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Claims that California State University Los Angeles snubbed Sheila Hudson from the athletic director job because she is a woma...


Civil Litigation


Fired company employee wins $15M jury verdict

Aug. 31, 2017
By James Getz

A Los Angeles County jury has awarded a former Snap-On Tools maintenance supervisor $15 million, believing his claim that he w...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the government may not remove a Mexican citizen living in the Unite...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


A concert organizer denied his former law firm ever had a membership stake in his company during his examination Wednesday in ...


Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government


San Francisco and Santa Clara counties filed motions Wednesday seeking permanent injunctions to block President Donald J. Trum...


Civil Litigation


A federal jury faulted both sides in a defamation and fraud lawsuit award, ending a contentious trial.


Law Practice, Government, Civil Litigation


A Southern California law firm made a last-ditch attempt to avoid surrendering records to the Consumer Financial Protection Bu...



Civil Litigation


Legal recruiter Gregg Ziskind prevailed in a claim that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP breached an oral contract with him b...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Commission on Judicial Performance announced a new rule Tuesday that will make it easier to temporarily suspend judges, br...


Immigration, Government


Government to require interviews for some green card holders

Aug. 30, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The government will begin requiring in-person interviews for certain green card applicants in order to comply with President D...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


A law firm has sued over the suffocation death of a mentally ill man whose mother called police for assistance in getting him ...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


About three dozen energy companies being sued in California over climate change issues have removed those cases to federal cou...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Consumer attorneys’ annual Las Vegas convention, the biggest trial lawyer gathering in the country, kicks off on Thursday runn...


Government


Campaign disclosure law advances in state Legislature

Aug. 30, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A key state Senate committee passed a campaign disclosure law Tuesday that would require political ads to clearly list the top...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


After decades of conflict between the heirs of John Steinbeck over the rights to his works, a trial that could clear the way f...



Firms respond to Hurricane Harvey

Aug. 30, 2017
By Lila Seidman

As one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history continues to wreak havoc in southeast Texas, law firms across the state ...


Obituaries


Christopher M. Patti 1958 - 2017

Aug. 30, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

The UC Berkeley chief campus counsel died Sunday while on a bike ride in Sonoma County, according to the California Highway Pa...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


A law firm accused of trying to muscle into a client’s business has argued that the parties established an ongoing business re...


Criminal


A San Bernardino County jury acquitted three of four defendants of all bribery charges on Monday, concluding a seven-month tri...


Law Practice, Government


LA lawyer picked for patent post

Aug. 29, 2017
By Skylar Dubelko

Andrei Iancu, a veteran patent litigator at Irell & Manella, has been nominated to be director of the U.S. Patent & Tr...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


An attorney for a concert organizer blasted his former law firm in a trial over an investment agreement in opening arguments M...


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


9th Circuit questions why relatives cannot bypass travel ban

Aug. 29, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Attorneys grappled Monday during oral arguments before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to interpret the U.S. Supreme...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Mark Stone, chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, suggested a reduction from 144 to about 139.


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation


A San Francisco County judge has opened the door to the Commission on Judicial Performance providing redacted judicial discipl...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation


Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky lost a battle Monday when a judge rejected his arguments to decertify pet...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Mark Stone, chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, suggested a reduction from 144 to about 139.


Corporate


Biotech firm taps IP vet to lead legal team

Aug. 29, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Pleasanton-based biotech company 10x Genomics Inc. hires Eric S. Whitaker as general counsel.


Civil Litigation


Johnson & Johnson, in the face of a $417 million bellwether jury trial defeat in Los Angeles County Superior Court and wit...


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


9th Circuit split plan gains new momentum

Aug. 28, 2017
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The ongoing battle to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is gaining new steam as Republican Arizona Senator Jeff F...