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Civil Litigation


Plaintiff attorney Nathan Goldberg asked for $14 million in punitive and compensatory damages Tuesday during closing arguments...


Community News


Sidley Austin sponsors YMCA Stair Climb in LA

Oct. 9, 2019
By Alexandra Applegate

Sidley Austin sponsors an event aimed at funding youth programs in Los Angeles.


Civil Litigation


The last remaining defendant in a lawsuit accusing five of the world’s largest linear resistor manufacturers of conspiring to ...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


A federal judge on Monday denied a conservation group’s request to temporarily halt a logging project taking place near the si...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports


Members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team said they could have earned millions in compensation if they were paid the sa...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


A 1st District Court of Appeal ruling that rejected Winston & Strawn LLP's arbitration requirement in a sex harassment cla...


Civil Litigation


Though the weekend break appears to have momentarily quelled calls for a mistrial in the sexual harassment case against Alki D...


Civil Litigation


The Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. said Monday it would contest liability in proceedings to estimate damages for historically ...


Civil Litigation


The California Chamber of Commerce sued state Attorney General Xavier Becerra Monday in an attempt to remove acrylamide from s...


Civil Litigation


Lawyers from Cooley LLP representing disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes filed a motion to withdraw as her attorneys, ...


Civil Litigation


The U.S. Supreme Court has elected to not hear a writ filed by San Diego Gas & Electric Company’s challenge to a state reg...


Tax, Criminal


A lawyer for a personal injury attorney sentenced for obstructing an Internal Revenue Service audit argued on Monday her clien...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill designed to thwart so-called pay-to-delay settlements between drug makers.


Obituaries


A. William Urquhart, who helped transform Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from a 15-attorney Los Angeles litigation ...


Obituaries


Samuel Mayerson, Patty Hearst prosecutor and Los Angeles Superior Court judge, died Sept. 30 of natural causes.


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge may have to consider whether to declare a mistrial in the most recent sexual harassment case against billi...


Civil Litigation


Control of LA opioid case still unknown

Oct. 7, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

The newly coordinated case includes an amended complaint from the state attorney general and a debate over bankruptcy-triggere...


Constitutional Law


Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two bills to address the problem of “deep fakes,” digital video or audio that is manipulated to f...


Government, Criminal


Candidates for San Francisco DA accuse mayor of political move in making an interim appointment of one of their opponents.


Civil Litigation


MGM Resorts International became the first company to pay victims of a mass shooting but will likely not be the last, said pla...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


A judge in the nearly decade-long coffee labeling case allowed into evidence Thursday a new regulation stating coffee isn’t ha...


In Recess


Storyteller

Oct. 4, 2019
By Shane Nelson

Former prosecutor Jonathan Shapiro reinvented himself as a TV writer, producer and now playwright.


Intellectual Property, Environmental & Energy, Entertainment & Sports


Deep fakes, streaming wars, and e-sports highlighted discussions at Loyola Law School’s 5th Annual TechTainment event.


Civil Litigation


The former financial controller and human resources manager for many of Alki David's media interests testified Thursday the ec...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment


In a detailed letter, partner Vanina Guerrero alleges four separate sexual assaults at the hands of well-known partner Louis L...


Judges and Judiciary


11 LA County court projects upgraded in priority

Oct. 3, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

Eleven courthouse construction projects in Los Angeles County have risen in priority as part of a $13.2 billion Judicial Counc...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


An insurance company says its liability policy does not cover legal costs stemming from sex abuse allegations against a USC gy...


Civil Litigation


Ending a three-month trial, jurors also awarded nearly $5 million to plaintiff, counter-defendant


Law Practice


Litigation and health care attorney Charles Weir joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as a partner in its Los Angeles offi...


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


The federal judge considering whether to temporarily block the Trump administration's so-called public charge rule, which seek...