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Law Practice


Major international law firm, Dentons, expands IP and Technology practice in the U.S.


In Recess


Not your average duffer

Jul. 28, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Gifted golfer Collin L. Waring, an associate at the CGS3 office in San Diego, is no stranger to low scores on the links.


Obituaries


Gordon R. “Sam” Overton, 1949-2017

Jul. 28, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Longtime deputy attorney general Gordon R. “Sam” Overton, who spent much of his 35-year career at the Department of Justice in...


Obituaries


Howard N. Madris 1966-2017

Jul. 28, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Beverly Hills attorney Howard N. Madris, who practiced bankruptcy law for nearly three decades, died suddenly July 20 from wha...


Criminal


State prosecutor charged with uploading child pornography

Jul. 28, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

A deputy attorney general in San Diego is on administrative leave and home detention after being charged with possessing child...


Corporate


Three years into his tenure, Christopher T. Handman, general counsel for Snap Inc., has left the company.



Luxury resort sues “Timeshare Exit Team”

Jul. 28, 2017
By Steven Crighton, Garrett Green

A luxury resort that offers timeshares is suing a firm that offers “timeshare exit” services in federal court, claiming that t...



Toxicologist witness called first in talc trial

Jul. 28, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

A board-certified pharmacologist and toxicologist testifying as the plaintiff’s first witness in the Johnson & Johnson tal...



Judge in CJP-state auditor suit to recuse himself

Jul. 28, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The judge assigned to hear a lawsuit by the Commission on Judicial Performance against California State Auditor Elaine Howle w...


California Supreme Court


State high court says CEQA applies to public projects

Jul. 28, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, pre-empts a federal law in a ca...


California owes 3,400 active and retired judges about $40 million and must pay now, a judge ordered Thursday, but the state mi...


Attorneys for a data analytics company asked a federal judge Thursday to block Microsoft Corp.-owned LinkedIn from preventing ...


Weeks after filing a suit against showrunner Ryan Murphy and FX over her depiction in the Emmy-nominated series, “Feud: Bette ...


Apple Inc. suffered another defeat in an intellectual property case brought by the University of Wisconsin, when a federal jud...


A suit filed in Orange County alleges that after a longtime Toyota dealer created a program to streamline customer repairs in ...


Attorneys for a dying woman urged a jury on Wednesday to find that the company should have warned consumers about baby powder


The order from U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford clears the way for a new trial for James V. Mazzo, a corporate executive...



Jury awards $9.4M for music rights

Jul. 27, 2017
By Steven Crighton


Deputy Attorney General Erika Hiramatsu, who will become chair this fall, is keeping an open mind about whether the bar exam p...


The rate at which securities fraud class actions are filed in federal court hit an all-time high for the first half of 2017, a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a unanimous decision, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday that an appeal brought by relators who filed a lawsuit alleging the Uni...


An injunction request filed by Los Angeles County seeks to halt resumed natural gas injections at the Aliso Canyon facility th...


A potential $1 billion real estate lawsuit spanning 14 years between four brothers undramatically fizzled out on the eve of tr...


California Supreme Court


Court gives judges more leeway in resentencing

Jul. 26, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

A unanimous court ruled that judges could consider the facts underlying charges, even when those charges have been dismissed, ...


After a 6½-month ban, judges may get paid for performing marriage ceremonies on weekends and legal holidays.


An attorney for two former Pepperdine University women’s basketball players who are suing the school on Tuesday grilled the fo...


Government


Sessions announces rules targeting sanctuary jurisdictions

Jul. 26, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday afternoon that state and local recipients of a federal justice grant program ...


Entertainment & Sports


California’s “travel ban” bill could cost public university athletic departments not just games, recruits, and playoff appeara...


Corporate


CrowdStrike hires new GC ahead of IPO

Jul. 25, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Sunnyvale-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has hired Laurel Finch to lead its legal team as the company’s chief legal o...


Corporate


VMWare nabs Avaya’s general counsel

Jul. 25, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

VMWare Inc., a cloud infrastructure developer, named Amy M. Fliegelman Olli its next general counsel.