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Criminal, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A former Bumble Bee Foods LLC senior sales executive testified Tuesday his one-time boss, Christopher Lischewski, warned him n...


Civil Litigation, Government


The wireless provider began reducing speeds in 2011 for customers paying for “unlimited” data plans.


Herbert Hafif, who helped transform the Consumer Attorneys of California into a political force in the 1970s and was regarded ...


Native Americans, Civil Litigation


A 13-year battle over an attorney’s duties in trying to win casino gaming rights for a Native American tribe continues after ...


Civil Litigation


Citizens Oversight Inc. lost its fight to stop Southern California Edison Company from downloading spent fuel from the inactiv...


The head of Arent Fox LLP’s privacy, cybersecurity and data protection group, Sarah L. Bruno, joined Reed Smith LLP along with...


Civil Litigation


Facebook Inc. cannot determine which applications had access to private user data through what the federal judge handling the ...


Overworked prosecutors, an exodus of trial attorneys, unfair treatment and distracted leadership are among the problems of the...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


Riverside County has asked a federal judge to dismiss one of the first inverse condemnation suits filed after the U.S. Supreme...


Law Practice


The firm said Monday Yarmela A. Pavlovic will join its San Francisco office.


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


In a case that will help refine the viability of employment discrimination class actions, counsel for a group of female Micro...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A U.S. district judge's referral of an attorney to the State Bar over documents he filed to prove his client's fraudulent cont...


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, Civil Litigation


The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to se...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Following three phases of trial, a Los Angeles County superior court judge has ordered Universal Studios LLC to pay $70 millio...


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Boeing Company lost its second bid to keep a small group of plaintiffs’ lawsuit linked to the Woolsey Fire in federal court.


Criminal


Public defenders believe Global Tel Link is not disclosing the full scope of its recordings.


Entertainment & Sports


The NCAA's announcement allowing student-athletes to benefit from their names, images, and likeness could lead to a clash with...


The defense attorney for a Los Angeles rapper filed a rare motion Friday to disqualify a Los Angeles County judge from presidi...


Community News


Loyola Law’s Civil Justice Program honors 2 attorneys

Nov. 4, 2019
By Alexandra Applegate

Loyola Law School's Civil Justice Program hosted its 15th Annual Tribute to the Champions of Justice dinner and award ceremony...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiff Todd E. Jones had claimed Public Defender Teri M. Monterosso discriminated against male attorneys and retaliated aga...


Immigration


A federal judge has tentatively approved a settlement guaranteeing abused, neglected and abandoned young people from countries...


Obituaries


1925-2019 Lester E. Olson

Nov. 1, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

Retired superior court judge Lester E. Olson, class plaintiff in a landmark state Supreme Court case enshrining cost of living...


Civil Litigation, Government


The plaintiff suing in the nearly decade-long Proposition 65 coffee labeling case filed a number of motions this week hoping t...


Civil Litigation, Government


SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge reluctantly granted an extension Thursday for federal prosecutors to decide if they want to i...


Entertainment & Sports


Depp settles suit with former attorney

Nov. 1, 2019
By Steven Crighton

Actor Johnny Depp has settled a lawsuit with his former attorney Jake Bloom, according to documents filed Thursday at Los Ange...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Health Care & Hospital Law, Administrative/Regulatory


State Attorney General Xavier Becerra rejected a proposed joint venture between two hospital nonprofits in Northern California...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Criminal


A state senator has filed for a restraining order against the woman alleged to have thrown menstrual blood from a balcony onto...


Government, Environmental & Energy


The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to stop the leases and force the US government to produce a new environmental report.



Healer

Nov. 1, 2019

Lawyers value mediator Dana Curtis’ Zen approach to dispute settlement.


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


The U.S. Department of Justice exceeded its authority by seeking to withhold grant money from state and local governments refu...