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Criminal


Proposition 57, which ended the direct filing of juvenile cases in adult court, is not retroactive, the California 5th Distric...


Technology & Science


The fallout from Snap Inc.'s initial public offering continues with a federal securities class action that accuses the company...


Law Practice


Along with 10 other law departments around the world, the partnership developed by NetApp and Elevate were named 2017 Value Ch...


A bill in the state Assembly could take away a tool developers have used to avoid California Environmental Quality Act challen...


Judge Thomas M. Goethals prohibited the district attorney's office from continuing to pursue the felony murder rule in its case.


Education


The acclaimed constitutional scholar and legal educator will start his new role July 1.


Litigation


Attorneys representing 13 former football players suing the National Football League over alleged drug violations in administe...


Firm Watch


Jenner & Block LLP announced Monday that former assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon D. Fox has joined the firm as a partner in...


Litigation


Making an attack on the trial itself as he made a final argument in his case against JAMS and private judge Sheila Sonenshine,...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

May 18, 2017
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Education


Chemerinsky named UC Berkeley law dean

May 18, 2017
By Lyle Moran

The founding dean of UC Irvine law school will assume his new role July 1. ...


Letter to the Editor


Diversity at Whittier

May 18, 2017
By Riley Guerin

I have been practicing immigration law since graduating from Whittier Law School, and can relate to Stephen Diamond's advocati...


California Courts of Appeal


Ill-reasoned attack on appellate justices

May 18, 2017
By Riley Guerin

Jonathan Goldstein recently wrote an article criticizing both the quality of the California appellate judiciary and the failur...


Based on what I can share, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland's account of recent events warrants a response because it gives a misleadin...


Government


The state Senate has unanimously passed an amended version of a bill intended to ensure fair jury selection in civil trials, s...


Government


The state Senate's 39-0 vote Monday came the same day a bar task force issued a report to legislative committees, the governor...


Criminal


State Senate passes bill to reduce drug sentences

May 17, 2017
By L.J. Williamson And Malcolm Maclachla

If passed by the Assembly and signed into law, SB 180, which passsed the state Senate this week, would repeal a three-year se...


Kenneth B. Schnoll, a veteran insurance and health care attorney, becomes general counsel for the California Department of Ins...


Government


Bill to limit immigration status court disclosure advances

May 17, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A state Senate bill seeking to limit disclosures of witnesses' immigration status in court moved closer to becoming law on Tue...


Labor/Employment


A former employee of Snap Inc. escalated his legal battle with the company by filing a federal whistleblower complaint on Mond...


Labor/Employment


An Obama administration effort to put corporations on the hook for their subsidiaries' labor law violations may have a lasting...


Litigation


The jury hearing final arguments Wednesday in the trial of a lawsuit against JAMS and private judge Sheila P. Sonenshine broug...


Judicial Profile


Arturo Castro

May 17, 2017
By Kevin Lee

Judge Arturo Castro's upbringing in Los Angeles led him to pursue a legal career.


A collection of judges, attorneys and court staffers gathered at the Los Angeles County Superior Court's new jury assembly roo...


Litigation


Attorneys representing the Regents of the University of California said two former UC Davis scientists running the institution...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


9th Circuit panel grills lawyers on Trump travel ban

May 16, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel pointedly but evenly questioned lawyers Monday about the constitutionality of an executiv...


Intellectual Property


Attorneys for Snap Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss a patent infringement complaint against their client on Monday, argui...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The lawsuit seeks reinstatement of the bar's unopposed 2017-18 leadership slate, arguing the invalidation of the results viola...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Just 45 percent of graduates from the state's top law schools who took the bar exam for the first time in February passed.


Uber Technologies Inc. is barred from using any driverless car technology likely contained in 14,000 files taken from autonomo...