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Environmental & Energy


Attorneys general from a wide swath of states are lining up to take sides in a global warming case filed by the cities of Oakl...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The MLB claims the plaintiffs have abandoned the methodology they used to get their class certified.


Criminal, Civil Litigation


LA sues 9 drugmakers over opioids

May 4, 2018
By Eli Wolfe

The City of Los Angeles is launching an aggressive new legal offensive against opioid drug manufacturers that have allegedly f...


Labor/Employment, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, a plaintiffs' firm specializing in labor disputes and discrimination claims, has been helping femal...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Todd McNair showed no emotion as he sat through seven days of testimony in his defamation trial against the NCAA, but on Thurs...


Government, Immigration


Out-of-state nonprofits would be able to care for unaccompanied minors who arrive on the border, under a bill unanimously pass...



Globe-trotting Glider

May 4, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Polsinelli principal Kory Christensen knows drone law as well as how to take a great photo.


Administrative/Regulatory, Civil Litigation, Securities


SEC to seek order forcing music star to testify

May 4, 2018
By Steven Crighton

The SEC claims it’s seeking his testimony as part of a securities investigation.


Government, Immigration, Judges and Judiciary


The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it would hire new prosecutors and reallocate immigration judges to dea...


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


Five conservative-leaning judges dissented from a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision not to rehear en banc a challenge...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation


In a decision that could have broad implications, the 4th District Court of Appeal has reiterated that a party’s financial sta...


Civil Litigation


Two California firms helped Arizona secure a settlement from Volkswagen that dwarfs what the German carmaker paid the vast maj...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, California Courts of Appeal


Justice Maria P. Rivera has joined ADR Services Inc. after 45 years of legal work, including years as a state appellate justic...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Hours of deposition testimony by the head of the NCAA kept circling back around to a few words: “They got it right.”


As the #MeToo movement affects the legal industry, about 200 women lawyers convened at a Beverly Hills hotel for the annual Da...


Law Practice


Three Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP attorneys have left to form their own firm.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government, Civil Litigation


A federal appellate court panel has ruled that California overstepped its authority by attempting to regulate the out-of-state...


The Association of Corporate Counsel Southern California chapter hosted a reception for the pro bono and diversity award recip...


Administrative/Regulatory, Criminal, Civil Litigation, Securities


A federal judge allowed a rare third trial for an ophthalmology executive accused of insider trading, though he questioned why...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Attorneys for Starbucks and a former manager argued before the state Supreme Court over California and federal wage law.


Administrative/Regulatory, Environmental & Energy, Government, Civil Litigation


Leading a coalition of 18 states, California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday over a decision to roll ...


Government, Immigration


The charges were filed after Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a memo last month instructing U.S. attorneys to increasin...


Administrative/Regulatory, California Courts of Appeal, Environmental & Energy, Government


Four bills that would make it more difficult for manufacturers to escape lead paint liability, among other proposals, passed t...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Under questioning by the plaintiff’s lawyer, a witness acknowledged that a nonvoting member of the NCAA infractions committee ...


Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate, Criminal, Government


A major electronics company has agreed to pay $280 million to resolve charges that it concealed payments made to foreign consu...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


The county bar gave the controversial judge its lowest judicial rating.


Civil Rights, Labor/Employment, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Women’s suit claims MoFo bias

May 1, 2018
By Caroline Hart

Sanford Heisler files class action for attorney-mothers against Morrison & Foerster.


Law Practice


Durie Tangri LLP, the San Francisco litigation boutique that built a big reputation representing technology clients in intelle...


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


The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a multi-million dollar settlement between Google Inc. and plaintif...


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


The case deals with how courts should address ambiguity in arbitration agreements.