Law Practice, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Appellate Practice
Ex-federal agent sentenced for taking bribes from phony lawyer
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Felix Cisneros Jr. of Murrieta was found guilty by a jury of 30 felony counts, including four counts of conspiracy to commit b...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Judge OKs pause on Twitter worker release agreements
By Wisdom Howell
“Due to the significant interests and expectations of the employees impacted by the reduction in force, and Twitter’s desire t...
Legal Education
Dropping LSAT requirement might make process harder for students
By Christer Schmidt
The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved a change in standards affecting the requirement that law...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy counsel fires back at Girardi’s wife over earings sale
By Craig Anderson
“Despite a lengthy opportunity to do so, appellant never conducted discovery to support her bare claims,” Larry W. Gabriel sai...
Litigation & Arbitration
2-year-old Santa Monica firm wins $17.8M in first jury trial
By Skyler Romero
Rushing McCarl LLP was founded during the COVID shutdown and won its first jury verdict in litigation over hand sanitizer and ...
DJR Garcia attorneys provide a full suite of services to community health clinics across the state.
Health Care & Hospital Law
No MICRA victory lap at trial lawyers conclave
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Several panelists expressed fear that doctors would try to test the new law too aggressively, especially if less experienced a...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Bar board proposes ending time limit to become a lawyer after passing bar
By Christer Schmidt
Chair Ruben N. Duran also said the trustees want to revisit a previously proposed “snitch rule,” which would require attorneys...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
LA County attorneys argue for immigration judges union
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Abiel Garcia and Majed Dakak of Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP in Manhattan Beach said they were suspicious that after the D...
Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Doubt raised whether new DOJ probe would matter to Ticketmaster
By Jonathan Lo
“Anytime a company is suddenly under the microscope, maybe they’ll make some changes on the edges but [TicketMaster’s] busines...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California legal system too tainted to deal with Girardi, law firm argues
By Craig Anderson
“Thomas Girardi openly boasted of his expansive web of control in Los Angeles and tried to bribe the Edelson firm into making ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Entertainment & Sports
Defense rests in NCAA wrongful death trial over CTE
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“There’s a difference between saying there’s an association and there’s a causal effect. Those are critically different,” spor...
LA settlement judge dedicated to helping parties avoid trial.
Former litigator Christopher Keele finds being open-minded works best as a mediator.
Legal Education
Berkeley law says it will no longer participate in rankings
By David Houston
Other top law schools in California said they, too, were reevaluating their participation in the rankings, which have been des...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Trial lawyers' next leader is ready to play defense
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After a string of wins, Gregory G. Rizio said he wants to keep up the momentum at the Consumer Attorneys of California. But a ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge administers Oath of Allegiance to new Americans at SoFi Stadium
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The 15 new Americans are all members of the military, veterans or first responders. “They had worked hard to achieve this sign...
Christopher Kamon wired $2.255 million to The Bahamas from domestic accounts during the past several months, and he finalized ...
Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Musk sends another letter, more lawsuits follow
By Wisdom Howell
Counsel for the plaintiffs in the new lawsuits -- Shannon Liss-Riordan, of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC in Boston -- detailed...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
Google and developers ask judge again to OK $90M settlement
By Jonathan Lo
His do-over occurred because U.S. District Judge James Donato reserved judgment pending submission of a supplemental plan that...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, California Supreme Court
Bar board to send 5 provisional license options to high court
By Christer Schmidt
The board decided against sunsetting the program entirely, and hopes to continue to work with people still in the program rega...
Government
School district to pay $15.75 million for student's asthma attack death
By Skyler Romero
The school district also agreed to partner with medical experts to provide teachers and staff with asthma training, to adopt t...
Plaintiff Vanessa Luna alleged GreenBox’s founder and CEO Fredi Nisan “used contract negotiations with Ms. Luna to coerce her ...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Successful defense of Kevin Spacey was a case study in trial preparation
By David Houston
Hundreds of hours of preparation had convinced actor Kevin Spacey’s attorneys in a sexual assault trial that they already knew...
Litigation & Arbitration, Entertainment & Sports
Doctor asks lawyer to play rest of deposition at NCAA trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Can we play the rest of it?” Dr. Lily Dara, an assistant professor of medicine at USC, asked Shrader & Associates LLP fou...
Litigation & Arbitration
DAs to appeal dismissal of Potter Handy case
By Wisdom Howell
The prosecutors say a judge erred in finding the law firm’s filing of Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits against small b...
Judges and Judiciary
LA County Superior names new chief executive
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
David Slayton will join the court from the National Center for State Courts in Texas. He will replace Sherri Carter, who retir...
An attorney representing Thomas V. Girardi’s celebrity wife accused the Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee of intentionally with...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Litigator joins Goldberg Segalla in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
James T. Spratt will be a member of the Transportation and Civil Litigation and Trial practice groups.
Litigation & Arbitration, Environmental & Energy
$50M Amplify oil spill deal OK’d, more litigation coming
By Skyler Romero
As stipulated by the settlement, defendant Amplify Energy Corp. will pay $34 million to a class of fishing industry plaintiffs...
