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Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Uber Technologies Inc. is settling a lawsuit about its classification of drivers for $20 million amid speculation the company ...


Civil Litigation, Government


School districts and insurers came out swinging Tuesday against a bill that would extend the civil statute of limitations on c...


California’s court reporters renewed their battle with out-of-state competitors on Tuesday.


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


San Diego attorney Jill Epstein will be the San Diego County Bar Association’s new executive director, effective March 20.


Law Practice


Goodwin Procter LLP is opening its second Southern California office, positioned in the heart of the booming Silicon Beach nei...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


California teachers sue over union dues

Mar. 13, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

A proposed class of teachers is accusing California’s teachers union and attorney general of illegally deducting union fees, v...


Civil Litigation, Government


Ex-police chief’s suit against city opens

Mar. 13, 2019
By Andy Serbe

In a case in which a former Baldwin Park police chief sued the city for discrimination, harassment and retaliation, trial kick...


Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution


In his new role, Pasich will focus on insurance, commercial and entertainment disputes


Government, Criminal


Raju, a defense attorney for 18 years, does not have an official start date since he lives outside the boundaries of San Franc...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


After being accused of witness tampering, an attorney in a patent infringement case hired his own lawyer over the weekend and ...


Law Practice


Former Marriott International deputy general counsel is taking over at Dunkin'.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Placer hires court commissioner

Mar. 12, 2019
By Arin Mikailian

Sacramento civil attorney and certified mediator Glenn Holley was named a Placer County Superior Court commissioner, the court...


Criminal


An Orange County judge, while denying a motion to dismiss attempted murder charges based on outrageous government conduct, lau...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


The 70-year-old man arguing exposure to Monsanto’s weedkiller causes Non-Hodgkin lymphoma had an underlying medical condition ...


Criminal


Craig Shults' attorneys called for a two-year sentence, but a Fresno judge imposed the maximum.


Colleagues remember Sandra Seville-Jones as a champion of women in law and a dedicated attorney.


Government, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


When Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts proposed a plan last week to break up dominant technology companies, she included ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Two of the nation’s largest telecommunications providers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in lawsuits claiming t...


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


LA city attorney opens ethics review

Mar. 11, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

The office of City Attorney Michael N. Feuer denied Friday that attorneys Paul R. Kiesel and Paul O. Paradis represented the c...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy


The indebted attorney again halted scheduled sworn testimony with a last-minute filing


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


After Apple’s lead counsel accused Qualcomm of witness tampering in a patent infringement case, saying she feared her star wit...


Government, Education Law


Despite the closure of multiple Argosy University campuses Friday after the school was cut off from federal funding, Western S...


Entertainment & Sports


'No more parties in L.A.,' demands Kanye publisher

Mar. 11, 2019
By Steven Crighton

Within a week, a local legal beef between Kanye West and his estranged publisher EMI has turned into coast-to-coast federal li...


Civil Litigation


Monsanto’s expert epidemiologist in the first of the federal test cases arguing the company’s weedkiller causes cancer urged t...


Corporate


The ticket sales giant appointed experienced general counsel Karen Klein as class action suit continues.


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility



California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice


1st District considers issuing tentative rulings

Mar. 8, 2019
By Brian Cardile

The proposed new Rule 15(b) would allow appellate panels, “on occasion and in their sole discretion, to issue tentative opinio...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Qualcomm accused Apple Inc. of making “legally erroneous” and “highly prejudicial statements” to the jury during opening state...


An unusual worker’s compensation fraud case in Orange County focuses on a legal underworld.


Corporate


Former Alston & Bird payments team member Laura Yens is taking over as general counsel for LendingTree Inc.