Obituaries
Retired federal judge Lawrence Karlton, praised for prison reform efforts, is dead at 80
By Fiona Smith
Retired U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of Sacramento was known as passionate and demanding and dedicated. ...
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, the former dean of McGeorge School of Law and the former general counsel of the CIA and the Nation...
Among the dozen lawyers disciplined recently, several suffered because they hadn't done what they'd promised to do when discip...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar board set to trim length of bar exam
By Don Debenedictisn
Exam officials say a two-day exam would be more efficient and cheaper yet just as accurate and difficult as the current three-...
DigitalFilm Tree Los Angeles ...
For years, seven shareholders controlled 60 percent of United Airlines as well as big chunks of several competitors. Antitrust...
In cases involving credit cards, admissibility of credit card statements under the "business records" exception looms large. B...
Labor/Employment
Striking port drivers will get hearing before Labor Commission
By Matthew Blaken
Forty of the Pacific 9 Transportation drivers striking at Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports could have a hearing as soon as nex...
Law Practice
Survey shows managing partners hold guarded opinion on economy
By Steven Crighton
Managing partners at some of the world's top law firms continue to have an optimistic, if guarded, view on the economy, accord...
California Courts of Appeal
Boy should not be sent to his mother in Honduras, appeal court rules
By Kevin Lee
The 1st District Court of Appeal has ruled that a San Francisco state judge abused discretion when she ordered a juvenile crim...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel rules lyrical threats may be criminal
By John Roemer
Lyrics that warn two sex crime victims "you're gonna end up dead" and "I'm coming for your head, bitch," might be criminal act...
St. Jude Medical Inc., a St. Paul-based medical device firm focused on epidemic diseases, relied on attorneys from Gibson, Dun...
California Supreme Court
State high court rejects bid to depublish appellate water ruling
By America Hernandez
The state's highest court on Wednesday upheld an appeals court decision striking down arbitrary tiered water rates as unconsti...
Litigation
Cotchett firm announces $197 million settlement in price-fixing lawsuit
By Philip Johnsonn
A $197 million round of settlements has been announced by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP to resolve allegations that freig...
Natural comic Alisa Knight plays it straight as a Kern County Superior Court Commissioner.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Five years after the Judicial Council was ordered to investigate allegations of inflated transcript fees by court reporters, r...
Madera County Superior Court Judge James E. Oakley has served as judge, attorney and mayor.
Law Practice
Two solo practitioners combine forces for new criminal defense firm
By Steven Crighton
Robinson Kardon will be headed by Nancy Kardon, a former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, and Edward Robinson, who has opera...
Labor/Employment
Rite-Aid employee gets $8.7 million in wrongful termination case
By Fiona Smith
A Los Angeles County jury unanimously found in favor of man who was fired after being injured in attempting to stop a robbery ...
Criminal
Despite conflicts, judge lets Skadden stay on as insider trading defense counsel
By Don Debenedictisn
Complex conflicts issues and even perjury in this case don't overcome the criminal defendant's right to chose his attorney, U....
After 17 years on federal bench in the Central District, U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow will step down from full-time ...
An insurance company seeking to deny coverage under the terms of a cyberinsurance policy will have to take its complaint throu...
California Courts of Appeal
Instagram photo can be admitted as evidence, appeals court rules
By L.J. Williamson
A state appellate court has affirmed the conviction of a juvenile on two counts of possessing firearms that were based on a ph...
Lawyers in states with as much international business and travel as California have a greater need for cultural competence, or...
California Courts of Appeal
Brown state appeals court nominee gains critical support
By John Roemer
Lamar W. Baker, one of Gov. Jerry Brown's picks for a seat on the Los Angeles-based 2nd District Court of Appeals, has been ra...
Labor/Employment
Judge says state corrections department runs afoul of civil rights law
By Matthew Blaken
Disqualifying an applicant for using a different Social Security number in the past violates Latinos' civil rights, U.S. Distr...
Comprising 27 sports, spanning nine days and hosting more than 7,000 athletes from 177 countries, an event like the Special Ol...
General Counsel Colocation America Inc. Beverly Hills ...
At a recent ABA meeting, the Treasury Department announced it will attempt to restrict or eliminate the valuation discount for...