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Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Disbarred lawyer gets four years in prison

Jun. 28, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

A disbarred Orange County attorney was sentenced to 48 months in prison this week by a federal judge for a mortgage modificati...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Criminal


An official at a Japan-based manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors pleaded guilty Wednesday to price fixing in San Francisco...



Getting to the Point

Jun. 28, 2018
By Arin Mikailian

Riverside County family law Judge Timothy Freer gives early tentatives to spur settlement.


Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court


Nearly 75 years later, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday withdrew its stamp of approval from President Franklin Roosevelt’s in...


Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court


California’s law requiring anti-abortion pregnancy centers to provide information to patients about state-funded access to the...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Judge dismisses cities’ global warming case

Jun. 27, 2018
By Joshua Sebold

A federal judge dismissed a case brought against the world’s five largest private oil companies by the Oakland and San Francis...


Constitutional Law, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban is a significant confirmation of executive ...


Government, Civil Litigation


Attorneys from San Francisco law firm Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn have secured a $47.5 million settlement on behalf of a...


Criminal, Environmental & Energy, Law Practice


The court also heard that she spoke to another juror about the issue after she was questioned in camera and that the attorney ...


Government


Internet privacy bill approved by state Senate committee

Jun. 27, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California Senate Judiciary Committee approved an internet privacy bill on Tuesday that includes significant new powers fo...


Criminal, Government


California critics react to Sessions’ speech

Jun. 27, 2018
By Lila Seidman

The U.S. and California attorneys general disagreed over whether entering the country without legal documentation is the same ...


Government, Immigration


The complaint challenges the federal government’s policy of separating immigrant parents from their children.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy


A Montana man charged with violating the Endangered Species Act for killing a grizzly bear and later misplacing the carcass wi...


California Courts of Appeal, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


In appellate court, an attorney argued that a superior court judge abused his discretion with the gross reduction of fees earn...


Government, Immigration


Excerpted text of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ remarks to the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Los Angeles.


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


The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breached federal procedure law b...


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


The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an unusual procedural case involving judicial tweeting Monday.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


A federal appellate panel has ruled that the “lodestar” approach for calculating attorney fees should serve as the starting po...


Criminal, Environmental & Energy


Monday’s proceedings in the criminal negligence trial over a 2015 oil spill on Refugio State Beach were marked by multiple ove...


Government, Law Practice


Reporting one’s political opponent for an alleged ethical violation has become an increasingly common tactic in political camp...


Law Practice


Adobe Systems Inc. has named Dana Rao its next executive vice president and general counsel.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration


9th Circuit sides with immigration judge over board

Jun. 26, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ordered that a Colombian seeking asylum have his case again reviewed by the Board of...


Government, Immigration


U.S. District Judge Dana M. Sabraw of San Diego is overseeing the high-profile case brought by the ACLU.


Criminal, Law Practice


The deputy attorney general said the juror approached him and he did not want to be rude.


Civil Litigation


Jury gets the case in Beats headphones lawsuit

Jun. 25, 2018
By Steven Crighton

After closing arguments in a $109 million lawsuit over Beats headphones, it’s now the jury’s turn to sound off.


California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary


Veteran jurist Sandy R. Kriegler will retire this week from his post as a justice for the 2nd District Court of Appeal.


Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court


In a case seen as a bellwether for evolving digital privacy protections, a closely divided Supreme Court ruled police need a w...


California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation


Both sides are claiming victory following an appellate decision that affirmed sanctions against a real estate company found to...


Government, Immigration


A federal judge voiced skepticism Friday that the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for thousa...


Community News


LA’s Inner City Law Center honors supporters

Jun. 25, 2018
By Laurinda Keys

More than 500 legal, civic and business leaders gathered in Los Angeles for the Inner City Law Center’s 18th Annual Awards Lun...