Law Practice
California legal economy sheds jobs while national market improves
By Joshua Seboldn
The California and national legal markets are trending in opposite directions in terms of employment. The state's legal econom...
Jack S. Yeh is the third litigator from Manatt to join Sidley Austin in as many months. ...
Litigation
Corporate communications specialist testimony played in sweetener industry legal fight
By Gautham Thomas
Sweetener industry fight continues with video depositions of corn-side communications contractor. ...
Environmental
Youth, environmental groups sue Los Angeles, claim it fails to protect residents from oil drilling pollution
By Fiona Smith
Plaintiffs claim city has failed to comply with CEQA and is violating the civil rights of blacks and Latinos ...
The Judicial Council said Friday it plans to close its Burbank office by June 2017 as part of a consolidation and relocation p...
Still in its early days, a state program that offers hefty discounts on traffic fines is already performing significantly bett...
Jack S. Yeh is the third litigator from Manatt to join Sidley Austin in as many months.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Superior Court Commissioner Fresno County (Fresno) ...
Though not her initial career path, Judge Shirley Watkins now relishes her work in LA Superior Court.
Litigation
L.A. Times columnist jury win said to be unprecedented in media industry, rare for age suits
By Matthew Blake
A six-week age, disability discrimination and constructive termination jury trial pitting former Los Angeles Times sports colu...
Jeffrey G. Benz ...
Government
Senate Judiciary Committee approves LA County judge for a Central District vacancy
By Matthew Hamity
The Senate Judiciary Committee sent Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young to the full Senate for confirmation ...
A Los Angeles entertainment attorney who spent $25,000 of client funds making payments on a mortgage, a Mercedes-Benz and purc...
Judge Christina A. Snyder denied UC Regents' motion to dismiss a suit brought by two graduate students who alleged Title IX vi...
Plaintiffs allege that corn's ad campaign, which termed high fructose corn syrup "corn sugar" and touted its equivalent health...
A Riverside Superior Court judge has denied the request for a temporary restraining order from a group of homeowners who were ...
Litigation
Railroad company scores defense win in wrongful termination case
By Saul Sugarman
Lawyers with Los Angeles firm Yukevich Cavanaugh scored a federal defense jury verdict Tuesday in a case brought by a former e...
A settlement approved Thursday by the state Board of Education aims to eliminate sham classes in underserved schools in which ...
Attorneys recently disciplined by the State Bar
In an en banc ruling that featured Judge Marsha S. Berzon changing her mind, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined We...
General Counsel Elements Behavioral Health Inc. Long Beach ...
Criminal
SF expungement program sees increases in applicants after Prop. 47
By L.J. Williamson
San Francisco's expungement program, Clean Slate, has seen applications double in the last year ...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Clara County Bar Association honors Judge Stephen V. Manley
By Joshua Seboldn
Judge Stephen V. Manley will receive the Outstanding Jurist Award from the Santa Clara County Bar Association next week. ...
The State Bar, long criticized in some quarters for its secrecy, is preparing to be much more transparent about its operations...
Litigation
State Supreme Court hears arguments involving use of grand jury to indict juveniles
By Deirdre Newmann
The crux of the issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Orange County district attorney's office acted within its discre...
The labor board tossed with little explanation nine claims by factory workers at bankrupct company ...
Law Practice
San Diego's Leventhal Law joins Cincinnati's largest firm
By Steven Crighton
The firm's two partners and two associates brings Dinsmore & Shohl LLP's total attorneys up to 625. ...
A lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court seeks to prevent the burial of nuclear waste close to the shoreline. ...
A jury trial between high fructose corn syrup producers and the sugar industry began Wednesday. ...