Alternative Dispute Resolution
Former litigator and general counsel moves to ADR Services
By Skylar Dubelko
Mark LeHocky, who has more than three decades of legal experience, has joined ADR Services Inc. as a neutral.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Renowned defender of the press gets a turn in the spotlight
By Steven Crighton
As media outlets wage legal battles nationwide in the name of a free and open press, the Beverly Hills Bar Association will ho...
Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Employers may get more than they asked for in arbitration
By Andy Serbe
Following a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions making it easier than ever for employers to compel arbitration, some plaint...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Eastern District chief judge warns of halt to civil case hearings
By Blaise Scemama
Faced with mounting caseloads and judges set to take senior status or retire, the chief judge of the Eastern District sent a d...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Avenatti’s former partners seek receivership for his former firm
By Meghann Cuniff
With a contempt of court action pending, lawyers seeking a $10 million judgment from Michael Avenatti are asking for a receive...
Criminal, Civil Rights
Riverside County judge nixes unsealing of wiretap warrant
By Justin Kloczko
The judge said there is no public interest in unsealing one of the 624 wiretap warrants issued in one two-year period by a now...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
U.S. judge sanctions plaintiffs’ firm for making ‘false representations’ in SunnyD labeling suit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A four-person San Diego law firm will have to pay nearly $85,000 in sanctions for using photos of beverage products it pulled ...
Immigration, Criminal
LA DA’s Notario Fraud Unit has won 8 convictions for 300 victims
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey is cracking down on fraudulent immigration legal services, a problem advocat...
Civil Litigation
Judge almost dismisses a plaintiff’s lawsuit against Monsanto
By Winston Cho
One of the lead cases arguing Monsanto Co.’s glyphosate-based weed killers cause cancer almost got dismissed on procedural gro...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Studios oppose VidAngel’s ‘selective’ privilege surrender
By Steven Crighton
VidAngel can’t selectively produce evidence supporting its claim that it thought its service was legal while withholding poten...
In the past five years, 15 of California’s 20 nationally-accredited law schools have hired new deans, which experts say is a t...
Government
New governor tackles affordable housing, CEQA and the tech industry in State of the State
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom had plenty for legal watchers in his first annual State of the State address. He doubled down on the state’s...
Civil Litigation, Government
Validity of coffee warning label exemption back to original judge
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles County judge has deferred a claim challenging the validity of a state rule exempting a cancer risk in coffee bac...
Environmental & Energy
Judge rejects Hollister Ranch settlement, but leaves door open for more litigation
By Meghann Cuniff
A Santa Barbara County judge’s decision not to approve a class settlement in a major coastal land access case and to order an ...
Rulings by superior court judges in the first month and a half of the law’s enactment reveal a division among trial judges and...
Labor/Employment, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
State issues largest-ever wage theft citation
By Andy Serbe
A City of Industry-based construction company has been fined $12 million by the state for wage theft, the largest of its kind ...
Law Practice
Pierce Bainbridge hires McKool Smith intellectual property litigator
By Sean Kagan
Robert E. Allen said he was drawn to the litigation firm’s collegial and diverse working environment.
Civil Litigation
Judge leaning toward excluding some Monsanto expert testimony
By Winston Cho
The San Francisco federal judge overseeing litigation on allegations that Monsanto Co.’s glyphosate-based weed killer causes c...
Immigration, Government, Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit affirms legal waivers for San Diego border barrier
By Meghann Cuniff
The 2-1 decision affirms a ruling from U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel
Judges and Judiciary, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit panel reinstates $44.4 million antitrust verdict
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has reinstated a $44.4 million antitrust verdict against the company that makes Swis...
After 14 years and three appeals, the last closing brief was filed Monday in a dispute over a $40 million Camille Pissarro pai...
Immigration
Temporary residents from Nepal and Honduras sue Department of Homeland Security
By Andy Serbe
Advocacy groups sued the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, alleging that it decided to improperly remove temporary pe...
Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar recruits attorney panelists for bar exam study
By Erin Lee
The State Bar is recruiting attorneys to participate in a panel evaluating the content tested on the bar exam. Applications ar...
Civil Litigation, Government
As judges issue rulings on the police records law, new legislation may be on its way
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Courts around the state are suddenly taking up the same question: Does a new law demanding the release of police discipline re...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit will revisit challenge to Hawaii’s open carry laws
By Erin Lee
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear en banc a challenge to Hawaii’s restrictions on the open carry of firearms.
Education Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit hears government request to revive DeVos’ for-profit college loan forgiveness plan
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A federal appeals court Friday weighed a case testing whether U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos violated a privacy law w...
Labor/Employment, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Judge declines to dismiss case over attorney-client privilege violations
By Meghann Cuniff
But Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila F. Hanson's decision includes sanctions that defense attorneys hope will make it...
Military Law, Immigration
Panel nixes plan to keep green-card holders out of military without background checks
By Blaise Scemama
Thousands of green-card holders head to basic training after a divided panel upheld a stay of a Pentagon policy requiring more...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
High court says payroll companies can’t be held liable for wage violations
By Andy Serbe
The court shot down the legal theory that payroll companies carry liability under contract law for wage violations by clients.
Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate Judiciary Committee advances 2 9th Circuit nominees
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The nominations of Perkins Coie LLP partner Eric D. Miller and U.S. Magistrate Judge Bridget Shelton Bade head to the Senate f...
