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Nearly three decades after legislation required it do so, the State Bar plans to sign a contract with the California Departmen...


A federal judge gave final approval for a $10.9 million settlement Monday to resolve a class action against Sientra Inc. , a m...


Justice Paul Turner of the 2nd District Court of Appeal won admirers due to his enthusiasm for the law, and respect for the br...


Judicial Profile


Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

May 23, 2017
By Joshua Seboldn

As a Latina, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is aware of her place in history


Alternative Dispute Resolution


A San Diego County jury deliberated less than two days before ruling in favor of JAMS and private judge Sheila Sonenshine.


State Bar & Bar Associations


LA County Bar renames cancelled officials' slate

May 22, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

The Los Angeles County Bar Association renominated the same slate of officials Friday that had been named in a controversial c...


The mayor of Sacramento, Darrell Steinberg, has created a public-private task force in an attempt to raise tens of millions of...


Buzzfeed Inc. has accused several of the United States' largest law enforcement and intelligence agencies of violating the Fre...


Los Angeles County Superior Court has agreed to relinquish $1.6 million in projected money over the next two years so other su...


Labor/Employment


Novel PAGA suit targets Google employee nondisclosure agreements allegedly so broad they violate the state Labor Code.


Litigation


A worker who sued over termination must pay her ex-employer's attorney fees and costs.


Environmental


A coalition of environmental groups has sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture, challenging a decision to allo...


Firm Watch


On the Move

May 22, 2017
By STEPHEN LARSON

Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.


Judicial Profile


Melvin D. Sandvig

May 22, 2017
By XYZ

As a former sole practitioner, LA County Judge Melvin Sandvig understands lawyers' stresses.


Personal Injury & Torts


In his recent column, Mark Simowitz argues MICRA is anachronistic, "has not kept pace with inflation, and helps insurance comp...


The case also revealed some Best Buy employees also worked as government informants. ...


Corporate


Legendary Entertainment general counsel to depart

May 19, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

Legendary Entertainment LLC chief operating officer and general counsel J. Martin Willhite will be leaving the company.


Litigation


A San Diego jury deliberated less than two days before ruling in favor of JAMS and private judge Sheila Sonenshine.


Brian J. Virag, a personal injury attorney, now focuses his practice on a new pest: bedbugs.


Immigration


Congress debated a bill Thursday that would significantly change how the nation's federal immigration laws are enforced at the...


Technology & Science


Qualcomm suit makes proxy attack on Apple

May 19, 2017
By Eli Wolfe

In a proxy attack on Apple Inc., Qualcomm Inc. filed a lawsuit Wednesday against four Taiwan-based contract manufacturers that...


California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have filed a motion to intervene in...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge Charles Breyer rejected that the game DotA had no enforceable authorship. ...


Firm Watch


Early reports indicate the New York and DC offices were hit hardest. ...


Criminal


Proposition 57, which ended the direct filing of juvenile cases in adult court, is not retroactive, the California 5th Distric...


Technology & Science


The fallout from Snap Inc.'s initial public offering continues with a federal securities class action that accuses the company...


Law Practice


Along with 10 other law departments around the world, the partnership developed by NetApp and Elevate were named 2017 Value Ch...


A bill in the state Assembly could take away a tool developers have used to avoid California Environmental Quality Act challen...


Judge Thomas M. Goethals prohibited the district attorney's office from continuing to pursue the felony murder rule in its case.


Education


The acclaimed constitutional scholar and legal educator will start his new role July 1.