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Entertainment & Sports, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court denied anti-SLAPP motions by the city of Carson stemming from its unsuccessful attempt to lure a Natio...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government


Judge Kuhl assigned to Porter Ranch cases

Feb. 5, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl was assigned to preside over the Porter Ranch gas leak litigation Monday after t...


Law Practice


Morgan Lewis & Bockius has bolstered its labor and employment practice, adding eight labor attorneys from Sidley Austin.


Civil Litigation, Immigration, Criminal


The government brought the first U.S .criminal charges against operators and customers in the multi-million dollar birth touri...


Sony Interactive's interdepartmental diplomat Anthony Justman must maintain a global outlook.


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


California prison officials cannot be held liable for allegedly heightening the risk that inmates under their care could contr...


Criminal


The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has elected not to file criminal charges against Michael Avenatti related to a dispute ...


Civil Litigation


A superior court judge denied Courtney Love’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from her daughter’s ex-husband, who claims Love hel...


Criminal


OC judge making recorded calls probe a higher priority

Feb. 4, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

“I had no idea the amount of time this case was going to take and, yet, I’m giving it all the time it asks of me,” said Superi...


Government


A proposed bill would create an ombudsman in the Bureau of State Audits to decide disputes under the California Public Records...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


The charges are properly disclosed and instituted for a valid business reason, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Timothy B...


Law Practice


Ripple Labs Inc., a global payments enterprise blockchain solutions provider, expects its new general counsel to work with a l...



Self-Satisfied Customer

Feb. 4, 2019
By Skylar Dubelko

Jeffrey Pheffer says the way to build a successful practice is to do good work for clients.


Law Practice, Environmental & Energy


Oil spill changed attorney’s life 50 years ago

Feb. 1, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

Marc J. McGinnes, founding professor UC Santa Barbara’s Environmental Studies Program, worries that Trump administration chang...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a San Francisco ordinance requiring health disclosures on advertisements and...


Government, Criminal


State auditor slams prisons department

Feb. 1, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

The department said the report was based on data collected in 2014 and 2015 and most of the recommendations have been or are b...


Law Practice


Law firm opens San Francisco office

Feb. 1, 2019
By Skylar Dubelko

Citing an expanding client base and growing team of litigators as incentives to expand, Benesch Law also noted an interest in ...


Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy


A recent state judge’s ruling exempting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority from the California Environmenta...


Bankruptcy


A federal judge largely agreed with Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. Thursday on how the utility should handle its short-term fi...


Tax, Civil Litigation


IRS to pay $40 million in tax shelter case

Feb. 1, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

The settlement ends Henry Nicholas’ decade-old lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the taxation of distressed as...


The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to lease its former Family Court building at 1555 Sixth Avenue down...


Civil Litigation, Immigration


A federal grand jury indicted 19 people in connection with three Southern California "birth tourism schemes" that helped Chin...


Government


State Attorney General Xavier Becerra is searching for a new solicitor general, but it’s unclear when or why Edward C. DuMont,...


A federal judge blasted Pacific Gas & Electic Co. Wednesday for failing to do enough to reduce wildfire risk during a cont...


Criminal


Defense attorneys believe this is the first case on writ involving the application of the McCoy decision, which said the Sixth...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment


A Los Angeles judge has shaved attorney fees related to a Montebello Unified School District wrongful termination judgment, bu...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Bankruptcy


A federal bankruptcy judge has denied Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s bid to stay the sale of two hospitals to Santa Clara C...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Labor/Employment


The State Bar has released its first report detailing the impact of its legal aid grants, in the midst of debate on whether to...


Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Trump nominates 9th Circuit picks, Feinstein cries foul

Jan. 31, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Late Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump announced his nominees for seven California federal bench seats, hours after Congres...


Law Practice


Litigator Lisa Gilford moved to Sidley Austin LLP from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. Gilford ha...