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Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Bipartisan bill to end PACER fees is reintroduced

Feb. 15, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would remove financial barriers t...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy


A U.S. magistrate judge appointed a certified public accountant to take control of Eagan Avenatti LLP.


Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government


Immigration judges will see their numbers boosted under a budget deal agreed to by Democrats and Republicans in Congress.


Securities, Civil Litigation, Criminal, Corporate


Former Apple attorney charged with insider trading

Feb. 15, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The attorney formerly in charge of Apple Inc.’s compliance with insider trading laws has been charged with insider trading. Ge...


Immigration, Government


US sued over keeping asylum seekers in Mexico

Feb. 15, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center are among those who filed a federal lawsuit Thursday callin...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


The federal judge in charge of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s probation ordered the utility Thursday to respond to concerns ov...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mark LeHocky, who has more than three decades of legal experience, has joined ADR Services Inc. as a neutral.


State Bar & Bar Associations


As media outlets wage legal battles nationwide in the name of a free and open press, the Beverly Hills Bar Association will ho...


Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Following a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions making it easier than ever for employers to compel arbitration, some plaint...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Faced with mounting caseloads and judges set to take senior status or retire, the chief judge of the Eastern District sent a d...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy


With a contempt of court action pending, lawyers seeking a $10 million judgment from Michael Avenatti are asking for a receive...


Criminal, Civil Rights


The judge said there is no public interest in unsealing one of the 624 wiretap warrants issued in one two-year period by a now...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A four-person San Diego law firm will have to pay nearly $85,000 in sanctions for using photos of beverage products it pulled ...


Immigration, Criminal


Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey is cracking down on fraudulent immigration legal services, a problem advocat...


Civil Litigation


One of the lead cases arguing Monsanto Co.’s glyphosate-based weed killers cause cancer almost got dismissed on procedural gro...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


VidAngel can’t selectively produce evidence supporting its claim that it thought its service was legal while withholding poten...


Education Law


In the past five years, 15 of California’s 20 nationally-accredited law schools have hired new deans, which experts say is a t...


Gov. Gavin Newsom had plenty for legal watchers in his first annual State of the State address. He doubled down on the state’s...


Civil Litigation, Government


A Los Angeles County judge has deferred a claim challenging the validity of a state rule exempting a cancer risk in coffee bac...


Environmental & Energy


A Santa Barbara County judge’s decision not to approve a class settlement in a major coastal land access case and to order an ...


Criminal


Mixed judicial rulings follow new felony murder law

Feb. 13, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Rulings by superior court judges in the first month and a half of the law’s enactment reveal a division among trial judges and...


Labor/Employment, Government, Administrative/Regulatory


State issues largest-ever wage theft citation

Feb. 13, 2019
By Andy Serbe

A City of Industry-based construction company has been fined $12 million by the state for wage theft, the largest of its kind ...


Robert E. Allen said he was drawn to the litigation firm’s collegial and diverse working environment.


Civil Litigation


The San Francisco federal judge overseeing litigation on allegations that Monsanto Co.’s glyphosate-based weed killer causes c...


Immigration, Government, Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 2-1 decision affirms a ruling from U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel


Judges and Judiciary, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has reinstated a $44.4 million antitrust verdict against the company that makes Swis...


Civil Litigation


‘New arguments’ slammed in Nazi art lawsuit

Feb. 12, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

After 14 years and three appeals, the last closing brief was filed Monday in a dispute over a $40 million Camille Pissarro pai...


Advocacy groups sued the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, alleging that it decided to improperly remove temporary pe...


Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar is recruiting attorneys to participate in a panel evaluating the content tested on the bar exam. Applications ar...


Civil Litigation, Government


Courts around the state are suddenly taking up the same question: Does a new law demanding the release of police discipline re...