After a judge issued a tentative order that would compel the release of records by the state Department of Justice under the s...
Civil Litigation
Novel strategy doesn’t pay for Allergan in false advertising case
By Blaise Scemama
In what defense attorneys are calling a novel trial strategy, pharmaceutical giant Allergan USA Inc. won $48,500 instead of th...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Odd turns of malpractice trial include lawyer reading British tabloid
By Carter Stoddard
Minutes before a malpractice trial recessed Friday, a defense attorney for Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP began reading to the jur...
Government, Criminal
PG&E may face Camp Fire criminal charges, prosecutor says
By Gina Kim
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could face criminal charges of manslaughter and reckless arson over the role it is believed to ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Court scrambles to fix case management system
By Erin Lee
A new case management system at the State Bar Court has hit some snags, taking case calendars and dockets offline for months, ...
Civil Litigation
Amid quarreling defense counsel, judge sentences Mongols to fine, probation
By Meghann Cuniff
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter rejected a revised bid from the U.S. attorney’s office to seize the club’s trademarked logos
Entertainment & Sports
Youth’s Epic Games suit hinges on arbitration agreement signed later
By Steven Crighton
If a minor wants to keep his fraud lawsuit against Epic Games Inc. out of arbitration, attorneys say he had better stop playin...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Stricter bar passage standard approved after years of debate
By Erin Lee
A controversial, stricter bar passage standard is now in effect after the American Bar Association’s legal education council a...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court
State high court may consider if indigent prisoners are entitled to counsel for civil suits
By Brian Cardile
The state Supreme Court is mulling whether to hear an appeal that could appreciably expand court access to indigent prisoners ...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Republicans to move forward California 9th Circuit nominee over Democrats’ residency objections
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Senate Republicans are moving forward with a nominee to a California seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, despite th...
Bryan Schwartz and his fellow alumni doggedly pursue evasive defendant employers.
Judge Elizabeth Humphreys watches birds, but in court is careful to hear all parties.
Entertainment & Sports
Singer Tom Petty’s daughters sue widow over estate management
By Alexandra Applegate
Venable LLP filed a complaint on behalf of Petty Unlimited LLC, a company established in the late musician Tom Petty’s will, a...
Government
Bill would change attorney fee rules in records request lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill designed to prevent public agencies from using attorney fees as a bargaining chip in California Public Records Act liti...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge questions purpose of witnesses’ day-long testimony
By Carter Stoddard
A superior court judge questioned the purpose of an entire day’s testimony Thursday in a case seeking to establish whether the...
Law Practice, Community News
Law students take home scholarships at ABTL event
By Erin Lee
Five third-year law students received $2,000 scholarships at L.A. Association of Business Trial Lawyers dinner.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit confronts gender conformity surgery in prisons
By Ilan Isaacs
A three judge panel in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals confronted the issue Thursday of whether a prison can be forced to ...
Civil Litigation, Government
Miller Barondess accuses Latham & Watkins of trying to thwart new Clippers arena
By Justin Kloczko
Counsel for the city of Inglewood allege Latham & Watkins LLP marshalled a multi-pronged campaign to stop construction of ...
Attorneys for Facebook Inc. argued Thursday the company's faulty video metrics were only estimates to help advertisers, and it...
Civil Litigation
MGM Resorts indicates it could settle Vegas shooting suits for up to $800M
By Andy Serbe
MGM Resorts International indicated in financial disclosures that lawsuits brought by victims and family members of the 2017 M...
Criminal
State high court lifts stay on prosecution of anti-abortion activists
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Prosecutors can proceed with criminal conspiracy charges against two anti-abortion activists in connection with filming Planne...
Cal Fire released the cause of the 2018 devastating Camp Fire that sparked in Butte County in November 2018, which is the dead...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to pilot bar exam proctoring with artificial intelligence
By Erin Lee
The California bar exam may soon be the country’s first bar exam proctored remotely with the help of artificial intelligence s...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government
$40 million approved to pay judges who won lawsuit while money for new judges postponed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A key California Senate budget subcommittee has approved $40 million to pay a legal judgment to 3,400 active and retired state...
Civil Litigation
Bayer attorneys want appellate rulings as they challenge weedkiller verdicts
By Winston Cho
Attorneys on both sides of the landmark Monsanto weedkiller litigation indicated they are not willing to settle after three mu...
A judge on Wednesday ordered Avenatti to reimburse the public defender’s office for all work.
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Law firm sanctioned, chided for coaching client-witness
By Blaise Scemama
A consumer rights law firm was hit with multiple sanctions this week after a U.S. magistrate judge said one of its attorneys i...
Civil Litigation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
LA judge: Stay tolled five-year statute to bring suit to trial
By Justin Kloczko
The matter has spawned 25 defendants, a criminal investigation and imprisoned a state senator, but injured parties have not ma...
Labor/Employment, Government
Former legislative staffer loses discrimination, retaliation lawsuit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A superior court jury has rejected claims of discrimination and retaliation brought by a former photographer for the State Ass...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Edwards Wildman trial begins with a strange twist
By Carter Stoddard
A superior court jury heard opening statements and testimony Wednesday aimed at determining the validity of the business pract...