The CJP claims Superior Court Judge Michael S. Williams nabbed a few card holders at a judicial event. ...
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. ...
Criminal
OC sheriff's lieutenant testifies he said nothing about others' false testimony
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A public defender trying to get the death penalty dismissed against a mass murderer continued Wednesday to try to show that sh...
Administrative/Regulatory
State Bar planning to get arrest alerts for current and future attorneys
By Lyle Moran
The agency's board had previously directed staff to enter a contract that would apply to lawyers licensed after it is signed,...
Firm Watch
European litigation finance and insurance broker to open LA office
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A London-based litigation finance broker will open a Los Angeles office this summer, pegging its success on the hope that the ...
Obituaries
Longtime Alameda County jurist remembered for bow ties, integrity
By Joshua Sebold
Retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven A. Brick, whose career included much-praised stints as an attorney, judge, ...
California Courts of Appeal
State appellate ruling could help lenders in foreclosures
By James Getz
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
Victoria's Secret settlement leaves key question unanswered
By Andy Serbe
While a $12 million settlement for plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Victoria's Secret LLC resolved the case, the lack of a judi...
Litigation
California AG seeks to intervene in suit challenging for-profit college rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
9th Circuit rules for state in First Amendment challenge to alcohol sale law
By Kevin Lee
California laws that prohibit alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers from exerting influence over retail stores are lawful regu...
Stanislaus County Judge Ann Ameral says she has 'about 780' kids in dependency court.
By narrowing the scope of the court's injunction in an infringement dispute over actor Dan Aykroyd's vodka line, District Judg...
Government
State budget deal includes more money for dependency counsel, legal aid
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislative leaders announced a budget deal on Tuesday morning that adds funding for courts and leg...
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
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...
Attorneys for a retired professional baseball player facing federal prison for insider trading believe misconduct and irregula...
Lawmakers said they were troubled that the agency failed to arrange for notifications when attorneys are arrested or to conduc...
Litigation
Toxicology company, but not its owner, must pay $14.6M, judge rules
By Eli Wolfe
The owner of a toxicology company will not be personally liable for damages owed to a medical factoring company after a judge ...
Criminal
OC grand jury disputes judge's jailhouse informant focus
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Orange County's Grand Jury called a judge's ongoing evidence hearing in a capital case a "witch hunt" in a report released Tue...
Amidst a management shuffle, Herbalife International Of America Inc. confirmed last week that Mark J. Friedman, the company's ...
Judges and Judiciary
Admonished judge takes his case against CJP to US Supreme Court
By Justin Kloczko
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
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...
An attorney for a Milpitas-based technology company asked a jury Monday for $110 million in damages from cloud computer giant ...
The case against Pupil Transportation Cooperative was headed for trial next week.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit blocks Trump travel ban, citing a different rationale
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck another blow against the Trump administration's travel ban Monday, following ...
A marketing company's battle for a share of the profits derived from a diamond-shaped flash drive came up short after a Santa ...
