Law Practice
Six attorneys from Sedgwick join Hinshaw in LA, Bay Area
By Skylar Dubelko
The group, consisting of five partners and an associate, will be split between Hinshaw’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.
Health Care & Hospital Law
Hospital sued for lack of deaf interpretation services
By Eli Wolfe
Kirkland & Ellis LLP threw its support behind a public impact lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court on Monday that ac...
Civil Litigation
Sailors’ class action on claim of radiation injuries dismissed
By Lila Seidman
A federal judge in San Diego dismissed a class action brought by hundreds of U.S. sailors against a Tokyo-based electricity pr...
Immigration, Government
Salvadorans’ only hope to stay in US may be through immigration system
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Legal experts doubt that significant federal litigation will result from the Trump administration’s decision to end deportatio...
Real Estate/Development
Rent control laws to be debated in state capitol
By Lila Seidman
A bill to repeal a state law that prohibited California cities and counties from putting rent control on apartments built afte...
Melissa Murray talked about the challenges of being interim dean in the aftermath of allegations against the former dean.
A superior court judge on Monday said Los Angeles County can decide where the estate hearing of Charles Manson will take plac...
Law Practice, Government
Women legislators’ nonprofit terminates contract with law firm accused of retaliation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A nonprofit organization operated by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus has cut ties with a law firm that has become em...
Labor/Employment
Fired male Google engineer sues for discrimination, harassment
By Winston Cho
The engineer fired by Alphabet Inc.-owned Google after posting a memo criticizing the company’s diversity policies sued his fo...
Immigration, Government
Sessions to review immigration judges’ authority to close cases
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigration experts are divided on the federal government’s decision to review a case management tool used by immigration judg...
Corporate
CoreLogic hires ex-Allergen lead attorney to head legal team
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Veteran in-house attorney Arnold A. Pinkston takes the reins of CoreLogic’s legal team.
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA president defends judge vetting, favors bar exam changes
By David Houston
Hilarie Bass, president of the American Bar Association, told the Daily Journal she wants a probe into what kinds of testing m...
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has jumped into the fray of numerous actions taken against Los Angeles and Long Beach p...
Biotech in-house veteran Danny Hart to lead legal team at XOMA Corp.
Law Practice, Government
Women legislators’ nonprofit terminates contract with law firm accused of retaliation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A nonprofit organization operated by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus has cut ties with a law firm that has become em...
California had 27 companies go public in 2017, raising a collective $6.5 billion, up from 2016 when 21 companies in the state ...
Immigration, Criminal
Politically-charged federal case awaits Mexican national in Steinle shooting
By Winston Cho
The Mexican national acquitted of Kate Steinle’s killing was sentenced to three years in prison on a gun possession charge but...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Magazine asks 9th Circuit to revisit ruling upholding jail ban on unsolicited mail
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The publisher of a magazine marketed at county jail inmates has requested that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reconside...
Intellectual Property
Data company sues customer, alleges stolen trade secrets
By Caroline Hart
A data analytics company is seeking damages against a former client for allegedly using improperly obtained real estate data t...
Real Estate/Development
Apartment project near Beverly Hills exempt from CEQA, judge rules
By Lila Seidman
A judge ruled that a mixed-use project near Beverly Hills is exempt from a state statute requiring it to identify and mitigate...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Former LA judge released from probation despite relapse
By Meghann Cuniff
A former judge arrested after drunkenly shooting at police in 2014 was removed from supervised probation on Friday.
Education Law
Law school officials urged to join fight against sexual violence
By Lyle Moran
A panel at the Association of American Law Schools’ annual meeting focused on the issue
Worldwide mergers and acquisitions totaled $3.6 trillion in 2017 with 49,448 deals announced. This reflects the strongest year...
The Carrillo Law Firm’s cases take a toll, as most clients are sexually abused minors.
Judges and Judiciary
Book reflects Justice Gilbert's expanded horizons, and ours
By Skylar Dubelko
Thirty years ago, Justice Arthur Gilbert began writing a regular column in the Daily Journal. Last month, he published a secon...
The fate of Nicola Hanna, the new interim U.S. Attorney for the Central District, and California’s other new federal prosecuto...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit eases activists' secret taping of animals
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A split three-judge panel of the court ruled Thursday that portions of the law criminalizing the entry and recording of audio ...
Orrick partner Robert Benson started a nonprofit to help abandoned and orphaned children nearly 20 years ago.
Civil Litigation, Government
California, other states settle with mortgage lender
By Mark Armao
California joined 48 other states and Washington, D.C. in reaching a $45 million settlement with PHH Mortgage Corp. over alleg...
Education Law
Travel ban sparked creation of UCLA law students’ immigrant justice group
By Lyle Moran
The students’ work was highlighted at a law school conference panel on rapid response pro bono work.