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Criminal


Family sues Lyft over passenger death

Aug. 24, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

Justin Michael Lavelle, 23, was being transported by Lyft driver Tariq Rasheed on Jan. 31 shortly after midnight when Lavelle ...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


Morgan Lewis adds 9 partners to Orange County office

Aug. 24, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

The team, arriving from McDermott Will & Emery LLP, have scientific or engineering backgrounds and many have worked closel...


Community News


A team of Katten attorneys, staff, family and friends from the firm’s Century City, downtown LA and Orange County offices comp...


In Recess


Master Storyteller

Aug. 24, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Legal thriller author and appellate lawyer Cynthia Tobisman says writing never gets easier.


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A former Kern County Superior Court commissioner has agreed not to serve as a judicial officer again as part of a Commission o...


Government, Criminal


Orange County public defender says sheriff’s deputies are ‘leafing through’ attorneys’ client files before jailhouse meetings.


Government, Criminal


Future cloudy for bill to change state bail system

Aug. 23, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The state Senate voted this week for final passage of a bill that would eliminate cash bail in California. Gov. Jerry Brown is...


Labor/Employment, Government


The bill passed the state Senate on Wednesday, sending the latest legislative response to #MeToo to the governor’s desk, the s...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Ellen Miller-Sharp will help the group work closely with other bar associations


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Attorneys for a pornographic film producer hope the U.S. Supreme Court sees their infringement case as an opportunity to exami...


Government, Civil Rights


The judge in a trial challenging Santa Monica’s at-large election system ordered the city’s attorneys Wednesday to produce a w...


Law Practice


Two partners and one associate from Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Costa Mesa office will migrate to Venable LLP la...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District this week, alleging Monsanto knowingly leached polychlorinated biphenyls into i...


Government, Criminal


Six counties will jointly prosecute suspected serial killer Joseph J. DeAngelo in Sacramento under an agreement announced Tues...


Criminal


3rd striker wins parole consideration

Aug. 22, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

The prisons department violated the California constitution in denying early parole for a non-violent, third-strike life terme...


Labor/Employment, Government


A bill requiring certain businesses to keep records of sexual harassment allegations for at least five years after the accuser...


Criminal


Congressman indicted on federal campaign finance charges

Aug. 22, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Alpine, was indicted Tuesday on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Federal prosecutors said ...


A reason for Jeffrey Vetter’s departure from Fenwick & West, where he’s worked since 1995, has not been provided.


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


Appellate court rules for Twitter in speech case

Aug. 22, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

A 1st District Court of Appeal panel has ruled that Twitter Inc. was protected by federal law when it banned the account of a ...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


With an adverse 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and a motion looming to end the stay forestalling further litigation,...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal


More than 100 appellate court employees have signed a petition asking the Judicial Council to establish a working group to rev...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


Worker seat case settles on trial’s eve

Aug. 21, 2018
By Andy Serbe

Lawsuit over seating for Rite Aid cashiers settles on the day of trial.


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a major copyright lawsuit against CBS Corp., adding new life to a closely-wa...


Government, Criminal


A bill that will overhaul the current system of bail in California faced fierce opposition Monday, both from longtime opponent...


Amy Keating will be overseeing all aspects of Mozilla’s legal work and affairs, including commercial contracts, licensing, pri...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government


CJP and state auditor near settlement of legal dispute

Aug. 21, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The long-running legal dispute between the Commission on Judicial Performance and the state auditor could be nearing its concl...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh blasted plaintiffs’ counsel during a June hearing for overbilling in the Anthem data breach cl...


Civil Litigation, Government


A plaintiff’s witness who testified that racially polarized voting did not occur in a previous voting rights case testified Mo...


Law Practice


Archer Norris to dissolve in October

Aug. 20, 2018
By Erin Lee

Archer Norris announced it will dissolve by October, citing economic difficulties.


Law Practice, Civil Rights


Attorneys R. Rex Parris and Marcellus McRae have met before, facing off in the Santa Monica voter discrimination case, faced o...