Government
LA civil rights attorney picked as Newsom’s legal affairs secretary
By Meghann Cuniff
A controversial former Los Angeles lawyer who revolutionized civil rights in education during the Obama administration will be...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Judge asks state AG about PG&E’s legal exposure over Camp Fire
By Winston Cho
The San Francisco federal judge in charge of Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s probation following a 2017 criminal convicti...
Building off the momentum of Alameda and San Francisco counties eliminating administrative fees for people convicted of crimes...
Civil Litigation
3rd trial over Monster energy drink may go to verdict
By Blaise Scemama
The case of a young man who says consuming a Monster energy drink caused him to have a cardiac arrest may be the first of its ...
Civil Litigation
Lobbyist’s attorney asks judge to dismiss former legislator’s defamation suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys for a lobbyist sought to dismiss a defamation suit filed against her by a former state legislator at a hearing Thurs...
California Courts of Appeal, Civil Rights, Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law
Appellate panel ends challenge to student vaccination law
By Justin Kloczko
A challenge to a state law requiring student vaccinations has been struck down by the 3rd District Court of Appeal, according ...
Playing water polo taught Katherine Basile many things, including how to be a teammate.
Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale has opened an office in Century City, bolstering the law firm's commercial and bankrup...
Civil Rights, Criminal
Opponents of bail repeal law say they have signatures
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Opponents of a law phasing out cash bail in California said Thursday they were on the verge of at least putting the law on hol...
Neutral Christopher Barnes says he's an advocate for the most fair solution.
Criminal, Government
New LA sheriff, who ran on progressive ticket, transfers out constitutional oversight attorneys
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s ousting of constitutional policing advisors could jeopardize years of reform, critics say.
California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment
Public employee pensions were unconstitutionally curtailed, attorney argues
By Andy Serbe
In oral arguments, attorneys offered competing ideas of deferred compensation, vested contractual rights, and the power of law...
Criminal, Civil Litigation, Securities
Federal judge demands ‘complete transparency’ in insider trading settlement
By Meghann Cuniff
A Santa Ana federal judge wants to know more about the resolution of criminal insider trading case before approving an SEC set...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Shook Hardy disqualified from representing Monster Energy
By Blaise Scemama
A federal judge disqualified a partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP from representing Monster Energy Co. in a false adverti...
Government, Immigration
Vetoed bill reintroduced to bar courthouse immigration arrests by federal agents
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A state Senate bill that would ban civil arrests, including immigration arrests, in California courthouses has been revived af...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration
DOJ takes Flores settlement objections to 9th Circuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s decision to appoint a special master charged with overseeing the U.S. ...
Criminal
California arrest rates hit lowest point in three decades, study says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Arrest rates in the state are at their lowest point in 30 years, driven by fewer arrests of young people and men, according to...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Ex-USC coach’s lawyers argue for new defamation trial against NCAA
By Justin Kloczko
A motion for new trial in the Todd McNair NCAA defamation case argues that implied bias tainted the jury, which wrongly found ...
Community News
Lawyers, judges play in harmony at Fabulous Fall Concert
By Matthew Sanderson
The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic and its chorus, Legal Voices, presented its Fabulous Fall Concert on Dec. 1 at the Wilshi...
Criminal, Government
Analysis of LA County pretrial risk assessment tools raises questions
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
An analysis of pretrial risk assessment scores given to defendants in Los Angeles County over the course of a year reveals a f...
Government, Immigration
Acting AG takes steps to overturn common forms of deportation relief
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has taken it upon himself to decide two immigration cases and his decisions could upe...
San Diego-based Cidara Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel anti-infective drugs such as immunotherapie...
Dun and Bradstreet Inc. allegedly mistook a doctor for another physician charged with sex crimes, according to a multimillion-...
International Law, Civil Litigation
Judge rushes one-day trial of 13-year-old painting dispute
By Blaise Scemama
A 13-year-old dispute over a $40 million Camille Pissarro painting held by a Spanish museum and claimed by descendants of Holo...
Intellectual Property
Citing Trump and the Grateful Dead, Mongols lawyer urges acquittal
By Meghann Cuniff
Invoking the federal investigation involving President Donald J. Trump, a defense lawyer told jurors in his closing argument t...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Immigration
9th Circuit strikes down law criminalizing the encouragement of illegal immigration
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A federal law making it a felony to encourage a foreigner to enter or remain in the United States illegally is unconstitutiona...
Government
176 state bills introduced, including revivals of legislation vetoed by Brown
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California lawmakers have revived several measures vetoed by outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown or bills that never made it to his desk...
California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
State law’s elimination of purchasable service time in pensions was unconstitutional, employees to argue
By Andy Serbe
Attorneys for state employees will argue to the California Supreme Court on Wednesday that lawmakers unconstitutionally rolled...
Labor/Employment, Law Practice
Law school women’s groups boycott firms forcing arbitration
By Erin Lee
Women's associations from eight law schools, including UC Berkeley School of Law and Stanford Law School, penned a letter sayi...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
New Bentham $500M fund signals continued lawsuit investment growth
By Andy Serbe
The fund, aimed at investing in lawsuits in the United States, signals has raised ethical questions for the nation’s attorneys.