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Law Practice, Law Office Management


The addition is part of the Denver headquartered firm’s focus on expanding its California footprint, firm leaders said.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


The people, represented by four prosecuting agencies, say drug companies paid opinion leaders, patient groups and researchers ...


Environmental & Energy


In the meantime, President Biden’s plan for offshore wind farms is likely to generate a lot of work for litigators, corporate ...


Judges and Judiciary


Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, U.S. Northern District Judge Vince Chhabria and Los Angeles County Superior ...


Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law


The county's health officer, Sara H. Cody, has given employers until next Tuesday to determine the vaccination status of emplo...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


The 80-year-old justice will step down July 1 after a 47-year legal career, including almost 26 years on the bench.


Law Practice, Law Office Management


"I decided to make the jump because I felt like I had gotten just about everything I wanted out of my experience in government...


Tax, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, Civil Litigation


Legal troubles have not stopped Scott N. Johnson from filing hundreds of new lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Dave Carothers sued his old firm, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, saying he was driven out by the other partners be...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Endo Pharmaceuticals’ attorney, Moez Kaba of Hueston Hennigan LLP, said it is standard practice for companies seeking Food and...


U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila said he would allow prosecutors to introduce evidence of “salary, travel, celebrity and o...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Instead of traditional closing statements, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers conducted a colloquy in which she asked ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


The decision affects a lawsuit filed by San Mateo, Marin and Santa Cruz counties along with the city of Imperial Beach against...


The decision affects a lawsuit filed by San Mateo, Marin and Santa Cruz counties along with the city of Imperial Beach against...


An agreement stipulates LA County DA Gascon will allow defense attorney Lawrence Middleton to continue representing his client...


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


During a continuous line of questioning lasting more than 10 minutes, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told the Appl...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger postpones Woolsey trial date to Oct. 26 to allow Southern California Edison to ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly dropped his threat after David R. Lira's attorney said she would file a revised reply ins...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission selected the grantees, which include Family Violence Law Center, Public Counsel, UC D...


Civil Litigation


The State Bar had filed motions to compel the production of documents several months ago, which would reveal the identities of...


Government


“If the court is persuaded to allow the Legislature to, at any time after the enactment of the budget, enact a budget junior b...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News


“I really want to be that group where our colleagues feel sane, scholarly and secure and that encompasses wellness and mental ...


Government, Environmental & Energy


New law speeds CEQA review, slows courts

May 24, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

The problem, according to the Judicial Council, is that the bill imposes a 270-day timeline for the review of potentially hund...


May 24, 2021, 2 p.m.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The State Bar ethics opinion comes as lawyers who worked at the Girardi Keese law firm have been accused of knowing that its f...


Civil Litigation


Roundup judge toys with nixing $2B deal

May 21, 2021
By Gina Kim

U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California said it would be awhile until he decides whether to prelimina...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The indictment, returned in late April, alleges Steven O. Mehr, a sole practitioner in Newport Beach, bought usage rights to “...


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The dispute relates to a disagreement on whether users could make purchases inside of apps before the formal introduction of A...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


5 women accuse Amazon of discrimination

May 21, 2021
By Jessica Mach

Wednesday’s lawsuits were filed by three current and two former Amazon employees, all of whom are represented by New York base...


Criminal


Murder charges over stillbirth are dismissed

May 21, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

The Kings County judge did not rule on applicability of the murder statute to women who have a stillbirth, but found the prose...