Labor/Employment
We need clarity, consistency in employee classification
By Ben Armisteadn
The state Legislature should provide a clear and consistent definition to classify employees and independent contractors. By C...
Does the Federal Labor Standard Act require employers to compensate employees for the time spent on all actions required by em...
The past year proved to be another eventful one for white collar criminal enforcement. Here's what the developments of 2014 te...
An overview of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's active 2014 provides many insights into the agency's probable agenda i...
Judges and Judiciary
Orange County Superior to pool court reporters
By Alexandra Schwappach
The change comes after a successful pilot program that started in late August and that has apparently provided significant cos...
Litigation
Hotel associations challenge constitutionality of Los Angeles minimum wage law
By Laura Hautalan
Two hotel associations filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the city of Los Angeles' new minimum wage ordinance, saying federal...
After just three hours of deliberating, an eight-person federal jury found Apple's 2007 firmware upgrade improved the product,...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced Tuesday the appointment of a new general counsel. In her new job, Adine Varah...
Litigation
Settlement reached in suit over reforms to Los Angeles County jail system
By Henry Meier
Los Angeles County's Board of Supervisors agreed to a proposed settlement Tuesday that gives an independent oversight panel po...
Legal analysts say the ever-increasing number of law firm mergers, both large and small in size, depict a future in which law ...
Government
Los Angeles legal community protests police brutality with 'die-in'
By Kibkabe Arayan
Around 250 lawyers, law students and legal professionals braved the rain to voice concern over a string of police bruality cas...
Entertainment & Sports
Sony Pictures Entertainment faces data breach lawsuits
By Melanie Brisbon
Complaints filed against Sony Pictures Entertainment alleges the company did not take the proper security measures prior to a ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit panel express concern that ruling for actress could lead to more lawsuits
By Matthew Blaken
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel wondered how many actors might copy Cindy Garcia's claim of a copyright in "Innocence o...
Employers have long known it is unlawful to discriminate against an employee because they are pregnant under the Pregnancy Dis...
Government
Counties look to sell shuttered courthouses - but there's a hitch
By Saul Sugarman
Many courts have responded to budget cutbacks by temporarily shuttering facilities with officials hoping to reopen them in bet...
Government
Federal budget bill may upend medicial marijuana prosecutions in California
By Hadley Robinson
A federal judge granted a motion Tuesday by a defense attorney to continue his client's sentencing hearing in light of a budge...
A willingness to take on new challenges has defined much of Judge Tracie L. Brown's career.
Corporate vice president and general counsel of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Irvine ...
Criminal
Reversal of insider trading convictions will impact traders
By Ben Armisteadn
The 2nd Circuit just made prosecuting insider trading more difficult to convict. The decision has two major implications for t...
In a unanimous ruling last week, FRE 606(b) makes inadmissible a juror's testimony that another member of the jury lied during...
Does the capture and transmission of health information make your smartwatch, app or fitness tracker a "medical device"? What ...
A Santa Clara County prosecutor challenging his one month suspension for withholding potentially exculpatory evidence in an ei...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit affirms ruling that adult film condom law does not violate First Amendment
By Kibkabe Arayan
The panel found the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health can enforce the condom mandate in a 2012 measure. ...
Litigator Raymond P. Boucher on Monday officially started a Woodland Hills-based law firm, Boucher LLP, which specializes in c...
Litigation
Sony likely to face rare employee class action over hacking scandal
By Matthew Blaken
A much bigger problem might soon visit Sony Pictures Entertainment than the media publishing catty emails sent among studio ex...
California Supreme Court
State high court ruling leaves opening in medical damages cap
By Emily Green
The decision says a $250,000 cap on the amount of money victims of medical malpractice victims can receive in noneconomic dama...
Environmental
State Water Resources Control Board hires Delta Watermaster
By Fiona Smith
The State Water Resources Control Board announced Monday it has hired attorney Michael George as its new Delta Watermaster. ...
Litigation
Apple, plaintiffs' lawyers, debate $1 billion antitrust lawsuit
By Hadley Robinson
Lawyers for consumers told jurors in closing arguments that Apple Inc. made changes to its music downloading and playing softw...
Haywood S. Gilliam Jr., a white-collar defense lawyer who works in the San Francisco office of Covington & Burling LLP, is...
Litigation
Circuit halts construction of amphitheater on VA property
By Alexandra Schwappach
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Monday halted construction of an amphitheater at the West L.A. Veterans Affairs Medi...