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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.


A San Diego County jury awarded nearly $6.5 million to the family of an infant burned at a Carlsbad resort in 2016.


Criminal


Attorney Esther Valdes said she didn’t understand her client had pleaded guilty to federal crimes when she declared his activi...


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The superior court judge presiding over the department of water and power billing fiasco asked point blank Tuesday if the liti...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court


Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye emphasized the positive during her annual State of the Judiciary speech Tuesday, touting the...


A federal jury on Tuesday returned another unanimous finding that exposure to Monsanto’s signature weedkiller causes cancer.


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


The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration’s reading of a far-reaching immigration law, saying in a...


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


9th Circuit will hear immigration question en banc

Mar. 20, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted this week to rehear en banc an immigration case after a split panel ruled that dri...


Trial lawyers are looking forward to a fundraising event at the Whisky a Go Go in which they get to relive their rock star dre...


Labor/Employment, Government


A new bill to ban forced arbitration in the workplace advanced through a key Assembly Committee on Tuesday — again.


Labor/Employment, Government


The witnesses were instructed by Los Angeles County Judge Michael L. Stern to answer questions as asked. The judge also sustai...


Government


The governor’s rejection reiterated his tough stance against cities he says are affordable housing scofflaws.


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An Ohio attorney accused of collecting millions while colluding with the Los Angeles city attorney's office to quickly settle...


A bankruptcy attorney appointed on Monday to represent thousands of people harmed by wildfires allegedly caused by the Pacific...


Intellectual property attorney Thomas F. Fitzpatrick is taking on the company's newest executive role.


Civil Litigation, Government


An 11-year-old false claims case hangs on by a thread after counsel for the plaintiff convinced a federal judge to stay her te...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An Ohio attorney pleaded the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination more than 200 times while deposed over his relationshi...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Avenatti takes the stand in judgment debtor exam

Mar. 18, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

Michael J. Avenatti took the witness stand Friday over a $4.85 million debt, testifying for three hours about his personal fin...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Qualcomm, Apple trade victories in patent dispute

Mar. 18, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

The day before Apple lost a $31M jury verdict, a federal judge said Qualcomm owes it $1 billion but the larger case is still h...


An Orange County judge is deciding whether the sheriff’s department can delete e-mails defense attorneys say may contain infor...


Corporate


Spyglass Media Group has announced the appointment of Cheryl Rodman as the company’s first chief legal officer.


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


A senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals urged her colleagues Friday to reconsider the state of privacy law as ...