Community News
3 Los Angeles trial lawyers join exclusive Inner Circle of Advocates
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The Inner Circle's mission is to promote the highest standards of courtroom competence and facilitate knowledge exchange among...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Justices on both sides write opinions in rare rehearing of affirmed death penalty
By Craig Anderson
The vote to affirm a death penalty conviction for a 1996 first degree murder and sodomy marked an 'extraordinary' split on the...
A Los Angeles lawyer is helping U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles appeal the loss of her 2024 bronze medal following a conten...
LAUSD agrees to pay $24M to former students molested by teacher
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"LAUSD received many complaints about this perpetrator's interactions with girls, and instead of firing him, they 'passed the ...
Slideshow, Community News
WLALA welcomes new leaders and celebrates high achievers
By Ricardo Pineda
The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles hosted its 2024 awards installation and gala at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel in D...
Civil Rights
50 years on, Mark Rosenbaum remains the 'radical lawyer' he dreamed of being
By David Houston
Over 40 years, Rosenbaum litigated some of the ACLU of Southern California's biggest cases, arguing four times before the U.S....
On Thursday, the Orange County Bar Association Masters Division honored attorney and mediator Michelle A. Reinglass and attorn...
Community News
Northern District federal bar, judges reenact Brown v Board of Education
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Judges and attorneys played the roles of important legal figures and parties involved in Brown v. Board at a reenactment traci...
Government
LA, homeless alliance tussle over data on addresses for rehousing
By Devon Belcher
The city of Los Angeles says the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights' request for exact addresses where homeless people are being m...
Litigation & Arbitration
Coinbase can't compel arbitration for plaintiffs seeking injunction
By Wisdom Howell
An appellate court has upheld a San Francisco Superior Court decision drawing a distinction between cases where plaintiffs see...
AB 3279 will raise the annual costs of an active bar license by more than $40 when including all fees.
Probate
Trust and estate lawyers sound alarm over change to bar exams
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"There could eventually be a lack of estate planning attorneys to handle the aging population in the United States," said Mich...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit ruling leaves wireless industry, cities claiming a win
By Craig Anderson
Robert C. May III, a partner with Telecom Law Firm PC who represents the League of California Cities as well as many cities in...
Domb & Rauchwerger partners use interests in music and the mind to help harmed employees.
Bankruptcy
Federal court in Riverside blocks bankruptcy escape for drug dealer
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
This judgment stems from the death of 20-year-old Alexandra Capelouto, who died after taking fentanyl-laced pills.
Government
The consulting division allows the firm to serve clients in a broader way than just legal services, backed by a strategic know...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar charges one more attorney in LA water billing litigation scandal
By Laurinda Keys
The latest attorney the bar charged in the case is former Chief Deputy City Attorney James Patrick Clark.
Health Care & Hospital Law
Amid takeover battle, rural health care district urges Newsom to veto SB 1070
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 1070 would give the Imperial Valley Healthcare District two more years to seek funding. It is in litigation with the Pionee...
Government
Federal judge dismisses COVID-era case against California restrictions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case dates to 2020, when plaintiffs led by a Nevada City restaurant challenged emergency orders issued by Gov. Gavin Newso...
Entertainment & Sports
Coppola lawsuit accuses Variety of 'false, reckless' reporting
By Skyler Romero
Francis Ford Coppola has sued the publishers of Variety magazine over its reporting of alleged inappropriate behavior on the "...
The Parris Academy for Excellence in Law and Leadership will teach Southwestern Law School students communication and business...
Environmental & Energy
Challenge to Napa groundwater well limits 'too early
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Winemaker Jason Woodbridge's companies -- Double Vee Properties LLC, Caldera Ranch, LLC, Hundred Acre LLC, and Hundred Acre Wi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Incoming WLALA president wants to put caregivers in the spotlight
By Jack Needham
Incumbent Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles President Noelle Natoli has committed to putting a lifelong passion for div...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit told federal Judge Carter made series of errors
By Craig Anderson
An attorney for Skye Bioscience Inc. said U.S. District Judge David O. Carter erred by allowing the company's fired vice presi...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Boudin-led Berkeley center sues state over gate money
By Wisdom Howell
UC Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center, headed by former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, claims the sta...
H. Chester Horn is firm but not overbearing, attorneys say
Labor/Employment, Intellectual Property
California courts handle most US trade secrets cases, data shows
By Devon Belcher
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partners Debra L. Fischer and Seth M. Gerber defended the second-most trade secrets cases in th...
Government, Criminal
Pilot to pay jurors more will aid diversity, defense attorneys say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1981 authorized a pilot program to raise the pay for some lower income jurors from $15 to $100 per day. The pilot program k...
Contracts
Mars says contract voided by snackmaker's health violations
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for the confectionery giant argued that their agreement with snack maker Taste of Nature does not require any cure p...
Class Action
Veteran litigator John Hueston to oversee federal judge's VA housing order
By Skyler Romero
A monitor was needed "to ensure timely and comprehensive compliance" with a federal judge's order to vacate leases the VA made...
