Labor/Employment
Google gender discrimination allegations come to head in sweeping class action
By Matthew Blake
The private lawsuit seeks nothing less than to change the corporation’s culture.
U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Criminal
As likely deciding vote, Gorsuch questions government lawyer in deportation case
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The U.S. Supreme Court reheard oral arguments Monday in a case that will determine whether language interpreted by immigration...
Law Practice, Government
U.S. Senate confirms Makan Delrahim as antitrust head
By Steven Crighton
Prior to joining the administration, Delrahim handled antitrust matters in Los Angeles.
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit expands due process for detained immigrants
By Joshua Sebold
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and other interest groups scored a major victory Monday when the 9th...
One defendant company settled Monday in the midst of trial over labeling coffee as containing a carcinogen.
A former employee of the Glendale city attorney’s office has been charged with embezzling $609,764 she illegally obtained by c...
San Francisco gaming company Zynga has tapped a former Tesla lawyer to lead its legal team.
SB 36 calls for the bar’s specialty practice groups to split off into a private nonprofit.
Civil Litigation
Japanese power company, GE, seek dismissal of personal injury suit
By Eli Wolfe
The operator of a Japanese nuclear power plant urged a federal judge in San Diego to stop a new wave of litigation from crashi...
Walzer Melcher has handled some of the largest divorce cases and premarital agreements in California, according to the firm — ...
A CBS attorney was terminated in the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history after she wrote a Facebook post su...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton associate Michaela Goldstein won this year’s Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Comp...
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy
Cannabis industry may face wave of lawsuits over labeling
By James Getz
As marijuana becomes more acceptable, the industry is expected to face many lawsuits about its failure to post warnings on its...
Civil Litigation
Class action over 3M Corp. merger with Ceradyne settles for $11.3 million
By Meghann Cuniff
Most of the money is to go to Ceradyne shareholders, who alleged that the company’s board of directors breached their fiduciar...
Civil Litigation
UC Berkeley student sues university therapist in Title IX case
By David Mendenhall
A complaint filed in Alameda County Superior Court against the Regents of the University of California and a university-employ...
Civil Litigation
Countrywide mortgage customers beat back bank’s summary judgment motion
By Andy Serbe
A case alleging that a financial company is vicariously responsible for the fraudulent activities of one of its third-party mo...
Immigration, Government
California startups seek court order to implement Obama-era immigration rule
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Two California startups and other plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction in Washington, D.C. federal court Frida...
Can a state categorically ban prisoners from testifying in civil lawsuits without running into a 14th Amendment violation? In ...
Law Practice, Criminal
Judge jails defendant during plea, finds defender in contempt
By L.J. Williamson
A chaotic scene in one of San Francisco’s busiest courtrooms ended with a defendant who was about to enter a plea being taken ...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
State authorizes sale of courthouses
By Steven Crighton
The courthouses are currently not in use and would be first offered to the county.
Law Practice, Insurance
Blank Rome boosts LA presence with addition of insurance coverage litigators
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Blank Rome LLP expands insurance recovery practice to LA with addition of three Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP attorneys.
A Steptoe & Johnson LLP trio completed this year’s Ketchum-Downtown YMCA Stair Climb for Los Angeles fundraiser.
Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal
State’s jury selection process gets legislative tweaks
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Changes are coming to the jury selection process, thanks to a pair of bills Gov. Jerry Brown signed this week.
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court declines to review San Diego authority water case
By Joshua Sebold
The San Diego County Water Authority suffered a major defeat in its battle with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Ca...
Civil Litigation
American Airlines workers sue clothing manufacturer over alleged health problems
By David Mendenhall
About 100 American Airlines employees filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court against a clothing manufactur...
Insurance
Home insurance company removes limit on smoke damages in settlement
By James Getz
In a preliminary class action settlement, Travelers Commercial Insurance Co. has agreed to remove a clause from homeowners’ in...
Criminal
Prosecutors: Woman allegedly stole NY attorney’s ID to represent California clients
By Meghann Cuniff
The woman, who said she is a law school dropout, appeared in federal court Thursday on mail fraud and identity theft charges.
A group of Allen Matkins attorneys and staffers raced up 75 floors of stairs for the YMCA earlier this month.
A hearing on Thursday to address a controversial anti-fraud statute relating to workers’ compensation was upended by a state l...
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP litigator Steven P. Ragland has been juggling since high school.