Alaska's member of the House has introduced legislation to eliminate the president's broad powers under the Antiquities Act of...
Thinking about forming a law partnership? Take your own advice: clarify the issues, get it in writing and abide by the agreeme...
Personal Injury & Torts
LA jury awards $34 million to truck accident victim
By Deirdre Newmann
A man who suffered a below-the-knee amputation after he was hit by a truck was awarded more than $34 million Thursday. ...
Armen Gekchyan was arrested Wednesday after he made an appearance at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Van Nuys. ...
Public Interest
Attorneys strike deal with VA to house disabled veterans
By Kibkabe Arayan
A class action lawsuit will be dismissed as a part of an agreement with Veterans Affairs to take back land to build housing fo...
California Courts of Appeal
Jackson family loses appeal in negligence case against AEG
By Laura Hautalan
The concert promoter could not have known physician Conrad Murray would take actions that helped lead to Jackson's death, the ...
Arthur L. Alarcón, a senior judge at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who became an outspoken capital punishment critic, ...
Litigation
Magistrate certifies Monterey County inmate class action against facility
By Saul Sugarman
Roughly 1,000 inmates in Monterey County Jail have scored a victory after a federal magistrate certified their class action ag...
Personal Injury & Torts
Judge erred when he revealed a plaintiff's immigration status, appellate panel rules
By Fiona Smith
The 2nd District Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for a Honduran man seeking damages for a workplace injury he claims will ...
The insider trading trial of former Major League Baseball star Doug DeCinces and several co-conspirators is set to begin Tuesd...
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A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Judge Daniel Juarez says he ascended to the bench thanks to his family and a bit of good fortune.
California Supreme Court
State high court reverses itself, but new justices could keep case alive
By Emily Green
In an unusual move, the state Supreme Court on Thursday reversed one of its own decisions from just eight years ago, ruling th...
In April 2014, the State Bar's professional responsibility committee released an opinion on e-discovery ethics. And just this ...
Traditionally, family law practitioners and civil litigators existed in separate worlds with little overlap between the two pr...
After just a few days of trial proceedings, the Boy Scouts of America settled a lawsuit Thursday brought by the family of a ma...
Government
New SEC enforcement director is San Francisco office veteran
By Hadley Robinson
Erin E. Schneider, an SEC insider who has overseen accounting fraud cases involving CEO bonuses, actions against hedge fund ma...
Corporate
Mikhail Gorbachev to headline ACC Southern California gala
By Joshua Seboldn
The former and final leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will deliver the keynote speech at the Association of C...
Steven B. Effres grew up in the inner city of South Philadelphia and was only 14 when his father, a union worker, passed away,...
Litigation
Uber sued in San Francisco federal court over attack in India
By Hadley Robinson
A passenger sued Uber Technologies Inc. Thursday for alleged lax background checks and inadequate safety measures after she wa...
James J. McBride, a longtime judge on the San Francisco County Superior Court bench, will retire in about two weeks, he announ...
Litigation
State Bar moves to send fired executive director's suit to arbitration
By Don Debenedictisn
The bar also claims Joseph L. Dunn's lawsuit should be tossed because he failed to follow proper procedures in suing a governm...
California Courts of Appeal
In case of dubious prosecutorial conduct, state appeals court upholds conviction
By John Roemer
A state appeals court on Thursday reluctantly upheld the conviction of a man even though it concluded the deputy district atto...
Emphasis on the use of social media within the practice of law has increased. But ignorance of the rules, no matter how new or...
Tuesday's arrest of San Francisco Public Defender Jami Tolletson crystallized much of the unrealism and absurdity surrounding...
Litigation
Environmentalists launch another attack against growth of crude by rail
By Fiona Smith
Local air regulators failed to give environmental scrutiny to the Bakersfield Crude Terminal, a lawsuit alleges. ...
Judges and Judiciary
OC prosecutor appeals 'not qualified' rating by judge selection committee
By Don Debenedictisn
Allegations and a judge's findings last year that some members of the Orange County district attorney's office misused jailhou...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Judicate West San Diego and Santa Ana