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Civil Litigation


A group of Southern California plaintiffs has sued Wells Fargo & Co., claiming the bank knowingly aided a real estate-base...


A new study claims the LSAT disproportionately disadvantages black law school applicants, hurting their chances for admission,...


Law Practice


Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has teamed up with Australian litigation investor IMF Bentham to launch a $30 million legal assista...



Christy G. Lea

Apr. 17, 2019
By Skylar Dubelko

Knobbe Martens


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Jury selection began Monday in what could be the largest corporate jury trial of the year between Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc....


A qui tam False Claims Act suit that appears to have played a central role in the downfall of a former federal prosecutor conv...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Despite retaining powerhouse attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., the McClatchy Co. may still face a drawn-out and pricey defens...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge has dismissed a private Christian school’s challenge to a state law banning gay conversion therapy for minors.


Bankruptcy, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A whittled jury verdict on appeal to the 9th Circuit is the latest battleground in the troubled attorney’s legal saga.


Labor/Employment, Education Law


In the #MeToo era and with several major law firms facing related litigation, firms are looking at improving training and poli...


Corporate


The 24th annual Association of Corporate Counsel gala will be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles M...


Criminal, Education Law


College Admissions Scandal

Apr. 16, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded not guilty to charges that they paid colleg...


Environmental & Energy, Government, Civil Litigation


Newsom open to changing inverse condemnation law

Apr. 15, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The news sent Pacific Gas & Electric Co. shares sharply upward, given that such a move could ease the company's burden fro...


Civil Litigation


Medical industry weighs in on talc appeal

Apr. 15, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

Three statewide medical associations have filed an amicus brief siding with Johnson & Johnson regarding the pending appeal...


Criminal


The dismissal motion follows testimony from a co-defendant that the man was wrongly convicted.


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Outdoor gear and apparel company Patagonia Inc. is suing Anheuser-Busch InBev, accusing it of illegally obtaining a trademark ...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board has narrowed the terms under which new management must adhere to a standing collective barg...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


NCAA defendants were denied a stay Friday on $45M in attorney fees and a 120-day extension to respond to plaintiffs representi...


Civil Rights, Education Law


A U.S. judge put on hold the next in a series of trials over whether Monsanto’s popular weedkillers cause cancer. The judge sa...


Supporters say a 2020 ballot initiative is well underway to overturn the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical malpracti...



Generating Results

Apr. 15, 2019

Weinberg Gonser’s clientele is mostly entrepreneurs and established businesses looking to grow.


Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court


Pressure is mounting on the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a decades-old, judge-made doctrine that stymies civil rights lawsuit...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Auditor’s report on judicial commission due April 25

Apr. 12, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

State Auditor Elaine Howle reported this week she was satisfied with the Judicial Council’s efforts to fix problems with its t...


Civil Litigation


The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has again sued pharmaceutical drug company Gilead Sciences Inc. over the safety of its HIV drug...


California Supreme Court, Criminal


State high court tweaks Proposition 47

Apr. 12, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

The state Supreme Court issued a written opinion Thursday that upheld retroactive reductions for non-violent crimes and specif...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Two former athletes from The Alliance of American Football have sued the league itself, along with CEO-Founder Charlie Ebersol...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation


After suffering permanent brain damage in 2014, Shernoff and Trauma Law Center attorneys won more than $8.8 million for plaint...


Civil Litigation


Avenatti indicted and jet is seized

Apr. 12, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

Michael J. Avenatti bilked clients to fund a lavish lifestyle built on a Ponzi scheme of bank fraud, tax evasion and perjury, ...


Corporate, Securities


Uber Technologies Inc., the ubiquitous ridesharing app, announced plans Thursday to become a publicly-traded company. Share vo...


Government, Civil Litigation


The California attorney general is looking into allegations of fraud involving the $67 million Los Angeles incorrect water bil...