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Bankruptcy, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A bankruptcy judge has blocked Michael J. Avenatti’s firm from spending any attorney fees recouped from 54 cases until it repa...


Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


A national wave of lawsuits seeking to claw back fees charged to union nonmembers, recently ruled unconstitutional by the U.S....


Constitutional Law, Government, Civil Litigation, Education Law


Judge reconsiders demurrer in education class action

Jul. 12, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

In a case alleging children are being denied their constitutional right to basic education, plaintiffs’ attorneys persuaded a ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


The nominee presented himself as a proponent of judicial restraint during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.


Criminal


State Legislature revisits felony murder rule

Jul. 12, 2018
By Lila Seidman

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would soften a law that says anyone involved with certain felonies that resul...


Civil Litigation


A proposed class action alleges that the maker of nasal spray Flonase failed to recall all sprays that exposed users to inhali...


Criminal, Law Practice


A woman convicted of killing her grandson in 2009 was released from prison under a deal resulting from an investigation by Loy...


Law Practice


With 8 new partners in 8 months, Akerman grows

Jul. 12, 2018
By Caroline Hart

Akerman LLP has added eight partners to its Los Angeles team and settled into an expanded downtown office, in the past eight m...



Great Expectations

Jul. 12, 2018

Attorneys say they must be at the top of their game in LA Judge Henry Hall’s courtroom.


Government, Immigration


Becerra’s strategy may be risky

Jul. 11, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

National injunction request could expose state on appeal.


Civil Rights, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


The prosecutor’s online postings have resulted in him being placed on administrative leave


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Judicial Council’s disclosures remain murky

Jul. 11, 2018
By Winston Cho

The Judicial Council's goal when it revised California Rules of Court 10.500 concerning the disclosure of judicial administrat...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will soon have its first Trump judge, but the man filling that position doesn’t fit the ...


Criminal, Environmental & Energy, Law Practice


Charging prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct, the defense for a pipeline company involved in an oil spill filed documents Tue...


Government, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


It also contains $140,000 for plaintiffs’ counsel in a complaint against Attorney General Xavier Becerra.


Criminal


Hate crimes in California jumped more than 17 percent from 2016 to 2017, increasing from 931 to 1,093 incidents within the yea...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


Patrick Kelly has been reappointed to the California Judicial Council as one of four attorneys representing the State Bar


Constitutional Law, Government, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs argue for end to winner-take-all elections

Jul. 11, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is leading a nationwide effort to upend longstanding procedure that designates all electoral votes ...


Criminal, Intellectual Property


Federal prosecutors charged former Apple Inc. employee Xiaolang Zhang with theft of autonomous car trade secrets, arresting hi...


California Courts of Appeal, Government, Civil Litigation


Advocacy groups for minority and low-income homeowners defeated Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Legislature in court Tuesday wh...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Government, Law Practice


Legislature allows international arbitration in state

Jul. 10, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign SB 766, which cleared the Assembly on Thursday. The bill did not receive a single no vote...


Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court


President Donald Trump named Brett M. Kavanaugh as his U.S. Supreme Court nominee.


Criminal, Environmental & Energy


Judge denies mistrial motion in oil spill case

Jul. 10, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

Judge James Herman denied a motion for mistrial Monday in the criminal negligence trial over a 2015 oil spill.


Government, Immigration


The group hearings approach for immigration prosecutions comes in the midst of the U.S. government’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy.



Real Experience

Jul. 10, 2018

Brandon Braga brings a varied legal background to his work as The Agency RE’s first GC.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Corporate, Education Law


George Leal will take the reins of unaccredited Irvine University College of Law Aug. 15


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ attorneys in a federal negligence lawsuit over last year’s Mandalay Bay shooting are hoping a 2014 weapons arrest ...


Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary


The unanimous opinion Friday from the 3rd District Court of Appeal rejected Richard P. Fisher’s argument that, because he was ...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


An appellate ruling said that employers’ systems rounding worker hours to the quarter hour are legal as long as the policy is ...


Obituaries


Jacqueline L. Weisberg, 1936-2018

Jul. 9, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Patient, intelligent jurist remembered as a pioneer.