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State Bar & Bar Associations


“Even with the significantly increased outreach, the number of new intakes in 2019 was only up 16 from 2018,” wrote Donna S. H...


The emails showing a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher attorney working with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and...


Government, Criminal


During the last debate, when DA Jackie Lacey told a story about her father being shot in his front yard a protester yelled, “G...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


A federal judge rejected a bid for class certification by 1970s soul musician Leonard Williams on Monday, finding the peculiar...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


Apple Inc. has agreed to settle up to $500M to resolve allegations of throttling older iPhone models.


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Days into a federal trial, Red Robin International agreed to pay $8.5 million to workers who claimed they were cheated out of ...


California Supreme Court


In a case out of Ventura County, justices ruled felony identity theft can’t be reduced to misdemeanor shoplifting as lower cou...


The candidates include a former child actor who isn’t a prosecutor but is labeled one on TV; a presiding judge being challenge...


After raising concerns of bias on the eve of trial, Bryan Altman, representing the car owners, argued the “court has demonstra...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit alleges DA Diana Becton, who was appointed interim DA in 2017, perpetuated age and gender discrimination by failin...


Probate, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan named by Bradford Lund, a grandson of Disney suing his sister and a sla...



LGBTQ Litigators

Mar. 2, 2020

Medina Orthwein LLP lawyers say their identity helps them articulate their clients' stories.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


It’s been two years since four San Francisco County deputy public defenders challenged incumbent judges on the rationale they ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


The defendant, attorney Khosro Reghabi with the Southern California Law Group, represented himself in the bench trial before S...


Civil Litigation


The newly amended settlement is worth upwards of $100M in benefits to Fiesta, Focus owners.


Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Bradford D. Lund, the plaintiff and a 50-year-old grandson of Walt Disney, alleged Cowan violated his Fourteenth Amendment rig...


Environmental & Energy


A federal judge in Sacramento has allowed the U.S. government to move forward with a lawsuit seeking to block California’s cap...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


A federal grand jury has indicted disbarred attorney Heather Stanley of Bakersfield on charges she defrauded her clients of mo...


Government, Civil Litigation


The planned amicus briefs are in response to a lawsuit brought by Costa Mesa a week ago seeking to bar the state and federal g...


Entertainment & Sports


U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken agreed to a request by the defendants to defer the payout until the parties respective cros...


Immigration, Government


The Department of Justice is ramping up efforts to crack down on terrorists, war criminals and other fraudsters believed to ha...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The decision reverses a 1982 decision in which the court said employers could use prior pay to justify paying some employees l...


Law Practice


King & Spalding LLP announced Thursday that international construction and arbitration expert Stephen V. O’Neal has joined...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Intimate Insight

Feb. 28, 2020

His knowledge, local ties and legal perspective helped Kelly Knight succeed as a mediator.


Civil Litigation


The complaint, filed Wednesday by the Earth Island Institute, says companies including Coca-Cola and Nestle should pay restitu...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Political action committees have left all 4 candidates in San Bernardino County’s two contested judicial races flush with cash.


Government, Criminal


After a contentious hearing, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved an audit of how Alameda, Fresno and Los Angeles c...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Alphabet Inc.-owned YouTube won a closely-watched First Amendment challenge Wednesday to restrictions imposed on a conservativ...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


The owners of The Peninsula, represented by Miller Barondess LLP, said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday the alleged plot was intend...


Entertainment & Sports


Houston hires Hueston in Astros litigation

Feb. 27, 2020
By Steven Crighton

Hueston Hennigan LLP has been retained to represent the MLB squad in response to a complaint brought by former Dodgers pitcher...