Discipline
Start Bar Court review department affirms disbarment recommendation
By Phil Johnson
A review department for the State Bar Court affirmed a recommendation that Wade Anthony Robertson Jr. be disbarred for stealin...
Litigation
Paramount settles profit participation suit for $6.81 million
By Steven Crighton
The settlement between Paramount Pictures Corp. and a group of the company's profit participants who claimed they were massive...
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...
Hueston Hennigan LLP's dual representation of the State Compensation Insurance Fund in a civil case and a defendant in a relat...
In the midst of growing debate about whether there are too many law schools, a federal advisory panel has recommended that the...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Waves of innovative, evidence-based policies have eroded the traditional juvenile justice model, diverting resources away from...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar accused of violating open meeting law
By Lyle Moran
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
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...
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
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
Interpreter video pilot program approved by Judicial Council
By Kevin Lee
The Judicial Council unanimously approved Friday a pilot program to gauge whether state courts can implement live video of int...
Labor/Employment
Rideshare plaintiffs' lawyer sees Lyft approval helping Uber case
By Matthew Blake
The suddenly emboldened plaintiffs' lawyer for Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers declared one federal judge's initi...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Orange County Judge Lance Jensen came to a legal career late, and appreciates the skill involved.
Litigation
Plaintiffs' attorneys concerned judge's ruling breaks new PAGA ground
By Matthew Blake
In the Iskanian state Supreme Court opinion that created the Private Attorneys General Act exception to the rule that employme...
Susan D. Huguenor works to first calm parties going through divorce
Litigation
Fiat Chrysler hit with putative class action after actor's death
By Joshua Seboldn
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is facing a potential class action following the death of actor Anton Yelchin, who was killed by ...
Litigation
Motion denied to have referee handle reimbursement issues in gas leak case
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles County judge has rejected allowing a referee to decide how reimbursement issues will be handled for families dis...
Firm Profile
Business Litigation Group aims for settlement but is ready for battle
By Banks Albachn
When Marc N. Bernstein took his litigation experience into his own practice, he built in a premise for clients — avoid chamber...
California Supreme Court
Raw materials suppliers face liability in lawsuit, state high court rules
By Saul Sugarman
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
Google seeks $3.9 million in costs from Oracle after copyright trial win
By Tim O'connor
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
Proposed rule would ban most lawyer-client sex
By Lyle Moran
Lawyers would be prohibited from having sex with their clients unless they had a prior consensual sexual relationship if a pro...
Intellectual Property
Led Zeppelin wins vindication in infringement trial
By Steven Crighton
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
Rule change would give bar more power to target discrimination
By Lyle Moran
A proposed change to California's Rules of Professional Conduct would allow the State Bar to investigate and seek discipline o...
Law Practice
Litigation funder releases product to help firms increase profit
By Justin Kloczko
Bentham has released Accelerator, which is designed to show how outside capital affects a law firm's bottom line with regard t...
Twilio Inc., a maker of cloud-based communication applications for voice and text messaging, priced its bellwether initial pub...
The jury ruled unanimously Tuesday that a drone operator didn't violate any laws when he flew his device near a Los Angeles Po...
Government
Bill would impose limits, disclosure requirements on arbitrators
By Phil Johnson
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. ...
