State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar denies LegalMatch services application, attorneys object
By Henrik Nilsson
Some attorneys criticized the decision, saying LegalMatch is not a lawyer referral service and the action may inhibit innovati...
State Bar & Bar Associations
LA County bar, back in the fiscal red, welcomes new leaders
By Justin Kloczko
Pandemic closures negatively impacted the balanced budget.
Legal Education
Harvard and Santa Clara law schools are sued over tuition
By Craig Anderson
Law students sue Santa Clara University, Harvard law schools for tuition refunds.
“Everything about respondent’s crime and his record shouts for application of the three strikes law,” said the appellate ruling.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS reopens offices throughout California, Seattle
By Kamila Knaudt
JAMS reopened its Los Angeles, Century City, Walnut Creek, Santa Rosa and Seattle offices Tuesday with new safety measures.
Securities, Civil Litigation
US judge certifies class in lawsuit against cyptocurrency company over $70M initial coin offering
By Winston Cho
A federal judge in Oakland certified on Wednesday a nationwide class suing a cryptocurrency company over its initial coin offe...
Immigration, Government
Lawyers hopeful mixed-status families can get stimulus aid
By Gina Kim
While lawmakers in Washington debate another stimulus package, advocates for families with relatives who are illegally in the ...
Consumer Law, Civil Litigation
Bayer agrees to settle 100K claims for $9.6B
By Winston Cho
Bayer AG agreed Wednesday to pay $9.6 billion to settle nearly 100,000 claims from consumers alleging exposure to its glyphosa...
Labor/Employment
State and cities ask judge to order Uber and Lyft to comply with AB5
By Jessica Mach
State entities turned the tables on gig worker companies Wednesday when they announced they planned to request a preliminary i...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Civil Litigation
Elder abuse suits rise as industry awaits governor’s action
By Blaise Scemama
Representatives from six health care groups signed a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom in early April requesting an executive order ...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kozinski’s return to the 9th Circuit as a lawyer is successful
By Craig Anderson
The former judge, who is a Torrance-based sole practitioner, hailed the panel ruling as “clearly correct.”
Justice Richard Aronson is quick with questions and savors skilled arguments.
Litigation & Arbitration, Government
US attorney says LA water bill litigation might hamper criminal probe
By Justin Kloczko
The disclosure of the federal prosecutors' concerns appeared in a report filed Monday by Brian Kabateck of Kabateck LLP, who i...
California cannot force Monsanto to put a cancer warning label on its Roundup weedkiller, a federal judge in Sacramento ruled.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Monterey College of Law will move fall classes online
By Henrik Nilsson
In 2018, it became one of two California-accredited law schools approved to offer a hybrid online law degree.
Southern California Edison Co. and the state are fighting against deposition of utility employees and the full, unredacted cau...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge Claudia Wilken will near latest lawsuit against NCAA
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken will oversee a newly-filed antitrust case accusing NCAA of illegally restricting student-at...
Immigration, Corporate
Trump visa plan will favor high wage earners, lawyers say
By Jessica Mach
Foreign workers in the technology, medical, pharmaceutical, and financial industries will have privileged access to H-1B visas...
Tuesday’s ruling reinstates the law as it had been for 80 years, the board said.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
New ways for evaluating law school graduates meet resistance
By Henrik Nilsson
Even bar exam defenders say law schools should have more clinical hours and collaborate closely with law firms to better train...
Law Practice
Munger Tolles hires former DOJ prosecutor who resigned in protest
By Craig Anderson
Jonathan I. Kravis started Monday in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Criminal, Civil Rights
Bill takes aim at false, race-based police reports
By David Houston
Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Santa Cruz) on Monday announced an amendment to Assembly Bill 1472 that would make false police r...
Consumer Law, Civil Rights
Lyft settles DOJ complaint over some drivers’ treatment of disabled customers
By Jessica Mach
The San Francisco-based company has agreed to revise its wheelchair policies within 30 days and communicate them to new and cu...
Signature Resolution LLC reopened its offices in Los Angeles and Century City on Monday for in-person mediations.
Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
Websites must be accessible, buildings aren’t substitute
By Gina Kim
Brick-and-mortar businesses must ensure their websites are reasonably accessible to people with disabilities, according to the...
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities
Supreme Court upholds SEC’s disgorgement authority, but raises other issues
By Craig Anderson
The good news for the SEC is that the court, by an 8-1 margin, rejected a bid to block the agency from requiring disgorgement ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
$150M cut in state courts without federal aid
By Blaise Scemama
While an agreement has been reached, the Assembly and Senate leaders and the governor are still “ironing out” the budget detai...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
LA County civil cases resume, without attorneys present
By Justin Kloczko
Judges, clerks and marshals officially returned to the Spring Street Courthouse on the first day of the LA County courts’ ramp...
Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Actors lose bid to keep ages off casting website
By Craig Anderson
The panel affirmed a district judge’s opinion that the 2016 law, which forbids websites from sharing the ages of actors and ot...
Jeffrey M. Reisner, a prominent bankruptcy practitioner, has joined Steptoe & Johnson LLP as a partner and the leader of i...