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Law Practice


Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale has opened an office in Century City, bolstering the law firm's commercial and bankrup...


Criminal, Civil Rights


Opponents of bail repeal law say they have signatures

Dec. 7, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Opponents of a law phasing out cash bail in California said Thursday they were on the verge of at least putting the law on hol...



The Empathizer

Dec. 7, 2018
By Steven Crighton

Neutral Christopher Barnes says he's an advocate for the most fair solution.


LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s ousting of constitutional policing advisors could jeopardize years of reform, critics say.


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


In oral arguments, attorneys offered competing ideas of deferred compensation, vested contractual rights, and the power of law...


Securities, Civil Litigation, Criminal


A Santa Ana federal judge wants to know more about the resolution of criminal insider trading case before approving an SEC set...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A federal judge disqualified a partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP from representing Monster Energy Co. in a false adverti...


Immigration, Government


A state Senate bill that would ban civil arrests, including immigration arrests, in California courthouses has been revived af...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


DOJ takes Flores settlement objections to 9th Circuit

Dec. 6, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s decision to appoint a special master charged with overseeing the U.S. ...


Criminal


Arrest rates in the state are at their lowest point in 30 years, driven by fewer arrests of young people and men, according to...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


A motion for new trial in the Todd McNair NCAA defamation case argues that implied bias tainted the jury, which wrongly found ...


Community News


The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic and its chorus, Legal Voices, presented its Fabulous Fall Concert on Dec. 1 at the Wilshi...


Government, Criminal


An analysis of pretrial risk assessment scores given to defendants in Los Angeles County over the course of a year reveals a f...


Immigration, Government


Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has taken it upon himself to decide two immigration cases and his decisions could upe...


Corporate


San Diego biotech company hires GC

Dec. 5, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

San Diego-based Cidara Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel anti-infective drugs such as immunotherapie...


Civil Litigation


Credit reporting company hit with libel suit

Dec. 5, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

Dun and Bradstreet Inc. allegedly mistook a doctor for another physician charged with sex crimes, according to a multimillion-...


Civil Litigation, International Law


A 13-year-old dispute over a $40 million Camille Pissarro painting held by a Spanish museum and claimed by descendants of Holo...


Intellectual Property


Invoking the federal investigation involving President Donald J. Trump, a defense lawyer told jurors in his closing argument t...


Immigration, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A federal law making it a felony to encourage a foreigner to enter or remain in the United States illegally is unconstitutiona...


California lawmakers have revived several measures vetoed by outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown or bills that never made it to his desk...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court


Attorneys for state employees will argue to the California Supreme Court on Wednesday that lawmakers unconstitutionally rolled...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment


Women's associations from eight law schools, including UC Berkeley School of Law and Stanford Law School, penned a letter sayi...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


The fund, aimed at investing in lawsuits in the United States, signals has raised ethical questions for the nation’s attorneys.


Government, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A Los Angeles political hopeful may continue his lawsuit against California’s secretary of state for barring him from designat...


Law Practice


Four attorneys from the recently-disbanded Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP have formed a new San Francisco-based litigation boutique.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The state Supreme Court is seeking comments on a draft opinion providing guidance on when judges running for office must discl...


A San Francisco federal grand jury has indicted Autonomy Corp. PLC's former chief executive officer and vice president of fina...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


In closing arguments Monday, a federal prosecutor outlined what he said was ‘a lengthy parade of cruelty’ by the Mongols in a ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, State Bar & Bar Associations


The U.S. Supreme Court remanded a case Monday challenging mandatory bar membership based on its Janus ruling, potentially call...


Immigration


A draft rule released Monday could be a sea change for how high-skilled visas are handed out and business immigration attorney...