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Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Courts of Appeal


Teri L. Jackson was confirmed Tuesday as a justice on the 1st District Court of Appeal after a career as a San Francisco Count...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A federal judge in San Diego rejected a $6.5 million settlement between commercial food preparers and Chicken of the Sea over ...


Civil Litigation, Corporate


Investors settle suit over Snapchat’s IPO

Jan. 22, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

The lawsuit accused Snapchat of falsely downplaying the negative effect Facebook Inc.’s Instagram stories were having on Snapc...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


The company alleges it would not be able to fulfill its government contracts if they’re required to “either dismiss all its in...



The Resolution Issue

Jan. 22, 2020

The Changing Face of Arbitration


Civil Litigation, Insurance, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A Culver City attorney has asked a federal judge to limit the restitution he will be ordered to pay following his emailed verb...


Government, Criminal


A $16.3 million state grant kept recidivism rates low by funding collaborative court programs, according to a report released ...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Government


Courts must establish sex harassment policies by June 30

Jan. 22, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Rule 10.351, established last Friday, calls on courts to create definitions for harassment, retaliation and discrimination, an...


Civil Litigation, Banking


The bank argued for phased discovery, citing the two-year statute of limitations in the state law cited by the city, the Fair...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


A federal judge granted California motor carriers a preliminary injunction enjoining Assembly Bill 5, the controversial new la...


Law Practice


William W. Oxley, formerly the Los Angeles managing partner of Dechert LLP, is now head of litigation at Baker's Los Angeles o...


Civil Litigation


Van Nuys jury awards senior $5.5M in neglect case

Jan. 21, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

A superior court jury in Van Nuys has awarded an elder-care home resident $5.5 million after deciding the facility was neglect...


Entertainment & Sports


The estranged business manager of Courtney Love must provide access to text messages a plaintiff says will prove their involve...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A new class action filed by app developers accuses social media behemoth Facebook of anticompetitive practices


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


State high court will hear another Dynamex case

Jan. 21, 2020
By Glenn Jeffers

The California Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear a second case questioning whether the 2018 decision in Dynamex Oper...


Former San Francisco District Attorney and county Supervisor Terence Hallinan died Friday. He was 83 years old.


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The standard to hold Uber liable for anticompetitive practices is not whether it intended to corner the market but rather if “...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Governor names 4 to judge vetting committees

Jan. 21, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced four additions to his committees responsible for vetting potential members of the judici...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The court's opinion acknowledged carbon dioxide emissions have rendered Earth's climate increasingly less habitable and endang...


Judges and Judiciary


Legal Commitment

Jan. 17, 2020

Born in war-torn Cambodia, Judge Jana Seng doesn’t take the rule of law and due process lightly.


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The circuit granted Wednesday a request from the department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division to share argument tim...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Judge considers dismissal in HIV drug case

Jan. 17, 2020
By Winston Cho

Fighting a bid to dismiss the lawsuit, plaintiffs’ attorneys argued provisions in an agreement between four companies that pre...


In Recess


Water Therapy

Jan. 17, 2020
By Shane Nelson

LA litigator Dina Richman dances with manta rays, frolics with sea lion pups and marvels at humpbacks under the sea.


Law Practice


The firm says the new practice is aimed at advising clients that might be facing investigations at any level, whether it be na...


Edison faces thousands of claims from plaintiffs in connection with the Woolsey Fire, which began near Santa Susana Field Labo...


“Each year, our recoveries for victims and taxpayers dwarf the total cost of operating our office,” said Eastern District U.S....


U.S. Supreme Court, Consumer Law


Plaintiffs’ attorneys were awaiting a high court decision to review doctrine allowing government agencies to overturn court de...


Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Volkswagen asked a judge to disqualify retired judge and former FBI director Louis Freeh from testifying as an expert witness ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


As the first African American to hold the post, Shawn Tillis said he sees underrepresentation on the basis of race as an urgen...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The complaint claims a U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s supplemental environmental impact statement on the federal land and mi...