Litigation
Provost had minimal guidance when punishing former law school dean
By Phil Johnson
When UC Berkeley School of Law found its dean in violation of sexual harassment policy, punishment was determined by an admini...
Litigation
Expert witness criticizes Thomas Jefferson's jobs data reporting
By Lyle Moran
Marketing professor said school's communications with graduates could have led to biased results ...
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Hollywood Foreign Press Association West Hollywood ...
A prominent Los Angeles litigation firm was hit Tuesday with a malpractice suit filed by the embattled founder of American App...
Litigation
Cigarillo makers dispute relationship in antitrust suit
By Amanda Schallert
Attorneys for Trendsettah cigarillo makers said household name Swisher International Inc. used unfair business practices to st...
Judges and Judiciary
L.A. Superior Court to move civil and settlement courts to vacated federal building
By America Hernandez
News of Los Angeles County Superior Court's move into a soon-to-be vacated federal courthouse downtown prompted excitement and...
Real estate and agribusiness developer Tejon Ranch Co. named Michael R. W. Houston senior vice president and general counsel t...
Litigation
Lengthy fraud case against Facebook founder settles in his favor
By Banks Albachn
A lengthy court battle between Mark Zuckerberg and a small-time real estate player who alleged he defrauded him and breached c...
Premier appellate boutique Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP is opening its first office outside of Los Angeles by exp...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Former EA programmer seeks royalties but encounters 9th Circuit skepticism
By Fiona Smith
A former programmer for Electronic Arts Inc. who accuses the company of stealing his code to create the popular John Madden Fo...
Litigation
Thomas Jefferson alum testifies that employment data tipped school choice
By Lyle Moran
Anna Alaburda testified Wednesday that the post-graduate employment statistics for Thomas Jefferson School of Law were "probab...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar's anti-SLAPP motion denied in Dunn case
By Lyle Moran
An arbitrator has denied the State Bar's anti-SLAPP motion seeking to have most of Joseph L. Dunn's claims against the agency ...
Kesselman Brantly Stockinger, which opened its small practice in Manhattan Beach over a year ago, says it has found a market f...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
State Bar & Bar Associations
LACBA leaders to meet, debate financial future
By America Hernandez
Paul L. Kiesel, president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, has been invited by the group’s law practice section lead...
A report by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shows a sizeable dip in most federal court filings in 2015, including...
California Courts of Appeal
Startup can't deliver medical marijuana, appellate court rules
By Kibkabe Araya
An appellate court reassured the city of Los Angeles' victory Monday by affirming that a delivery app startup could not have m...
Sony Corp. will take full ownership of the publishing company that holds the song rights to artists including The Beatles, Bob...
Litigation
Plaintiff focuses in on examples of Thomas Jefferson's alleged misreporting
By Lyle Moran
Brian A. Procel, the lead plaintiff's attorney in the case against Thomas Jefferson School of Law, confronted a witness on Tue...
California Courts of Appeal
Warrantless search for electronic devices is too broad, 6th District rules
By Kevin Lee
A probation condition that allows law enforcement to search a defendant's electronic devices without a warrant falls afoul of ...
Litigation
Venture capitalist mired in contract dispute with former lover
By Phil Johnson
Ex-Sequoia Capital managing partner acknowledges $40 million contract few could imagine signing, but says it's been abrogated....
Chief Legal Officer, Ten-X LLC, Irvine ...
Founder William H. Gross's lawsuit against the company he started can proceed, thanks to a ruling by Orange County Judge Marth...
State Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday will consider a bill that would authorize deploying of funds to study adding...
The man's attorneys believe jurors erred in determining the proper compensation owed ...
Litigation
Geragos & Geragos APC attorney sanctioned for frivolous negligence suit
By Amanda Schallert
A federal judge sanctioned a Geragos & Geragos APC attorney for frivolously pursuing a negligence lawsuit against a solar ...
Judges and Judiciary
Nearly 30 judgeships to be contested in June election
By America Hernandez
Last-minute decision not to run by LA County judge causes deadline extension. ...
Karen Grant says she was told to report graduates as employed even if they had lost their jobs. ...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.