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Well-known bankruptcy attorney changes firms

Jan. 5, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

Citing a need for a bigger platform, longtime Orange County bankruptcy lawyer William Lobel has left Lobel Weiland Golden Frie...


After the shooting of two Long Beach attorneys by one of their partners, motives remain unclear.


A convicted child molester’s trial following a two-year Sexually Violent Predator Act commitment was delayed for more than 15 ...


Law Practice, Government


U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch will leave his post in the Northern District by the end of the week to join Sidley Austin LLP in S...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Government


This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a decades-old law that made it difficult for unmarried men to pass citizenship...


Government, Criminal


Hanna was included on a list of names sent by the White House to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who recommended in September that the...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A lobbyist has sued her former firm for allegedly firing her for signing a letter speaking out against sexual harassment.


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


Streaming giant Spotify has been hit with a $1.6 billion lawsuit by Wixen Music Publishing Inc., claiming the streaming servic...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation


A California federal judge tossed out a suit against Airbnb Inc. brought by apartment owner and operator Aimco seeking to hold...


Community News


Nate Duncan and Danny LeRoux are conducting a grand experiment to answer the question: What if you took the logic and empirici...


A mediation clinic at Chapman University’s law school recently expanded to Orange County after seven years in Riverside County.


Real Estate/Development, Law Practice


Real estate boutique firm Miller Starr Regalia announced Wednesday that Ella Gower has taken the helm as managing shareholder.


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


In a report that touched on the federal judiciary’s response to natural disasters and the allegations of sexual harassment tha...


Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal


An state appellate court decision has provided holiday cheer to California businesses, who now have one clear avenue to knock ...


Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations


The school’s 59 percent passing rate was better than seven ABA institutions


Civil Litigation


Google LLC and its subsidiary YouTube LLC urged a federal judge to toss a “radical” lawsuit that seeks to limit their ability ...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property, Education Law


A University of San Diego School of Law program advises inventors on how to get patents with help from law firms.


Obituaries


Sterling Ernie Norris, 1939-2017

Jan. 3, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

Judicial Watch attorney and longtime LA County prosecutor remembered for civil, criminal cases.


Judges and Judiciary


The California legal community is invited to pay respects to U.S. District Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell, who died in October.


Managing partner Richard J. Cohen said the firm, with 350 lawyers in 20 offices in 10 states, has been eying California for tw...



Civil Advocate

Jan. 3, 2018
By Eli Wolfe

Stanislaus County Judge Roger Beauchesne models behavior he wants to see from attorneys.


Judges and Judiciary


Peter C. Deddeh began his term as San Diego County Superior Court’s presiding judge on Monday, court officials announced.


Unlike most mass shooters, Stephen Paddock left a sizable estate, one that plaintiffs’ attorneys are trying to keep out of lit...


A state regulatory agency’s recent decision to reject a San Diego utility’s request to pass on the costs from three deadly wil...


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports


Commemorating the biggest moments in sports history is attorney Glen Rothstein’s passion project.


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit reverses murder convictions

Jan. 2, 2018
By Eli Wolfe

A U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated the first degree murder convictions of a man who brutally killed two young w...


Law Practice, Criminal


Tom Lyon is again breaking new ground, aiming improve how attorneys, social workers and law enforcement interview children.


A federal judge overseeing the ineffective counsel claim of a man convicted a decade ago of terrorism charges has denied a gov...


Civil Litigation


In a response to discovery demands in a shareholder suit, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. argued they have already provided enough...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco federal judge has rejected defense motions to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit alleging price fixing in the South ...