Immigration
Migrants are assumed to understand what they sign, immigration board rules
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that foreigners who sign fraudulent immigration documents are strongly presumed to unde...
Criminal, Government
Governor challenges initiative that would undo criminal justice changes
By Winston Cho
Gov. Jerry Brown has sued to preserve criminal justice measures that allow prison inmates to apply for earlier parole and part...
Fresh off of its strongest year to date, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities aims to build on exponential growth and expand b...
Law Office Management, Law Practice
San Francisco personal injury firm moves into law school’s old building
By Erin Lee
After months of renovation, the former San Francisco Law School building has been transformed into a spacious office for The V...
For Republican-leaning firms like Jones Day, which represented Trump during the presidential campaign, the advent of the new a...
Government, Civil Litigation
Law enforcement group seeks to block retroactive enforcement of new public records law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A law enforcement group has petitioned the state Supreme Court to block retroactive enforcement of a new law that would make p...
At an inaugural YMCA law enforcement teen forum, organized by YMCA board chairman Mark Helm, teenagers and officers set the gr...
A group of Silicon Valley lawyers compare motorcycling to therapy and take to the open road whenever possible.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law
Attorney survey will inform changes to bar exam content
By Erin Lee
The State Bar will survey newly licensed attorneys on the skills needed in their day-to-day jobs to evaluate the relevance of ...
California Supreme Court, Government
State Supreme Court nominee gets high marks in evaluation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Joshua P. Groban, whose nomination will be considered Friday, was assessed as “exceptionally well qualified” for the job by th...
A judge approved an $11 million settlement between 24 Hour Fitness and a class of employees on Thursday, resolving three concu...
California Courts of Appeal, Education Law
USC isn’t liable for frat party injury, appeal court rules
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The University of Southern California cannot be held liable for injuries sustained by a young woman who partied at one of the ...
Judges and Judiciary
Buckley exits LA County court leadership with new technology in place and courts re-opened
By Justin Kloczko
As presiding judge of nearly 600 courtrooms in Los Angeles County, Daniel Buckley has been responsible for overseeing the larg...
Judges on opposite coasts, one in the Northern District of California and the other in the District of Columbia, appear poised...
Criminal
Farella wins habeas writ for longtime state death row prisoner
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Farella partner Thomas Mayhew said, “We showed a very strong case that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel duri...
Government, Civil Litigation
San Francisco joins suit against drugmakers over opioid epidemic
By Winston Cho
San Francisco joined a host of cities, counties and states in suing a variety of major opioid manufacturers and distributors f...
Civil Litigation
Jury returns defense verdict in Orange County excessive force case
By Meghann Cuniff
The verdict rejects a lawsuit filed by a veteran civil rights attorney in Woodland Hills.
A Palmdale attorney accused of murdering a homeless man in 2015 was acquitted of all charges by a San Francisco jury Wednesday...
California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary
Despite undisclosed campaign donations, appellate panel upholds judge’s impartiality
By Andy Serbe
In an unpublished portion of a 49-page opinion the justices said a Ventura County judge's campaign donations from defense atto...
Over half a million Hyundai and Kia vehicles on the road today are at risk of spontaneously bursting into flames, according to...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Entertainment & Sports
9th Circuit weighs ex-NFL players’ conspiracy claims
By Steven Crighton
The revival of a billion-dollar conspiracy case against the NFL likely hinges on how quickly a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appea...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News
LA County ‘Barristers Meet Bar’ reception set for January
By Arin Mikailian
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports
Judge appears skeptical of NCAA defense in student-athlete antitrust trial
By Winston Cho
The federal judge overseeing the landmark National College Athletic Association antitrust trial in which student-athletes are ...
Government
Top aide to Kamala Harris leaves to join her political action committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sen. Kamala D. Harris’ longtime top assistant has left her Senate office to take a job with her federal political action commi...
Criminal, Judges and Judiciary
Jury convicts man of threatening of Orange County federal judge
By Meghann Cuniff
U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford answered questions about his love of basketball during testimony last week in Fresno.
Government, Civil Litigation
State Senate settles lawsuit by woman who said she was raped by a staffer, then fired
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate has settled a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she was raped by a senior legislative staffer and later fired.
Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property
TV actor sues video game maker over copyright to ‘his’ dance
By Steven Crighton
A lawsuit filed by a “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star over his iconic “Carlton dance” could test the power of a choreographer’s ...
Law Practice
Law students, attorneys help middle school mock trial program
By Justin Kloczko
Mediator and retired judge Patricia Collins helped start a program for LA area middle schoolers to engage with the law.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, International Law
9th Circuit hears re-arguments in Armenian Genocide lawsuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Now in its fifth year, a federal appeal involving allegations the Turkish government killed and seized land from more than a m...
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Appellate panel reverses summary judgment in scathing opinion
By Andy Serbe
In a highly critical opinion, a state appellate panel scathingly reversed summary judgment for defendant Cisco Systems Inc. in...