After two years of proceedings, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles restaurants emerged from bankruptcy when a Los Angeles-b...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge appears skeptical of NCAA expert in student-athlete antitrust trial
By Winston Cho
Testimony from former student-athletes dominated the majority of Friday’s hearing in the antitrust trial against the National ...
Entertainment & Sports
Actor settles male-on-male groping case as accused agent departs
By Steven Crighton
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
Federal judge tells Orange County cities to house homeless
By Meghann Cuniff
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
Federal government criticizes legal assistance program for immigrants
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
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
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
Benchmark Resolution Group changes name to Signature Resolution
By Erin Lee
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
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
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
Immigration court backlog rising rapidly in the state, country
By Meghann Cuniff
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
9th Circuit revives retired NFL players’ suit over drugs
By Andy Serbe
The putative class of players alleges that the National Football League distributed controlled substances and prescription drugs.
For almost 40 years, veteran in-house counsel Barbara Bergen, now 80, has taught step aerobics.
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Report outlines racial and gender bias in the legal profession
By Erin Lee
A study by the American Bar Association says women and people of color face obstacles in the legal workplace.
Civil Rights, Government
Sworn frenemies square off at Santa Monica voter trial
By Blaise Scemama
Testifying in trial after trial, often saying each other is wrong, hasn’t harmed the relationship between two voting experts. ...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Actress Heard settles lawsuit over use of nude body double
By Steven Crighton
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
Federal lawsuit filed against energy drink claiming to cure Alzheimer’s
By Matthew Sanderson
Corona-based Monster Energy Company is claiming VPX Sports’ Bang energy drink is misleading consumers, violating the Lanham Act.
Companies are looking to outside investigators in claims of workplace harassment with unprecedented frequency and speed, somet...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LA County judge indicates willingness to grant subpoena for courthouse surveillance
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
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
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
Golden Gate University School of Law is new home for McCarthy Institute
By Lyle Moran
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
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
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
Plaintiffs’ expert attacks shifts in NCAA amateurism definition
By Winston Cho
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 opens first US location in San Francisco
By Erin Lee
Bird & Bird LLP opened a new office in San Francisco, where it hopes to expand its U.S. client base.
Civil Rights, Government
Defense’s main witness rebuts key plaintiffs’ witness in voting system trial
By Justin Kloczko
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 agrees to provide seating to cashiers, pay $18M in settlement
By Andy Serbe
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
Attorney sentenced to five months in jail for sexual battery on a client
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County attorney was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery involvin...
Civil Litigation
Anti-SLAPP law murkiness complicates actress’ suit against Trump
By Steven Crighton
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
GOP attorney general candidate attacks CJP charges as politically motivated
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
NCAA student-athletes seek pay as antitrust trial opens
By Winston Cho
Testimony began Tuesday as college athletes mounted their latest challenge to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s p...