Mediator John C. Edwards has a knack for getting through to difficult personalities.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee urges U.S. courts’ administrative wing to pursue harassment reform
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the administrative head of the federal courts during a hearing on workp...
Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered an end to a docketing mechanism judges used to allow immigrants to indefini...
Government, Civil Litigation
State budget bills would change cy pres funding rules again
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Language added this week to budget bills for state courts will make significant changes to cy pres funding in California, reve...
Corporate, Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Securities
Judge says he’ll award $52.5 million in attorney fees in shareholder suit
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge has said he plans to approve $52.5 million in attorney fees, part of a record $250 million settlement in an un...
Bankruptcy, Law Practice
Attorney seeks ‘Stormy’ funds to help pay $10M judgment
By Andy Serbe
Jason M. Frank listed 54 lawsuits in which he believes his former employer, Eagan Avenatti LLP, will potentially earn attorney...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Entertainment & Sports
9th Circuit judges mull minor league baseball wage dispute class certification
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
An employment dispute between minor league baseball players and the sport’s national governing body unfolded before the 9th U....
Civil Litigation
Beats says plaintiff had ‘one-shot deal’ over specific headphones line
By Steven Crighton
Beats claims it doesn’t have to pay former hedge fund manager Steven Lamar anything for headphones released after the initial ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Government, Law Practice
Bill to boost international arbitration in California advances in Legislature
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill that would allow out-of-state and foreign attorneys to represent international arbitration clients in California moved ...
Criminal, Environmental & Energy
Criminal trial in oil spill focuses on company’s actions, omissions
By Blaise Scemama
Jury members, deciding whether Plains All American Pipeline was criminally negligent in their handling of a 142 thousand gallo...
Corporate, Government, Civil Litigation
PG&E warns investors of ‘significant liability’ due to fire losses
By Winston Cho
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. warned investors and shareholders that it expects to record a “significant liability for losses” ...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiff’s lawyers say money at root in Ex-Beats manager’s testimony
By Steven Crighton
Industrial designer Robert Brunner didn’t have many negative things to say about his longtime business associates at Beats Ele...
Administrative/Regulatory, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Judge dismisses most claims in medical device case
By Justin Kloczko
A judge has dismissed most federal class action claims alleging that a fat-freezing company misled consumers into thinking its...
Government, Labor/Employment
State marijuana labor regulation may be federally preempted
By Andy Serbe
A clause in a state bill regulating cannabis businesses which requires them to enter "labor peace agreements" in order to be l...
Law Practice
Manatt names new managing partner and chief executive officer
By Melanie Brisbon
A new managing partner and chief executive officer is poised to lead Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court announces limits on successive class action filings
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
In a nearly unanimous decision, the justices ruled Monday that tolling provisions that allow plaintiffs to bring individual la...
Government, Immigration
‘Private crime’ doesn’t meet asylum criteria, Sessions says
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigration attorneys will likely face greater difficultly securing asylum for clients who say they have faced violence from d...
A murder trial that began Monday is the first criminal trial defended by Rick Richmond, managing partner of Jenner & Block...
California Supreme Court, Government
Legislature may follow chief justice’s suggestion and change standing law over taxes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate Judiciary Committee will take up a bill Tuesday clarifying that many different types of taxes, not just prope...
A Los Angeles County jury has found an after-school supervisor and the school that employed him jointly liable to the tune of ...
Corporate
Lionsgate hires Sony Pictures executive as general counsel
By Matthew Sanderson
Corii Berg replaces Wayne Levin, who resigned last November.
Government, Civil Litigation
Oakland, Los Angeles County join opioid lawsuit in Orange County
By Meghann Cuniff
Los Angeles County and the city of Oakland have joined the lawsuit against opioid manufacturers scheduled for trial in Orange ...
Amy Gonzalez says San Diego Airport is a closely regulated transportation hub and landlord.
Government, Labor/Employment
Lawyers hope NLRB joint employment rulemaking will settle issue
By Andy Serbe
Amid a tangle of National Labor Relations Board rulings, a recusal and congressional concern, labor attorneys are looking forw...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Commission on Judicial Performance appears to have dodged a bullet
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A proposed $500,000 cut to the agency failed to make it into Gov. Jerry Brown’s final budget.
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer sues Avenatti for defamation, Cohen for illegally recording calls
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A legal dispute concerning adult film actress Stormy Daniels' decision to go public about her allegations of a 2006 affair wit...
Civil Litigation
Beats’ counsel conducts aggressive cross-examination
By Steven Crighton
Partway through an aggressive cross-examination of plaintiff Steven Lamar, Beats Electronics’ counsel Arturo Gonzalez told a c...
California Courts of Appeal, Civil Rights
Appellate court reverses judge in San Diego seal case
By Meghann Cuniff
In a case pitting land use against coastal access, an appellate panel ruled San Diego can prohibit people from accessing a bea...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
‘Dancing baby’ case comes to a quiet, less impactful close
By Steven Crighton
As a nearly teenage Holden Lenz likely braces himself for his first year in high school, the lawsuit filed over a video of him...
Loretta Lynch addressed a San Diego group promoting women in the law and society