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Litigation


A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $10 million to a man who was struck by a speeding teenager in La Puente while making...


Criminal


A jury was chosen Tuesday in a criminal case involving a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent accused of conspiring to...


Intellectual Property


Intellectual Property

Aug. 17, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON


Intellectual Property


Editors' Note

Aug. 17, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A note from the editors.


Intellectual Property


Michael G. Rhodes

Aug. 17, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

Cooley LLP


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court has denied a bid by the University of Southern California to review a lower appellate decision that re...


Labor/Employment


A judge certified on Friday a class of Urban Outfitters Inc. department store managers who say they are cheated out of overtim...


Intellectual Property


A trial date was set in a $2 million copyright infringement case in which a group of plaintiffs allege several broadcasting st...


Government


After an eight-day strike, Santa Clara County Superior Court staff returned to work Monday. While both sides praised the new a...


Litigation


Underpayment claims against Girardi Keese dismissed

Aug. 17, 2016
By America Hernandez

A former client accusing Thomas V. Girardi and his firm of withholding settlement proceeds alleged no new facts to justify a 1...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A San Diego County judge gave preliminary approval Monday to a $100 million settlement with most of the remaining defendants i...


Corporate Counsel


Stacey A. Kelly

Aug. 17, 2016
By Riley Guerin

Corporate Counsel Empire Southwest LLC (Mesa, Arizona) ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar has rehired the executive search firm whose contract to help the agency find a new top prosecutor was terminated...


Law Practice


California's legal job market is bouncing back from the Great Recession as managing partners throughout the state say they're ...


Government


San Bernardino County Superior Court Justice Center will open a third probate department due to additional funding from the Ju...


Two water company executives filed a federal lawsuit against Ventura County on Monday, claiming civil rights abuses during a s...


Amy Fisch Solomon, a partner at Girardi Keese, has been inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. ...


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


People detained while awaiting trial will have an easier time suing for abuse suffered while in custody following a landmark d...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court revived on Monday a property owner's bid for $1.3 million in compensation from the city of Perris and ...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Aug. 16, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.


Pepperdine University School of Law's leaders say they are pleased with how the initiative has gone and have no plans to halt ...


Immigration


A new deportation program by Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't performing well, according to recent data released by S...


Government


Orange County hires independent monitor for DA

Aug. 16, 2016
By Meghann M. Cuniff

A former U.S. District Court judge will monitor the Orange County district attorney's office's compliance with eight-month-old...


Litigation


Hip replacement producer hit with another suit

Aug. 16, 2016
By Justin Kloczko

In yet another case filed against a medical device manufacturer and a Los Angeles doctor, a woman alleges the hip replacement ...


Criminal


Felony sentencing bill dies in Assembly

Aug. 16, 2016
By L.J. Williamson

A bill attempting to bring California's felony sentencing laws into alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cunningh...


International


A federal jury rejected a trade secrets lawsuit against a major Middle Eastern bank, ending a two-week trial that pitted top l...


Judges and Judiciary


BNBuilders to renovate San Diego Hall of Justice

Aug. 16, 2016
By Daily Journal Staff Report

Seattle-based firm BNBuilders was awarded a $2.7 million contract for the interior renovation of the fourth through sixth floo...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Bentham adds John Harabedian to Los Angeles team

Aug. 16, 2016
By America Hernandez

City councilman and Los Angeles county prosecutor John C. Harabedian is joining litigation finance company Bentham IMF, after ...


Administrative/Regulatory


A bill that would have curbed the state's ability to revoke driver's licenses over unpaid traffic fines has been heavily amend...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar's dues bill in deeper peril

Aug. 16, 2016
By Lyle Moran

The likelihood that the Legislature will pass a bill authorizing the State Bar to collect attorney dues next year has decrease...