Chief Legal Officer Vistage Worldwide Inc. (San Diego) ...
A Singapore company that develops advertising software for mobile devices has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit filed...
Litigation
Judge orders piecemeal approach to Experian relevancy redaction dispute
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Attorneys on both sides of a class action against Experian over a massive data breach will present to U.S. District Judge Andr...
Whether Led Zeppelin lifted from another song while creating "Stairway to Heaven" is a question 46 years in the making — and a...
A 10-year-old case that changed employment litigation in California by ushering in a mountain of Private Attorneys General Act...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
California Courts of Appeal
Attorney drafted trust to benefit himself, appellate court rules
By Kevin Lee
The 2nd District Court of Appeal tore into a Santa Barbara lawyer for drafting a trust and will for an "elderly and mentally i...
A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action filed by two Californians that accuses the coffee chain Sta...
After 27 years of service, Deputy Federal Public Defender Guy C. Iversen will retire June 30. ...
The former associate general counsel of Allergan PLC, Karah Parschauer, has joined Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. in Novato, a...
A San Diego County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to enforce a nearly $31 million money judgment in Russ...
Criminal
State Senate committee considers notifying suspects of their gang designation
By L.J. Williamson
A measure that would give individuals added to the CalGANG database the right to be notified of their designation as gang memb...
Labor/Employment
State appellate decision pours cold water on employers' summary judgment motions
By Matthew Blake
The 4th Appellate District decision may curb the success of employers' summary judgment motions and also put the Regents of th...
Closing with testimony from Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and an encore performance by guitarist Jimmy Page, attorneys defe...
LA County Commissioner LaTonya Hadnot Prioleau enjoys the educational aspect of her job.
Judges and Judiciary
State to partly undo landmark ruling on judge pay, while retaining appeal on case
By Matthew Blake
Set on curbing judicial pay, Gov. Jerry Brown intends to sign a law backed by the California Judges Association that partly wi...
Executive Vice President, General Counsel Blood Systems Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit sides with prisoner who said his religious protection was violated
By Saul Sugarman
Prisoners who practice Wicca could receive extended protections to do so while incarcerated, thanks to a recent ruling by the ...
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court to consider issue of non-citizen bail hearing
By Justin Kloczko
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will review whether to allow non-citizen immigrants access to bond hearings if they are ...
Litigation
Led Zeppelin attorney says plaintiff doesn't own alleged lifted song's copyright
By Steven Crighton
The band will be back in court Tuesday to face allegations that its iconic song, "Stairway to Heaven," lifted riffs from the S...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Labor Department must explain policy change, U.S. Supreme Court rules
By Saul Sugarman
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal Labor Department must explain why it changed a longstanding policy in ord...
Litigation
Arbitrator awards $36.6 million in alleged loan fraud case
By Garrett Green
An arbitrator awarded A.W. Financial Group $36.6 million after a four-year battle in an alleged loan fraud case, said the comp...
Intellectual Property
High court sides with patent office in key IP ruling
By Kevin Lee
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld major provisions of a 2012 intellectual property reform law Monday, confirming the U.S. Patent a...
Indigent defendants asked to be dismissed from three mega criminal cases because they say Central District judges interfere wi...
Riverside County Judge Dale Wells' interest in the law was piqued when he was a minister.
Government
Government cannot seek early summary judgment motion in Twitter case
By Tim O'connor
A federal judge has derailed U.S. Department of Justice lawyers' hopes to fast-track a lawsuit filed by Twitter Inc. that seek...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Civil investigations have been closed against all 11 former executives at Countrywide Financial, the company involved in subpr...
Labor/Employment
In marathon hearing, judge indicates Iskanian dismissal
By Matthew Blake
A superior court judge left no stone unturned or law book unopened on Friday in assessing the novel issue of whether a Private...
Litigation
OC judge boots Greenberg Gross LLP from Nicholas lawsuit
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The firm was disqualified from a salacious lawsuit against Broadcom founder Henry T. Nicholas III due to a conflict of intere...