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Litigation


Plaintiffs allege that corn's ad campaign, which termed high fructose corn syrup "corn sugar" and touted its equivalent health...


Litigation


TRO denied in property spat

Nov. 7, 2015
By Lyle Moran

A Riverside Superior Court judge has denied the request for a temporary restraining order from a group of homeowners who were ...


Lawyers with Los Angeles firm Yukevich Cavanaugh scored a federal defense jury verdict Tuesday in a case brought by a former e...


Education


A settlement approved Thursday by the state Board of Education aims to eliminate sham classes in underserved schools in which ...


Discipline


Disciplinary Actions

Nov. 6, 2015
By Hetert Qebu Walters

Attorneys recently disciplined by the State Bar


Criminal


Judge reverses course on evidence supression

Nov. 6, 2015
By Matthew Hamity

In an en banc ruling that featured Judge Marsha S. Berzon changing her mind, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined We...


Corporate Counsel


Steven S. Spitz

Nov. 6, 2015
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel Elements Behavioral Health Inc. Long Beach ...


San Francisco's expungement program, Clean Slate, has seen applications double in the last year ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Stephen V. Manley will receive the Outstanding Jurist Award from the Santa Clara County Bar Association next week. ...


Government


The State Bar, long criticized in some quarters for its secrecy, is preparing to be much more transparent about its operations...


The crux of the issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Orange County district attorney's office acted within its discre...


Labor/Employment


The labor board tossed with little explanation nine claims by factory workers at bankrupct company ...


Law Practice


The firm's two partners and two associates brings Dinsmore & Shohl LLP's total attorneys up to 625. ...


Environmental


A lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court seeks to prevent the burial of nuclear waste close to the shoreline. ...


Litigation


Sugar vs. corn industry battle begins

Nov. 6, 2015
By Gautham Thomas

A jury trial between high fructose corn syrup producers and the sugar industry began Wednesday. ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Nov. 5, 2015
By Melanie Brisbonn

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


Litigation


$44M utility settlement faces new objectors

Nov. 5, 2015
By America Hernandez

A previously praised agreement began to crack under pressure from new entrants and objectors Tuesday at the third preliminary ...


Personal injury attorney Todd Macaluso was sentenced to five months in federal prison Monday for engaging in a scheme to defra...


Litigation


A federal judge released a decision Monday overturning a magistrate judge's ruling in a lawsuit against Riverside County over ...


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


The long-running litigation over the rights to Superman continued Tuesday, as the parties entered the 9th U.S. Circuit Court o...


Immigration


An Iranian-American immigration judge is no longer banned by the U.S. Department of Justice from hearing matters involving Ira...


Judicial Profile


Jacqueline H. Lewis

Nov. 5, 2015
By Matthew Blake

Recently-elected LA Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Lewis oversees new parole revocation hearings.


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether a defendant facing a felony charge is required to attend all court hearings re...


Judicial Profile


Brenda J. Penny

Nov. 4, 2015
By Laurinda Keys

Commissioner Brenda Penny relies on experience and insight to provide closure in L.A. probate court


Litigation


Bittersweet sugar v. corn syrup battle begins

Nov. 4, 2015
By Gautham Thomas

There’s little sweetness to be found in the industry battle between the corn syrup and sugar industries: After nearly 4½ years...


Corporate Counsel


Richard R. Pickard

Nov. 4, 2015
By Riley Guerin

Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary Plantronics Inc. Santa Cruz ...


Law Practice


Barg Coffin has now lost four partners in the past three months and 11 attorneys in the last year, leaving it with 10 lawyers ...


Media


N.W.A.'s former manager sues over portrayal in film

Nov. 4, 2015
By America Hernandez

Gerald E. Heller, co-founder of Comptown Records Inc., sued NBCUniversal and more than a hundred others for using his name and...


Labor/Employment


Copping to a lack of preparation, Judge Hess pushed back any rulings until next week in Iskanian. ...


Labor/Employment


A group of unhappy freight truck drivers who filed wage claims against their contractor with the state must arbitrate them, th...