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Law Practice


Horacio Gutierrez takes over Feb. 1 from retiring Alan Braverman.


Law Practice, Environmental & Energy


Attorney Dane Jones created a community group to raise awareness about how much waste people produce, methods to reduce it and...


Law Practice, Government


The White House has not named a permanent U.S. attorney for any of California’s four federal districts


Litigation & Arbitration


According to plaintiffs’ attorneys — and a recent study — the number of forced arbitrations are up, while win rates for plaint...


Law Practice


With less office time, lawyers take up hobbies

Dec. 27, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Remote work gives lawyers time for hobbies and relaxation.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


“We didn’t have one before, so we’re trying to hire a more experienced financial auditor who has financial fraud experience,” ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Governor appoints Fresno, Kern County judges

Dec. 27, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Charles J. Lee as a judge in Fresno County, and Christie Canales Norris as a judge in Kern County.


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


San Diego County Superior Court Judge John S. Meyer issued a tentative order Thursday that the district cannot impose its own ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Labor/Employment


With a few exceptions, noncompete agreements — to restrain former employees from working for competitors or beginning their ow...


“To me, it’s the reason I became a lawyer in the first place. You know, it’s not every day that you have a chance to really he...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


“They want to award them 66% credits, meaning if you got sentenced to 30 years, you’d only do 10 years,” Sacramento County Chi...


Law Practice


Kurt W. Melchior, a partner and general counsel at Nossaman LLP, guided an update of the library and diversified its leadership.


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


“The former players’ claims “are barred by the relevant statutes of limitations, fail for insufficient proof of causation, or ...


Government


Attorneys in Legislature facing realities of term limits

Dec. 23, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

There are 11 Democratic members with law degrees in the 40-member Senate, meaning they outnumber the chamber’s eight Republica...


Immigration, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In 2007, the court concluded that an Arizona state conviction for solicitation to possess more than four pounds of marijuana q...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The disgraced lawyer says he will give a deposition in a lawsuit against Mark Geragos, who was an unindicted co-conspirator in...


Insurance, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The state accused Essilor Laboratories of America Inc. of offering and paying hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to opt...


Judges and Judiciary, Insurance, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Attorneys representing StarKist Co. and Dongwon Industries Co. Ltd., defendants in a major tuna price-fixing class action, are...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


Ruling for the American Film Institute, the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Friday that “a volunteer for a nonprofit organi...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation, Banking


The complaint is the latest of several MALDEF has filed on behalf of DACA benefit recipients, citing Section 1981 of the feder...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


Food labeling is a field ripe for litigation. Recent consumer class actions include a proposed lawsuit against Frito-Lay for i...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Administrative/Regulatory


One major rift between the bar and the lawmakers appears to be a disagreement about how well "regulatory sandbox" changes have...


Government, Criminal


Dr. Lance L. Gooberman faced a 12-count felony indictment accusing him of misbranding and illegally shipping Naltrexone — a dr...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Florentino "Tino" Garza, who picked cotton and delivered newspapers to support himself after being orphaned and became one of ...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


After hearing pitches from several large law firms, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter chose Wylie A. Aitken of Aitken Aitken...


Entertainment & Sports, Criminal


This year, several new true crime documentaries focused on prominent California cases.


Law Practice


The Los Angeles office will be primarily focused on the private equity, asset management and healthcare industries. The firm s...


Judges and Judiciary


President Biden has nominated eight other California district judges. Two of them had Senate Judiciary Committee hearings but ...


Civil Litigation


Changing lawyers is costly, DWP is warned

Dec. 21, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

City Attorney Mike Feuer said Monday he won’t stop the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from removing his office and ...


Entertainment & Sports


Co-defendant Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is now barred from selling tickets to Coachella Day One 22 on Ticketmaster.com.