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Judges and Judiciary


Demilitarized Zone

Nov. 14, 2019

Judge Jason Clay stages miniature battles at home but won't allow them in his courtroom.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Government, Constitutional Law


A California law requiring women on corporate boards violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, according to ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two Republican-appointed judges voted in a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday that an immigrant deemed deporta...


Starkist Co. sales executive Stephen Hodge recounted several conversations with executives at Bumble Bee Foods LLC — all alleg...


A federal judge in San Diego has ruled immigration authorities cannot block asylum seekers from consulting with counsel before...


Civil Litigation


A co-owner of an online fashion business has been ordered to pay $36.6 million to his sister after a Long Beach jury found he ...


California Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations


An investigation for the state Supreme Court said the premature disclosure of topics was ‘inadvertent human error’


Civil Litigation


A Ford Motor Co. engineer testified that “shudder problems” with Focus models would not cause drivers to lose control of their...


Civil Litigation


Public entities and SoCal Edison Co. reach $360M settlement linked to Thomas, Woolsey fires and Montecito debris flow


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


A nonprofit dedicated to reducing the cost of medication has filed suit against the state attorney general in an effort to rol...


Criminal, Corporate


Tri Marine CEO Renato Curto testified Tuesday about a meeting with former Bumble Bee Foods CEO Christopher Lischewski, during ...


James Ortega Perez’s legacy includes two sons who are OC Superior Court judges


Civil Litigation


Witness testimony turned argumentative in day four of a product liability jury trial against Ford Motor Co. in federal court T...


Law Practice


Littler will open office in Singapore

Nov. 13, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

The firm said the new location will serve clients in Asia and beyond.


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


How broadly to frame President Donald Trump’s redirection of Department of Defense funds toward border wall construction was c...


Civil Litigation, Government


A superior court judge in the nine-year coffee labeling litigation has ruled against admitting thousands of documents into the...


Civil Litigation


Closings begin in Planned Parenthood video lawsuit

Nov. 13, 2019
By Craig Anderson

A defense attorney said in his closing argument his client and the other defendants were acting as undercover journalists whos...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


The Tesla chief claims the media outlet published emailed comments he made off the record.


Government, Environmental & Energy


The group takes issue with what it says is a plan to cut the herds by about four-fifths. And its complaint objects to proposal...


The commission claims several companies enticed victims with promises of reducing, or even forgiving, federal loans.


Labor/Employment


Truckers sue to halt implementation of AB5

Nov. 13, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

The California Trucking Association is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against provisions enshrined by recently pass...


Civil Litigation, Government


Dangerous conditions, nuisance and other claims can proceed against city, county of Los Angeles in 2017 Skirball fire lawsuits...


Entertainment & Sports


An alleged kidnapping victim claims hundreds of redacted texts from Courtney Love's former business manager are evidence of th...


Government, Bankruptcy


Gov. Gavin Newsom and the committee representing Northern California wildfire plaintiffs have teamed up in opposition of the P...


Judges and Judiciary


The amendment would allow a judge who is the subject of a recall election based on a decision by the judge to make public comm...


Civil Litigation, Government


California’s law requiring labels on coffee and other foods warning about alleged cancer danger from one of the ingredients is...


Law Practice


Jenner & Block celebrates 10 years in LA

Nov. 12, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

As Jenner & Block celebrates its 10-year anniversary in Los Angeles, its partners reflect on what has made the firm succes...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The American Civil Liberties Union of California has joined the renewed efforts to convince the state Supreme Court to lower t...


Government, Criminal


Chesa Boudin, the left-wing insurgent candidate who was declared the winner of a hotly-contested race to become San Francisco ...


Discipline, State Bar & Bar Associations


Research commissioned by the State Bar indicates African-American male lawyers are subject to more complaints than their white...