Corporate
GCs fear internal tensions as Yates Memo builds prosecution momentum
By Paula Lehman Ewing
The memo celebrated its one-year anniversary this month with a $72 million non-prosecution agreement between JPMorgan Chase &a...
Litigation
Trucker organization asks judge to suspend air pollution requirement
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An organization representing truckers and other businesses has challenged the California Air Resources Board, claiming filters...
Los Angeles County Judge Philip Soto prioritizes children's schedules in his dependency court.
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Criminal
9th Circuit overturns summary judgment in officer-involved shooting
By Joshua Seboldn
A police officer in Humboldt County will have to stand trial in the fatal shooting of a suspect who allegedly grabbed his trun...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court approves university sex assault punishment process
By Meghann M. Cuniff
In a surprise move, a unanimous 4th District Court of Appeal blessed a system used by a UC San Diego panel to punish a man acc...
Judges and Judiciary
ABA argues for expanded due process in civil sanctions hearings
By America Hernandez
In a U.S. Supreme Court case that could limit judicial discretion on attorney sanctions for bad faith, the American Bar Associ...
The attorney for a trade group representing bail agents said Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has decided to intervene in the...
A Texas judge's decision late Tuesday to enjoin a rule expanding overtime pay for about 4.4 million workers sent shockwaves th...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was hit with a $54.9 million verdict Wednesday after a California federal jury found the national retaile...
The panel found the plaintiff's claim failed because he failed to show substantial similarity. ...
Litigation
$26 million awarded to parents of teen who died as a result of accident atop bus
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded the parents of a teenager killed as a result of an accident atop a double-dec...
State Bar & Bar Associations
San Diego bar elects new president, board of directors
By Justin Kloczko
The San Diego County Bar Association has elected new members to its Board of Directors, headed by president-elect and Higgs Fl...
Securities
Founder of litigation marketing firm Prometheus Law pleads guilty to multi-million dollar fraud
By L.J. Williamson
The founder of the defunct litigation marketing company Prometheus Law pleaded guilty on Tuesday to using the firm to conduct ...
In the post-recession legal market, law firms have abandoned untargeted self-promotion in favor of strategic marketing through...
The 4th District Court of Appeal on Tuesday affirmed the removal of the Orange County district attorney's office from the deat...
The 2nd District Court of Appeal awarded a new trial to a self-represented criminal defendant whose constitutional rights were...
Labor/Employment
Court allows statistical sampling, certifying massive class of security guards
By Matthew Blake
A state appellate panel ruled that statistical sampling can be used to certify a class of thousands of security guards who say...
General Counsel The Tornante Company LLC (Los Angeles) ...
Settlement with Ally Financial prevents potential DOJ civil lawsuit. ...
Symantec Corp. is planning to buy LifeLock Inc. for $2.3 billion with counsel from Fenwick & West LLP. Wilson Sonsini Good...
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Gary G. Kreep contends the CJP charges are false and a personal attack. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Attorney General expected to appeal second ruling barring donor list disclosure
By America Hernandez
The attorney general has been blocked a second time from obtaining a conservative charity's unredacted donor list, in a decis...
Entertainment & Sports
'Star Trek'-themed Dr. Seuss book subjected to lawsuit
By Steven Crighton
Dr. Seuss Enterprises claims a fan-created novel with a 'Star Trek' theme is infringement, not parody. ...
The 43 percent pass rate has left leaders of ABA law schools deeply concerned. ...
The unanimous high court decision means that disgruntled home buyer Hiroshi Horiike can pursue his breach of fiduciary claims....
Criminal
State Supreme Court rejects premature challenge to death penalty initiative
By L.J. Williamson
The California Supreme Court has denied a petition to stay the enforcement of Prop. 66, calling the action unnecessary as elec...
Judges and Judiciary
Auditor responds to CJP jurisdiction challenge
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys for the California State Auditor have submitted a response to a writ filed last month by the Commission on Judicial ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Criminal
Tough immigration stance expected under new attorney general
By America Hernandez
Justice Department priorities under U.S. Sen. Jeffrey B. Sessions, who has been proposed as the next U.S. attorney general, wi...