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Criminal, Civil Litigation


A third defendant who was cleared of all charges after a marathon San Bernardino County corruption trial has filed a claim.


Law Practice, Immigration


Latham associates help get asylum for El Salvador mother

Dec. 20, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The group of attorneys worked pro bono for a 24-year-old woman who argued that that she should be allowed to remain in the U.S.


California Courts of Appeal


Southern California Gas Company is not responsible for reimbursing economic damage suffered by area businesses related to the ...


Real Estate/Development


The owners of an upscale downtown San Diego condominium reached a $42 million settlement with several maintenance and construc...


Law Practice, Government, Family, Education Law


Name Changers

Dec. 20, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Attorneys and law students are helping the Orange County transgender community navigate legal name and gender marker changes.


Civil Litigation


A federal judge has named the liaison counsel, co-lead counsel and members of the plaintiffs’ steering committee for the Wells...


Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


Issues of security and privacy grew along with the interconnected “internet of things” in 2017 and will continue to grow and b...


Criminal


Four former Beaumont officials admitted to orchestrating a scheme that bilked the city out of tens of millions of dollars duri...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A San Francisco County judge has recused himself from a case in which he remanded a defendant into custody for more than three...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


With his abrupt departure from the bench, former 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski leaves behind more than...



Judge blocks part of CJP audit

Dec. 20, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Commission on Judicial Performance has won a resounding court victory in a case challenging an audit ordered by the state ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


With the resignation of Alex Kozinski, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lost one of its most outspoken and colorful f...


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports


The Weinstein Company, widely considered one of the largest and most successful film studios in the United States, can’t affor...


Prominent San Francisco trial lawyer Christopher Dolan won a $1.75 million jury verdict Monday against the former managing att...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The two sides held a meeting Monday to try to defuse tensions that have bubbled up.


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


McDermott IP group departs for Polsinelli

Dec. 19, 2017
By Caroline Hart

Polsinelli LLP is expanding its intellectual property department with the addition of prominent patent litigator Fabio Marino ...


Intellectual Property, Government


Irell & Manella LLP managing partner Andrei Iancu’s nomination as director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has bee...


Retired federal judge and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Charles B. Renfrew died Dec. 14 in San Francisco. He was 89.


Entertainment & Sports


Bloom firm files countersuit against Depp

Dec. 19, 2017
By Andy Serbe

Attorneys say without a written agreement, Bloom Hergott will have an uphill battle.


Corporate


Health services company American Specialty Health Inc. hires Lance W. Bridges as its first general counsel.


Immigration, Government


While lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration policies continue to rage in California’s federal courts, two ...


Law Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Kozinski retires amid sex harassment allegations

Dec. 18, 2017
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

On Friday, U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to investigate the allegations a...


Immigration, Criminal


The temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney on Thursday also applies to a proposed class of...


A federal law under which attorneys at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its appeals board could refuse to register a t...


In a retrial, former NBA Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been ordered to pay $1.54 million related to an apartment fire at ...



Take Up Residence

Dec. 18, 2017

Adams Stirling's specialty in homeowners association law made it double in size this year.


Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal


After more than a decade of litigation, a land development company has filed a $45.2 million claim against San Bernardino County.


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board decided to limit when parent companies are liable for the alleged violations of their subsi...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith to take senior status

Dec. 15, 2017
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Smith will retire from active service effective Aug. 11, 2018, giving President Donald J. Trump a sixth seat to fill on the co...


Programs are a fraction of the cost of incarceration but smaller jurisdictions have been slow to adopt them