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Labor/Employment


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

Jan. 17, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Judicial Council has unanimously approved new guidelines designed to better protect the interests of small and underfunded...


Obituaries


The superior court and appellate justice died Friday due to congestive heart and renal failure. He was 91.


California Courts of Appeal


In an uncommon published opinion, the 1st District Court of Appeal, which first ruled to certify a class of dentists pursuing ...


Civil Litigation


Thomas Fire ignites new lawsuits

Jan. 17, 2018
By Eli Wolfe

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


After the federal judiciary’s administrative branch announced Friday who would review the U.S. courts’ internal policies gover...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


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


State lawmakers came back to the Capitol this month under pressure to pass legislation to help victims of sexual harassment.


Civil Litigation


The Miller Law Firm secured a $15.6 million construction defect settlement for the homeowners’ associations of the 81-unit La ...


The brother of a man who died fighting for ISIS was sentenced for illegal possession of firearms.


Judges and Judiciary


Law firms and courts have mixed opinions of data analytics companies that tout its data on judges.


Judges and Judiciary


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


The Judicial Council will not implement several policy and procedural changes recommended in a report three years ago, accordi...


Civil Litigation


Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $102 million settlement with BP Energy Company over allegations it intentionally o...


In Recess


Sugar Plum Lawyer

Jan. 12, 2018
By Shane Nelson

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


A bill to repeal statewide rent control restrictions died in the State Assembly on Thursday after a long and contentious commi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


CAALA president looks to 2018

Jan. 12, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

Incoming Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles President Mike Arias looks to 2018.


Immigration, Criminal


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

Jan. 12, 2018
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


A ruling could give California public employees the legal ammunition they need to shoot down a five year-old law that reduced ...


Government


After several years of disappointing state budgets, the judicial branch in California got some good news on Wednesday.


Immigration, Government


Plaintiff’s attorney’s expressed confidence that a San Francisco federal judge’s order will hold up on appeal in the combined ...


Criminal


A top white-collar crime attorney defending a corporate executive in his second insider trading trial on Wednesday worked to p...


Intellectual Property


In a split decision, a federal appellate court partially overturned a $39.5 million ruling Wednesday for cybersecurity company...


Attorney productivity has plummeted costing law firms an average of $74,100 per lawyer, per year, a new report found.


The legendary and notoriously offbeat defense litigator J. Tony Serra reentered the public consciousness this week when he beg...


A Los Angeles County judge condemned a 15-year delay in holding a trial to review the man’s continued incarceration.


Government


Sen. Kamala Harris joins Senate Judiciary Committee

Jan. 10, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Sen. Kamala D. Harris, D-California, was appointed to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.