Square Inc.'s general counsel will step down "prior to the end of the third quarter of 2016" according to a regulatory filing ...
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered a West Hollywood housing facility to stop harassing and illegally evicting its ...
A recruitment video for an advocacy program for child abuse victims will no longer be shown to prospective jurors in Orange Co...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court affirms percentage of fund method in assessing lawyers' fees
By Matthew Blake
Judges may calculate plaintiffs' attorney fees as a percentage of a case's total settlement amount, even in multi-million doll...
Founded in 2009 by Eric C. Kastner and Thomas T. Kim, attorneys with extensive histories in employment law, their practice thr...
Litigation
Retailers didn't illegally gather customer zip codes, judge rules
By Justin Kloczko
In a major defense win in a class action trial, a San Diego County judge has handed down a rare win for retailers Urban Outfit...
Every Tuesday and Thursday I turn to the Daily Journal's list of DealMakers. And with a rare exception, there's nary a female ...
Banking
Titans battle more than three hours in OC trade secrets finale
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Prominent plaintiffs' attorney William A. Isaacson asked an Orange County jury Wednesday to impose damages in a trade secrets ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives fraud claim against health care companies
By Logan Noblin
A fraud claim that could cost some of the nation's largest health care companies over $1 billion in damages was revived Wednes...
Labor/Employment
Preliminary approval granted in bakery meal break settlement
By Renee Flannery
Preliminary approval of a $550,000 class action settlement was granted in San Bernardino Superior Court for employees of a bak...
Six weeks after he agreed to plaintiff Arshavir Iskanian's request to dismiss the decade-old wage-and-hour dispute against CLS...
Law Practice
Akerman LLP expands LA office with addition of five partners
By Justin Kloczko
Firm acquires five partners, a move the mergers and acquisitions firm said boosts its real estate practice. ...
GC/Chief Compliance Officer Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC (Century City) ...
Litigation
Apple agrees to CEO Tim Cook's deposition in Monster case
By Steven Crighton
Monster LLC will depose Apple Inc. CEO Timothy Cook to gauge his knowledge of when acquisition talks between Apple and Beats E...
Judges and Judiciary
Commission on Judicial Performance to face audit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A state legislative committee on Wednesday approved an audit of the California Commission on Judicial Performance. ...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
Lawyers skeptical about Google age bias class action
By Matthew Blake
Next month, U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman of San Jose is scheduled to hear oral arguments on a class certification motio...
The gay widower of a longtime Bay Area television station employee is suing the station's pension plan for failing to provide ...
Criminal
Orange County man who ran fake law firm faces up to 20 years for fraud
By Justin Kloczko
An Orange County man on Tuesday was convicted a second time of federal mail and wire fraud charges, this time for his role in ...
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was convicted on Tuesday of six out of 12 criminal charges in connection with a pipeline blast ...
Litigation
Whistleblower wins $2.8M verdict against state agency
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Sacramento County jury awarded more than $2.8 million Tuesday to a former staff attorney who filed a whistleblower retaliati...
Entertainment & Sports
Led Zeppelin attorney fee denial may have wide impact
By Steven Crighton
A federal judge's order denying a fee request by Led Zeppelin's attorneys shows that victorious attorneys looking to recoup co...
A San Bernardino County jury on Tuesday awarded $46 million to a man who was severely injured when he was struck by a personal...
California Supreme Court
Bill would change rules of evidence in parole hearings
By L.J. Williamson
Taking a suggestion from the state Supreme Court, the Legislature is poised to pass a bill that seeks to avoid "revictimizing"...
Two California law school deans are among the leading critics of a proposal to tighten the bar exam passage rule American Bar ...
Transactions
Wal-Mart picks up e-commerce startup Jet.com for $3 billion
By Banks Albachn
New Jersey-based Jet.com Inc., an e-commerce company focused on home goods, leaned on a Fenwick & West LLP team in Mountai...
International
Plaintiffs in Ecuadorian pollution case can't collect $8.6 billion judgment from Chevron
By Justin Kloczko
Ecuadorian plaintiffs cannot collect an $8.65 billion pollution judgment against Chevron Corp. in the U.S., a federal appeals ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA passes model rule barring sexual harassment, discrimination
By Logan Noblin
The ABA House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility that, for th...
Litigation
Fired staff attorney accuses state agency of cover-up in suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The lawyer representing a staff attorney fired in 2010 by Commission on Teacher Credentialing accused the agency of a "kill th...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Law students must be paid even if they get course credit, ABA votes
By Logan Noblin
The American Bar Association has shifted a substantial financial burden from the backs of law students onto the shoulders of l...