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Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


The research project is a follow-up to a national study that found a high level of drinking problems among lawyers.


Criminal, Civil Rights


California prisons reported 38 suicides last year, the most since the department began tracking the statistic in 1990, which i...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Judge denies transfer request in AB 5 suit

Jan. 9, 2020
By Glenn Jeffers

U.S. District Judge Phillip S. Gutierrez found two complaints seeking injunctive and declarative relief against the employee-p...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Oral arguments regarding allegations against Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson of prejudicial judicial conduct and improper behavior ...


Labor/Employment


Truck drivers are exempt from the newly-minted, employee-presumptive Assembly Bill 5 and can remain independent contractors, a...


Two former media executives shouldn't only rely on their insurance to settle a lawsuit with a federal pension agency, judge says.


Law Practice


Before joining Manatt on Jan. 1, Carr-Rollitt had been a partner at McDermott Will & Emery since 1999.


A bankruptcy court's decision to allow the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. to pay the federal interest rate opposed to the hi...


A new law that extends the statute of limitations for prosecuting domestic violence crimes makes it harder for defense attorne...


Civil Litigation


After certifying a class of restaurant customers two years ago who said a surcharge to cover employee health costs was akin to...


A trial court should not have jailed a civil defendant for almost six years on a contempt charge related to missing money, a f...


Labor/Employment


The evolving Private Attorneys General Act and its effects on employment disputes continued Tuesday in the California Supreme ...


Government, Criminal


A new report warns that changes to federal policies and other factors make it difficult to evaluate SB 443 until more data is ...


Intellectual Property


Electronics manufacturer Sonos asked the International Trade Commission on Tuesday to investigate Google and sued it in federa...


Entertainment & Sports, Criminal


In announcing sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein on Monday, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey also laid ...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


Turtles band and Pandora dig in for long fight

Jan. 7, 2020
By Steven Crighton

Parties in a long-running legal dispute between Pandora Inc. and the 60s funk rock band The Turtles indicated Monday they're i...


Civil Litigation


Johnson & Johnson Co. secures a settlement mid-trial in Alameda County, and a dismissal in Solano County on Monday in two ...


The merger brings Assayag, co-founder Byron B. Mauss and four other attorneys to Snell & Wilmer's Orange County office.


Labor/Employment


The California Secretary of State's office has cleared for circulation the proposed ballot measure by Uber Technologies Inc., ...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


A Los Angeles state court judge Monday ordered the production of names and addresses of those surveyed about the health effect...


In the wake of a 316-page special masters' report issued by the Commission on Judicial Performance on Friday, speculation has ...


Labor/Employment


The judge wrote the organization’s counsel failed to make “a clear showing that [they] are entitled to the extraordinary short...


Labor/Employment


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday affirmed a $54.6 million judgment against Walmart Inc., upholding a 2016 d...


Judges and Judiciary


A panel of special masters declared a host of sexual harassment allegations against Justice Jeffrey Johnson have been proven, ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Drexel Bradshaw is accused of a fraud scheme involving an elderly client


Education Law


The Department of Education's final changes to Title IX policy over how universities are supposed to conduct campus sexual vio...


Civil Litigation


Public entities face an intolerable financial burden from wildfire liabilities if a trial court allows a lawsuit against the c...


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


A judge dismissed a politically charged lawsuit brought by the Pasadena Republican Club against The Western Justice Center, it...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate


The agency alleged the deal was an unlawful attempt by Illumina to maintain its U.S. monopoly in the DNA sequencing market.


State Bar & Bar Associations


The lack of such data makes comparing performance by racial/ethnic group to prior years difficult, officials say.