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Alternative Dispute Resolution


Christopher (Kit) Kaufman, previously a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP who specialized in corporate law, is launching an ...


Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Becerra avoids antitrust probes of Google, Facebook

Sep. 10, 2019
By Craig Anderson

Google joined Facebook Inc. on Monday as Silicon Valley technology giants to face antitrust probes by multiple state attorneys...


Law Practice


Lally, who said he was drawn to the large, complex corporate investigations at McGuireWoods, will bolsterits white collar and ...


Law Practice


Simona Agnolucci and Ben Hur joined the firm from Keker, Van Nest & Peters.


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


The Trump administration's impact on a traditionally liberal-leaning federal circuit court may be no more apparent than in a r...


Civil Litigation


Facebook Inc. can be sued for selling users’ personal data to the information company Cambridge Analytica, a federal judge rul...


Corporate


Cancer research and development company Epic Sciences Inc. has announced the appointment of Joel Smith as the company's new ge...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


The California Attorney General late last month filed a motion to quash plaintiffs’ subpoenas seeking the release of the cause...


Government


Monday’s session in the California Legislature will likely be remembered for the hundreds of anti-vaccine protestors who shut ...


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


When it trimmed back last month the nationwide reach of an injunction blocking new Trump administration immigration policy, a ...


Lawyer Michael Aguirre is once again suing the state over wildfire funding bills, AB 1054 and AB 235.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An insurance company seeking to rescind coverage of a $4 million jet sued plaintiffs’ attorney Michael Avenatti, claiming the ...


Civil Litigation


Simpson Thacher win $37M for developer

Sep. 9, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

A team from the Los Angeles office of Simpson Thacher has won a $37 million judgment against a Tustin-based company that conti...


Transportation, Environmental & Energy, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A federal investigation into four major automakers that struck a deal with California to follow more stringent emissions stand...


Government, Civil Rights


California’s new law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the primary ballot does not u...


Civil Litigation


A Northern California federal judge tentatively approved a $10 million proposed settlement between investment banking giant Mo...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board is seeking public input on whether it should reconsider its standards on profane and offens...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


Sacramento-area lawyer sentenced to prison

Sep. 9, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

A federal judge sentenced the personal injury attorney to three years in prison for hiding over $1.4 million of income from th...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The successful confirmation of President Donald Trump's latest 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee, Oregon state judge D...


State Bar & Bar Associations


California is on track to become the first state in the nation to accredit fully online law degree programs.


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


The plaintiff alleges his constitutional rights were violated when he was jailed in Orange County for six years in a civil law...


Labor/Employment, Government


Gov. Jerry Brown nixed a similar measure last year, writing in a veto message it was “plainly” preempted by the Federal Arbitr...


The judge handling criminal charges against two anti-abortion activists kept their attorneys on a tight leash Thursday when th...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Final hearing set for Contra Costa County judge

Sep. 6, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

The Commission on Judicial Performance has scheduled final arguments Oct. 2 in a discipline hearing for Contra Costa County Ju...


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


A federal judge indicated Thursday he will likely restore the nationwide scope of his prior ruling temporarily blocking the Tr...


Labor/Employment, Government


Late wages penalties bill passes Legislature

Sep. 6, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

The state Senate passed legislation Thursday allowing employees to recover statutory penalties from employers for failure or l...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


Gordon Rees Scully Mansukani LLP has been hired to represent Truth Aquatics, whose dive boat caught fire and killed 34 people ...


Criminal


Last year, an Alameda Superior Court judge rejected a plea deal reached with two men facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaugh...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A federal judge refused to dismiss a trademark infringement case against Anheuser-Busch LLC that Patagonia Inc. filed over the...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


After an exhaustive three-week trial full of courtroom antics and disruptive behavior, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge...