Law Practice
Winston & Strawn's LA office hits 100 percent pro bono participation rate
By Eli Wolfe
After waging a campaign to boost pro bono participation at Winston & Strawn LLP, the firm's Los Angeles office was able to...
Government
DOJ pulls rank in investigation into congressman's campaign spending
By Paula Lehman Ewing
The U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Ethics announced Thursday it will defer an investigation into the misuse of ca...
The mediation and arbitration company JAMS announced the hiring of retired federal judge George H. King to its panel of mediat...
California Courts of Appeal
San Francisco seeks to shut down company that targets shoplifters
By Kevin Lee
The Corrective Education Company is either a well-meaning startup intent on providing shoplifting suspects a second chance or ...
Workers' Comp.
Workers' compensation lawsuit ends after judge says state court has no jurisdiction
By Justin Kloczko
A gender bias lawsuit challenging the very nature of how workers' compensation claims are handled by the state has been dismis...
Government
State attorney general intervenes in sanctuary cities court fight
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has waded into the sanctuary cities debate by filing an amicus brief opposing Presi...
Plaintiffs’ lawyers say insurers are hiring their own doctors to make medical decisions, denying care to cut costs. ...
General Counsel Glassdoor Inc. (Mill Valley) ...
Environmental
Oil industry wins injunction stopping injection regulation
By Joshua Seboldn
The oil industry got a major victory for well injection techniques when a Kern County Superior Court judge blocked a state reg...
Litigation
Small satellite service company keeps contracts after filing suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Department of Technology has cancelled two multimillion-dollar contracts for satellite services after one of th...
Alston & Bird LLP made a strong play in California this week by opening a San Francisco office and expanding headcount in ...
Workers' Comp.
Workers' comp board settles for $10M in work commute crash
By Shane Nelson
A workers' compensation board judge approved a compromise and release settlement agreement on Monday in the amount of $10 mil...
Environmental
State residents sue Monsanto, claiming product made them ill
By James Getz
A Los Angeles firm, joined by environmentalist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s firm, has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto...
Personal Injury & Torts
Jury gives full defense verdict in seat belt case
By Renee Flannery
A Japan-based seatbelt manufacturer secured a full defense verdict in San Bernardino County Superior Court after the jury foun...
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Government
New bill aims to steer more judges to Riverside, San Bernardino counties
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Inland Empire may be a step closer to gaining four new judges after the Assembly Judiciary Committee passed AB 414 by a 11...
Government
LA attorney rumored for top Department of Justice antitrust job
By Joshua Seboldn
Prominent Los Angeles attorney Makan Delrahim is reportedly in line to be named the head of the Department of Justice's antitr...
A former police officer admitted to four felonies in 2012 investigation. ...
Government
San Bernardino County district attorney's race gets crowded
By Renee Flannery
A 17-year veteran San Bernardino County prosecutor announced this week that he will run to replace District Attorney Mike Ramo...
Personal Injury & Torts
Plaintiff's firms square up in case over shared former client
By Eli Wolfe
The lyrics from a promotional rap song by the plaintiff's firm Layfield & Barrett APC underscored attorney Philip Layfield...
Entertainment & Sports
9th Circuit stymies online streaming service
By Meghann M. Cuniff
In a closely watched decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that retransmitting material without t...
Law Practice
National firm shoring up service to auto clients in Gardena
By Shane Nelson
Looking to strengthen relationships with a number of existing automotive industry clients, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarboro...
Government
LA city attorney seeks pre-lawsuit subpoena power for big cities
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer returned to state Assembly, where he once served, to urge legislators Tuesday to g...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lower-tier ABA schools see sharper drop in bar exam passage
By Lyle Moran
A study produced for the State Bar also found that traditionally higher performing groups have made up proportionately less of...
California Supreme Court
LA County judge's admonishment upheld by state high court
By James Getz
Despite the state Supreme Court declining to review the Commission on Judicial Performance's public admonishment, Los Angeles ...
Eight juvenile justice bills introduced to legislature ...
Labor/Employment
Whistleblower trial costs San Francisco attorney's office millions
By Matthew Blake
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis J. Herrera took a hit Friday when a jury unanimously agreed with a former city lawyer that ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar prevails in former executive director's lawsuit
By Lyle Moran
Arbitrator rules against former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn's whistleblower retaliation and breach of contract claims. ...
Xavier Becerra's man in Washington is one of a handful of people in the California Department of Justice who makes a higher sa...
Entertainment & Sports
Sports agent stopped from competing against former company
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order keeping a prominent agent from competing a...