Labor/Employment
Anaheim Arena Management ducks liability in sex discrimination, retaliation lawsuit
By Matthew Blake
A jury found that the Anaheim Ducks’ arena management did not break in parting ways with, a financial executive.
The LA Lawyers Philharmonic performed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre Nov. 18 and raises funds for legal services.
The band’s last surviving member claims the estate of a dead member isn’t honoring contracts.
Civil Litigation
Close vote expected as high court considers arbitration
By John Roemer
Close vote expected as U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to force arbitration
Irell & Manella LLP partner Andra B. Greene has turned her adorable dog Jack into an Instagram star.
Government, Criminal
A new law to seal juvenile criminal records may soon need legislative cleanup
By L.J. Williamson
Though statutes designed to help juvenile law offenders seal their records may make it easier to enter adulthood with a clean ...
Losing partners rapidly, Sedgwick announced it would close in January after 85 years and a failed attempt to move beyond its r...
California Courts of Appeal
Constitutional argument for appointed counsel fails, state court rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Indigent defendants do not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in an appeal in which their freedom is not directl...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Financial executive felled by defense lawyer investigation, plaintiff argues
By Matthew Blake
The plaintiff was either an obstreperous financial executive gunning for a lawsuit or the victim of a witch hunt.
Immigration, Criminal
Closing arguments conclude in Steinle murder trial
By Winston Cho
A defense attorney in the Kate Steinle murder trial attempted to cast doubt on the prosecution’s characterization of the defen...
Immigration, Government
Sanctuary jurisdictions ruling may be tough to challenge, experts say
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The Trump administration may face a difficult time challenging a San Francisco federal judge’s ruling against its ability to i...
Civil Litigation
Attorneys seek to exclude each other’s expert in trial over alleged cancer link to coffee
By Andy Serbe
An attorney for the Council on Education and Research on Toxics argued for the exclusion of a key expert witness’ testimony fo...
Intellectual Property
Jury deadlocks on two key patents in Finjan suit against Blue Coat
By James Getz
Cybersecurity company Finjan Inc. got a split decision in a patent infringement trial against Blue Coat Systems Inc.
Civil Litigation, Government
LA County approves $15M wrongful murder conviction settlement
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles County will pay $15 million to a man who spent 27 years in jail for a wrongful murder conviction following approva...
Real Estate/Development
LA landlord hit with $5.2M verdict for neglecting disabled tenant
By Lila Seidman
A superior court jury delivered a $5.2 million verdict in favor of a disabled man against a prominent Los Angeles landlord and...
The employees’ union has filed an unfair practice charge against the agency.
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar opens inquiry on allegations against Allred’s firm
By Meghann Cuniff
The allegations are that someone associated with celebrity lawyer Gloria R. Allred offered to pay a potential witness and plai...
Government, California Courts of Appeal
Legislator to appeal ruling in favor of AG’s language in gas tax repeal measure
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The GOP legislator behind an initiative to repeal a recent gas tax increase will appeal his ballot argument case to the state ...
Immigration, Criminal
Prosecutor portrays Steinle killer as determined to shoot someone
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A prosecutor in the Kate Steinle murder case characterized the defendant as a twisted killer while the Mexican national’s atto...
Labor/Employment
Ice hockey arena sex bias case set for final arguments
By Matthew Blake
The plaintiff said she worked for 21 years before conflicts with male executives put her job on thin ice.
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Archdiocese, Katy Perry prevail in legal battle with nuns
By Steven Crighton
Jury awards $5 million for interfering in the sale of a convent to the singer, punitive damages loom.
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Plaintiff’s attorneys honored at Consumer Attorneys of California event
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Christopher J. Keane and Andrew N. Chang won at the state Supreme Court with a case that had never gotten a trial in the lower...
A San Francisco County judge has sanctioned Sutter Health for intentionally destroying 10 years’ worth of evidence in a lawsui...
Tsuburaya Productions Co. Ltd. emerged triumphant on Monday after a jury confirmed the Japanese company’s global rights to the...
The improved performance came one year after a 32-year low.
Civil Litigation
New plaintiffs’ lawyer group president outlines priorities
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lee S. Harris, a San Francisco firm partner, said the Consumer Attorneys of California wants to ban or limit secret settlement...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NCAA settles antitrust class action with players
By Joshua Sebold
Lawyers representing the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the major athletic conferences known as the “Power 5” ag...
Entertainment & Sports
Fight over rights to Japanese superhero goes to jury
By Eli Wolfe
Two Japanese companies locked horns last week in what may be their final battle for the rights to the popular Ultraman franchise.
A female licensed vocational nurse at UC San Francisco Medical Center has sued the University of California and the female sup...
Adam L. Braverman, a candidate for nomination to the Southern District U.S. attorney’s post, has been named to do the job temp...