Litigation
Judge seems likely to allow ramen antitrust case to continue
By Joshua Sebold
A federal judge said he was inclined to let litigation proceed in an international antitrust case accusing South Korean ramen ...
Labor & Employment, Immigration
Retaliation lawsuit against attorney over threat is revived
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A lawyer who outed one of his client’s employees to immigration authorities violated federal labor retaliation laws, the 9th U...
Commercial developers have scored a major appellate win in a high-profile legal and political battle over the future of Malibu...
Litigation, Government, Civil Rights
Man convicted for domestic violence sues for right to own a firearm
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A man has sued the California Department of Justice, claiming he was improperly denied a gun license despite two court orders ...
The FBI arrested a former attorney from Dentons U.S. LLP on Thursday for allegedly threatening to leak sensitive internal data...
Criminal
High court brushes off ‘minor’ constitutional violations in two criminal rulings
By L.J. Williamson
In two criminal law decisions issued Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court excused apparent violations of defendants’ constitutiona...
Intellectual Property, Litigation
Latham wins big for Arista in patent dispute with Cisco
By Andy Serbe
Latham & Watkins LLP helped Arista Networks Inc. escape a $600 million requested penalty on Wednesday in a long-running pa...
Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
Judges want judge to enforce judge pay ruling
By Matthew Blake
Declaring that, “The state of California refuses to comply with the law,” attorneys for a class of 3,400 active and retired Ca...
Leslie R. Caldwell, a former U.S. assistant attorney general who prosecuted the Enron executives, will join Latham & Watki...
Personal Injury & Torts, Litigation
Federal jury hits TransUnion for $60M in credit misreporting case
By James Getz
A federal jury has handed down a $60 million verdict in a class action against TransUnion, finding the credit reporting agency...
Litigation, Government
Judge won’t halt lawsuit against Costa Mesa short-term housing law
By Meghann Cuniff
A housing discrimination lawsuit targeting a Costa Mesa motel ordinance is headed to trial after an Orange County judge reject...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiff claims Four Seasons Hotels ducking arbitration in $300M dispute
By Eli Wolfe
The owners of the Los Angeles Burton Way Hotels Ltd. filed a scathing motion earlier this week against its manager, Four Seaso...
Law Practice, Criminal
Bookkeeper admits stealing $1.3M from law firm
By Meghann Cuniff
A former bookkeeper and office manager at an Orange County law firm pleaded guilty Wednesday to 53 felonies related to the the...
Sports and entertainment attorney Gerard Fox and sports agent Brian Elfus have teamed up to launch the Gerard Fox Sports Group...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Attorney alleges State Bar is targeting him for critical blogging
By Lyle Moran
The bar contends it is prosecuting lawyer Ty Clevenger because of professional misconduct he was previously disciplined for in...
Law Practice
Mintz Levin nabs litigation group from Sedgwick in effort to grow West Coast presence
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC nabbed two members specializing in product liability defense from Sedgwick LLP, t...
Criminal
Summer Stephan named interim San Diego County District Attorney
By Logan Noblin
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors announced Wednesday that Chief Deputy District Attorney Summer Stephan will serve as...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California bar takers fare well on multiple choice section, but poorly overall
By Lyle Moran
Loyola Law School graduate Lloyd Buckley outperformed more than 90 percent of the country on the multiple choice portion of th...
Labor/Employment
State employees' retirement plan case to go forward
By Justin Kloczko
A class of more than 130,000 California Public Employees' Retirement System policy holders suing over rate increases will take...
California Bar
California bar takers fare well on multiple choice section, but poorly overall
By Lyle Moran
Loyola Law School graduate Lloyd Buckley outperformed more than 90 percent of the country on the multiple choice portion of th...
A class of more than 130,000 California Public Employees’ Retirement System policy holders suing over rate increases will take...
Chief Legal Officer Atlassian Inc. (San Francisco) ...
Attorneys for Facebook Inc. argued for dismissal of a lawsuit brought by marketing firms who say they were misled by the compa...
Criminal
Vallejo criminal defense attorney sues Sacramento police for her own arrest records
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The attorney for a man accused of throwing a pie in the face of a mayor of Sacramento has filed a California Public Records Ac...
Infosys Technology Ltd. announced Inderpreet Sawhney will be joining the company as group general counsel effective July 3. ...
Criminal
LA DA creates unit to take 'environmental prosecutions to the next level'
By L.J. Williamson
Polluters, beware: Adding more resources and staff, with more to come, the office has elevated its existing Environmental Crim...
Corporate
Delivery startup Sun Basket adds GC in executive hiring spree
By Paula Lehman Ewing
San Francisco-based meal kit delivery startup Sun Basket Inc. announced last week Isobel A. Jones will join the company as gen...
A successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur with a history of domestic violence arrests is now facing a civil employment lawsuit ...
Attorneys for Facebook Inc. argued for dismissal of a lawsuit brought by marketing firms who say they were misled by the compa...
Corporate
Jaunt names former TiVo legal chief first general counsel
By Paula Lehman Ewing
San Mateo-based virtual reality technology developer Jaunt Inc. appointed Matthew P. Zinn, the longtime general counsel for Ti...