Labor/Employment
Ogletree becomes most recent firm hit with discrimination claim
By Joshua Sebold
Labor and employment defense firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC joined the ranks of legal industry employers...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Modifications adopted to protect smaller state courts
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Judicial Council has unanimously approved new guidelines designed to better protect the interests of small and underfunded...
Obituaries
Longtime judge recalled for starting young, continuing as a neutral
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The superior court and appellate justice died Friday due to congestive heart and renal failure. He was 91.
California Courts of Appeal
Rare opinion regarding Unfair Competition Law sides with dental company
By Justin Kloczko
In an uncommon published opinion, the 1st District Court of Appeal, which first ruled to certify a class of dentists pursuing ...
As residents in Montecito salvage their homes and bury loved ones claimed by recent devastating mudslides, some are turning to...
An appellate justice supports the agency’s plan to spend excess funds on its attorney discipline system.
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal courts announce harassment review panel, sans current or recent former clerks
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
After the federal judiciary’s administrative branch announced Friday who would review the U.S. courts’ internal policies gover...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
After delay, Harris committee is interviewing federal judge, US attorney hopefuls
By Eli Wolfe
The slow crawl to fill California’s U.S. attorney and federal judicial vacancies may proceed at a more deliberate pace now tha...
Labor/Employment, Government
New proposal to curb sexual harassment may run afoul of federal law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State lawmakers came back to the Capitol this month under pressure to pass legislation to help victims of sexual harassment.
Civil Litigation
Firm reaches $15.6M settlement in construction defect case
By Doug Sherwin
The Miller Law Firm secured a $15.6 million construction defect settlement for the homeowners’ associations of the 81-unit La ...
Criminal
San Diego man gets 10 years for weapons, lying about terrorist support
By L.J. Williamson
The brother of a man who died fighting for ISIS was sentenced for illegal possession of firearms.
Judges and Judiciary
Data analytics companies offer firms information on judges
By David Houston
Law firms and courts have mixed opinions of data analytics companies that tout its data on judges.
Judges and Judiciary
Persky recall supporters submit nearly 100,000 signatures
By Winston Cho
The campaign to recall a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky for giving a former Stanford athlete convicted o...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Judicial Council adopts some of state auditor’s recommendations, ignores others
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Judicial Council will not implement several policy and procedural changes recommended in a report three years ago, accordi...
Civil Litigation
State, BP reach $102M settlement over alleged gas overcharges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $102 million settlement with BP Energy Company over allegations it intentionally o...
Manatt associate Jessamyn Vedro is an accomplished ballerina who stuns colleagues with her performances in ‘The Nutcracker.’
The fund is the largest established at the law school by a law firm.
Real Estate/Development, Government
California lawmakers kill effort to expand rent control
By Lila Seidman
A bill to repeal statewide rent control restrictions died in the State Assembly on Thursday after a long and contentious commi...
Incoming Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles President Mike Arias looks to 2018.
Immigration, Criminal
Sex offense lawyer sues over new passport restrictions
By Eli Wolfe
A veteran defender of sex offenders is taking the U.S. State Department to task for illegally implementing restrictive passpor...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Litigations mount in Intel security flaw fallout
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Investors for the San Francisco-based chip developer allege company omitted dangers of a security flaw in public filings.
Labor/Employment, Government
Ruling may let employees kill part of pension reform law
By Matthew Blake
A ruling could give California public employees the legal ammunition they need to shoot down a five year-old law that reduced ...
Government
Governor’s final budget includes courthouse construction money
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After several years of disappointing state budgets, the judicial branch in California got some good news on Wednesday.
Immigration, Government
Plaintiffs voice cautious optimism following judge’s DACA order
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Plaintiff’s attorney’s expressed confidence that a San Francisco federal judge’s order will hold up on appeal in the combined ...
A top white-collar crime attorney defending a corporate executive in his second insider trading trial on Wednesday worked to p...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit ruling sends Finjan-Blue Coat patent case back to San Jose
By Caroline Hart
In a split decision, a federal appellate court partially overturned a $39.5 million ruling Wednesday for cybersecurity company...
Firms slow on retiring and hiring lawyers killing productivity: study
By Skylar Dubelko
Attorney productivity has plummeted costing law firms an average of $74,100 per lawyer, per year, a new report found.
Criminal
Tony Serra adds another politically charged case to his resume
By Joshua Sebold
The legendary and notoriously offbeat defense litigator J. Tony Serra reentered the public consciousness this week when he beg...
Criminal
Judge orders child molester freed, blames public defender’s office systemic breakdown
By L.J. Williamson
A Los Angeles County judge condemned a 15-year delay in holding a trial to review the man’s continued incarceration.
Sen. Kamala D. Harris, D-California, was appointed to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.