Baker Botts IP attorney Wayne Stacy relishes the challenge of kiteboarding.
Civil Litigation, Government
Prop 218 class action challenges LA's refuse collection system
By Justin Kloczko
A class action lawsuit to be filed Thursday alleges the city of Los Angeles’ new trash collection system amounts to an illegal...
Community News
Holland & Knight hosts 2018 California Lawyers Association Environmental Law Fellowship program reception
By Matthew Sanderson
Several firms and organizations made $10,000 matching contributions to fund the program.
Law Practice, Education Law
Morrison & Foerster funds scholarship for women law students in longtime partner’s name
By Caroline Hart
Rachel Krevans, a leading intellectual property attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP for over 30 years who died last year o...
Civil Litigation
Judge blasts lawyers in data breach case for high fee request
By Joshua Sebold
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of San Jose berated plaintiffs’ attorneys at a Thursday hearing for including insufficient inform...
Immigration, Government
Federal government sued for eliminating program to admit children to U.S.
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigration advocates sued the federal government over its termination of a program that allowed some children from Central Am...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
USC law school to allow applicants with GRE scores
By Lyle Moran
The school is hoping to attract more students with STEM backgrounds.
Community News
Katten Muchin attorney completes cycling journey to support AIDS/LifeCycle
By Matthew Sanderson
Chris Olsen helped raise $4,400 toward the record-breaking $16.6 million for AIDS and HIV support.
Mediator John C. Edwards has a knack for getting through to difficult personalities.
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate Judiciary Committee urges U.S. courts’ administrative wing to pursue harassment reform
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the administrative head of the federal courts during a hearing on workp...
Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered an end to a docketing mechanism judges used to allow immigrants to indefini...
Civil Litigation, Government
State budget bills would change cy pres funding rules again
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Language added this week to budget bills for state courts will make significant changes to cy pres funding in California, reve...
Securities, Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Corporate
Judge says he’ll award $52.5 million in attorney fees in shareholder suit
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge has said he plans to approve $52.5 million in attorney fees, part of a record $250 million settlement in an un...
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Attorney seeks ‘Stormy’ funds to help pay $10M judgment
By Andy Serbe
Jason M. Frank listed 54 lawsuits in which he believes his former employer, Eagan Avenatti LLP, will potentially earn attorney...
Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit judges mull minor league baseball wage dispute class certification
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
An employment dispute between minor league baseball players and the sport’s national governing body unfolded before the 9th U....
Civil Litigation
Beats says plaintiff had ‘one-shot deal’ over specific headphones line
By Steven Crighton
Beats claims it doesn’t have to pay former hedge fund manager Steven Lamar anything for headphones released after the initial ...
Law Practice, Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bill to boost international arbitration in California advances in Legislature
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill that would allow out-of-state and foreign attorneys to represent international arbitration clients in California moved ...
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Criminal trial in oil spill focuses on company’s actions, omissions
By Blaise Scemama
Jury members, deciding whether Plains All American Pipeline was criminally negligent in their handling of a 142 thousand gallo...
Civil Litigation, Government, Corporate
PG&E warns investors of ‘significant liability’ due to fire losses
By Winston Cho
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. warned investors and shareholders that it expects to record a “significant liability for losses” ...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiff’s lawyers say money at root in Ex-Beats manager’s testimony
By Steven Crighton
Industrial designer Robert Brunner didn’t have many negative things to say about his longtime business associates at Beats Ele...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Judge dismisses most claims in medical device case
By Justin Kloczko
A judge has dismissed most federal class action claims alleging that a fat-freezing company misled consumers into thinking its...
Labor/Employment, Government
State marijuana labor regulation may be federally preempted
By Andy Serbe
A clause in a state bill regulating cannabis businesses which requires them to enter "labor peace agreements" in order to be l...
Law Practice
Manatt names new managing partner and chief executive officer
By Melanie Brisbon
A new managing partner and chief executive officer is poised to lead Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court announces limits on successive class action filings
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
In a nearly unanimous decision, the justices ruled Monday that tolling provisions that allow plaintiffs to bring individual la...
Immigration, Government
‘Private crime’ doesn’t meet asylum criteria, Sessions says
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigration attorneys will likely face greater difficultly securing asylum for clients who say they have faced violence from d...
A murder trial that began Monday is the first criminal trial defended by Rick Richmond, managing partner of Jenner & Block...
Government, California Supreme Court
Legislature may follow chief justice’s suggestion and change standing law over taxes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate Judiciary Committee will take up a bill Tuesday clarifying that many different types of taxes, not just prope...
A Los Angeles County jury has found an after-school supervisor and the school that employed him jointly liable to the tune of ...
Corporate
Lionsgate hires Sony Pictures executive as general counsel
By Matthew Sanderson
Corii Berg replaces Wayne Levin, who resigned last November.
Civil Litigation, Government
Oakland, Los Angeles County join opioid lawsuit in Orange County
By Meghann Cuniff
Los Angeles County and the city of Oakland have joined the lawsuit against opioid manufacturers scheduled for trial in Orange ...