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Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


B-movie producer caught in legal dispute with sons

Apr. 4, 2018
By Steven Crighton

Roger Corman’s sons say their mother has forced their father into undermining their inheritance.


Civil Litigation, Government


The fired legislative director to former Sen. Tony Mendoza has filed a retaliation lawsuit against him and the California Senate.


Immigration, Government


A new directive that places case completion quotas on immigration judges is the latest move by the U.S. Department of Justice ...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


The U.S. judge wants the Justice Department to provide more details about why some discovery in a civil case should be halted.


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Civil Rights


A San Bernardino County executive who was acquitted of corruption charges after a 10-month trial has filed a federal lawsuit.


Government


OC DA challenger must correct ballot statement

Apr. 4, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

A candidate running for Orange County district attorney will change his ballot statement regarding his verdict-winning percent...


Civil Litigation


Bedbug lawyer wins $1.6M for family

Apr. 4, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Landlord and tenant attorney Brian J. Virag said the verdict is the country’s largest for a single family in a bedbug case.


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


Veteran IP attorney moves to Seattle law firm

Apr. 4, 2018
By Caroline Hart

William F. Abrams has joined Foster Pepper PLLC in Seattle from Steptoe & Johnson LLP in San Francisco, the firm announced.


Civil Litigation, Government


The fired legislative director to former state Sen. Tony Mendoza has filed a retaliation lawsuit against him and the Senate. ...


Civil Litigation, Government, Constitutional Law


U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday challenged a new California law that would give the state authority to block any...


U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court issued a summary reversal of a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision concerning qualified immunity...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court


The opinion left the door open for defendants in different circumstances to raise privacy objections to the voter-approved DNA...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a broad reading of federal labor law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that service advisors employed by auto dealership...


Civil Litigation, Insurance, Banking


Multidistrict litigation related to Wells Fargo allegedly issuing unwanted automobile insurance policies heads to mediation.


Immigration, Government


Legal observers said the decision by several California cities and counties to side with the federal government’s lawsuit agai...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP principal is the first female lawyer to hold the post.


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Attorneys say the withdrawal could be related to the company’s bankruptcy.


Law Practice


Two municipal law firms join forces

Apr. 3, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Best Best & Krieger LLP has merged with Manhattan Beach-based Jenkins & Hogin LLP.


Criminal, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal


The San Francisco district attorney has asked the state Supreme Court to exercise its independent authority to review an appel...


Litigation & Arbitration, Law Practice


What started as a string of tweets by a 34-year-old Harvard Law School lecturer has resulted in a movement to eliminate arbitr...


Government, Criminal


Bill: sex predators would vote in home counties

Apr. 2, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A recently introduced bill would bar sexually violent predators in state custody from voting in the area where they are incarc...


Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


Former California Supreme Court Justice Armand Arabian, who served on every level of the state courts during his judicial care...


Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Forty years after Congress passed legislation that allowed President Jimmy Carter to reshape the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of App...


Labor/Employment, Immigration


Business immigration attorneys said that while the case the memo stemmed from had a narrow fact pattern, it created more quest...


Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


A coalition of environmental groups is challenging the County of San Diego’s approval of a climate action plan, saying it fai...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Jury selection begins Tuesday in Los Angeles in a lawsuit by a paralegal accusing her former employer, a title insurance compa...


Real Estate/Development


A Sonoma County court has temporarily halted eviction proceedings against a tenant who claims she was sexually harassed by her...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Criminal


A disbarred Orange County attorney accused of stealing from two clients has been jailed on felony charges that include unlawfu...


Civil Litigation, Government


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled in a long-running Proposition 65 trial that Starbucks and coffee makers di...


Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Stephen R. Reinhardt, a liberal icon of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who was outspoken about his judicial philosophy...