Litigation
Filmmaker files lawsuit against Facebook for impostor account
By Steven Crighton
Vincent Gallo contends the company failed to respond to complaints about the fake account. ...
The Los Angeles Unified Schools District will pay $88 million in settlement money to 30 victims who were abused at two distric...
The State Bar top executive's plan calls for less experiential learning than previously suggested. ...
Multiple plaintiffs' attorneys have opposed the up to $100 million settlement Uber Technologies Inc.reached with California an...
Attorneys say LA Judge Steven Blades never shows frustration in his role as a supervising judge.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives gun shop lawsuit targeting county restrictions
By Kevin Lee
An Alameda County ordinance that prohibits gun stores from operating too closely to schools and homes burdens a citizen's cons...
General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Secretary to the Board Echelon Corp. (Santa Clara) ...
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in Palo Alto promoted Sasha R. Abrams to general counsel and secretary Monday. ...
Law Practice
Baker Botts expands San Francisco office by poaching partner pair
By Banks Albachn
The firm has expanded its San Francisco presence and boosted its litigation practice with the addition of partners Stuart C. P...
Law Practice
Four Snell & Wilmer LLP attorneys move to Jones Day banking and finance practice
By Amanda Schallert
Jones Day has expanded its banking and finance practice in Irvine with the four core attorneys of Snell & Wilmer LLP's com...
Litigation
US judge mulls summary judgment request in wrongful murder conviction suit
By America Hernandez
Judge George Wu is considering the ruling in a woman's suit against the city of Los Angeles, alleging the main witness was a l...
Criminal
First state bill restricting juvenile solitary closer to passage
By L.J. Williamson
After a five-year battle, a state measure to restrict juvenile solitary confinement finally seems poised to become California ...
Entertainment & Sports
Darrell Miller to be honored by Beverly Hills bar
By Steven Crighton
Fox Rothschild LLP's Darrell Miller is the Beverly Hills Bar Association's Entertainment Lawyer of 2016. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Sacramento County judge admonished for violating due process rights of four individuals
By Justin Kloczko
The Commission on Judicial Performance has publicly admonished Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Jamie R. Román for viola...
U.S. Supreme Court
US Supreme Court's Spokeo ruling seen as win for defense bar
By Saul Sugarman
The nation's highest court on Monday ruled that a man's gripes about inaccurate information posted about him on Pasadena-based...
Intellectual Property
Oracle tries to undercut testimony of key Google witness
By Tim O'connor
The Oracle-Google copyright infringement retrial may come down to which version of the former Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO the ju...
Criminal
Jury convicts two LA sheriff's deputies in weeklong trial
By America Hernandez
After less than two hours of deliberation, a federal jury convicted two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on all counts in...
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Long Beach) ...
Litigation
Harvard educated VCs battle over control of firm they co-founded
By Phil Johnson
A dispute between two Harvard-educated venture capitalists spilled into Santa Clara County Superior Court late last week, with...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Criminal
Appellate lawyers call death penalty reform initiative unworkable
By L.J. Williamson
The Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016 has members of the appellate defense bar expressing serious reservations, arg...
The agency says 45 percent of first-timers passed the three-day exam in February. ...
Litigation
OC death penalty sentencing delayed because of informant controversy
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Superior Court Judge John D. Conley delayed the death penalty sentencing of the convicted double murderer whose case is at the...
Criminal
Riverside voters to decide on adding prosecutors to city attorney's office
By Renee Flannery
Riverside city attorney promotes the measure as an opportunity for community outreach, while the district attorney says the be...
A proposed revision to the state budget, released Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown's office, would add an extra $12.4 million toward...
A federal judge affirmed a $21 million award Friday against a medical device company, which had sued an estranged co-founder f...
Litigation
Judge rejects injunction in SpaceX trade secrets lawsuit
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Former Broadcom engineers now working for SpaceX can continue pursuing project at center of trade secrets suit. ...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal of San Jose is headed back into the tech trenches — leaving his post to become deputy gen...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar seeks more than 180 days to resolve complaints against attorneys
By Lyle Moran
The agency proposed to the Legislature that it be given more time to resolve complaints against attorneys before they are cons...
California Courts of Appeal
Justice changes mind in juvenile sentencing case
By Kevin Lee
A state appeals opinion on resentencing juvenile defendants convicted of murder highlights an evolving area of criminal law. ...