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Civil Litigation


A case in which the El Dorado County Transit Authority had been sued for one of its bus drivers running over a pedestrian in a...


In Recess


Coaching Advocate

Dec. 15, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP partner Mark S. Spring has been coaching basketball since law school.


California Courts of Appeal


Three state appellate justices approved

Dec. 15, 2017
By Winston Cho

The Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed a new presiding justice on the 2nd District Court of Appeal as well as two o...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Orange County Bar Foundation gives honors

Dec. 15, 2017
By Meghann Cuniff

Kyle S. Kawakami, a partner with Irell & Manella LLP, received the top honor at the youth support group’s annual meeting.


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco federal judge has certified a class of 1,900 Bank of America N.A. loan officers who filed a lawsuit seeking re...


Law Practice, Government


The state Senate has hired a new legal team to investigate claims of sexual harassment. The group announced Thursday morning b...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Newly appointed Bar Association of San Francisco President Malcolm Heinicke said he will "double down" on existing initiatives...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Embattled 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski will be subjected to a formal investigation regarding allegati...


Community News


Allen Matkins celebrates the holidays

Dec. 15, 2017
By Shane Nelson

The Orange County and Los Angeles offices of Allen Matkins held their annual holiday parties this month, hosting hundreds of S...


This was the second straight year of a slight bump in entering students.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


After months of inactivity, Senator Kamala Harris recently began forming a committee of California lawyers to evaluate candida...


Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal


Teachers who got more retirement benefits than they were supposed to receive must return about eight years of that extra money...


Civil Litigation


Lawsuit filed over planned $150M game

Dec. 14, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The makers of “Star Citizen” are being sued by the creators of its game engine.


Civil Litigation, Government


Administrative judge sues CPUC for racial discrimination

Dec. 14, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The former chief administrative law judge of the California Public Utilities Commission has filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful ...


Government, Civil Litigation


The San Jose city attorney’s office is aiming to stop a second church from illegally selling cannabis following a successful e...


The investors’ service says the San Diego school is facing financial deficits


A Los Angeles Superior Court judge who had a complaint lodged against him over conduct during a gender change petition underwe...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Plaintiff’s lawyers who argued Tuesday that prior salary cannot be a reason for gender pay disparity may have snatched defeat ...


Civil Litigation, Government


Judge dismisses challenge to state fire fee

Dec. 13, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A Sacramento County judge has dismissed a long-running suit challenging a state fire fee passed in 2011.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Danville attorney misappropriated the settlement funds, according to a press release.


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


An appeal by Brock Turner, the ex-Stanford swimmer whose six-month jail term for sexually assaulting a woman fueled an effort ...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge in Oakland has given the green light to tenants pursuing a class action suit against real estate behemoth Equi...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for the plaintiffs whose loved ones died in the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland have voluntarily dismissed their case aga...


Civil Litigation


A six-month legal battle by Western Digital Corp. to prevent Toshiba Corp. from selling assets in their joint ventures to a th...


An agency official said it may be easier to revert to previous method for determining the success rate.


California Supreme Court


California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Monday she is eager for Gov. Jerry Brown to fill what has become a lengthy v...


Civil Litigation


In a published ruling for AT&T Mobility LLC and against a putative class of cellphone owners, the court harkened back to ...


A subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. that systematically overbilled railcar operators and polluted the Long Beach Harbor pleaded g...


Immigration, Government


More immigration judges to be added, Sessions asserts

Dec. 12, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has written a memo announcing the hiring of 60 new judges in the next six months and outlining ...


Civil Litigation


The former rabbi of Pelican Bay State Prison has sued the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, alleging a pattern of ...