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California Supreme Court


Stepping up her war of words with the Trump administration, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she continues to...


Government


Debate continues to rage across the state over who gets access to publicly-funded immigration defense counsel and services.


California Supreme Court


A disgruntled taxpayer improperly obtained an injunction that prohibited the mistreatment of elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo,...


Government


Victoria B. Henley, director for 26 years of the California Commission on Judicial Performance,announced she will retire at th...


Government


The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against an educational technology company, IXL Learning Inc., alle...


Judges and Judiciary


Immigration agents in Southern California have a stated policy of not arresting people eligible for deportation in state court...


Labor/Employment


Altman Weil report outlines emerging law firm trends

May 26, 2017
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Demand for legal services is low, law firms are overstaffed, and lawyers are underperforming, according to legal consulting fi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The bar decided against awarding a no-bid contract to a former longtime employee who submitted a proposal to help the bar's sp...


A suit filed Wednesday against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin Stennis and former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul ...


Jason Blasdell testified about his work with parts intended for the International Space Station and other NASA missions as par...


California Supreme Court


Sei Fujii, a Japanese immigrant and prominent community activist who was prohibited from becoming a lawyer because of his ethn...


Firm Watch


Kern County appoints first female public defender

May 25, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Pam Singh will begin working as the county's new public defender June 5.


Transactions


Dealmakers

May 25, 2017
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.


Labor/Employment


Nightshift workers made their case Wednesday that they should collect a super-sized amount of penalties from the Golden Arches.


An Orange County sheriff's lieutenant said Tuesday that 68 boxes with 30 years of information about informants have not been f...


Sungaila, an appellate litigator, was honored at a May 13 ceremony at Ellis Island. ...


Law Practice


Attorneys for the Regents of the University of California wrapped up their case Tuesday against the former leaders of the worl...


Litigation


UC Davis strawberry research trial wraps up

May 24, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

Attorneys for the Regents of the University of California wrapped up their case Tuesday against the former leaders of the worl...


Judges and Judiciary


California Judges Association elects new president

May 24, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stuart Rice will begin his one-year term in October.


An Orange County Superior Court jury has awarded $256.4 million to a once-prominent Los Angeles auto dealer, finding that Niss...


Law Practice


Sharing stories of their ascents and aspirations to lead in the courtroom and the boardroom, 170 women lawyers, judges and neu...


Environmental


Multi-billion dollar cuts proposed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in President Donald J. Trump's federal budget ...


Labor/Employment


A whistleblower and wrongful termination lawsuit against Space Exploration Technologies Corp. opened Tuesday with the plaintif...


Law Practice


Morrison & Foerster LLP has scooped up a six-attorney intellectual property team from its Bay Area competitor Wilson Sonsi...


Labor/Employment


McDonald's in the frying pan for overtime policy

May 24, 2017
By Matthew Blake

A novel bench trial started Tuesday with sharply conflicting opinions about McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc.'s corpor...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar launches new website

May 24, 2017
By Lyle Moran

The agency hopes the site will make it easier for members of the public to file complaints against attorneys and for lawyers t...


A Miller Barondess LLP attorney, Amnon Siegel, has won a $256.4 million jury award for his firm's client in litigation against...


Patent Dispute


Women on the Bench

May 24, 2017
By Riley Guerin

It should come as no surprise that some of the leading jurists on the bench are women. Join us as we pay tribute to these rema...


Patent Dispute


Effective communications are critical to one's progress and success. As leaders, we often negotiate contracts, ask for busine...


Patent Dispute


This panel is comprised of accomplished women in Law who have each taken (and continue to take) different paths to success and...