Litigation
Jury awards $10M in car accident, but victim will only get half
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $10 million to a man who was struck by a speeding teenager in La Puente while making...
A jury was chosen Tuesday in a criminal case involving a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent accused of conspiring to...
A note from the editors.
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California Supreme Court
State high court declines USC appeal in student discipline case
By Saul Sugarman
The state Supreme Court has denied a bid by the University of Southern California to review a lower appellate decision that re...
A judge certified on Friday a class of Urban Outfitters Inc. department store managers who say they are cheated out of overtim...
Intellectual Property
ASCAP group sues broadcasters for unlicensed playing of copyrighted music
By Renee Flannery
A trial date was set in a $2 million copyright infringement case in which a group of plaintiffs allege several broadcasting st...
Government
Agreement in Santa Clara County leaves key issue unresolved
By Phil Johnson
After an eight-day strike, Santa Clara County Superior Court staff returned to work Monday. While both sides praised the new a...
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.
Plaintiffs reach $100 million settlement in Cipro case
By Joshua Seboldn
A San Diego County judge gave preliminary approval Monday to a $100 million settlement with most of the remaining defendants i...
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State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar rehires search firm it had dropped
By Lyle Moran
The State Bar has rehired the executive search firm whose contract to help the agency find a new top prosecutor was terminated...
Law Practice
Firms are hiring more attorneys but being selective and taking their time
By Special To The Daily Journal
California's legal job market is bouncing back from the Great Recession as managing partners throughout the state say they're ...
Government
Third probate department to open in San Bernardino County court
By Renee Flannery
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...
Law Practice
Girardi Keese partner inducted into International Academy of Trial Lawyers
By Justin Kloczko
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
9th Circuit backs jail detainee verdict in en banc decision
By Logan Noblin
People detained while awaiting trial will have an easier time suing for abuse suffered while in custody following a landmark d...
California Supreme Court
Landowner's bid for extra money in eminent domain case revived
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court revived on Monday a property owner's bid for $1.3 million in compensation from the city of Perris and ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Education
Pepperdine's 2-year JD program meets modest goals with targeted approach
By Lyle Moran
Pepperdine University School of Law's leaders say they are pleased with how the initiative has gone and have no plans to halt ...
A new deportation program by Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't performing well, according to recent data released by S...
A former U.S. District Court judge will monitor the Orange County district attorney's office's compliance with eight-month-old...
In yet another case filed against a medical device manufacturer and a Los Angeles doctor, a woman alleges the hip replacement ...
A bill attempting to bring California's felony sentencing laws into alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cunningh...
International
Jury sides with Mideast bank in $550M trade secrets case
By Meghann M. Cuniff
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
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
By America Hernandez
City councilman and Los Angeles county prosecutor John C. Harabedian is joining litigation finance company Bentham IMF, after ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Budget concerns spur substantial changes to driver's license revocation bill
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill that would have curbed the state's ability to revoke driver's licenses over unpaid traffic fines has been heavily amend...
The likelihood that the Legislature will pass a bill authorizing the State Bar to collect attorney dues next year has decrease...