Joshua M. Robbins joins the Costa Mesa-based boutique that recently opened a Los Angeles office. ...
It was a festive Cinco de Mayo on Friday for Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Barbara M. Scheper, who was able to end a...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...
Law Practice
Law school graduates set sights on in-house positions
By Paula Lehman Ewing
A growing number of new lawyers are embracing the possibility to move in house early in their careers.
An Alameda County Superior Court attorney is challenging the State Bar's determination that he must complete continuing educat...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit affirms trade secrets theft convictions, with a caveat
By Joshua Sebold
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel raised questions Friday about the trial of a man convicted of trade secrets theft fr...
Government
State AG announces executive team, indicates his priorities
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Xavier Becerra has appointed 14 members of his executive team, a group that draws heavily on the former congr...
The plaintiff claims she was subjected to gender discrimination at Independent Sports & Entertainment.
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Government
Attorneys form organization to push state legislation to aid low-income people
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A new group. the California Low-Income Consumer Coalition, is lobbying for legislation to help poor clients
A Whittier Law School professor had complained that the former finance official should play no part in closing the law school.
San Francisco County Judge Christopher Hite's PD's office experience affects how he runs his court.
Larson O'Brien LLP, the Los Angeles-based litigation boutique, will open a new office in Washington, D.C. next week. ...
Government
Bill aims to tone down 'hyperbolic' ballot descriptions in judicial races
By James Getz
A state Senate bill designed to tone down creative ballot descriptions of judicial candidates has gained support among judges....
A juror suggested they were "not even close" to a verdict in a case involving attorney J.J. Little. ...
A high-stakes whistleblower lawsuit against Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is set for trial after Los Angeles County Sup...
California Supreme Court
High court not certain on how PAGA discovery should work
By Matthew Blake
The state Supreme Court looked like it could reverse lower court rulings regarding how discovery works in representative Priva...
A Los Angeles jury determined on Thursday that attorneys Steven Wyner and Marcy Tiffany did not owe a former client back wages...
Litigation
Former justice quizzed on her business experience in JAMS trial
By Andy Serbe
Retired appellate justice Sheila P. Sonenshine, a neutral at alternative dispute resolution company JAMS, acknowledged Thursda...
A few years ago, startup Power Ventures Inc. was ordered to pay Facebook Inc. more than $3 million for violating federal compu...
The state Supreme Court struck down California State University's anti-SLAPP motion Thursday in a discrimination case that sho...
Government
Investment-based government visa program survives, with an uncertain future
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A popular investment-based visa pilot program is likely to be extended as part of the federal spending bill passed by Congress...
California Supreme Court
State high court hears arguments over coastal seawall, property rights
By Kevin Lee
The California Coastal Commission overstepped its legal authority when it imposed time limits on seawalls that shield private ...
Law Practice
New small firm announces litigation financing partnership
By Justin Kloczko
Newly formed commercial business litigation firm Pierce Sergenian LLP is the latest entrant into the world of litigation finan...
Best Best & Krieger LLP announced Tuesday that Irvine Mayor Donald Wagner would join the firm as of counsel in its Irvine ...
Labor/Employment
Law firm employment dispute grows 'curiouser and curiouser'
By Matthew Blake
An attorney defending himself in an employment lawsuit has clashed with witnesses and received barbed remarks from the judge. ...
Education
Whittier Law School professor files ABA complaint over former official's hiring
By Lyle Moran
Professor I. Nelson Rose says former Whittier College finance official Jan Legoza should have nothing to do with planning the ...
California Supreme Court
State high court mulls privacy of medical records in doctor inquiries
By Kevin Lee
The state medical board's authority to collect prescription records must be curbed in order to protect the constitutional priv...
Image on a parody post harmed the plaintiff, but wasn't authorized by a company officer, jury found.
Attorneys have reached a $26.25 million settlement in a class action against two Los Angeles County companies whose products a...