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.
Civil Litigation
Female startup founder sues male VC over alleged assault
By Winston Cho
A female founder of a health technology startup has sued a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist for allegedly sexually ...
Labor/Employment, Immigration, Government
Companies sues government over H-2B visa program changes
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Several companies sued the U.S. Department of Labor this week alleging that processing changes to a temporary worker visa prog...
Civil Litigation, Insurance, Entertainment & Sports
Kanye West settles lawsuit with Lloyd’s over canceled shows
By Steven Crighton
The insurer used a unique system in which the artist never filled out and signed an application.
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Men testify via closed circuit TV to defend convicted terrorist
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In an unusual nighttime hearing, two men testified from Pakistan on Wednesday as alibi witnesses for convicted terrorist Hamid...
Civil Litigation, Government
Class action filed against cities, law firm
By L.J. Williamson
Turning up the heat on a desert law firm accused of prosecuting for profit, nonprofit law center Institute for Justice has fil...
Snell & Wilmer LLP bankruptcy litigator Michael B. Reynolds has been racing Lotus sports cars since 2013.
Labor/Employment, Government
Major changes needed in Capitol sexual harassment investigations, legislators told
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A prominent labor law attorney gave the state Legislature a harsh assessment of what it must do to curb sexual harassment duri...
Government
Attorney targets assemblywoman with anonymous accusers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A prominent employment attorney known for winning a sexual harassment case against former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner set his s...
A 12-year-old’s errant home run made him the subject of a lawsuit.
Securities, Criminal, Corporate
Insider trading trial closes with defense lawyer blasting a key witness
By Meghann Cuniff
An attorney defending an executive accused of insider trading assailed the credibility of a key witness during closing argument.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit mulls long-running spat over ownership of 16th century painting
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Attorneys for the two parties, a relative of a 20th century Dutch Jewish art dealer and a museum in Pasadena, sparred over wh...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Judge grants dismissal of MGA’s trade secrets theft claim against Mattel
By Eli Wolfe
MGA Entertainment has run out of time to pursue its trade secrets case against rival toymaker Mattel Inc. , marking the final ...
Government
LA lawmakers greenlight ordinances to speed up homeless housing
By Lila Seidman
A Los Angeles City Council committee voted unanimously to advance a pair of proposed ordinances that aim to fast track housing...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Oil workers’ class certified in pipeline lawsuit
By Eli Wolfe
A group of disgruntled oil workers made significant progress in their litigation against an oil pipeline company after a feder...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Judge says disputed Swift lyrics too banal to copyright
By Steven Crighton
The plaintiff intends to appeal the ruling over Taylor Swift’s song “Shake It Off.”
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Doctor’s suit against UCLA closes with $15.9M damages demand
By Andy Serbe
The attorney for a former UCLA research doctor who said a male colleague made her job so unbearable she transferred to UC Irvine.
A $3.5 million gift from Elizabeth Cabraser will get the initiative off the ground
Immigration, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit says judge overreached in immigration checkpoint case
By Joshua Sebold
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Tuesday that a district court judge gave too much deference to the Department ...
Superior court judges statewide are facing challengers in a crowded election year.