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Corporate


Technology company GCs form informal alliance to take on illegal immigration changes.


Corporate


Travel data company names former Yahoo lawyer as GC

Sep. 12, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Sojern Inc. hires former Yahoo Inc. attorney to be general counsel as it eyes international expansion.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A federal judge in San Diego dealt Qualcomm Inc. a double blow by denying the company’s motions for preliminary injunctions in...


Immigration


UC sues US to stop ‘Dreamer’ plans

Sep. 11, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The University of California Board of Regents filed a lawsuit on Friday to block the Trump administration from eliminating the...


Government, Criminal


The board overruled a hearing officer’s recommendation for compensation for a man who spent 17 years in prison.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law does not ban lifetime benefit caps on retiree-only insurance plans, ...


Criminal


The racketeering scheme involved an Orange County Superior Court clerk who illegally resolved hundreds of low-level criminal c...


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


President Donald J. Trump made his first nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday.


State Bar & Bar Associations


During their first meeting of a new board year, the State Bar Board of Trustees were notified Thursday of a vote by employees...


Government


A recent criminal fine and fee amnesty program cost state courts millions of dollars, according to a new report from the Judic...


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


9th Circuit affirms order adding exceptions to travel ban

Sep. 8, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a district judge’s order Thursday allowing additional relatives of those al...


The Consumer Attorneys of California have gotten the “centerpiece” bill of their 2017 legislative package to the governor’s desk.


In Recess


Great Heights

Sep. 8, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Sole practitioner Brian Cullen has been navigating the risk of rock climbing for 27 years.


Law Practice


Ellisen Turner will succeed Andrei Iancu, who has held the job since 2012 and is completing his second three-year term, the ma...


Criminal


A man who was wrongfully convicted of child molestation has gotten the judgment vacated with the help of two new California la...


Civil Litigation


A federal jury deliberated less than five hours before siding with defense attorney Margaret M. Holm of Sedgwick LLP.


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Steinbeck’s heir dealt sour grapes

Sep. 7, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Jury tells author’s daughter-in-law to stop blocking films.


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Grubhub’s legal team went on the attack Wednesday in a bench trial in which the company is accused of misclassifying a driver...


An Orange County jury convicted a man in a long-running case after a judge prohibited a first-degree murder charge.


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The plaintiff who lost a false advertising trial against JAMS in May has petitioned the state Supreme Court to review the tria...


Civil Litigation


The co-founding partner of a firm denied in testimony Wednesday that he “hates” a former partner who is now CEO of a concert p...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The agency’s recommendation of three options now heads to the state Supreme Court, which has the final say.


Government, Civil Litigation


A bill likely to soon land on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk would clarify the state auditor has the power to audit state commissions.


Law Practice


Sidley Austin hires former federal prosecutor

Sep. 7, 2017
By Skylar Dubelko

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jean-Claude André has joined Sidley Austin LLP’s Supreme Court and appellate practice as a part...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


Auto insurance giant Geico Indemnity Co. triumphed against two plaintiffs who accused the company of failing to obtain their a...


Government, Civil Litigation


The San Francisco city attorney’s office announced a settlement Wednesday in a case that determined the founders of a self-des...


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


A California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a man who entered the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles...


Labor/Employment, Immigration


Attorneys and experts are divided on how to advise clients and companies in the wake of an announcement by the Trump administr...


Labor/Employment


Attorneys for Grubhub Inc. and one of the company’s former drivers exchanged opening arguments Tuesday in a case that could de...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with two related cases on whether, after many years, United Farm Worker inactivity...