Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Benchmark Resolution Group changes name to Signature Resolution
By Erin Lee
Dispute resolution firm Benchmark Resolution Group changed its name to Signature Resolution to avoid trademark confusion.
Immigration, Government
Regulation appears to try end run around federal judge
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A proposed regulation from the Trump administration that would allow it to detain deportable children and their families for p...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Appellate panels reverse life terms as case law evolves
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
An evolution of case law led to the vacating of two life sentences, according to opinions filed by two appellate panels Thursd...
Immigration, Government
Immigration court backlog rising rapidly in the state, country
By Meghann Cuniff
California’s immigration court backlog is the largest in the country, and the number of pending cases is increasing, according...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit revives retired NFL players’ suit over drugs
By Andy Serbe
The putative class of players alleges that the National Football League distributed controlled substances and prescription drugs.
For almost 40 years, veteran in-house counsel Barbara Bergen, now 80, has taught step aerobics.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
Report outlines racial and gender bias in the legal profession
By Erin Lee
A study by the American Bar Association says women and people of color face obstacles in the legal workplace.
Government, Civil Rights
Sworn frenemies square off at Santa Monica voter trial
By Blaise Scemama
Testifying in trial after trial, often saying each other is wrong, hasn’t harmed the relationship between two voting experts. ...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Actress Heard settles lawsuit over use of nude body double
By Steven Crighton
After three years in stasis, thanks to a trio of lawsuits over artistic direction and the controversial use of a nude body dou...
Civil Litigation
Federal lawsuit filed against energy drink claiming to cure Alzheimer’s
By Matthew Sanderson
Corona-based Monster Energy Company is claiming VPX Sports’ Bang energy drink is misleading consumers, violating the Lanham Act.
Companies are looking to outside investigators in claims of workplace harassment with unprecedented frequency and speed, somet...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
LA County judge indicates willingness to grant subpoena for courthouse surveillance
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A superior court judge indicated he was ready to grant a subpoena for five years’ worth of police department records outlining...
Entertainment & Sports, Contracts
Studio’s inclusion rider policy may be copied
By Steven Crighton
WarnerMedia looks as though it will be the first major studio to implement inclusion riders for its future projects, per a com...
Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
Golden Gate University School of Law is new home for McCarthy Institute
By Lyle Moran
The law school hopes the partnership with the well-regarded center will boost its IP program.
U.S. Supreme Court, Government
Senator puts pressure on Kavanaugh for Kozinski ties
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced questions about his connection to former Judge Alex Kozinski, telling the Senate Judiciary Committ...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Lawyer denies trading favors with AG candidate
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys with the Commission on Judicial Performance continued their efforts Wednesday to show retired El Dorado County Judge...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Plaintiffs’ expert attacks shifts in NCAA amateurism definition
By Winston Cho
Attorneys sparred over the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s definition of amateurism on the second day of the antitr...
Law Practice, International Law
Bird & Bird opens first US location in San Francisco
By Erin Lee
Bird & Bird LLP opened a new office in San Francisco, where it hopes to expand its U.S. client base.
Government, Civil Rights
Defense’s main witness rebuts key plaintiffs’ witness in voting system trial
By Justin Kloczko
The defense’s main witness in the bench trial over Santa Monica’s election system said Wednesday there was no discriminatory i...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Rite Aid agrees to provide seating to cashiers, pay $18M in settlement
By Andy Serbe
Rite Aid has agreed to pay $18 million and provide seating to cashiers in a proposed settlement with 23,000 class members, the...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Attorney sentenced to five months in jail for sexual battery on a client
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County attorney was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery involvin...
Civil Litigation
Anti-SLAPP law murkiness complicates actress’ suit against Trump
By Steven Crighton
The applicability of anti-SLAPP statutes in federal court is a legal point of debate, and the adult film actress known as Stor...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
GOP attorney general candidate attacks CJP charges as politically motivated
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney general candidate and retired El Dorado County Judge Steven C. Bailey had his chance to answer charges from the Commi...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NCAA student-athletes seek pay as antitrust trial opens
By Winston Cho
Testimony began Tuesday as college athletes mounted their latest challenge to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s p...
Immigration
Immigration ruling narrows path to avoid deportation
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A precedent-setting decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals has clarified and narrowed when lawyers can apply a recent U....
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit overturns criminal case on juror bias grounds
By Justin Kloczko
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 65-month prison sentence, ruling that the defendant in the identity theft case w...
San Diego County Judge Ana España does her best to steer youths, parents in the right direction.
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kavanaugh’s Kozinski connection will raise its head at confirmation hearing
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A professional connection that helped propel Judge Brett Kavanaugh to what is the pinnacle of most ambitious lawyers’ wildest ...
Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
District attorney fined for discussing immigrant's case in Trump meeting
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Lassen County District Attorney Stacey Montgomery was held in contempt and fined for violating a gag order not to discuss the ...
Space force may bump up against existing treaties