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Civil Litigation, Law Practice


A managing partner at a law firm that went into business with a former client’s concert promotion company testified that he ha...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Five retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judges considered to be among the top neutral billers in the state are leaving ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Colin P. Wong, the longtime administrator of the State Bar Court, is one of the employees who is retiring.


Labor/Employment


A former T-Mobile Inc. retail store manager in Ontario got more than $5 million from a San Bernardino jury, finding that the c...


Government, Criminal


Expungement expanded for some nonviolent criminals

Sep. 6, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill expanding expungement opportunities for “triple nons” — criminals convicted of nonviol...


Civil Litigation


Pierce Sergenian LLP has filed a motion to disqualify Perkins Coie LLP from an eight-figure dispute regarding the reality tele...


Law Practice, Corporate


David King, a former principal at one of the world’s largest private equity and financial services corporations, joins Kirklan...


Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


Courthouse News Service has filed an appeal with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in hopes of overturning a judicial orde...


Labor/Employment


A bench trial starting Tuesday cuts to the heart of the sharing economy, likely deciding if its workers are employees or freel...


Government, State Bar & Bar Associations


The bill would split off the agency’s specialty practice groups, known as sections.


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court will meet Tuesday with just six justices, as Gov. Jerry Brown has yet to name a successor to Justice K...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar’s admissions director to retire

Sep. 5, 2017
By Lyle Moran

Gayle Murphy will depart after 37 years with the bar.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A class of former hired soldiers who worked in Iraq while U.S. troops were being withdrawn may proceed with a class action aga...



Steinbeck executive producer contract questioned

Sep. 5, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Plaintiffs say Thomas Steinbeck’s executive producer contract took money from their coffers.


Civil Litigation


A dermatologist was the subject of a tense cross examination on Friday that resulted in a superior court judge announcing that...



San Bernadino deputy DA allegedly attacked

Sep. 5, 2017
By Lila Seidman

A woman believed to be a San Bernardino deputy district attorney was assaulted while jogging in Newport Beach early on Thursda...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that data gathered by police license plate scanners is not entitled to protections give...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Members of the Committee of Bar Examiners said they did not have data to support reducing the standard.


International Law, Government


The second round of renegotiation of NAFTA begins in Mexico City on Friday, only two weeks after the first round was concluded.


In Recess


Ocean Voyager

Sep. 1, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Blank Rome LLP associate Erica A. Swensson, who started sailing at age 3, has competed in long distance yacht races traveling ...


Government, Civil Litigation


Attorney General Xavier Becerra won a Pyrrhic victory this week in a suit claiming the U.S. Department of the Interior illegal...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that testimony regarding Paul Tanaka’s involvement in the Lynwood Vikings...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Labor/Employment


The union said it is frustrated by the lack of progress with contract negotiations


Civil Litigation


A federal judge voiced skepticism about wiretapping violations alleged against Uber Technologies Inc. by a plaintiff seeking t...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Daniel B. Hayes was a key witness in a case where his employer is suing Hayes’ former firm for alleged violation of profession...


Google Inc. was forced to give the federal government access to emails stored on overseas servers after a small team from the ...


Education Law


UCLA School of Law alumnus A. Barry Cappello has donated $1 million to his alma mater to overhaul its trial advocacy program.


State Bar & Bar Associations


The agency presented a new option to board committees due to data about the impact it could have on diversity.


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


The published decision by the 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed a murder conviction for an Orange County man who committed...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


It’s likely movie-goers would have had the chance to see a film version of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” starring Jennifer L...