Proposition 57, which ended the direct filing of juvenile cases in adult court, is not retroactive, the California 5th Distric...
Technology & Science
Securities class action filed against Snap in IPO fallout
By Eli Wolfe
The fallout from Snap Inc.'s initial public offering continues with a federal securities class action that accuses the company...
Law Practice
NetApp and Elevate Services partnership recognized for cost-saving program
By Paula Lehman Ewing
Along with 10 other law departments around the world, the partnership developed by NetApp and Elevate were named 2017 Value Ch...
Government
Bill to limit developers' ability to bypass CEQA review runs into opposition
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill in the state Assembly could take away a tool developers have used to avoid California Environmental Quality Act challen...
Criminal
OC judge punishes DA's office for conduct of two prosecutors who are now fellow judges
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Judge Thomas M. Goethals prohibited the district attorney's office from continuing to pursue the felony murder rule in its case.
The acclaimed constitutional scholar and legal educator will start his new role July 1.
Litigation
Judge tosses majority of former players' drug claims against NFL
By Joshua Sebold
Attorneys representing 13 former football players suing the National Football League over alleged drug violations in administe...
Firm Watch
Ex-assistant US attorney joins Jenner to bolster defense practice in LA
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Jenner & Block LLP announced Monday that former assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon D. Fox has joined the firm as a partner in...
Making an attack on the trial itself as he made a final argument in his case against JAMS and private judge Sheila Sonenshine,...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
The founding dean of UC Irvine law school will assume his new role July 1. ...
I have been practicing immigration law since graduating from Whittier Law School, and can relate to Stephen Diamond's advocati...
Jonathan Goldstein recently wrote an article criticizing both the quality of the California appellate judiciary and the failur...
Perspective
Account of LACBA process gives misleading impression of transparency
By Riley Guerin
Based on what I can share, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland's account of recent events warrants a response because it gives a misleadin...
Government
State Senate passes amended bill on civil trial voir dire
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate has unanimously passed an amended version of a bill intended to ensure fair jury selection in civil trials, s...
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
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...
Insurance
California Department of Insurance taps Dentons attorney for general counsel
By Paula Lehman Ewing
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
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A state Senate bill seeking to limit disclosures of witnesses' immigration status in court moved closer to becoming law on Tue...
A former employee of Snap Inc. escalated his legal battle with the company by filing a federal whistleblower complaint on Mond...
Labor/Employment
McDonald's trial highlights joint employer liability theory
By Matthew Blake
An Obama administration effort to put corporations on the hook for their subsidiaries' labor law violations may have a lasting...
The jury hearing final arguments Wednesday in the trial of a lawsuit against JAMS and private judge Sheila P. Sonenshine broug...
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
UC Davis says scientists stole valuable seeds as trial opens
By Joshua Sebold
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
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel pointedly but evenly questioned lawyers Monday about the constitutionality of an executiv...
Attorneys for Snap Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss a patent infringement complaint against their client on Monday, argui...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Restraining order sought against LA County Bar Association's election changes
By Justin Kloczko
The lawsuit seeks reinstatement of the bar's unopposed 2017-18 leadership slate, arguing the invalidation of the results viola...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Repeat takers from top schools outperform peers on bar exam
By Lyle Moran
Just 45 percent of graduates from the state's top law schools who took the bar exam for the first time in February passed.
Litigation
Uber barred from using allegedly filched driverless car technology
By James Getz
Uber Technologies Inc. is barred from using any driverless car technology likely contained in 14,000 files taken from autonomo...