A federal judge found Disney’s “fine print” constituted copyright misuse, not an agreement.
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Ogletree gets hit with discrimination, harassment lawsuit
By Justin Kloczko
Labor defense firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC has been hit with a second employment discrimination lawsui...
Judges and Judiciary
U.S. Courts’ harassment panel to review comments from clerks, employees
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Administrative leaders of the federal judiciary announced Wednesday that a group reviewing the courts’ internal harassment pol...
Effective April 2, the firms — based in Virginia and Houston — will combine to become Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
AG candidate faces charges from judicial commission
By Lila Seidman
A judicial commission is looking into potential misconduct by former El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steven C. Bailey, a...
It just got tougher for actors to hide their age. A federal judge enjoined the State of California from enforcing Assembly Bil...
Immigration
Groups say Sessions should recuse himself from procedural review
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Two nonprofits have filed briefs in a case that could determine if tens of thousands of immigration cases will be returned to ...
Corporate defense attorneys consider how to handle gender bias claims in #MeToo era
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
In the months following the exposure of abuse at the hands of high profile men in powerful positions, the #MeToo movement has ...
Civil Litigation
San Francisco families and teachers can’t be evicted during school year, appellate court rules
By Winston Cho
An appellate ruling reversed a lower court’s decision concerning no-fault eviction protections for school employees and famili...
Civil Litigation
Latest Thomas Fire suit seeks to recoup insurance gap losses
By Justin Kloczko
A specialty wildfire litigation group has filed suit against Southern California Edison Company on behalf of 287 plaintiffs, c...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday that he won’t appeal a significant appellate ruling that could li...
The Miller Starr Regalia founder and trial lawyer has died at 86.
Roy L. Paul has retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court and joined Benchmark Resolution Group LLC.
Civil Litigation
Class action filed against Wal-Mart over background checks
By Andy Serbe
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Wal-Mart, alleging that the company violated federal law by failing to properly ...
Judges and Judiciary
Persky recall stirs angry debate about judicial independence
By Winston Cho
Two sides that typically consider themselves progressives find each other on opposite sides on the issue of judicial independe...
The White House has nominated Nicola T. Hanna to be U.S. Attorney for the Central District.
Civil Litigation
Second case appeals police refusal to remove name from gang database
By L.J. Williamson
A man has taken legal action against the City of San Diego and the San Diego Police Department for their refusal to remove his...
Civil Litigation
US judge urges UC Berkeley, conservative student groups to settle
By Joshua Sebold
U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney strongly urged both sides to settle a dispute between two college conservative organizat...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge says actress has herself to blame, not manager, for missing film role
By Steven Crighton
The judge ruled that Zooey Deschanel’s desire for “a very interesting, small, character role” before a concert tour was too na...
Corporate
Regulatory changes, data breaches among top concerns for in-house counsel
By Kibkabe Araya
Geopolitical shifts, regulatory changes and data breaches are among the top concerns for chief legal officers and general coun...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Former state Department of Justice lawyer becomes a neutral
By Skylar Dubelko
The former director of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Phyllis W. Cheng, joined ADR Services Inc.
Immigration
Government tightens rules on immigration applications
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
In an abrupt policy reversal, the U.S. immigration service will no longer accept signatures on immigration applications made t...
The U.S. government will have to pay a steep price to acquire a patch of land in the Mojave Desert that sits above California’...
Real Estate/Development, Health Care & Hospital Law
Case about accommodating mentally ill tenant heads to trial
By Lila Seidman
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a motion for summary judgment in a case brought by the Department of Fair Emp...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
LA jury gives UCLA doctor $13M in sex discrimination case
By Meghann Cuniff
The research doctor sued for gender discrimination and retaliation after she said a male colleague made her job unbearable.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to try psychology to boost test performance
By Lyle Moran
The agency is permitting a research team to conduct a “productive mindset intervention” on the July bar exam
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Judges: LA Superior Court misapplied anti-SLAPP law for years
By Justin Kloczko
For years, litigants trying to strike down frivolous lawsuits by invoking the anti-SLAPP statute in limited civil cases before...
Immigration, Appellate Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit panel asks if law has chilling effect on immigration lawyers
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Hearing a second round of arguments in the appeal, the three-judge panel repeatedly questioned the government’s lawyer, Elizab...
The car manufacturer is being sued for allegedly selling cars with faulty software in its MyFord Touch system between 2010 and...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Beverly Hills Bar honors longtime pro bono advocate
By Steven Crighton
Grunfeld, vice dean for Pardee Rand Graduate School, was at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP.