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Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


UC Berkeley speech case to continue

Apr. 27, 2018
By Joshua Sebold

A federal judge allowed a free speech case against the University of California to continue but stripped out any hope for puni...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Judicial Council’s Rules and Project Committee unanimously approved a proposal Thursday amending procedures to require all...


Civil Litigation, Insurance


Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lost a bid Thursday to persuade a Sacramento County judge to reconsider his ruling that inverse c...


Immigration, Government


Legal program for immigrants in deportation saved, for now

Apr. 27, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Immigration advocates said legal jobs, money and court time would be saved after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced an o...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Brutal Honesty

Apr. 27, 2018
By Shane Nelson

For better or worse, criminal defense attorney Richard Chacon’s life is an open book.


In Recess


Piano Man

Apr. 27, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Manatt partner George Kieffer composes orchestral music and plays several instruments.


Criminal


Business trial lawyers award scholarships

Apr. 27, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

The Association of Business Trial Lawyers handed out $2,000 scholarships to five law students on April 24 during its dinner an...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


While the original verdict on April 13 granting the plaintiff $250,000 was not unanimous, every juror agreed some punitive dam...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration


Both sides made significant concessions during oral arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court over the legality of Presiden...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


Gawker and Thiel agree to ceasefire

Apr. 26, 2018
By Steven Crighton

Peter Thiel had funded the lawsuit that brought the media company to bankruptcy.


Government


The state Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would allow people to sue companies for data breaches, even if t...


Civil Litigation


The plaintiff’s attorney in a former USC football coach’s defamation trial against the NCAAy got an investigator to admit to h...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. told a federal judge Wednesday that they’ve settled 501 lawsuits related to a defect that cau...


Law Practice


White-collar lawyers join Kendall Brill & Kelly

Apr. 26, 2018
By Caroline Hart

Attorneys Janet Levine and Jeff Rutherford have joined Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP as partners from Crowell & Moring LLP...


Labor/Employment, Government


A bill that would prevent employers from requiring pre-employment arbitration agreements passed a key committee test on Tuesda...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


In dual decisions issued Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court, an administrative process for challenging patents was affirmed but...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, International Law, Corporate


In a split decision closely watched in California, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that foreign corporations cannot be...


Immigration, Government


A caravan of migrants arriving at the U.S. border could face prosecution and detention under recent U.S Department of Justice ...


Government, Civil Rights


California civil rights groups are suing the secretary of state, alleging sufficient language assistance has not been provide...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


An LA County Superior Court jury began hearing evidence Tuesday in a trial over whether the NCAA defamed an ex-USC football co...


Securities, Administrative/Regulatory


SEC fines Yahoo $35M over cyber breach

Apr. 25, 2018
By Eli Wolfe

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement in a first of its kind cyber breach case against the compan...


Law Practice


Stanford Law School professor and prominent U.S. Supreme Court practitioner Jeffrey L. Fisher has joined O’Melveny & Myers...


Immigration, Government


A recently released directive to immigration enforcement officers could lead to increased detention of immigrant parents and c...


Criminal


Prosecutors closed their case against former Autonomy Chief Financial Officer Sushovan Hussain, a British citizen accused of c...


Law Practice


Ken King, one of Skadden's most influential players, has stepped down as head of the Palo Alto office.


Law Practice


Greenspoon Marder expands into Los Angeles

Apr. 24, 2018
By Lila Seidman

Business law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP has opened a Los Angeles office, expanding its corporate, business and litigation prac...


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Hogan Lovells hires bankruptcy attorneys

Apr. 24, 2018
By Caroline Hart

A trio of bankruptcy attorneys have joined Hogan Lovells from Jones Day as partners in Los Angeles.


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Constitutional Law


U.S. District Judge James Otero appeared deeply ambivalent about granting a stay in the Stormy Daniels lawsuit against Presid...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Three new named plaintiffs and a set of fresh allegations have been added to a lawsuit filed by a former Google engineer accus...


Immigration, Government


Immigration critics sue government for work visa information

Apr. 23, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The Federation for American Immigration Reform sued to force the U.S. immigration service to hand over records on high-skilled...