The state Senate recently passed the California Fair Pay Act, which closes some loopholes in the California Equal Pay Act. The...
Last week, Northern District Judge Edward Chen issued his anticipated certification order in the Uber class action suit. The r...
California Supreme Court
San Diego DA asks high court for clarity on Prop. 47
By Lisa Churchilln
After appellate decision, Bonnie Dumanis asks if resentencing law applies to juveniles. ...
Senior Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs Prodege LLC El Segundo ...
Litigation
No-poach settlement with eBay looks small, but it might not be over
By Philip Johnsonn
In the wake of a large antitrust class action settlement between Silicon Valley titans and employees, the $3.75 million resolu...
Less than two months after DirecTV LLC's acqusition by AT&T Inc. was finalized, the company has reached a settlement in it...
Superior Court Judge Sonoma County (Santa Rosa) ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Sony can share customer information with its affiliates, 9th Circuit rules
By Saul Sugarman
A pair of Sony Corp. companies are allowed to keep and share between them the personal information provided when a customer re...
Criminal
Former LA County presiding judge pleads not guilty at arraignment
By Deirdre Newmann
James Bascue, a former presiding judge in Los Angeles County accused of shooting at police, entered a plea of not guilty Frida...
Legal employment in California has been trending upwards in recent months and has reached pre-recession levels for the second ...
Proxy access proposals, or the push for shareholders to nominate their own directors, landed on the laps of about 120 companie...
Superior Court Judge Fresno County (Fresno) ...
Vice President and General Counsel of FCTI Inc. Los Angeles ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved
Judge Allan Goodman, praised for his dedication and keen mind, keeps working on assignment.
Truly at issue is whether the Private Attorneys General Act lets plaintiff's act like state prosecutors. ...
While law firms today are doing relatively well, it is still important for law firms to have dissolution agreements and polici...
Law practice is a profession which supposedly aspires to the highest integrity and ethics. Yet incivility committed by lawyers...
A Los Angeles jury swiftly decided that a doctor and his assistant, and not a sprawling university health system, were liable ...
Litigation
More no-poach cases await judge after technology company class action settles
By Craig Andersonn
A judge's approval of a $415 million settlement that ends an employee class action against Silicon Valley technology companies...
Former judge Luis A. Rodriguez is a lifelong learner who embraces a range of new opportunities. ...
Sunnyvale-based network equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. named Brian M. Martin as its new general counsel and senior vice...
Some of the most successful restaurants and restaurateurs in Los Angeles are accused of operating as a "cartel" that engages i...
Judges and Judiciary
Bill funding 12 judgeships passes legislature
By America Hernandez
Gov. Jerry Brown has until Sep. 30 to sign the bill into law, which would fund the first of 50 positions previously authorized...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LETTER: In California, a client's suicide plans are confidential
By Ben Armisteadn
I read with interest the compassionate and informative article discussing help for suicidal lawyers and clients. But Californi...
A District Judge Wednesday dismissed with prejudice a suit by the City of Los Angeles against JPMorgan Chase & Co. for al...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Transgender women who fear death in Mexico granted relief by 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
In a major advance for transgender rights in immigration law, a federal appellate panel on Thursday granted relief to three tr...
Tom Campbell, dean of Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law, will step down at the end of the academic year, schoo...
Last month, the D.C. Circuit threw out a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission "pay-to-play" rule for investment...
