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Judicial Profile


Cynthia A. Zuzga

Aug. 24, 2016
By Matthew Blake

LA County Superior Court Commissioner Cynthia Zuzga focuses on mental health treatment.


Public Interest


Crime victims in California will benefit from nearly $7 million in new federal grant funding to 17 legal aid nonprofits, the S...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The state Senate is moving ahead with its own version of a bill that would authorize the State Bar to collect attorney dues in...


Labor/Employment


In a decision that could set up a pivotal showdown over arbitration law, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rul...


Mergers & Acquisitions


San Francisco-based Medivation Inc., a biotechnology company responsible for the widely successful prostate cancer treatment X...


A Palm Desert student who told school officials his elementary teacher molested students was ignored and instead sent to a psy...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Aug. 23, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


Education


Law schools accredited by the American Bar Association are required each year to publicly disclose how their graduates perform...


Litigation


A Los Angeles federal judge has dismissed a $600 million lawsuit brought by a California company alleging price fixing, corrup...


Litigation


An allegedly inebriated attorney and her husband beat an Uber driver after he requested they take their argument outside his c...


Criminal


A judge presiding over the death penalty case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Dekraai said Friday he was "disappointed" and ...


Product Liability


A more than six-year-old lawsuit against Starbucks Corp. and other coffee makers, alleging their brews contain a cancer-causin...


Government


Bills limiting arbitration headed to state Assembly

Aug. 23, 2016
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Three state Senate bills affecting arbitration face votes in the less friendly confines of the Assembly this week. ...


Labor/Employment


At the request of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the state Supreme Court will consider whether a federal rule that fav...


Government


The Assembly approved amendments Friday to a new State Bar dues bill crafted with the hopes of possibly securing support from ...


Judicial Profile


John K. Stewart

Aug. 23, 2016
By Phil Johnson

SF County Presiding Judge John Stewart has won plaudits for steady leadership of the court.


Firm Watch


On the Move

Aug. 22, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A list of moves from around the state.


Judicial Profile


Kenneth J. Fernandez

Aug. 21, 2016
By Matthew Blake

Riverside County Commissioner Kenneth Fernandez is ready, and he expects attorneys to be too.


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediator sees himself as a wise owl

Aug. 20, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

Century City mediator Kenneth S. Wolf knows trust and estate law is often a matter of compromise and understanding. ...


Criminal


The recent election of two Orange County deputy district attorneys to the superior court bench prompted one of their future co...


Government


State IP bill dropped in deference to broader effort

Aug. 20, 2016
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A once-controversial bill on state intellectual property has been dropped by its author in deference to an effort by Gov. Jerr...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the conviction of a former Morgan Hill criminal defense attorney who ...


Firm Profile


Sacramento real estate firm bets on itself

Aug. 20, 2016
By Joshua Seboldn

The founding of Pioneer Law Group LLP represented a bet on the Sacramento real estate market. ...


The company that leased the space to build the 35,000-square-foot, mixed-used development at the Wilshire and Vermont metro st...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court has revived a retired deputy attorney general's putative class action against the state of California ...


Government


Fire kept 6 judges from desert courthouses

Aug. 20, 2016
By Renee Flannery

A major wildfire blocked six judges from reaching their courthouses this week when flames forced closure of the Cajon Pass hig...


A fired Los Angeles Times cartoonist suing for defamation and wrongful termination has crowdsourced the $75,000 in bond money ...


Law Practice


Judge orders litigation finance contract discoverable

Aug. 20, 2016
By America Hernandez

A federal judge wants proof that 12,500 Nigerian plaintiffs really do have a benefactor willing to wire hundreds of millions o...


Labor/Employment


A judge rejected a settlement of up to $100 million between Uber Technologies Inc. and a class of California and Massachusetts...


Litigation


A collection of environmental groups has sued the state Department of Food and Agriculture, alleging a new wrinkle in a statew...