An Orange County jury deliberated less than two hours Thursday before convicting a sex offender of murdering four women while ...
The Civil Justice Association of California, a conservative legal organization that fights for changes in tort law and to defe...
For the first time since 2010, the number of matriculants at top schools in the country went up. ...
Government
DOJ says it collected $4.7 billion in 2016 from fraud and false claims cases
By Renee Flannery
The Department of Justice said it collected more than $31 billion during the past four years via settlements and judgments in...
Market pressures are constricting profitability for many firms in a way that will require some of them to make drastic changes...
A former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Yang was appointed by President George W. Bush as U.S. Attorney in 2002. ...
Government
US Justice Department opens civil investigation of OC DA and sheriff's department
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The probe will seek to determine whether informants were used to get incriminating statements from inmates who were represente...
Government
California attorney general reverses, won't defend challenge to bail system
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An attorney for the state's bail agents said a lack of defense would eviscerate a legal industry and render bail contracts une...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit gun control ruling could head to the U.S. Supreme Court
By Joshua Seboldn
A 9th Circuit victory for gun control advocates could lead to a full panel review and eventually could hand a test to the U.S....
Mergers & Acquisitions
Burford Capital acquires main rival Gerchen Keller
By Eli Wolfe
The $160 million deal will combine two of the biggest players in the lawsuit funding business, whose combined investment portf...
Corporate
Corporation and law firm GCs on opposite sides in pending state Supreme Court case
By Paula Lehman Ewing
The GCs of 11 corporations filed a brief highlighting the potential dangers of distrust between in-house and outside legal tea...
Litigation
Volunteer firefighter sues department over harassment, discrimination
By Justin Kloczko
A former Los Angeles County volunteer firefighter has sued his former department over claims he was repeatedly harassed and di...
Rival Arista Networks Inc. persuaded a San Jose federal jury in claims of copyright infringement. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Arbitrator orders chief justice to be deposed in State Bar suit
By Lyle Moran
JAMS Arbitrator Edward A. Infante said that the former State Bar executive has adequately demonstrated Chief Justice Tani G. C...
Vice President and General Counsel 5.11 Inc. (Irvine) ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Entertainment & Sports
US judge halts streaming service that offers parental control filtering
By Steven Crighton
The plaintiffs, headed by Disney Enterprises Inc., sued Vidangel Inc. in June, claiming that the service circumvents infringem...
Law Practice
Miller Barondess hires prominent attorney for media, entertainment and IP group
By Eli Wolfe
Jay Rakow, the CEO of the nonpartisan nonprofit civic education website ProCon.org, confirmed that he joined the firm as a par...
Litigation
In trial, attorney claims SF police dislocated her shoulder after traffic stop
By Phil Johnson
In opening statements of a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday, an attorney representing a Berkeley lawyer who claims she and...
Labor/Employment
Novartis hit with lawsuit under state's new fair pay law
By Matthew Blake
Novartis corporation has been hit with a gender discrimination lawsuit that utilizes California's nascent Fair Pay Act. ...
The state Department of Transportation has been hit with a lawsuit alleging the agency has violated the law and its own polici...
Corporate
Longtime JAMS general counsel steps aside, stays with company
By Paula Lehman Ewing
After 25 years at JAMS, John J. Welsh will step down as general counsel and focus on his other role as executive vice presiden...
Litigation
Anti-tax group challenges campaign public funding law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A conservative anti-tax group has sued to block a new law that would enable cities and counties in California to provide publi...
Education
Stanford achieves highest bar exam pass rate among top California law schools
By Lyle Moran
Only five American Bar Association-accredited schools in California achieved above a 75 percent first-time passage rate. ...
Judge Nona Klippen is known for taking all sides into account in Santa Clara County cases.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar finds additional $1.7 million for the general fund
By Lyle Moran
The agency says a review of a restricted fund will provide additional money during a time when the bar faces a deficit. ...
Director and General Counsel Edison Energy Group (Los Angeles) ...
Reuel Schiller's recent column about Donald Trump, "Trump and my affection for the legal profession" (November 23), warrants s...
Global employment partner Cynthia L. Jackson has left Baker & McKenzie LLP for Dentons, where she will work out of the Pal...
Litigation
Rare difference between defendants on civil bifurcation
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A defendant's recent motion to separate the liability and damages portions of a potentially multi-million lawsuit in Orange Co...