A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
California Courts of Appeal
State universities largely exempt from city taxes, court rules
By Joshua Sebold
A state appellate court has ruled in a split decision that cities do not have the right to tax state entities under most circu...
Government
Bill would require AG permission to close emergency rooms
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate Appropriations committee passed a bill that would require nonprofit hospitals to obtain the permission of the...
Immigration
Citizenship applications soar since Trump took office
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Attorneys are reporting a significant increase in citizenship application work, which many are attributing to fears and uncert...
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Superior Court Judge Monterey County (Monterey) ...
LA County Judge Victor L. Wright wins praise for his patience and empathy with defendants.
ADR Services' Scott Dickinson has a background in medicine that helps resolve medical disputes quickly.
As a plaintiffs' trial lawyer, I read with interest this article about this defense firm that "wants to see plaintiffs' lawyer...
We are astonished that the subjects of a recent article think they have invented ways to produce fear on the part of workers' ...
Judges and Judiciary
Mistake in story about ICE agents working with court
By Riley Guerin
ICE does not seek approval from courthouse management prior to making arrests in our justice centers. By Charles Margines ...
In often hostile family law, the Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer in Pasadena has its weapons ready but also chooses to hav...
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell's recollection of a conversation with a now-fired technician has become a cornerstone for bot...
Supporters of AB 359, which would increase reporting requirements and cap compensation for those informants, argue that the bi...
Criminal
OC sheriff's deputies plead the 5th in jailhouse informant records hearing
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Two Orange County sheriff's deputies at the heart of the ongoing jail informant scandal invoked their 5th Amendment right agai...
A federal jury has ruled that the former leaders of the UC Davis strawberry breeding program willfully infringed the universit...
California Supreme Court
Chief justice suggests California is target of immigration crackdown
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Stepping up her war of words with the Trump administration, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she continues to...
Government
Deportation defense advocates split on taxpayer-funded lawyers for felons
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Debate continues to rage across the state over who gets access to publicly-funded immigration defense counsel and services.
California Supreme Court
State high court rules for Los Angeles Zoo in animal rights case
By Kevin Lee
A disgruntled taxpayer improperly obtained an injunction that prohibited the mistreatment of elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo,...
Victoria B. Henley, director for 26 years of the California Commission on Judicial Performance,announced she will retire at th...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against an educational technology company, IXL Learning Inc., alle...
Judges and Judiciary
ICE tells judge it doesn't make arrests in Southern California courtrooms
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Immigration agents in Southern California have a stated policy of not arresting people eligible for deportation in state court...
Labor/Employment
Altman Weil report outlines emerging law firm trends
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Demand for legal services is low, law firms are overstaffed, and lawyers are underperforming, according to legal consulting fi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to seek bids for consultant to help with sections' spinoff
By Lyle Moran
The bar decided against awarding a no-bid contract to a former longtime employee who submitted a proposal to help the bar's sp...
A suit filed Wednesday against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin Stennis and former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul ...
Labor/Employment
Ex-SpaceX employee testifies superiors pressed him to pass rocket parts without inspection
By Andy Serbe
Jason Blasdell testified about his work with parts intended for the International Space Station and other NASA missions as par...
Sei Fujii, a Japanese immigrant and prominent community activist who was prohibited from becoming a lawyer because of his ethn...
Pam Singh will begin working as the county's new public defender June 5.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
Named plaintiff in McDonald's overtime suit says he wants his $6
By Matthew Blake
Nightshift workers made their case Wednesday that they should collect a super-sized amount of penalties from the Golden Arches.