Judges and Judiciary
Sitting judges get campaign fundraising boost from judges' PAC
By Phil Johnson
Seven California superior court judges facing reelection challenges will receive campaign contributions from a political actio...
Litigation
OC sheriff's commander to resume testimony on jailhouse informant movements
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The public defender in the jailhouse informant scandal plans to seek a deadline extension for a motion to dismiss his client's...
After nearly 10 years on the west side, Steptoe & Johnson LLP is moving attorneys from Century City to its downtown LA off...
Sony will pay $13 million to settle anti-poaching claims in a putative class action against some of Hollywood's top animation ...
Law firm leaders and recent studies indicate that the legal field is becoming slightly less daunting for recent and upcoming g...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Jayne Kim, outgoing chief trial counsel of the State Bar, speaks at Korean American Bar Association event
By Riley Guerin
Labor/Employment
Justices struggle to find clarity in arbitration dispute
By Matthew Blake
In an oral argument for a workplace dispute at a Toyota dealership, state Supreme Court justices struggled Tuesday to get lawy...
Litigation
Preeminent berry researchers sue UC Regents for licensing rights
By Phil Johnson
Litigation
Woodland Hills couple to pay $9.2 million to settle FTC false advertising claims
By Tim O'connor
Husband-and-wife peddlers of green coffee bean extracts and raspberry ketones used as rapid weight-loss accelerators are about...
Litigation
Attorneys argue jokes, facial expressions in Disney age discrimination suit
By Steven Crighton
A former The Walt Disney Company employee claims comments about his age created a "general impression of animus" and his super...
Atlas General Insurance Services LLC announced Ryan S. Kirby as its first chief legal officer and general counsel. ...
Public Interest
Loeb & Loeb LLP serves as pro bono counsel for Pershing Square Renew
By Amanda Schallert
Before the final design blueprints for a new Pershing Square Park could come in, the nonprofit organizing the park's remodel n...
Litigation
Aspiring fitness model awarded $21.6 million after injury in moped accident
By Justin Kloczko
An aspiring fitness model was awarded $21.6 million by a jury Monday in a case where a dentist struck her moped with his car, ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Dunn seeks to revive his lawsuit against State Bar
By Lyle Moran
The agency's former top executive amends his claims in hopes of surviving dismissal motions. ...
California Supreme Court
Eminent domain battle debated before state high court
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court struggled Tuesday to balance the state's interest in public works and the rights of dozens of property...
Monterey County Judge Larry Hayes is known for efficiency and a willingness to grant continuances.
Co-founder and General Counsel Science Media LLC (Santa Monica) ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a preliminary injunction Monday that had blocked an Arizona law used to execute w...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar reduces its disciplinary case backlog
By Lyle Moran
The State Bar's backlog of complaints filed against attorneys declined by nearly 25 percent in 2015 compared to the year prior...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court reopens lawsuit over official record fees
By Kevin Lee
Stanislaus County must review and revise how much it charges members of the public to obtain documents from the county clerk-r...
An Indiana-headquartered company cannot get an infringement case against it dismissed based on the claim that Delaware federal...
Law Practice
WilmerHale adds two corporate partners to Palo Alto and Los Angeles offices
By Amanda Schallert
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP added two partners from White & Case LLP to its Palo Alto and Los Angeles office...
Workers' Comp.
Geragos fights $308,000 sanction for allegedly filing frivolous case
By America Hernandez
Arguing his client has the right to seek recovery for wrongful death in separate venues, plaintiff's attorney Mark J. Geragos ...
Litigation
City of Los Angeles ordered to pay $22.4 million in wrongful death jury verdict
By Justin Kloczko
In what plaintiffs' attorneys claim might be the largest wrongful death award in Long Beach Superior Court history, a jury Mon...
Government
Brown, district attorneys to battle before state high court over initiative
By Kevin Lee
Gov. Jerry Brown and district attorneys square off before the state Supreme Court as a sweeping sentencing initiative hangs in...
Superior Court Judge Stanislaus County (Modesto) ...
Riverside County Judge Craig Riemer wins praise for his integrity, grumbling over strictness.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Judge appeals to state Supreme Court over guide dog in training, which court supervisors approved. ...