Litigation
Judge tosses majority of former players' drug claims against NFL
By Joshua Sebold
Attorneys representing 13 former football players suing the National Football League over alleged drug violations in administe...
Firm Watch
Ex-assistant US attorney joins Jenner to bolster defense practice in LA
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Jenner & Block LLP announced Monday that former assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon D. Fox has joined the firm as a partner in...
Making an attack on the trial itself as he made a final argument in his case against JAMS and private judge Sheila Sonenshine,...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
The founding dean of UC Irvine law school will assume his new role July 1. ...
I have been practicing immigration law since graduating from Whittier Law School, and can relate to Stephen Diamond's advocati...
Jonathan Goldstein recently wrote an article criticizing both the quality of the California appellate judiciary and the failur...
Perspective
Account of LACBA process gives misleading impression of transparency
By Riley Guerin
Based on what I can share, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland's account of recent events warrants a response because it gives a misleadin...
Government
State Senate passes amended bill on civil trial voir dire
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate has unanimously passed an amended version of a bill intended to ensure fair jury selection in civil trials, s...
The state Senate's 39-0 vote Monday came the same day a bar task force issued a report to legislative committees, the governor...
Criminal
State Senate passes bill to reduce drug sentences
By L.J. Williamson And Malcolm Maclachla
If passed by the Assembly and signed into law, SB 180, which passsed the state Senate this week, would repeal a three-year se...
Insurance
California Department of Insurance taps Dentons attorney for general counsel
By Paula Lehman Ewing
Kenneth B. Schnoll, a veteran insurance and health care attorney, becomes general counsel for the California Department of Ins...
Government
Bill to limit immigration status court disclosure advances
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A state Senate bill seeking to limit disclosures of witnesses' immigration status in court moved closer to becoming law on Tue...
A former employee of Snap Inc. escalated his legal battle with the company by filing a federal whistleblower complaint on Mond...
Labor/Employment
McDonald's trial highlights joint employer liability theory
By Matthew Blake
An Obama administration effort to put corporations on the hook for their subsidiaries' labor law violations may have a lasting...
The jury hearing final arguments Wednesday in the trial of a lawsuit against JAMS and private judge Sheila P. Sonenshine broug...
Judge Arturo Castro's upbringing in Los Angeles led him to pursue a legal career.
A collection of judges, attorneys and court staffers gathered at the Los Angeles County Superior Court's new jury assembly roo...
Litigation
UC Davis says scientists stole valuable seeds as trial opens
By Joshua Sebold
Attorneys representing the Regents of the University of California said two former UC Davis scientists running the institution...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit panel grills lawyers on Trump travel ban
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel pointedly but evenly questioned lawyers Monday about the constitutionality of an executiv...
Attorneys for Snap Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss a patent infringement complaint against their client on Monday, argui...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Restraining order sought against LA County Bar Association's election changes
By Justin Kloczko
The lawsuit seeks reinstatement of the bar's unopposed 2017-18 leadership slate, arguing the invalidation of the results viola...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Repeat takers from top schools outperform peers on bar exam
By Lyle Moran
Just 45 percent of graduates from the state's top law schools who took the bar exam for the first time in February passed.
Litigation
Uber barred from using allegedly filched driverless car technology
By James Getz
Uber Technologies Inc. is barred from using any driverless car technology likely contained in 14,000 files taken from autonomo...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Superior Court judge confirms arbitration ruling in favor of State Bar
By Paula Lehman Ewing
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge confirmed an arbitration award that saves the State Bar from paying over $4 million to a fo...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Litigation
Judge in JAMS case can't stop rehash of underlying divorce case
By Andy Serbe
Divorce attorneys for venture capitalist Kevin Kinsella and his ex-wife testified Monday in the fraud and false advertising ca...
Letter to the Editor
Setting the record straight on LACBA leadership selection process
By Riley Guerin
Much has been reported and discussed within the Los Angeles legal community concerning the Los Angeles County Bar Association'...
Litigation
Specter of criminal investigation hangs over Uber driverless car tech case
By Joshua Seboldn
Uber Technologies Inc. was hoping to narrow the public scope of its trade secret litigation but instead faces the specter of a...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Two will vie to become State Bar's next president
By Lyle Moran
The board will vote in July to determine whether Vice President Danette Meyers or Trustee Michael Colantuono will secure the r...