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Litigation


An entrepreneur claims he wouldn't have hired JAMS neutral if he'd known of $41.5 settlement her company had to pay.


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A San Diego County judge has approved a $225 million class action settlement between consumers and the final defendant pharmac...


Corporate Counsel


Clyde E. "Sonny" Ellis Jr.

Apr. 28, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

SVP and General Counsel Parsons Corp. (Pasadena) ...


Government


U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III's ruling that granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald J...


The city of San Francisco could pay eight figures in a whistleblower case against city attorney Dennis J. Herrera,mostly thank...


Government


The Little Tokyo shopping plaza will receive $5.6 million from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority fo...


Law Practice


Former Walnut Creek mayor joins Hanson Bridgett

Apr. 28, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

Hanson Bridgett LLP has added former Walnut Creek mayor Kristina D. Lawson to its real estate group, according to a firm state...


Government


After a three-year series of working group meetings, public hearings, surveys, and targeted outreach, the Commission on the Fu...


Transactions


Dealmakers

Apr. 27, 2017
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Litigation


Embattled high-speed rail project scores a court victory

Apr. 27, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A complaint challenging the California High-Speed Rail project could be headed to the 3rd District Court of Appeal after a con...


Government


Trump order, application decline cast shadow on H-1B visas

Apr. 27, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

President Donald J. Trump's executive order to review the H-1B visa and lower-than-expected application numbers have rattled t...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar names new chief trial counsel

Apr. 27, 2017
By Lyle Moran

Steven Moawad is a longtime Contra Costa County prosecutor who has managed the DA's special operations division.


Judicial Profile


Alan K. Cassidy

Apr. 27, 2017
By America Hernandez

Attorneys describe Stanislaus County Judge Alan Cassidy as an eloquent communicator.


Entertainment & Sports


Luis Montiel, an Arent Fox LLP record department coordinator, recently guided a blind companion to finish the Boston Marathon....


Mergers & Acquisitions


Although his co-defendant testified, ex-baseball player Doug DeCinces said he probably won't. ...


Government


The Court Reporters Board of California won a battle on Tuesday in their long-running fight to bring out-of-state deposition t...


Immigration


SF federal judge blocks Trump 'sanctuary cities' order

Apr. 27, 2017
By Chase Di Feliciantonio

A San Francisco federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking an executive order by President Dona...


Litigation


Medical equipment supplier settles fraud claims

Apr. 26, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

An oxygen tank supplier settled Medicare fraud claims with the Department of Justice for $11.4 million in a False Claims Act w...


Attorneys filed a motion for preliminary approval of a $51.1 million class action settlement on Monday in U.S. District Court,...


A working group appointed by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye strongly backed allowing foreign and out-of-state attorneys ...


Judges and Judiciary


The Chief Justice of California's Supreme Court appealed to California attorneys to take greater action on behalf of people wh...


Government


Attorney General Jeff Sessions' plans to prioritize the prosecution of indviduals who enter the country without legal permissi...


Law Practice


Veteran commercial litigator joins Jenner & Block

Apr. 25, 2017
By Paula Lehman Ewing

Corporate transactions and litigation firm Jenner & Block LLP announced it has hired Todd C. Toral as a partner in the fir...


Labor/Employment


A judge played devil's advocate Monday in a high-stakes whistleblower retaliation and wrongful termination dispute, chiding la...


An attorney who was sanctioned for alleged verbal abuse of a female opponent last month has now been accused of leaving a ret...


A defendant who is serving a life sentence in prison for committing murder as a teenager must receive an opportunity to seek p...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 25, 2017
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Health Care & Hospital Law


With no admission of liability, Walgreen Co. is ending U.S. and California lawsuits over allegations the pharmacy giant failed...


Berkeley passed a 2015 ordinance that required retailers to provide prospective cell phone customers written notice about "rad...


Environmental


Shareholders and PG&E agree to $90 million settlement stemming from the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, with money to g...