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Entertainment & Sports


NCAA to appeal paid athletes ruling

Mar. 26, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

The decision handed down by a federal judge in Oakland decided the practice of not paying collegiate athletes beyond the limit...


Law Practice


Emerging dental technology company Sonendo Inc. enlisted industry veteran Jacqueline Collins as the company’s first general co...


Government


Monsanto says it conducted every required test

Mar. 26, 2019
By Winston Cho

Key Monsanto executives said Monday the company conducted every test demanded by regulatory agencies as the second stage of th...


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


The family of a woman shot and killed by an immigrant living in the United States illegally lost its latest bid to hold the Ci...


A family law attorney has been charged in connection with a fatal car crash, the Ventura County district attorney's office con...


Civil Rights


The plaintiff’s attorney said the case is about civil rights but the lawyer for the city of Baldwin Park said it’s about money.


Civil Litigation


In what is believed to be the largest award in a wrongful death suit in Ventura County history, a jury awarded $30 million Mon...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Banking


Michael J. Avenatti was charged in Los Angeles Monday with federal bank and wire fraud for allegedly embezzling a client's $1....


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


It’s en banc week at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but one case previously set for oral argument in San Francisco is ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Entertainment & Sports, Criminal


Many high profile Los Angeles attorneys found themselves caught up in Pellicano’s wiretap orbit, not all by choice.


Government, Environmental & Energy


Gov. Gavin newsom said he is suspending regulatory and environmental regulations to expedite 35 priority projects designed to...


Law Practice


Fox Corp. taps GM deputy GC to be chief litigator

Mar. 25, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

Fox Corp. hired Jeff A. Taylor as executive vice president and chief litigation officer, the company said in a statement Friday.


Civil Litigation


Lawyer denies he misappropriated clients' money


If Elon Musk's company doesn't have a problem with his recent tweets, attorneys for the Tesla Inc. CEO say, then the U.S. Secu...


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Although it fully reimbursed ratepayers, what Timothy G. Blood saw was a jury-rigged settlement awash with errors.


Immigration, Government


Can California ban immigration arrests at its courthouses? The question has come up repeatedly over the past two-plus years of...


Securities, Criminal, Corporate


VW may not settle SEC suit alleging investor fraud

Mar. 22, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

“We’re confident that we can achieve a good result for VW by litigating with the SEC, and we may have to try the SEC’s case,” ...


Civil Litigation


Ride-sharing company Lyft Inc. discriminates against customers in the San Francisco Bay Area who use wheelchairs, Berkeley-bas...


National dining franchisee Flynn Restaurant Group has promoted Jacqueline Lee to general counsel.


Legal observers and higher education groups decried an executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump tying federal...


Criminal


Lawyer Jon M. Woods testified in his own defense Thursday in an unusual worker’s comp fraud trial.


Government, Criminal, California Supreme Court


Full record now available for clemency reviews

Mar. 22, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Attorneys involved in the clemency process now have a full record of what the state Supreme Court justices consider when a twi...


Education Law, Civil Rights


A settlement was reached Wednesday in two different cases, Mandel v. Board of Trustees of California State University and Volk...


Government, Criminal


Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who has had a quiet tenure, already has an opponent in 2020.


A day after a federal jury returned the second unanimous finding that exposure to Monsanto’s signature weedkiller causes cance...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


Justices punt on cy pres settlement case

Mar. 21, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The U.S. Supreme Court punted on an opportunity to weigh in on settlements that do not monetarily benefit class members and in...


Former federal judge and prosecutor Stephen G. Larson has agreed to represent Jovan Vavic, the USC water polo coach indicted i...


A former reality dating show contestant who said he was wrongly convicted of murder is expected to receive a $13.1 million set...


Law Practice


Venable adds lawyers from Kelley Drye & Warren

Mar. 21, 2019
By Skylar Dubelko

Venable LLP added nine entertainment and media attorneys to its commercial litigation practice.


Labor/Employment


Judge rules for company that fired executive

Mar. 21, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

Employers have a clear path to fire workers who misuse or share privileged information, according to a summary judgment.