U.S. Supreme Court, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High court declines to hear LA City Council districting case
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case testing Los Angeles’ method for carving up council seats, a process w...
A senior counsel at a Cerritos law firm has been cited for misdemeanor animal cruelty after a police raid at his Orange County...
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
Utilities ask Supreme Court to look at inverse condemnation
By Gina Kim
Other investor-owned utilities facing liability in California wildfires have filed amici briefs in support of San Diego Gas &a...
Law Practice, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
McKool Smith to represent plaintiff following Quinn Emanuel’s disqualification
By Gina Kim
Following the disqualification of Quinn Emanuel from representing plaintiff SC Innovations, Inc. and defendant Uber Technologi...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court reverses conviction based on defendant’s gang affiliation
By Glenn Jeffers
The state Supreme Court Monday reversed a “street terrorism” conviction after the alleged gang member’s underlying conviction ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar moves to inactivate Michael Avenatti's license
By Craig Anderson
The State Bar filed a petition Monday to place embattled attorney Michael J. Avenatti on involuntary inactive status.
Government, Criminal
Governor reverses Manson follower’s 3rd parole grant
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Governor reverses Manson follower's 3rd parole
Civil Litigation
Judge asks lawyers to control plaintiff’s outbursts in law firm trial
By Carter Stoddard
A judge asked the plaintiff’s attorneys to please control their client’s outbursts Monday in a case seeking to determine wheth...
San Diego-based civil defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP will contribute $10,000 toward its attorneys’ student loans through ...
Appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in May 2018, the five-member Probation Reform & Implementation Te...
Civil Litigation
California’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharma is one of many following a big settlement
By Meghann Cuniff
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s lawsuit against OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma L.P. and a former executive is part of a...
Two former Postmates couriers filed suit against the San Francisco-based company Monday, claiming the on-demand delivery servi...
Agilent Technologies GC Michael Tang focuses on the company’s goals for customers.
Civil Litigation
Ex-Caltech researcher cries on the stand in trial over his job loss
By Glenn Jeffers
An emotional Farshid Roumi took the stand Friday and testified his life has changed since his ouster from the Pasadena-based C...
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
Ratepayer's lawyer opposes SDG&E high court review bid
By Gina Kim
Ratepayer says San Diego Gas & Electric’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court should be denied due to meritless arguments a...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
US judge sanctions second lawyer in Monsanto trial
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco federal judge has sanctioned another plaintiffs’ attorney for her part in sneaking inadmissible evidence into ...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
High court clarifies most arbitration decisions, and mistakes, are final.
By Brian Cardile
Finality is referenced often as a beneficial facet of private arbitration, where appeals and judicial reversals are rare. But,...
Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory
PG&E ordered to shut off power lines during dangerous conditions
By Winston Cho
State regulators approved the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s controversial proposal to shut off power lines during dangerous w...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar may recommend non-lawyers be allowed to own legal services companies
By Lyle Moran
A State Bar task force appears poised to recommend that non-lawyers be allowed to own legal services companies and potentially...
California Supreme Court
High court justices (regretfully) nix suits by businesses over gas leak
By Brian Cardile
The state Supreme Court on Thursday closed the courthouse door to business-owner plaintiffs seeking to recover revenue lost wh...
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy
LA County sues Monsanto, says it polluted waterways
By Blaise Scemama
Less than three weeks after an Oakland jury ordered Monsanto to pay over $2 billion when it found the company’s top-selling Ro...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Prior pitch meeting gets Quinn Emanuel booted from wildfire litigation
By Gina Kim
Quinn Emanuel disqualified from representing Woolsey fire plaintiffs, judge rules
Labor/Employment, Government
Assembly vote on test to determine an employee could impact gig economy
By Glenn Jeffers
The state Assembly’s 55-11 vote to pass AB 5 could install a multi-part test that distinguishes between employees and independ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Attorney, already facing criminal charges, accused of wrongdoing by State Bar
By Meghann Cuniff
An attorney accused of being part of a criminal worker’s compensation fraud ring has been charged by the State Bar with seven ...
Civil Litigation
Monsanto attorneys ask federal judge to avoid California in next phase of Roundup cases
By Winston Cho
Monsanto attorneys urged a federal judge to avoid California during the next phase of litigation over allegations the Bayer AG...
California Supreme Court
Lawyer’s discrimination suit at high court turns on standing
By Brian Cardile
Advocates squared off Thursday over whether an online credit card payment processor’s restrictive terms of service provide the...
The Muslim Bar Association of Southern California and Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney co-host second annual Iftar event.
When attorney Jason Gordon skydives with friends, gravity is the only law that matters.
As receivership draws to a close for beleaguered Argosy University, Western State College of Law is hammering out a deal to be...
Civil Litigation
City’s request to temporarily seal depositions in ratepayer case opposed
By Justin Kloczko
The city of Los Angeles is accused by lawsuit opponents of seeking to have key depositions sealed from public view in order to...