former Dodgers pitcher...


Government, Civil Litigation


Rutan & Tucker partner Philip D. Kohn, who represents Laguna Beach, said he plans to file the city’s brief by Friday.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


In the proposed opinion, the California Evidence Code would be amended to allow an attorney-client privilege for advising cann...


Government, Criminal


But California’s liberal governor received a standing ovation after a speech on Wednesday when he told them they were a key pa...


Environmental & Energy


Two issues remain, including a 20-year-old bench trial that remains under submission.


Labor/Employment


The grocery delivery service argued classifying its shoppers as employees would cause “irreparable harm” to the company, but J...


Civil Litigation


Although he agreed to reverse an earlier ruling that will boost the consumers’ total potential recovery if they prevail, U.S. ...


Labor/Employment


The rule will apply across the country after it takes effect on Apr. 27, but labor attorneys said it could have special conseq...