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Steady on Course

Sep. 26, 2018
By Steven Crighton

Ex-Navy navigator Judge Thomas Anderle rarely veers from a tentative ruling once he has made it.


Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court


A second reported allegation of a decades-old incident of sexual misconduct by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh coul...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Monday in the $29 million Johnson & Johnson cosmetic baby po...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Judges and Judiciary


A project of Tarzana-based Valley Bar Mediation Center is the first nonprofit to serve as a resource vendor settling Los Angel...


Civil Litigation


Forecasting the dismissal of Stormy Daniels’ defamation claims, a federal judge said Donald J. Trump is entitled to an opinion...


Matthew P. Zinn started work at 8x8 Inc., a provider of a real-time communications cloud for companies.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A plaintiffs’ lawyer told an Orange County Superior Court jury Monday that Buchalter APC should pay about $15 million to the h...


The two legal teams are disputing the enforcement of a $10 million judgment against Eagan Avenatti issued in May. Frank claime...


Government, Civil Litigation


California-based court reporting firms won a long-sought goal when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill subjecting their out-of-stat...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports


Survey analysts on both sides defended their methodology studying pay-for-play’s impact on consumer demand Monday in the poten...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The city of Hemet sued Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co., and Crop Production Services Inc. over groundwater contaminated with t...


Corporate


Fannie Mae exec takes top legal post at Coinbase

Sep. 25, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

Brian Brooks began his new role last Friday at the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange as part of the company’s effort...


Government, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


A law absolving unions of liability for fees charged to non-members prior to the Supreme Court decision could raise constituti...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law


California’s attorney general is pushing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear two major Second Amendment cases en ban...


Immigration


A lawsuit seeking bond hearings for asylum seekers across the nation could be undercut by an immigration court case Attorney G...


Criminal, Judges and Judiciary


Prosecuting a case involving 36-year-old sex assault allegations would be extremely difficult, experts say.


Government


Language in election security bill prompts GOP concerns

Sep. 24, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

An election security bill allowing the Secretary of State to ‘educate voters’ to combat false or misleading information has sp...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Vice President of Governance Kevin Lennon was pressed on apparent in...


Environmental & Energy, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


In the midst of an intense fire and hurricane season, the ABA released guidelines for attorneys responding to and coping with ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Government


State Bar fee bill signed by governor

Sep. 24, 2018
By Erin Lee

Gov. Jerry Brown approved the State Bar bill Friday, keeping the annual licensing fee flat and asking for a plan to increase d...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Corporate, Civil Litigation


A federal judge has awarded plaintiffs $82 million in attorney fees related to the settlement of two pharmaceutical antitrust ...


Government, Immigration


Separated families want to form class

Sep. 21, 2018
By Sean Kagan

Immigrants' lawyers told US judge clients suffered 'severe harm'


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court


Qualified immunity, for decades the bane of civil rights lawyers associated with liberal causes, is facing a new enemy: the le...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


In the latest of a series of settlements between retailers and public sector attorneys in California over waste disposal that ...


Entertainment & Sports, Litigation & Arbitration


After a disappointing showing at the Chinese box office, the makers of the Orlando Bloom film “S.M.A.R.T. Chase” say they’re v...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports


National Collegiate Athletic Association Vice President of Governance Kevin Lennon echoed prior testimony Thursday from defens...


Civil Rights, Government, Law Practice


The Civics Center promotes civics education among youth and voter preregistration.


Law Practice


UC Berkeley School of Law postdoctoral fellow Alexandra Havrylyshyn won this year’s Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Com...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The Beverly Hills Bar Association will elevate tax attorney LaVonne D. Lawson as its new president at its annual Installation ...


Corporate


Founding partners Drew Koning and Blake Zollar left their jobs at Cooley on Aug. 17 and opened their new firm on Aug. 20. They...