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Labor/Employment


Snepp-KNBC age bias dispute settles

Apr. 21, 2016
By Matthew Blake

A multi-million dollar age discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit reporter Frank W. Snepp filed against KNBC Los Ange...


Entertainment & Sports


Kanye West album flip-flop incites class action

Apr. 21, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Rapper claimed his album would be exclusive to music streaming service Tidal, but later released the album elsewhere. ...


Public Interest


Joint venture to offer online legal advice

Apr. 21, 2016
By Banks Albachn

The Legal Services Corp., with $1 million in backing from Microsoft Corp., is launching an online service focused on aiding lo...


Environmental


Plaintiff's attorney R. Rex Parris will be appointed to an advisory panel on gas and oil well safety. ...


Corporate


Partners Advantage Insurance Services LLC named Patrick Amaya the new general counsel Tuesday. ...


John C. Hueston of Hueston Hennigan LLP lays out best practices for city firing and campaign contributions. ...


Law Practice


Trust and estate attorneys say they're keeping busier than normal, attributing the increase to shifting age demographics. ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Legislature to seek reforms of State Bar

Apr. 21, 2016
By Lyle Moran

Amendments to the bar's dues bill also criticized recent loan agreements entered into by the agency ...


State Compensation Insurance Fund asked a federal judge Monday to reconsider his disqualification of Hueston Hennigan LLP from...


Government


The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a settlement with the Newark company accused of painting an inaccurate pi...


Securities class action litigation hit a variety of benchmarks, suggesting that markets are in the midst of a particularly li...


Judicial Profile


David M. Sanders

Apr. 21, 2016
By Amanda Schallert

Calaveras County's David Sanders fell into the law after dreams of globetrotting.


Top Women Lawyers


Apr. 20, 2016
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP


U.S. Supreme Court


US high court won't hear Google Books case

Apr. 20, 2016
By Fiona Smith

Google Inc.'s ambitious effort to digitize vast library collections survived a long legal fight with book authors on Monday wh...


Corporate Counsel


Chelsea A. Grayson

Apr. 20, 2016
By Riley Guerin

General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President American Apparel LLC (Los Angeles) ...


A federal judge gave the go-ahead Monday to the government's insider-trading prosecution of a former medical device company CE...


Obituaries


Richard M. Mosk 1939-2016

Apr. 20, 2016
By Steven Crighton

Mosk, a former justice for the 2nd District Court of Appeal, died from pancreatic cancer Sunday. ...


Litigation


California-based Pearson Simon & Warshaw LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP were approved for nearly $254 m...


Litigation


UC Regents settle football death suit for $4.75M

Apr. 20, 2016
By America Hernandez

After a student with sickle cell trait collapsed and died during a strenuous football workout in 2014, the Regents of the Univ...


Litigation


A marathon settlement session featuring lawyers for copyright combatants Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. in front of U.S. Magistr...


Litigation


The clock is ticking for a class of plaintiffs seeking monetary damages from Apple Inc. over claims that a defect in the iPhon...


Judicial Profile


Lori Ann Fournier

Apr. 20, 2016
By Logan Noblin

LA County Judge Fournier is respected for her kind spirit and well-reasoned jurisprudence.


Mergers & Acquisitions


Dealmakers

Apr. 19, 2016
By STEPHEN LARSON

A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.


Litigation


Drowning in competition, veteran class action administrators say attorneys are on the verge of choking quality out of the mark...


Letter to the Editor


Peter Lynch, author of the guest column "Veterans, disabled lacking on bench" (April 14) lets Gov. Jerry Brown's appointments ...


Perspective


Write right

Apr. 19, 2016
By David M. Balabanian

Most of the time, doltspeak is best. By David M. Balabanian ...


Litigation


SEC sues litigation marketing company

Apr. 19, 2016
By Saul Sugarman

An SEC complaint accuses a Los Angeles-based litigation marketing company of deceiving retirees and investors about putting ne...


A recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California found that Prop. 47 has significantly reduced the practice of "...


Guy Halgren, a Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP partner, has been re-elected for a sixth consecutive three-year ter...


Government


Riverside legal agencies under scrutiny

Apr. 19, 2016
By Renee Flannery

County is spending $18.4 million for outside auditors to ease financial woes. ...