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
By Matthew Sanderson
The team, arriving from McDermott Will & Emery LLP, have scientific or engineering backgrounds and many have worked closel...
Community News
Katten Muchin competes in Special Olympics Southern California Plane Pull
By Matthew Sanderson
A team of Katten attorneys, staff, family and friends from the firm’s Century City, downtown LA and Orange County offices comp...
Legal thriller author and appellate lawyer Cynthia Tobisman says writing never gets easier.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ex-Kern County commissioner agrees to judicial ban over Facebook posts
By Meghann Cuniff
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
Glitch may have allowed statewide privileged phone call recordings
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
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
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
Bill would forbid mandatory arbitration as condition of employment
By Andy Serbe
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
California Lawyers Association hires SD County Bar CEO
By Lyle Moran
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
Lawyers hope case leads to updated 1998 copyright law
By Steven Crighton
Attorneys for a pornographic film producer hope the U.S. Supreme Court sees their infringement case as an opportunity to exami...
Government, Civil Rights
Judge seeks city’s expert report, will rule on privileged work-product question
By Justin Kloczko
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
Venable expands firm, IP practice with Fitzpatrick Cella additions
By Matthew Sanderson
Two partners and one associate from Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Costa Mesa office will migrate to Venable LLP la...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
Chula Vista claims Monsanto chemical contaminated its stormwater infrastructure, San Diego Bay
By Matthew Sanderson
The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District this week, alleging Monsanto knowingly leached polychlorinated biphenyls into i...
Government, Criminal
DA offices to share costs of prosecuting accused Golden State Killer
By Meghann Cuniff
Six counties will jointly prosecute suspected serial killer Joseph J. DeAngelo in Sacramento under an agreement announced Tues...
The prisons department violated the California constitution in denying early parole for a non-violent, third-strike life terme...
Labor/Employment, Government
Bill to maintain more harassment records passes Legislature
By Andy Serbe
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
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Alpine, was indicted Tuesday on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Federal prosecutors said ...
Law Practice, Corporate
Longtime Fenwick & West corporate finance and securities leader leaving for Gunderson Dettmer
By Matthew Sanderson
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
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
After 9th Circuit ruling, VidAngel says film streaming doesn’t hurt studios
By Steven Crighton
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
Employees push for review of state court harassment policy
By Winston Cho
More than 100 appellate court employees have signed a petition asking the Judicial Council to establish a working group to rev...
Lawsuit over seating for Rite Aid cashiers settles on the day of trial.
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit hands win to owners of pre-1972 sound recordings in ongoing copyright dispute
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
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
Bill to change bail system abandoned by liberal organziations
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A bill that will overhaul the current system of bail in California faced fierce opposition Monday, both from longtime opponent...
Corporate
Former Twitter deputy general counsel to take over Mozilla’s top legal job
By Matthew Sanderson
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
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
San Jose judge trims attorney fees in Anthem class action settlement
By Blaise Scemama
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
At Santa Monica voting rights trial, expert flips sides on key question
By Justin Kloczko
A plaintiff’s witness who testified that racially polarized voting did not occur in a previous voting rights case testified Mo...
Archer Norris announced it will dissolve by October, citing economic difficulties.
Law Practice, Civil Rights
Lawyers in voter rights trial have clashed before, on different sides
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys R. Rex Parris and Marcellus McRae have met before, facing off in the Santa Monica voter discrimination case, faced o...