Northern District U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson has ambitious plans for his office, including aggressive efforts to prosecut...
Education Law
Founding dean of UC Irvine School of Law donates personal papers
By Gina Kim
Erwin Chemerinsky, the founding dean of UC Irvine School of Law, has donated his personal and professional papers to the unive...
Law Practice, Labor/Employment
Employers increasingly seek ‘practice-ready’ graduates
By Erin Lee
In the post-recession environment, employers increasingly want students graduating from law school ready to hit the ground run...
William A. Richmond, who served as district attorney in Tulare and Alpine counties, died from lung cancer on March 1 at his h...
LA Judge Michael Jesic is candid with defendants and lawyers about likely criminal verdicts.
Government, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Trump administration calls California senators’ attack on nominee a ‘misleading smear’
By Blaise Scemama
The Trump administration on Tuesday called a statement by California’s Democratic senators aimed at stopping the nomination of...
Civil Litigation
Cancer-stricken plaintiff testifies in Monsanto weedkiller trial
By Winston Cho
The plaintiff in the first of the federal test cases arguing Monsanto’s weedkiller causes cancer took the witness stand Tuesda...
Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar exam stress management study extended another year
By Erin Lee
The State Bar is extending its bar exam stress management study another year to include this July’s test and increase particip...
Labor/Employment, Government
Employers’ attorneys anticipate scramble to file form after stay lifted
By Andy Serbe
After a highly critical ruling reinstating new pay data disclosures employers must give the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Orange County deputy DA fired over exculpatory evidence probe
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County deputy district attorney suspended by the State Bar for failing to disclose exculpatory evidence has been fir...
Fenwick & West LLP, which consistently ranks among the nation’s leading firms for technology startups, is opening in Santa...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court OKs Legislature rescinding employee benefit it once gave
By Andy Serbe
The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that California’s rollback of certain state employees’ ability to purchase pension servic...
An Oakland federal judge on Monday struck down San Francisco County’s use of money bail for those suspected of crimes but not ...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Counsel admits attorneys represented both defendant and plaintiff
By Justin Kloczko
By most accounts a $67 million class action settlement over water misbilling by the city of Los Angeles resolved quickly and q...
Immigration, Government
Federal judge again blocks bid to withhold law enforcement funds from the state
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A San Francisco federal judge has once again dismissed the Trump Administration’s attempts to withhold law enforcement funds f...
Law Practice, Criminal
Former federal prosecutor joins Theranos defense team at Davis Wright Tremaine
By Meghann Cuniff
Stephen A. Cazares brings 14 years experience as a prosecutor with the U.S. attorney’s office to his new job.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar says more data needed before mandating malpractice insurance
By Erin Lee
The State Bar has been considering mandatory attorney malpractice insurance for nearly a year but needs more data to make the ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
Kavanaugh opinion says “costs” means “costs,” not other expenses
By Blaise Scemama
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered software giant Oracle Corp., which won a copyright infringement case against competitor Rimini ...
Government
Anti-Trump vandals tag federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles
By Blaise Scemama
Graffiti containing the words "Fuck Trump" and an anarchist symbol,often seen on flags waved by self-proclaimed anti-fascists ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Copyright registration must precede filing of claims, court says
By Steven Crighton
Attorneys say a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday requiring copyright owners to await registration before filing claims should ...
Community News
Cyber threat experts gather at Daily Journal forum in Beverly Hills
By Skylar Dubelko
Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory
NLRB strikes another blow to union nonmember fees
By Andy Serbe
The board ruled Friday that lobbying costs are not representational and that Beck objectors are entitled to third party verifi...
San Francisco-based Lyft Inc., a popular rideshare app, filed an initial public offering estimated at $100 million on Friday w...
Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Aggressive antitrust actions against tech companies face skepticism and judicial resistance
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The voices calling for antitrust action to break up powerful technology companies are growing louder in the legislative and ex...
Civil Litigation
LA Judge probes why class action settled so quickly, queries attorney fee kickback claim, lawyers representing both sides
By Justin Kloczko
A $67 million class action settlement in a dispute on over-billing for water in Los Angeles involved counsel for the city conc...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal
Appeals panel files misconduct complaint against plaintiff’s attorney
By Erin Lee
A 4th District Court of Appeal panel has filed a misconduct complaint against a plaintiff’s attorney for referring to the ruli...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Kanye West’s publisher resisting singer’s suit seeking rights
By Steven Crighton
If Kanye West hoped a lawsuit against his publisher EMI would cajole them into handing over the publishing rights to his music...
Civil Litigation
Monsanto lawyers query expert witness on inconsistencies in studies
By Winston Cho
A federal jury on Friday heard Monsanto attorneys question a statistician prominently involved in lobbying international regul...
Law Practice, Corporate
Davis Polk managing partner Thomas Reid to be new Comcast general counsel
By Nicole Tyau
After 20 years as general counsel, Arthur Block is retiring from his position as Comcast Corp.'s chief legal officer. His repl...
The former name partner of the international white shoe firm known today as Cooley LLP has died. He was 105.
