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Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The company alleges it would not be able to fulfill its government contracts if they’re required to “either dismiss all its in...



The Resolution Issue

Jan. 22, 2020

The Changing Face of Arbitration


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Insurance, Civil Litigation


A Culver City attorney has asked a federal judge to limit the restitution he will be ordered to pay following his emailed verb...


Criminal, Government


A $16.3 million state grant kept recidivism rates low by funding collaborative court programs, according to a report released ...


Government, Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment


Courts must establish sex harassment policies by June 30

Jan. 22, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Rule 10.351, established last Friday, calls on courts to create definitions for harassment, retaliation and discrimination, an...


Banking, Civil Litigation


The bank argued for phased discovery, citing the two-year statute of limitations in the state law cited by the city, the Fair...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


A federal judge granted California motor carriers a preliminary injunction enjoining Assembly Bill 5, the controversial new la...


Law Practice


William W. Oxley, formerly the Los Angeles managing partner of Dechert LLP, is now head of litigation at Baker's Los Angeles o...


Civil Litigation


Van Nuys jury awards senior $5.5M in neglect case

Jan. 21, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

A superior court jury in Van Nuys has awarded an elder-care home resident $5.5 million after deciding the facility was neglect...


Entertainment & Sports


The estranged business manager of Courtney Love must provide access to text messages a plaintiff says will prove their involve...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation


A new class action filed by app developers accuses social media behemoth Facebook of anticompetitive practices


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


State high court will hear another Dynamex case

Jan. 21, 2020
By Glenn Jeffers

The California Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear a second case questioning whether the 2018 decision in Dynamex Oper...


Former San Francisco District Attorney and county Supervisor Terence Hallinan died Friday. He was 83 years old.


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation


The standard to hold Uber liable for anticompetitive practices is not whether it intended to corner the market but rather if “...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Governor names 4 to judge vetting committees

Jan. 21, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced four additions to his committees responsible for vetting potential members of the judici...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy


The court's opinion acknowledged carbon dioxide emissions have rendered Earth's climate increasingly less habitable and endang...


Judges and Judiciary


Legal Commitment

Jan. 17, 2020

Born in war-torn Cambodia, Judge Jana Seng doesn’t take the rule of law and due process lightly.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy


The circuit granted Wednesday a request from the department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division to share argument tim...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Judge considers dismissal in HIV drug case

Jan. 17, 2020
By Winston Cho

Fighting a bid to dismiss the lawsuit, plaintiffs’ attorneys argued provisions in an agreement between four companies that pre...


In Recess


Water Therapy

Jan. 17, 2020
By Shane Nelson

LA litigator Dina Richman dances with manta rays, frolics with sea lion pups and marvels at humpbacks under the sea.


Law Practice


The firm says the new practice is aimed at advising clients that might be facing investigations at any level, whether it be na...


Edison faces thousands of claims from plaintiffs in connection with the Woolsey Fire, which began near Santa Susana Field Labo...


“Each year, our recoveries for victims and taxpayers dwarf the total cost of operating our office,” said Eastern District U.S....


Consumer Law, U.S. Supreme Court


Plaintiffs’ attorneys were awaiting a high court decision to review doctrine allowing government agencies to overturn court de...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Volkswagen asked a judge to disqualify retired judge and former FBI director Louis Freeh from testifying as an expert witness ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


As the first African American to hold the post, Shawn Tillis said he sees underrepresentation on the basis of race as an urgen...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The complaint claims a U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s supplemental environmental impact statement on the federal land and mi...


Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


The creator of the film “Emanuel” says Apple TV’s new series stole her plot line.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


An Orange County Superior Court judge is to hear arguments next in the case by lending giant CashCall, Inc.


Law Practice


The firm has announced the addition of two labor and employment attorneys from Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP.