Litigation
Suit over alleged Dodger sponsorship contract continues after summary judgment is denied
By Justin Kloczko
Allegations of a breached $10.75 million contract between the Los Angeles Dodgers and video kiosk retailer Outerwall Inc. will...
ADR Services Inc. ...
The panel that oversees the California bar exam is concerned that its ability to effectively administer the test could be hamp...
Labor/Employment
Employee-friendly arbitration decision could reach U.S. Supreme Court
By Matthew Blake
The state Supreme Court again poked holes in the Federal Arbitration Act's applicability, issuing a blockbuster, worker-friend...
Law Practice
Baker & McKenzie hiring Northern District criminal division chief
By Joshua Seboldn
Baker & McKenzie LLP is grabbing the chief of the criminal division of the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern Distric...
Two lawsuits are challenging the neutrality of the 4th District Court of Appeal to hear cases involving the Orange County-base...
EVP of Specialty Finance and Chief Legal Officer BofI Federal Bank (San Diego) ...
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor: Reliance on court attorneys has consequences
By Riley Guerin
Steven Kimball's insightful article explains how excellent briefs can still lose to deficient briefs when judges rely upon "in...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit seeks state high court guidance on Heller bankruptcy
By Kevin Lee
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the state Supreme Court to decide whether a dissolved law firm can collect pro...
Sedgwick LLP is facing a putative class action filed by a partner who claims she was subjected to "systemic gender discriminat...
California Courts of Appeal
Hikers cannot use old fire road, a split 2nd District panel rules
By Saul Sugarman
A divided 2nd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled hikers can no longer use an old Los Angeles fire road that for decad...
The salacious legal dispute between venture capital investor Michael Goguen, his former mistress and their $40 million contrac...
Attorneys for a state correctional officer who claims he was conspired against, demoted, then fired for reporting misconduct a...
A trade secrets trial in federal court is not only pitting a technology company against a major Dubai-based bank accused of st...
Some California legal education experts are critical of an American Bar Association proposal that would require 75 percent of ...
Labor/Employment
Judge takes McDonald's workers class certification under submission
By Matthew Blake
A judge denied, for now, certifying a class of California McDonald's Corp. workers suing over missed meal and rest periods, bu...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Litigation
OC judge cites drought in rejecting water rates referendum
By Meghann M. Cuniff
In a case watched around the state, Superior Court Judge Robert J. Moss on Monday rejected an argument from the Yorba Linda W...
Litigation
Sham insurance claims case nets $6.4 million verdict for Allstate
By Justin Kloczko
A mother and daughter have been ordered to pay $6.4 million to Allstate Insurance Company after a Los Angeles County jury foun...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Plaintiff files notice of appeal in Led Zeppelin case
By Steven Crighton
The estate that unsuccessfully sued Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement informed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals it ...
In the first suit seeking to hold an immigration lawyer liable for securities fraud and acting as an unregistered broker when ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Church-affiliated organizations cannot avoid pension requirements, 9th Circuit rules
By Logan Noblin
In a blow to some of the nation's largest church-affiliated institutions, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday ...
Southern California Gas Co. should install safety shut-off valves on each of its wells in Los Angeles County in order to preve...
A San Francisco federal judge granted preliminary approval Tuesday of a nearly $15 billion settlement in a lawsuit accusing V...
Qualcomm Inc. has entered a proposed settlement with a class of roughly 3,300 women employees in science, technology, engineer...
Within hours of the Federal Trade Commission raiding Brookstone Law PC in Santa Ana on suspicion of illegal promises and advan...
Law Practice
Morrison & Foerster's life sciences practice joins former colleague at Cooley LLP
By Justin Kloczko
An 11-member Morrison & Foerster LLP life sciences practice group is following former colleague Mika Reiner Mayer to Coole...
VP & General Counsel, Business & Staffing Solutions ACT-1 Group Inc. (Torrance) ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Former State Bar employee's lawsuit dismissed with leave to amend
By Lyle Moran
A State Bar communication officer's lawsuit against the agency alleging he was wrongfully terminated last year because of his ...
Yahoo Inc. has signed a $4.8 billion dollar sale to Verizon Communications Inc. with counsel from several law firms. ...