Civil Litigation
Firm reaches $15.6M settlement in construction defect case
By Doug Sherwin
The Miller Law Firm secured a $15.6 million construction defect settlement for the homeowners’ associations of the 81-unit La ...
Criminal
San Diego man gets 10 years for weapons, lying about terrorist support
By L.J. Williamson
The brother of a man who died fighting for ISIS was sentenced for illegal possession of firearms.
Judges and Judiciary
Data analytics companies offer firms information on judges
By David Houston
Law firms and courts have mixed opinions of data analytics companies that tout its data on judges.
Judges and Judiciary
Persky recall supporters submit nearly 100,000 signatures
By Winston Cho
The campaign to recall a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky for giving a former Stanford athlete convicted o...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council adopts some of state auditor’s recommendations, ignores others
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Judicial Council will not implement several policy and procedural changes recommended in a report three years ago, accordi...
Civil Litigation
State, BP reach $102M settlement over alleged gas overcharges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $102 million settlement with BP Energy Company over allegations it intentionally o...
Manatt associate Jessamyn Vedro is an accomplished ballerina who stuns colleagues with her performances in ‘The Nutcracker.’
The fund is the largest established at the law school by a law firm.
Government, Real Estate/Development
California lawmakers kill effort to expand rent control
By Lila Seidman
A bill to repeal statewide rent control restrictions died in the State Assembly on Thursday after a long and contentious commi...
Incoming Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles President Mike Arias looks to 2018.
Criminal, Immigration
Sex offense lawyer sues over new passport restrictions
By Eli Wolfe
A veteran defender of sex offenders is taking the U.S. State Department to task for illegally implementing restrictive passpor...
Civil Litigation, Corporate
Litigations mount in Intel security flaw fallout
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Investors for the San Francisco-based chip developer allege company omitted dangers of a security flaw in public filings.
Government, Labor/Employment
Ruling may let employees kill part of pension reform law
By Matthew Blake
A ruling could give California public employees the legal ammunition they need to shoot down a five year-old law that reduced ...
Government
Governor’s final budget includes courthouse construction money
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After several years of disappointing state budgets, the judicial branch in California got some good news on Wednesday.
Government, Immigration
Plaintiffs voice cautious optimism following judge’s DACA order
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Plaintiff’s attorney’s expressed confidence that a San Francisco federal judge’s order will hold up on appeal in the combined ...
A top white-collar crime attorney defending a corporate executive in his second insider trading trial on Wednesday worked to p...
Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit ruling sends Finjan-Blue Coat patent case back to San Jose
By Caroline Hart
In a split decision, a federal appellate court partially overturned a $39.5 million ruling Wednesday for cybersecurity company...
Firms slow on retiring and hiring lawyers killing productivity: study
By Skylar Dubelko
Attorney productivity has plummeted costing law firms an average of $74,100 per lawyer, per year, a new report found.
Criminal
Tony Serra adds another politically charged case to his resume
By Joshua Sebold
The legendary and notoriously offbeat defense litigator J. Tony Serra reentered the public consciousness this week when he beg...
Criminal
Judge orders child molester freed, blames public defender’s office systemic breakdown
By L.J. Williamson
A Los Angeles County judge condemned a 15-year delay in holding a trial to review the man’s continued incarceration.
Sen. Kamala D. Harris, D-California, was appointed to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
Law Practice
Six attorneys from Sedgwick join Hinshaw in LA, Bay Area
By Skylar Dubelko
The group, consisting of five partners and an associate, will be split between Hinshaw’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.
Health Care & Hospital Law
Hospital sued for lack of deaf interpretation services
By Eli Wolfe
Kirkland & Ellis LLP threw its support behind a public impact lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court on Monday that ac...
Civil Litigation
Sailors’ class action on claim of radiation injuries dismissed
By Lila Seidman
A federal judge in San Diego dismissed a class action brought by hundreds of U.S. sailors against a Tokyo-based electricity pr...
Government, Immigration
Salvadorans’ only hope to stay in US may be through immigration system
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Legal experts doubt that significant federal litigation will result from the Trump administration’s decision to end deportatio...
Real Estate/Development
Rent control laws to be debated in state capitol
By Lila Seidman
A bill to repeal a state law that prohibited California cities and counties from putting rent control on apartments built afte...
Melissa Murray talked about the challenges of being interim dean in the aftermath of allegations against the former dean.
A superior court judge on Monday said Los Angeles County can decide where the estate hearing of Charles Manson will take plac...
Government, Law Practice
Women legislators’ nonprofit terminates contract with law firm accused of retaliation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A nonprofit organization operated by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus has cut ties with a law firm that has become em...
Labor/Employment
Fired male Google engineer sues for discrimination, harassment
By Winston Cho
The engineer fired by Alphabet Inc.-owned Google after posting a memo criticizing the company’s diversity policies sued his fo...