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Law Practice


Star litigator Robyn Crowther has left Boies Schiller Flexner LLP to join Steptoe & Johnson LLP as the firm's Los Angeles ...


Securities, Administrative/Regulatory


The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against traders in California, Ukraine, and Russia on Tuesday, allegi...


The officers promised the county’s executives the new sheriff will abide by the decree despite comments he made after he was e...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal


The Commission on Judicial Performance has launched formal proceedings against 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W....


Government, Bankruptcy


The bankruptcy declaration by Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. on Monday is a much greater threat to the company than the Chap...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


A group of nuns appealed the weekend decision by a Northern District judge that enjoined rules instituted by the Trump adminis...


Law Practice


Daniel F. Lula, a business and employment litigator from Payne & Fears LLP, has joined BakerHostetler.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A Fresno attorney accused of trying to get a plaintiff who accused his client of labor violations deported, settled the retali...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


Wildfire victims arguing the Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. is responsible for damages from the state’s most destructive blaze...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Justice Martin Jenkins of the 1st District Court of Appeal will be Gov. Gavin Newsom's judicial appointments secretary.


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


If a fringe Arizona Senate candidate wants to pursue a First Amendment lawsuit over his Twitter ban, he'll have to do it on th...



Clear Vision

Jan. 15, 2019
By Skylar Dubelko

Kevin Dineen, general counsel for LasikPlus, wants to get people out of their eyeglasses.


Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


The Commission on Judicial Performance has launched formal proceedings against Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson, cit...


Intellectual Property


A federal jury on Friday approved the forfeiture of the Mongols biker club’s trademarked logos, connecting a cartoon of a musc...


Government, Criminal


Gavin Newsom, said he will release a more detailed plan later on how he intends to dismantle the system.


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


Federal law enforcement officers in California may soon be barred from obtaining search warrants in state court, depending on ...


U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes has recommended the 2006 terrorism conviction of a Lodi man be vacated.


Labor/Employment, Immigration, Government


A tweet from President Donald Trump regarding a much debated high-skill visa program likely referred to a proposed regulation ...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Corporate


A shareholder lawsuit against Google parent company Alphabet Inc. claimed its board of directors approved substantial payouts ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Environmental & Energy


The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether California labor laws can be applied to oil riggers working on ...


Entertainment & Sports


Whether a juror in the Todd McNair NCAA defamation trial whose employer Latham & Watkins LLP previously filed briefs for t...


Government, Education Law


A school for special needs children is fighting an order that it can no longer accept public funds after the death of an autis...



Out of the Box

Jan. 14, 2019
By Sean Kagan

Taylor & Patchen LLP draws top talent to its offices in San Francisco’s Ferry Building.



Positively Pleasant

Jan. 14, 2019

Attorneys say Judge Emma Smith's upbeat attitude will help in Riverside mental health


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


Plaintiffs’ attorneys praised a San Francisco federal judge’s proposals for imposing additional oversight as a part of the Pac...


Government


Newsom’s first budget is cheered by court officials

Jan. 11, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a courts-friendly budget Thursday, prompting praise from California’s chief justice and others.


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


Two previously deported unauthorized immigrants from Mexico who committed robbery are deportable, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...


Labor/Employment, Government


The city attorney, elected in 20014, said the plaintiffs were used to an office atmosphere of settling cases and low performance.


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a federal judge was wrong not to let an Arizona woman provide expert test...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Environmental & Energy


Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos has taken over the nearly 300 coordinated cases filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court over the...