Securities, Civil Litigation
Defense limits damages in major securities fraud verdict
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal jury returned a verdict Monday that was a fraction of what plaintiffs sought in a billion-dollar case on Monday agai...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State high court reverses 2nd death penalty in same murder case, citing biased jury selection
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The court reversed the death penalty for a man convicted of rape, torture and murder because of improper jury selection.
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
Prosecutors statewide settle automatic renewals suit
By Justin Kloczko
A task force of county and city attorneys statewide have settled a lawsuit with beauty products marketer Guthy-Renker LLC over...
Entertainment & Sports, California Supreme Court
State high court rejects anti-SLAPP motions by city seeking NFL franchise
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Supreme Court denied anti-SLAPP motions by the city of Carson stemming from its unsuccessful attempt to lure a Natio...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Judge Kuhl assigned to Porter Ranch cases
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl was assigned to preside over the Porter Ranch gas leak litigation Monday after t...
Law Practice
Morgan Lewis & Bockius adds 8 Sidley Austin labor attorneys
By Skylar Dubelko
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has bolstered its labor and employment practice, adding eight labor attorneys from Sidley Austin.
Civil Litigation, Immigration, Criminal
First birth tourism indictments fuel birthright citizenship debate
By Blaise Scemama
The government brought the first U.S .criminal charges against operators and customers in the multi-million dollar birth touri...
Sony Interactive's interdepartmental diplomat Anthony Justman must maintain a global outlook.
Government, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals court tosses 4 lawsuits saying state prisons exposed inmates to Valley Fever
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
California prison officials cannot be held liable for allegedly heightening the risk that inmates under their care could contr...
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has elected not to file criminal charges against Michael Avenatti related to a dispute ...
Civil Litigation
Courtney Love loses bid to dismiss suit by daughter’s ex-husband
By Steven Crighton
A superior court judge denied Courtney Love’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from her daughter’s ex-husband, who claims Love hel...
“I had no idea the amount of time this case was going to take and, yet, I’m giving it all the time it asks of me,” said Superi...
Government
Legislation would create ombudsman to decide public records act disputes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A proposed bill would create an ombudsman in the Bureau of State Audits to decide disputes under the California Public Records...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Judge tosses another round of restaurant surcharge lawsuits
By Andy Serbe
The charges are properly disclosed and instituted for a valid business reason, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Timothy B...
Ripple Labs Inc., a global payments enterprise blockchain solutions provider, expects its new general counsel to work with a l...
Jeffrey Pheffer says the way to build a successful practice is to do good work for clients.
Law Practice, Environmental & Energy
Oil spill changed attorney’s life 50 years ago
By Blaise Scemama
Marc J. McGinnes, founding professor UC Santa Barbara’s Environmental Studies Program, worries that Trump administration chang...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
En banc 9th Circuit unanimously blocks San Francisco soda ad label ordinance
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a San Francisco ordinance requiring health disclosures on advertisements and...
The department said the report was based on data collected in 2014 and 2015 and most of the recommendations have been or are b...
Citing an expanding client base and growing team of litigators as incentives to expand, Benesch Law also noted an interest in ...
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy
Judge allows damages to go forward in MTA suit but allows CEQA exemption
By Justin Kloczko
A recent state judge’s ruling exempting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority from the California Environmenta...
A federal judge largely agreed with Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. Thursday on how the utility should handle its short-term fi...
The settlement ends Henry Nicholas’ decade-old lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the taxation of distressed as...
Immigration
San Diego family court building is leased as shelter for asylum seekers
By Doug Sherwin
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to lease its former Family Court building at 1555 Sixth Avenue down...
Civil Litigation, Immigration
Indictment: Birthing centers coached Chinese women in fraud
By Sean Kagan
A federal grand jury indicted 19 people in connection with three Southern California "birth tourism schemes" that helped Chin...
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra is searching for a new solicitor general, but it’s unclear when or why Edward C. DuMont,...
Criminal
Judge blasts PG&E, which pushes back during contentious hearing
By Winston Cho
A federal judge blasted Pacific Gas & Electic Co. Wednesday for failing to do enough to reduce wildfire risk during a cont...
Criminal
LA DA concedes new trial retroactively based on high court ruling
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Defense attorneys believe this is the first case on writ involving the application of the McCoy decision, which said the Sixth...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment
Judge trims attorney fees, which still exceed plaintiffs’ take by $2M
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles judge has shaved attorney fees related to a Montebello Unified School District wrongful termination judgment, bu...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy judge rejects Becerra’s bid to postpone the sale of two hospitals
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal bankruptcy judge has denied Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s bid to stay the sale of two hospitals to Santa Clara C...