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Discipline


CJP investigates Napa County judge for petty theft

Jun. 16, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The CJP claims Superior Court Judge Michael S. Williams nabbed a few card holders at a judicial event. ...


Criminal


Criminal case raises civil pro se loophole issue

Jun. 16, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

A slippery fraudster who for years has narrowly escaped serious criminal penalties may finally have run out of luck, according...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Legal educators and commentators Frank Wu (UC Hastings) and Stephen Diamond (Santa Clara) revisit Whittier Law School's closur...



Finance attorney Kimberly A. Posin heads up Latham & Watkins LLP's pro bono foster child adoption program. ...


Skadden environmental counsel Stacy Kray is also known for her second career as a singer, songwriter and playwright. ...


A public defender trying to get the death penalty dismissed against a mass murderer continued Wednesday to try to show that sh...


Administrative/Regulatory


The agency's board had previously directed staff to enter a contract that would apply to lawyers licensed after it is signed,...


Firm Watch


A London-based litigation finance broker will open a Los Angeles office this summer, pegging its success on the hope that the ...


Obituaries


Retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven A. Brick, whose career included much-praised stints as an attorney, judge, ...


California Courts of Appeal


In a ruling that could change real property law, a state appellate court has ruled that lenders who use a trustee's sale to fo...


Labor/Employment


While a $12 million settlement for plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Victoria's Secret LLC resolved the case, the lack of a judi...


Arguing that the Trump administration is failing to protect students at for-profit colleges, state Attorney General Xavier Bec...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


California laws that prohibit alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers from exerting influence over retail stores are lawful regu...


Top Plaintiffs


Top Plaintiff Lawyers

Jun. 15, 2017
By Riley Guerin


Judicial Profile


Ann Q. Ameral

Jun. 15, 2017
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Stanislaus County Judge Ann Ameral says she has 'about 780' kids in dependency court.


Litigation


Judge limits injunction in Skull Vodka case

Jun. 14, 2017
By Steven Crighton

By narrowing the scope of the court's injunction in an infringement dispute over actor Dan Aykroyd's vodka line, District Judg...


Government


Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislative leaders announced a budget deal on Tuesday morning that adds funding for courts and leg...


Litigation


VMware beats $110M copyright lawsuit

Jun. 14, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

Cloud computing company VMware Inc. defeated a $110 million intellectual property case brought by Phoenix Technologies Ltd.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Judge says LA County bar violated its bylaws

Jun. 14, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

A superior court judge said Tuesday that the Los Angeles County Bar Association violated its bylaws but he won't grant a preli...


Criminal


Ex-baseball star seeks vacated verdict

Jun. 14, 2017
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Attorneys for a retired professional baseball player facing federal prison for insider trading believe misconduct and irregula...


Government


Lawmakers said they were troubled that the agency failed to arrange for notifications when attorneys are arrested or to conduc...


The owner of a toxicology company will not be personally liable for damages owed to a medical factoring company after a judge ...


Criminal


Orange County's Grand Jury called a judge's ongoing evidence hearing in a capital case a "witch hunt" in a report released Tue...


Corporate


Herbalife GC steps down

Jun. 14, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

Amidst a management shuffle, Herbalife International Of America Inc. confirmed last week that Mark J. Friedman, the company's ...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke Jr., who said he's been wrongly admonished by the Commission on Judic...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges who will, judges who won't

Jun. 13, 2017
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

In Louie Castoria's June 9 article, he posits that there are two types of people on the Supreme Court and in law firms as well...


Litigation


An attorney for a Milpitas-based technology company asked a jury Monday for $110 million in damages from cloud computer giant ...


Litigation


$23.5M settlement reached in school bus death suit

Jun. 13, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The case against Pupil Transportation Cooperative was headed for trial next week.


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck another blow against the Trump administration's travel ban Monday, following ...


Litigation


Jury backs Electronic Arts in defense win

Jun. 13, 2017
By Eli Wolfe

A marketing company's battle for a share of the profits derived from a diamond-shaped flash drive came up short after a Santa ...