Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
PG&E’s request to pay bonuses could clash with judge in criminal case
By Winston Cho
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s request to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali for permission to pay roughly $235 million ...
Judges and Judiciary, Education Law
Estate of appellate justice gives $50M to Scalia Law School
By Erin Lee
The estate of late state appeals court Justice Allison M. Rouse and his wife, attorney Dorothy B. Rouse, donated $50 million t...
Entertainment & Sports
Johnny Depp's suit against lawyer hopelessly mired in discovery
By Steven Crighton
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP announced Wednesday that Malcolm A. Heinicke and Hailyn J. Chen have been elected co-managing p...
Civil Litigation, Government
City agrees to settle contentious homeless property rights case
By Gina Kim
The LA City Council on Wednesday voted 10-2 in favor of authorizing city attorney Mike Feuer to settle the ongoing civil right...
Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Kiesel out of LA water billing case
By Justin Kloczko
Prominent Beverly Hills attorney Paul R. Kiesel stepped down Wednesday from his role as special counsel to the city of Los Ang...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Apple scores a point in multi-suit battle with Qualcomm
By Blaise Scemama
A U.S. magistrate judge denied Qualcomm's motion to compel Apple to turn over its source code for inspection.
Government
California judge rules Census citizenship question unconstitutional
By Andy Serbe
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s proposed reinstatement of a citizenship question to...
California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice
1st District considers issuing tentative rulings
By Brian Cardile
They're tucked inconspicuously near the end of a lengthy issuance out Wednesday from the 1st District Court of Appeal that pro...
Northern District U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson has ambitious plans for his office, including aggressive efforts to prosecut...
Education Law
Founding dean of UC Irvine School of Law donates personal papers
By Gina Kim
Erwin Chemerinsky, the founding dean of UC Irvine School of Law, has donated his personal and professional papers to the unive...
Law Practice, Labor/Employment
Employers increasingly seek ‘practice-ready’ graduates
By Erin Lee
In the post-recession environment, employers increasingly want students graduating from law school ready to hit the ground run...
William A. Richmond, who served as district attorney in Tulare and Alpine counties, died from lung cancer on March 1 at his h...
LA Judge Michael Jesic is candid with defendants and lawyers about likely criminal verdicts.
Government, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Trump administration calls California senators’ attack on nominee a ‘misleading smear’
By Blaise Scemama
The Trump administration on Tuesday called a statement by California’s Democratic senators aimed at stopping the nomination of...
Civil Litigation
Cancer-stricken plaintiff testifies in Monsanto weedkiller trial
By Winston Cho
The plaintiff in the first of the federal test cases arguing Monsanto’s weedkiller causes cancer took the witness stand Tuesda...
Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar exam stress management study extended another year
By Erin Lee
The State Bar is extending its bar exam stress management study another year to include this July’s test and increase particip...
Labor/Employment, Government
Employers’ attorneys anticipate scramble to file form after stay lifted
By Andy Serbe
After a highly critical ruling reinstating new pay data disclosures employers must give the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Orange County deputy DA fired over exculpatory evidence probe
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County deputy district attorney suspended by the State Bar for failing to disclose exculpatory evidence has been fir...
Fenwick & West LLP, which consistently ranks among the nation’s leading firms for technology startups, is opening in Santa...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court OKs Legislature rescinding employee benefit it once gave
By Andy Serbe
The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that California’s rollback of certain state employees’ ability to purchase pension servic...
An Oakland federal judge on Monday struck down San Francisco County’s use of money bail for those suspected of crimes but not ...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Counsel admits attorneys represented both defendant and plaintiff
By Justin Kloczko
By most accounts a $67 million class action settlement over water misbilling by the city of Los Angeles resolved quickly and q...
Immigration, Government
Federal judge again blocks bid to withhold law enforcement funds from the state
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A San Francisco federal judge has once again dismissed the Trump Administration’s attempts to withhold law enforcement funds f...
Law Practice, Criminal
Former federal prosecutor joins Theranos defense team at Davis Wright Tremaine
By Meghann Cuniff
Stephen A. Cazares brings 14 years experience as a prosecutor with the U.S. attorney’s office to his new job.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar says more data needed before mandating malpractice insurance
By Erin Lee
The State Bar has been considering mandatory attorney malpractice insurance for nearly a year but needs more data to make the ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
Kavanaugh opinion says “costs” means “costs,” not other expenses
By Blaise Scemama
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered software giant Oracle Corp., which won a copyright infringement case against competitor Rimini ...
Government
Anti-Trump vandals tag federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles
By Blaise Scemama
Graffiti containing the words "Fuck Trump" and an anarchist symbol,often seen on flags waved by self-proclaimed anti-fascists ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Copyright registration must precede filing of claims, court says
By Steven Crighton
Attorneys say a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday requiring copyright owners to await registration before filing claims should ...
Community News
Cyber threat experts gather at Daily Journal forum in Beverly Hills
By Skylar Dubelko