Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
Earlier high court decision may indicate travel ban’s fate, lawyers say
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Both sides made significant concessions during oral arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court over the legality of Presiden...
Peter Thiel had funded the lawsuit that brought the media company to bankruptcy.
Government
Bill allowing more data breach suits moves ahead in state Legislature
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would allow people to sue companies for data breaches, even if t...
Civil Litigation
Attorney gets NCAA investigator to admit holes in defamation trial
By Laurinda Keys
The plaintiff’s attorney in a former USC football coach’s defamation trial against the NCAAy got an investigator to admit to h...
Civil Litigation
Toyota attorneys report 501 settlements of acceleration defect lawsuits
By Meghann Cuniff
Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. told a federal judge Wednesday that they’ve settled 501 lawsuits related to a defect that cau...
Attorneys Janet Levine and Jeff Rutherford have joined Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP as partners from Crowell & Moring LLP...
Government, Labor/Employment
Bill to block pre-employment arbitration agreements passes in legislative committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill that would prevent employers from requiring pre-employment arbitration agreements passed a key committee test on Tuesda...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court affirms patents as public rights, rules appeal board must decide all claims
By Andy Serbe
In dual decisions issued Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court, an administrative process for challenging patents was affirmed but...
Corporate, International Law, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
High court relieves foreign corporations from US liability for acts committed abroad
By Meghann Cuniff
In a split decision closely watched in California, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that foreign corporations cannot be...
Government, Immigration
Department of Justice prepares for possible ‘caravan’ crossing into the US
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A caravan of migrants arriving at the U.S. border could face prosecution and detention under recent U.S Department of Justice ...
Civil Rights, Government
Civil rights groups sue over allegedly inadequate voter language assistance
By Winston Cho
California civil rights groups are suing the secretary of state, alleging sufficient language assistance has not been provide...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Testimony starts in ex-USC football coach’s defamation trial against NCAA
By Justin Kloczko
An LA County Superior Court jury began hearing evidence Tuesday in a trial over whether the NCAA defamed an ex-USC football co...
Administrative/Regulatory, Securities
SEC fines Yahoo $35M over cyber breach
By Eli Wolfe
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement in a first of its kind cyber breach case against the compan...
Law Practice
O’Melveny hires Supreme Court specialist of Stanford Law School
By Caroline Hart
Stanford Law School professor and prominent U.S. Supreme Court practitioner Jeffrey L. Fisher has joined O’Melveny & Myers...
Government, Immigration
ICE directive could change how immigrant parents, children are treated
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A recently released directive to immigration enforcement officers could lead to increased detention of immigrant parents and c...
Criminal
Prosecutors say former Autonomy financial officer cooked books
By Joshua Sebold
Prosecutors closed their case against former Autonomy Chief Financial Officer Sushovan Hussain, a British citizen accused of c...
Ken King, one of Skadden's most influential players, has stepped down as head of the Palo Alto office.
Business law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP has opened a Los Angeles office, expanding its corporate, business and litigation prac...
A trio of bankruptcy attorneys have joined Hogan Lovells from Jones Day as partners in Los Angeles.
Constitutional Law, Criminal, Civil Litigation
Judge expresses concerns about granting stay in Stormy Daniels case
By Eli Wolfe
U.S. District Judge James Otero appeared deeply ambivalent about granting a stay in the Stormy Daniels lawsuit against Presid...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Fired engineer’s suit against Google adds named plaintiffs
By Andy Serbe
Three new named plaintiffs and a set of fresh allegations have been added to a lawsuit filed by a former Google engineer accus...
Government, Immigration
Immigration critics sue government for work visa information
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The Federation for American Immigration Reform sued to force the U.S. immigration service to hand over records on high-skilled...
California Courts of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Environmentalists win a battle in legal war over Roundup
By Winston Cho
A 5th District Court of Appeal panel has upheld the placement of a Proposition 65 carcinogen warning in herbicides containing ...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Postmates settles class action brought by drivers
By Joshua Sebold
Online delivery service Postmates Inc. reached an $8.75 million settlement with a class of drivers who challenged their classi...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Fake lawyer gets 15 months in prison for fraud
By Meghann Cuniff
A woman who stole the identity of a New York lawyer to work immigration cases in California will spend 15 months in federal pr...
Government
Becerra defends Department of Justice budget requests to legislators
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Defending his request for additional funding against criticism from a legislative watchdog, state Attorney General Xavier Bece...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government, Judges and Judiciary
Where are the Trump judges?
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
For a president who repeatedly touts his success at filling federal judicial openings, Trump has yet to make an impact on the ...
With a hefty tax bill of up to $5 billion at stake, a federal judge considered the Internal Revenue Service's motion to dismi...
Government, Immigration
Sponsored Iranians sue US after being denied entry
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A group of Iranians and their U.S. family members are suing the federal government after they were not allowed to come to the ...
Citing apparent conflicting testimony in two murder convictions, a superior court judge on Thursday ordered the Orange County ...