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A review department for the State Bar Court affirmed a recommendation that Wade Anthony Robertson Jr. be disbarred for stealin...


Litigation


The settlement between Paramount Pictures Corp. and a group of the company's profit participants who claimed they were massive...


Litigation


A teenager who says he was subjected to an unprovoked beating by police at the Los Angeles County Fair when he was trying to f...


Litigation


Judge affirms Hueston Hennigan's disqualification

Jun. 29, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Hueston Hennigan LLP's dual representation of the State Compensation Insurance Fund in a civil case and a defendant in a relat...


Education


In the midst of growing debate about whether there are too many law schools, a federal advisory panel has recommended that the...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Jun. 28, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


Juvenile


Waves of innovative, evidence-based policies have eroded the traditional juvenile justice model, diverting resources away from...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A State Bar watchdog has accused the agency of holding an illegal phone meeting in which bar leaders allegedly voiced their op...


California Courts of Appeal


Appellate justice William Rylaarsdam retires Thursday

Jun. 28, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

The 79-year-old senior member of the court isn't ready to leave the law, so he'll be volunteering a few days each week at Lega...


Litigation


Los Angeles-based company Epsilon Electronics Inc. has won a $1.5 million arbitration award handed down in the Rabbinical Coun...


State Bar & Bar Associations


LACBA installs new officers, honors Gilbert, Kuehl

Jun. 28, 2016
By America Hernandez

Appellate Justice Arthur Gilbert and Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl were honored at the county bar's installation ...


Judges and Judiciary


The Judicial Council unanimously approved Friday a pilot program to gauge whether state courts can implement live video of int...


Labor/Employment


The suddenly emboldened plaintiffs' lawyer for Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers declared one federal judge's initi...


Firm Watch


On the Move

Jun. 27, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.


Judicial Profile


Lance P. Jensen

Jun. 26, 2016
By Justin Kloczko

Orange County Judge Lance Jensen came to a legal career late, and appreciates the skill involved.


In the Iskanian state Supreme Court opinion that created the Private Attorneys General Act exception to the rule that employme...


ADR Provider


Susan D. Huguenor

Jun. 25, 2016
By Lyle Moran

Susan D. Huguenor works to first calm parties going through divorce


Litigation


Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is facing a potential class action following the death of actor Anton Yelchin, who was killed by ...


A Los Angeles County judge has rejected allowing a referee to decide how reimbursement issues will be handled for families dis...


When Marc N. Bernstein took his litigation experience into his own practice, he built in a premise for clients — avoid chamber...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that certain businesses could be on the hook for causing a man's lung condition due to ...


Intellectual Property


Alphabet Inc.-owned Google wants $3.93 million in costs from Oracle Corp. after securing a unanimous jury verdict last month i...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Lawyers would be prohibited from having sex with their clients unless they had a prior consensual sexual relationship if a pro...


Intellectual Property


A jury's ruling Thursday that Led Zeppelin did not infringe on a Spirit track while creating "Stairway to Heaven" is being cel...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A proposed change to California's Rules of Professional Conduct would allow the State Bar to investigate and seek discipline o...


Law Practice


Bentham has released Accelerator, which is designed to show how outside capital affects a law firm's bottom line with regard t...


Securities


Twilio Inc., a maker of cloud-based communication applications for voice and text messaging, priced its bellwether initial pub...


Litigation


LA jury sides with drone-flying filmmaker

Jun. 24, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

The jury ruled unanimously Tuesday that a drone operator didn't violate any laws when he flew his device near a Los Angeles Po...


A bill headed to the state Assembly floor seeks to combat what its Democratic sponsor describes as unethical aspects of the bo...


Of 301 defendants charged in health fraud schemes totaling $900 million in false billings nationwide, U.S. Attorney Eileen M. ...