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Bankruptcy


Roscoe’s, LA food icon, to emerge from bankruptcy

Sep. 10, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

After two years of proceedings, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles restaurants emerged from bankruptcy when a Los Angeles-b...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Testimony from former student-athletes dominated the majority of Friday’s hearing in the antitrust trial against the National ...


Entertainment & Sports


A William Morris Endeavor agent accused of groping actor Terry Crews at a Hollywood event will leave the company as part of a ...


Government, Civil Litigation


Citing a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, a federal judge on Friday directed Orange County cities to provide a...


Government, Immigration


The federal government released a report criticizing a long-running program that assists immigrants facing deportation with le...


Labor/Employment, Law Practice


Legal services jobs dip nationally and statewide

Sep. 10, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

Hiring in the legal services industry decreased in California and nationwide, according to the latest jobs report.


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Law Practice


Dispute resolution firm Benchmark Resolution Group changed its name to Signature Resolution to avoid trademark confusion.


Government, Immigration


Regulation appears to try end run around federal judge

Sep. 7, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A proposed regulation from the Trump administration that would allow it to detain deportable children and their families for p...


California Courts of Appeal, Criminal


Appellate panels reverse life terms as case law evolves

Sep. 7, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

An evolution of case law led to the vacating of two life sentences, according to opinions filed by two appellate panels Thursd...


Government, Immigration


California’s immigration court backlog is the largest in the country, and the number of pending cases is increasing, according...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The putative class of players alleges that the National Football League distributed controlled substances and prescription drugs.


In Recess


Staying Fit

Sep. 7, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

For almost 40 years, veteran in-house counsel Barbara Bergen, now 80, has taught step aerobics.


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


A study by the American Bar Association says women and people of color face obstacles in the legal workplace.


Civil Rights, Government


Testifying in trial after trial, often saying each other is wrong, hasn’t harmed the relationship between two voting experts. ...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


After three years in stasis, thanks to a trio of lawsuits over artistic direction and the controversial use of a nude body dou...


Civil Litigation


Corona-based Monster Energy Company is claiming VPX Sports’ Bang energy drink is misleading consumers, violating the Lanham Act.


Labor/Employment


Companies are looking to outside investigators in claims of workplace harassment with unprecedented frequency and speed, somet...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A superior court judge indicated he was ready to grant a subpoena for five years’ worth of police department records outlining...


Contracts, Entertainment & Sports


Studio’s inclusion rider policy may be copied

Sep. 6, 2018
By Steven Crighton

WarnerMedia looks as though it will be the first major studio to implement inclusion riders for its future projects, per a com...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law


The law school hopes the partnership with the well-regarded center will boost its IP program.


Government, U.S. Supreme Court


Senator puts pressure on Kavanaugh for Kozinski ties

Sep. 6, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced questions about his connection to former Judge Alex Kozinski, telling the Senate Judiciary Committ...


Government, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Lawyer denies trading favors with AG candidate

Sep. 6, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Attorneys with the Commission on Judicial Performance continued their efforts Wednesday to show retired El Dorado County Judge...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation


Attorneys sparred over the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s definition of amateurism on the second day of the antitr...


International Law, Law Practice


Bird & Bird LLP opened a new office in San Francisco, where it hopes to expand its U.S. client base.


Civil Rights, Government


The defense’s main witness in the bench trial over Santa Monica’s election system said Wednesday there was no discriminatory i...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Rite Aid has agreed to pay $18 million and provide seating to cashiers in a proposed settlement with 23,000 class members, the...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An Orange County attorney was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery involvin...


Civil Litigation


The applicability of anti-SLAPP statutes in federal court is a legal point of debate, and the adult film actress known as Stor...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Judges and Judiciary


Attorney general candidate and retired El Dorado County Judge Steven C. Bailey had his chance to answer charges from the Commi...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports


Testimony began Tuesday as college athletes mounted their latest challenge to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s p...