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Civil Litigation, Government


A Los Angeles-based fundraiser for President Donald J. Trump has claimed he was the victim of a coordinated cyberattack by the...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment


The firm’s leaders had been reviewing the firm’s sexual harassment policy in response to the #MeToo movement, and in an effort...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Legal experts say that a pair of San Francisco Superior Court judges may be in hot water for using court resources to support ...


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Bankruptcy


The firms could end up waiting for years to see the money they’re owed, attorneys say.


Immigration, Government


Sessions’ review could bring new deportation strategies

Mar. 27, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

An immigration case that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has referred to himself for review could cause lawyers to reconsi...


Civil Litigation, Government, Civil Rights


A federal judge’s unorthodox approach to civil rights lawsuits related to an Orange County homeless camp has led to a public d...


The chairman of the California Democratic Party will drop a lawsuit seeking to prevent former state Sen. Tony Mendoza from ide...


Lincoln Law School of San Jose has filed suit to prevent a competitor from opening a new branch.


Law Practice, Criminal


Rap mogul gets 16th lawyer, with No. 17 in the wings

Mar. 26, 2018
By L.J. Williamson

In a disjointed monologue, murder defendant Suge Knight complained about the cavalcade of lawyers who have come and gone from ...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


An Orange County judge scheduled a major opioid lawsuit to begin trial in June 2019, making it possibly the first to go to tri...


Civil Litigation, Corporate


After being named in a putative class action last week, Facebook Inc. is now facing several federal shareholder lawsuits over ...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Attorneys for camera company GoPro Inc. asked a federal judge to end their case or otherwise sanction their opponent at a hear...


Government, Environmental & Energy


A group of Democratic lawmakers have introduced a package of bills they say will make sure lead paint manufacturers stay on th...


Education Law, California Supreme Court


Plaintiffs’ attorneys say universities will be held to a higher standard after the state Supreme Court ruled that UCLA had a d...


Education Law


The school is the first in California to get approval from the American Bar Association to offer additional online education


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court on Thursday tightened the procedural timeline for filing motions to dismiss strategic lawsuits against...


New criteria for some high-level managers working for multinational companies in the U.S. looking to secure a green card may r...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The association has considered requiring 75 percent of a school’s bar takers to pass within two years.


In Recess


Elevated Perspective

Mar. 23, 2018
By Shane Nelson

Strange & Butler LLP partner Brian Strange has summited the highest peaks on all seven continents but a devastating person...


Government


U.S. Senate passes online sex trafficking bill

Mar. 22, 2018
By Steven Crighton

The bill has been heavily criticized by open internet advocates and sex worker groups.


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


9th Circuit affirms ‘Blurred Lines’ ruling

Mar. 22, 2018
By Steven Crighton

The ruling, decided largely on procedural grounds, shocked music attorneys.


Immigration, Government


A federal magistrate judge said Wednesday he would allow California to depose two high-level U.S. government officials in a ca...


On the latest ruling involving Orange County's jailhouse informant controversy, a judge prohibited a defense attorney from que...


Probate, Health Care & Hospital Law, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel asked the California Supreme Court to consider whether two children conc...


Civil Litigation, Government


Facebook Inc. may be facing a public relations nightmare over allegations of data mining by Cambridge Analytica, but legal obs...


Civil Litigation, Corporate


Kleiner Perkins defeats unique shareholder suit

Mar. 22, 2018
By Joshua Sebold

Lawyers representing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers knocked out a lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged that the venture c...


Immigration, Government


Any effort to punish a small city in Orange County that is refusing to comply with California’s so-called sanctuary law could ...


Some other California law schools also saw significant changes in their U.S. News ranking.


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


DA charges man with threatening OC judge

Mar. 22, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

A man accused of threatening an Orange County Superior Court judge during arraignment has been charged with a felony.


Government


Three men who want to be California's next attorney general debated in the state capital on Wednesday. Notably absent was the ...