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Government


Wave of amicus briefs filed in Apple case

Mar. 5, 2016
By Amanda Schallert

Briefs from an unsettled technology community accused the U.S. government Thursday of undermining global cybersecurity, while ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Working Together

Mar. 5, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

Neutral Michael White likes fighting parties to stay in the same room for as long as possible ...



U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


A federal appellate panel granted habeas relief to a Nevada state prisoner holding that lower courts failed to look into alleg...


Corporate


Former Lucky Brand GC joins salon chain

Mar. 5, 2016
By Kibkabe Araya

Hair salon chain Drybar Holdings LLC announced Thursday it hired Alyson G. Barker as its first chief legal officer. ...



Law Practice


Not long ago, Nicole Abboud was having a bit of an existential crisis as a young lawyer, so she started a podcast called Gen W...


Media


Nonprofit Public Knowledge says that Comcast's Stream TV service violates the terms of their merger agreement with NBCUniversa...



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The acceptance of a search term in a probation agreement does not by itself render a police search of the probationer's cell p...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Valeriano Saucedo, accused of cultivating 'special relationship' with clerk, argues the CJP assumed his guilt while igno...



Government


While Apple Inc. is in federal court fighting the U.S. Department of Justice over what the government wants the company to do,...


Discipline


Mar. 4, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Among attorneys recently disciplined by the State Bar, many were disciplined after constructively abandoning their clients.



State Bar & Bar Associations


At least 273 claims of unauthorized practice of law sat in drawers without review for months.


Education


The plaintiffs allege the school deceived them by inflating its employment statistics. ...



Lawyers mutually agreed to remove case from public eye ...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies who conducted a warrantless search of a backyard shack and shot a homeless couple wh...



Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck pledged Wednesday to increase the number of response teams with members specially traine...


Litigation


The company responsible for video game franchises World of Warcraft and Diablo has been accused by a former employee of miscla...



Government


Progress toward statewide digital court underway

Mar. 4, 2016
By America Hernandez

Los Angeles County, the nation's largest trial court, expects to implement e-filing on all civil cases by November. ...


Corporate Counsel


Jonathan M. Kuai

Mar. 4, 2016
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Korn Ferry International Century City ...



State Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday, marking the first time anyone can remember an...


Criminal


Apple officially brought the government's recent loss on an order to unlock an iPhone in New York to its case in San Bernardin...



Transactions


Dealmakers

Mar. 3, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Dealmakers


State Bar & Bar Associations


A Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP report says Los Angeles plaintiff's attorney Thomas V. Girardi had close relationships and fr...



Judicial Profile


Warren "Curt" Stracener

Mar. 3, 2016
By Ashley Cullinsn

El Dorado Judge Warren Stracener's time as a teacher helped shape him into the judge he is now.


Perspective


As the trial lawyers who prevailed on the motion for new trial based upon the significant misconduct of plaintiff's counsel in...



Litigation


Firms settle dispute over hacked client files

Mar. 3, 2016
By America Hernandez

Insurance fraud defense firm Knox Ricksen LLP has been dismissed from both hacking complaints by personal injury firm Reyes &a...


Litigation


In a dispute over dismissed employees, a judge will let fraud claims go forward against Elon Musk's Mars colonization company,...



Law Practice


IP litigator leaves K&L Gates for Venable

Mar. 3, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

Venable LLP poached intellectual property litigator Susan E. Hollander from K&L Gates LLP Tuesday, the latest in a line of...


Corporate


For buttering up Chinese officials at state-owned telecommunications companies, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. agreed Tuesday to p...




OC attorney sentenced to five years in prison

Mar. 3, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

Newport Beach attorney Stephen Young Kang was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison for two counts of wire fraud and...


Obituaries


Sheldon H. Sloan, 1935 - 2016

Mar. 3, 2016
By Justin Kloczko

Judge Sheldon Sloan passed away Friday at the age of 80. Friends and family described him as a likable, smart, and hard workin...