Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Deputy DA arrested as AG takes on case
By Eli Wolfe
Michael Yglecias, a 34-year veteran of the department, was arrested last Friday and booked in the Pomona City Jail on a misdem...
An Orange County prosecutor told a State Bar court Thursday she believed she acted within the law when she withheld potentiall...
Government
Mike Feuer sworn in for second Term as LA city attorney
By Matthew Sanderson
Product Liability
5 California lawyers join Fiat class action steering committee
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Five California attorneys land spots on the plaintiff steering committee for a large class action litigation involving Fiat Ch...
Product Liability
5 California lawyers join Fiat class action steering committee
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Five California attorneys land spots on the plaintiff steering committee for a large class action litigation involving Fiat Ch...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Sheriff’s officer says 5 1/2 month gap in jail log may have been deleted
By Meghann Cuniff
A top Orange County sheriff’s official told a judge Thursday that 5 1/2 months worth of entries may have been deleted from a r...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Teamsters lose challenge of U.S. approval of Mexico-based trucking companies
By James Getz
The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the International Brotherhood of Teamsters a review of its petitions challeng...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court overturns Arbuckle rule interpretation
By Steven Crighton
The high court was divided 4-3 in the case.
Civil Litigation
Garlic company convinces judge to drop its RICO case to expedite appeal
By Eli Wolfe
A garlic company successfully convinced a federal judge to dismiss its RICO case against several Chinese competitors earlier t...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Former Akin lawyer moves to end employment, race discrimination case
By Matthew Blake
An employment discrimination lawsuit that peered into the world of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP litigators has settled, ac...
Workers’ compensation litigator Keith P. More has been raising money for charity with his passion for painting for 15 years.
Assembly Bill 119 and Senate Bill 104 would require public employers within the state to provide recognized employee exclusive...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar says prosecutor withheld evidence in disciplinary proceeding
By Andy Serbe
Disciplinary proceedings in State Bar Court began on Wednesday against Orange County Deputy District Attorney Sandra Lee Nassa...
Civil Litigation
Rock star loses anti-SLAPP fight, wins protective order
By Steven Crighton
A judge found Eddie Money’s allegedly discriminatory behavior predates his free speech claims.
Criminal
OC hearing won’t pause for 13,000 newly discovered sheriff’s department emails
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County judge declined Wednesday to pause an evidence hearing in a capital case to allow a prosecutor time to review ...
Labor/Employment, Government
Labor board pick expected to undo Obama-era decisions
By Matthew Blake
President Donald J. Trump has named a Los Angeles lawyer to fill the National Labor Relations Board’s final vacancy, and the v...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Many arbitration firms ignoring state law, report claims
By Kevin Lee
Nearly two out of three private arbitration firms in California are not complying at all with a state law that requires public...
Government
Auditor recommends all State Bar employees work 40 hours a week
By Lyle Moran
A state audit released Tuesday reported that 80 percent of the bar’s more than 500 full-time employees are on a 36.25-hour wor...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Litigation
LA hospital settles fraud claim with $42M payout
By Eli Wolfe
Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc. has agreed to pay a $42 million settlement to resolve allegations that it was submitting ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Litigation
LA hospital settles fraud claim with $42M payout
By Eli Wolfe
Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc. has agreed to pay a $42 million settlement to resolve allegations that it was submitting ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Litigation
LA hospital settles fraud claim with $42M payout
By Eli Wolfe
Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc. has agreed to pay a $42 million settlement to resolve allegations that it was submitting ...
Underscoring the severity of the case, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Wednesday gave more time to a Hollywood direc...
Criminal, Constitutional Law
California, federal courts diverge on wiretap use
By Logan Noblin
An annual judiciary report published Wednesday showed that the number of wiretap applications that were approved by California...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Auditor slams State Bar for lack of financial safeguards
By Lyle Moran
The bar allowed nearly 40 percent of its more than 500 employees to secure purchasing cards with monthly credit limits ranging...
Law Practice
Three litigators move from Michelman & Robinson to Nossaman within month
By Skylar Dubelko
Nossaman LLP's has added new partner William Adams, former head of commercial and business litigation at Michelman & Robin...
A crippling ransomware attack hit several major European companies Tuesday morning, taking international law firm DLA Piper as...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Concerns raised about allegations of sex-based favoritism in OC DA’s investigations bureau
By Meghann Cuniff
Allegations of rampant favoritism related to sexual relationships within the investigations bureau of the Orange County distri...
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review the federal ban on states allowing sports gambling, which could potentially re...
Civil Litigation
Judge seems to favor financial regulator against mortgage finance company
By Joshua Sebold
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seemed to have the upper hand over Nationwide Biweekly Administration in closing argu...