“Our goal, first and foremost, is to connect with our colleagues here and to really align and help build up, what Morgan Lewis...
The 53-43 vote fills one of four vacancies on the Los Angeles-based court. Hsu will replace U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Ph...
Brett M. Bartlett and his father-in-law Scott A. Miller are accused of making false and misleading statements to investors, an...
Monterey County judge is praised for her good temper, copious notes and thorough opinions.
The move followed the departure of as many as 140 attorneys this week, including the national chair and co-chair of the labor ...
Legal Education
ABA study: Stanford Law produced most California federal clerkships
By Devon Belcher
Stanford Law School graduates landed the highest number of federal clerkships in California last year, but was third nationwid...
High schooler sues to educate peers on benefits of non-dairy milk
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“If the school believes that it should advocate for or feels compelled to talk about the benefits of Dairy Milk the school is ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Litigation & Arbitration
Group seeking to overturn convictions says bar didn’t charge prosecutors
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A report by the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice stated that during a 13-year period leading up to 2009 the State Bar d...
Masimo and Cercacor accused Apple of misappropriating confidential scientific and technological information to manufacture the...
Juul faced pressure to release its e-cigarettes and flavored pods because of the looming threat of changes in Food and Drug Ad...
Environmental & Energy
CEQA reform bill clears Senate committee; faces likely legal challenge
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The committee analysis identified six previous bills that would have required disclosure of donors to CEQA that failed between...
The committee also approved a bill placing certain restrictions on Americans with Disabilities Act claims filed against busine...
Events, Community News
Arab American lawyers mark heritage month with sold-out dinner
By David Houston
Justice Joshua Groban of the California Supreme Court talked about the ways in which lawyers can secure bench appointments.
Labor/Employment
Some 140 lawyers leave Lewis Brisbois to start a new law firm
By David Houston
Barber Ranen, led by labor and employment attorneys John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen, will be a full service law firm, Barber said.
Litigation & Arbitration
No sanction against Winston & Strawn attorney for racism allegation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Keller/Anderle LLP partner Jennifer L. Keller, one of the attorneys for toymaker MGA Entertainment in its trademark lawsuit ag...
Labor/Employment
Lyft scales down legal team in a company-wide reduction in force
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“When people ask me why I’ve stayed at Lyft so long and what I love most about my job, the answer is always the same: it’s the...
With Elk Grove suit, state sends cities another warning over housing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The city found that the project was not eligible for ministerial streamlined approval under Senate Bill 35 because the projec...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Montana law school professor confirmed to 9th Circuit
By Craig Anderson
Anthony D. Johnstone was confirmed 49-45. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-ME, was the lone Republican to support him.
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court takes challenge to administrative agencies
By Craig Anderson
Justices appointed by Republican presidents have grown increasingly disenchanted with Chevron in recent years and often have a...
Government
2 former plaintiffs' attorneys to repay fees in LA water billing scandal
By Skyler Romero
In January, attorneys at Kabateck LLP moved to disgorge two Ohio attorneys’ fees and costs on the grounds that they either kne...
Despite a stock drop of 72% after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and the investors’ fear in the lawsuit, First Republic ...
Altria Group Inc., the sole remaining defendant in the Juul multidistrict litigation after Juul settled last year with various...
A demonstration on using ChatGPT-4 for a personal injury case and a breach of contract case. By Paul Kiesel and Jeffrey Konciu...
Civil Rights
Newsom seeks dismissal of challenge to law on minors’ gender procedures
By Sunidhi Sridhar
In his motion filed Thursday, Attorney General Rob A. Bonta denied the plaintiff’s allegations that Senate Bill 107 allows chi...
Labor/Employment
Judge is making it impossible to challenge outside counsel, union says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment sued over the decision by the Sta...
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
LA partner to lead Davis Wright Tremaine executive committee
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Camilo Echavarria, an employment litigator, began his leadership role on April 20.
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Microsoft/Activision deal may be dead, but FTC litigation presses on
By Craig Anderson
Microsoft has vowed to appeal the decision by British antitrust authorities. But Stephen Calkins, a professor at Wayne State U...
Intellectual Property
Bunsow De Mory hires 3 IP attorneys from Kramer Day
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
M. Elizabeth Day and Marc Bellol will work in the San Francisco Bay Area while Jerry D. Tice II will work in Texas.
Litigation & Arbitration, Insurance
Fireman’s Fund wins state’s 1st jury trial on COVID business loss
By Skyler Romero
The decision against a Venice Beach hotel that sued in 2020 is now one of four in the country where a jury has affirmed that t...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Facebook can’t arbitrate woman’s bias claims
By Skyler Romero
Judge Curtis E.A. Karnow rejected Facebook’s claim that the former product manager was attempting “to shoehorn her complaint i...