Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
GoPro looks to end IP case with terminating sanctions
By Joshua Sebold
Attorneys for camera company GoPro Inc. asked a federal judge to end their case or otherwise sanction their opponent at a hear...
Environmental & Energy, Government
Legislators introduce bills to force lead paint manufacturers to pay verdict
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A group of Democratic lawmakers have introduced a package of bills they say will make sure lead paint manufacturers stay on th...
California Supreme Court, Education Law
Duty of care to protect student in UCLA stabbing exists, state Supreme Court rules
By Justin Kloczko
Plaintiffs’ attorneys say universities will be held to a higher standard after the state Supreme Court ruled that UCLA had a d...
The school is the first in California to get approval from the American Bar Association to offer additional online education
California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
State high court tightens rules on anti-SLAPP motions
By Winston Cho
The state Supreme Court on Thursday tightened the procedural timeline for filing motions to dismiss strategic lawsuits against...
Immigration
Business immigration lawyers may have to change approach in applying for visas
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
New criteria for some high-level managers working for multinational companies in the U.S. looking to secure a green card may r...
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA report says most bar takers eventually pass
By Lyle Moran
The association has considered requiring 75 percent of a school’s bar takers to pass within two years.
Strange & Butler LLP partner Brian Strange has summited the highest peaks on all seven continents but a devastating person...
The bill has been heavily criticized by open internet advocates and sex worker groups.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
9th Circuit affirms ‘Blurred Lines’ ruling
By Steven Crighton
The ruling, decided largely on procedural grounds, shocked music attorneys.
Government, Immigration
Magistrate judge orders depositions of federal officials in immigration suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal magistrate judge said Wednesday he would allow California to depose two high-level U.S. government officials in a ca...
Criminal
OC judge rejects informant angle in preliminary hearing but leaves door open
By Meghann Cuniff
On the latest ruling involving Orange County's jailhouse informant controversy, a judge prohibited a defense attorney from que...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, California Supreme Court, Health Care & Hospital Law, Probate
9th Circuit sends in vitro question to state Supreme Court
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel asked the California Supreme Court to consider whether two children conc...
Government, Civil Litigation
Legal experts question how much plaintiffs can get over Facebook breach
By Caroline Hart
Facebook Inc. may be facing a public relations nightmare over allegations of data mining by Cambridge Analytica, but legal obs...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Kleiner Perkins defeats unique shareholder suit
By Joshua Sebold
Lawyers representing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers knocked out a lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged that the venture c...
Government, Immigration
City’s test of state sanctuary law has no enforcement mechanism, experts say
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Any effort to punish a small city in Orange County that is refusing to comply with California’s so-called sanctuary law could ...
Law Practice
Pepperdine School of Law loses ranking after reporting data error
By Lyle Moran
Some other California law schools also saw significant changes in their U.S. News ranking.
Criminal, Judges and Judiciary
DA charges man with threatening OC judge
By Meghann Cuniff
A man accused of threatening an Orange County Superior Court judge during arraignment has been charged with a felony.
Government
Attorney general contenders attack absent Becerra at debate
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Three men who want to be California's next attorney general debated in the state capital on Wednesday. Notably absent was the ...
Law Practice
Latham leader resigns after disclosing sexual communications with woman
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that chairman William H. Voge has stepped down “effective immediately” after disclo...
Contracts, Entertainment & Sports
Law firms move ‘inclusion riders’ past concept stage
By Steven Crighton
Greenberg Glusker and Cohen Milstein have produced templates for other lawyers to follow.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Jury renders $68M against heart surgeon
By Justin Kloczko
A Kern County Superior Court jury in a medical malpractice case delivered $12.4 million in punitive damages Tuesday, rounding ...
The newly added entertainment attorneys will be based at the firm’s new Century City office.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
In its 12th year, no-fly list litigation proceeds before en banc 9th Circuit in attorney fee stage
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals repeatedly pressed the government Tuesday on its claim that it was justified i...
California Courts of Appeal, Criminal
Appellate court weighs Prop. 57 definition of ‘nonviolent’
By L.J. Williamson
In a case that may more sharply define Proposition 57’s criteria for determining which inmates doing life might be eligible fo...
Government, Immigration
Lawyers may need to include more information in asylum petitions
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Attorneys say that a recent decision by the U.S. attorney general to vacate an important decision on whether asylum seekers ar...
A Los Angeles County jury has awarded $30 million to the children of a worker who was killed by a rock crushing machine.
Civil Litigation, Securities, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court preserves state court securities class actions
By Joshua Sebold
A few securities litigation defendants hoping to avoid fighting class actions in state court saw those dreams dashed after the...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
LA couple accused of illegally converting rental apartments to hotel
By Lila Seidman
A Los Angeles couple has been accused of unlawfully converting tenants’ rent-controlled apartments into hotel units under the ...
Kate Kendell — who joined the organization in 1994 and has served as executive director since 1996 — will step down at the end...