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Criminal


DAs fire back at Brown's Supreme Court appeal

Mar. 26, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

District attorneys argue Brown's sentencing reform measure is unlikely to gather the needed signatures to place it on the Nove...


A class action alleged arsenic in wine requires stronger warnings than currently required by law. ...


While attorney General Kamala Harris's office is celebrating her recent $1.1 billion default judgment against a for-profit col...


Litigation


The Volkswagen AG emissions cheating class litigation may have found the gear to garner a resolution of the giant legal action...


Litigation


Guaranteed Rate Inc. and an employee were found liable for taking hundreds of client files from Orange County Rival TRU Mortga...


Litigation


Jury rules that the school did not falsely report graduates' employment statistics in U.S. News. ...


Discipline


Mar. 25, 2016
By — Brian Cardile

A weekly report of the State Bar's disciplinary actions.


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


A successful bid in federal court to halt a fast-track appeal process for death row inmates was overturned Wednesday by the 9t...


Corporate Counsel


Monte Baier

Mar. 25, 2016
By Riley Guerin

Senior Vice President of International Development and General Counsel Panda Restaurant Group ...


Law Practice


McGuireWoods opens San Francisco office

Mar. 25, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

Virginia-based firm names lateral from Reed Smith as managing partner of new outpost. ...


Corporate


According to a recent report from Renaissance Capital LLC, a firm tracking IPOs, inside investors bought up nearly fifty perce...


U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh stayed a smartphone patent trial slated for next week because of intervention by the U.S. Supr...


Education


Melissa Murray has expertise in sexual orientation and gender identity law. ...


Discipline


L.A. Superior Court judge publicly admonished

Mar. 25, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick Connolly for "engaging in ...


Education


Landmark case is handed over to the jury to determine if law school misreported jobs figures ...


Litigation


Sterling's $1 billion NBA case dismissed

Mar. 25, 2016
By Steven Crighton

A federal judge found that none of Sterling's claims against the NBA were actionable. ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The president of the financially strapped Los Angeles County Bar Association says event pricing guidelines will be revised aft...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Mar. 24, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


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


The 9th Circuit weighed Tuesday whether to overturn a three-judge panel opinion which held that, even in post-conviction death...


Letter to the Editor


The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately recognize that race can never be used by public schools in making admissions decisions,...


Perspective


Letter to the editor: Flawed FAA rulings

Mar. 24, 2016
By Riley Guerin

A recent column presents an excellent account of how the U.S. Supreme Court continues to follow flawed rationale in affirming ...


Judges and Judiciary


Former judicial candidate fined by FPPC

Mar. 24, 2016
By Saul Sugarman

California's political supervisory body has fined a former judicial candidate for failing to divulge the origin of a $50,000 l...


Mergers & Acquisitions


A $6.8 billion merger between two major health insurance networks received final approval from two California regulators Tuesd...


A Los Angeles jury did not think Coca-Cola tricked customers by marketing a juice as "pomegranate-blueberry" though it contain...


Law Practice


Former Alston & Bird LLP partner returns

Mar. 24, 2016
By Justin Kloczko

Michael Zweiback, who has nearly 20 years of experience as a federal prosecutor and is defending embattled former Los Angeles ...


Government


Lawmakers grapple with bodycam policy

Mar. 24, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

Writing laws involving police body cameras is not simple and the technology is still untested in much of the state. ...


Litigation


Plaintiffs push for quick trial in VW case

Mar. 24, 2016
By Tim O'connor

Plaintiffs' lawyers want to hit the accelerator on the idling Volkswagen emissions cheating class action litigation while atto...


Litigation


Fidelity National Title to pay $25M for bad faith

Mar. 24, 2016
By America Hernandez

A Fresno County jury found Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. liable for $25 million for failing to pay out insurance polic...


Litigation


Judge lets the main plaintiff go and denies a motion for an expedited status conference in the Trump University lawsuit. ...


Judicial Profile


Hilary A. Chittick

Mar. 24, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Fresno County Judge Hilary Chittick is able to motivate others, particularly in drug court.