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Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Final witness called in NCAA defamation trial

May 11, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

Following three weeks of testimony, evidence ended Thursday in former football coach Todd McNair’s defamation trial against th...


Civil Litigation


The city has again sued the Federal Transit Administration and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Attorneys argued over the class certification of 130,000 California Public Employees’ Retirement System policyholders.


Immigration


US wants briefs in case that questions asylum eligibility

May 11, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Attorney General Jeff Sessions requested friend-of-the-court briefs in March relating to an asylum case on whether suffering f...


Law Practice, Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations


Sean M. Scott will serve as the associate director of the Association of American Law Schools


In Recess


Playing Ball

May 11, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Tracy Warren is juggling two careers, as a sportscaster and a labor attorney with Buchalter.



Rapport Builder

May 11, 2018

Ronald S. Prager gleans helpful information after instilling trust.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Judge orders Wells Fargo to pay workers $97.3M

May 10, 2018
By Steven Crighton

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. must pay $97.3 million — nearly four times what the bank argued it should pay — to a class of employees...


Government


After months of cautious silence, Nicola T. Hanna is finally sharing his vision for reducing crime in Southern California.


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


Ryan W. Bounds, an Oregon federal prosecutor nominated by President Donald Trump to sit on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...


Law Practice, Government


Bill to add requirements for legal advertising advances

May 10, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Assembly Judiciary Committee has unanimously passed a bill that sets new requirements for legal advertisements that mentio...


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


In two cases brought by airline employees against their employers, a federal appellate panel asked the Supreme Court of Califo...


Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal


City loses to sex predators in voting rights dispute

May 10, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The city of Coalinga lost twice to a group of sexually violent predators on Wednesday -- first in the state Legislature, then ...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


A plaintiff’s economics expert told a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury that McNair, who lost his job after the NCAA levi...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Administrative/Regulatory


The government is seeking a permanent injunction against California Stem Cell Treatment Center Inc. and Cell Surgical Network ...


A political action committee funded by billionaire investor George Soros has donated nearly $2 million to candidates in severa...


Speaking out publicly for the first time, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky argued Tuesday the judiciary’s ...


Immigration, Government, Criminal


The attorney general’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy comes as there has already been a steady increase in illegal crossing charges.


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


A California prisoner who failed to seek discovery of possible exculpatory evidence before filing a series of habeas petitions...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


In a defamation trial against the NCAA brought by a former USC football assistant coach, an association official testified Tue...


Civil Litigation, Government


Courts would be able to hear limited civil cases with potential recovery as high as $50,000 under a bill passed in the state S...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge approved a settlement in a long-standing antitrust battle involving lithium ion batteries Tuesday that will br...


A federal judge told attorneys representing the man who shot Kate Steinle they are facing an uphill battle in their bid to war...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Administrative/Regulatory


A significant part of California is suing a slew of pharmaceutical companies and drug manufacturers for allegedly contributing...


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports


Akin Gump elevates LA partner to practice lead

May 9, 2018
By Steven Crighton

Christopher Spicer will serve as the head of the firm’s entertainment and media practice.


Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government


U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited San Diego and Arizona Monday to announce a new “zero-tolerance” policy that calls ...


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


President Donald J. Trump’s first nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who lacks the support of his home state se...


Environmental & Energy, California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory


High court affirms legality of state water fees

May 8, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

The California Supreme Court on Monday ruled that water fees set by two members of a state water board are legal, affirming a ...


Immigration, Government


State Attorney General Xavier Becerra argued in a court filing on Friday that the three laws in question are consistent with t...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


As former USC assistant football coach Todd McNair’s defamation lawsuit against the NCAA defamation entered its third week of ...