Government, Education Law
Western State College of Law will remain open as other Argosy campuses close
By Erin Lee
Despite the closure of multiple Argosy University campuses Friday after the school was cut off from federal funding, Western S...
Entertainment & Sports
'No more parties in L.A.,' demands Kanye publisher
By Steven Crighton
Within a week, a local legal beef between Kanye West and his estranged publisher EMI has turned into coast-to-coast federal li...
Monsanto’s expert epidemiologist in the first of the federal test cases arguing the company’s weedkiller causes cancer urged t...
The ticket sales giant appointed experienced general counsel Karen Klein as class action suit continues.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Civil Litigation
Feuer may have known about counsel’s dual representation
By Justin Kloczko
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal
1st District considers issuing tentative rulings
By Brian Cardile
The proposed new Rule 15(b) would allow appellate panels, “on occasion and in their sole discretion, to issue tentative opinio...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Apple says Qualcomm counsel ‘feigned surprise’ about opening statement
By Blaise Scemama
Qualcomm accused Apple Inc. of making “legally erroneous” and “highly prejudicial statements” to the jury during opening state...
Criminal
Convicted marketing schemer testifies against lawyer in fraud trial
By Meghann Cuniff
An unusual worker’s compensation fraud case in Orange County focuses on a legal underworld.
Former Alston & Bird payments team member Laura Yens is taking over as general counsel for LendingTree Inc.
Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation
PG&E’s request to pay bonuses could clash with judge in criminal case
By Winston Cho
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s request to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali for permission to pay roughly $235 million ...
Judges and Judiciary, Education Law
Estate of appellate justice gives $50M to Scalia Law School
By Erin Lee
The estate of late state appeals court Justice Allison M. Rouse and his wife, attorney Dorothy B. Rouse, donated $50 million t...
Entertainment & Sports
Johnny Depp's suit against lawyer hopelessly mired in discovery
By Steven Crighton
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP announced Wednesday that Malcolm A. Heinicke and Hailyn J. Chen have been elected co-managing p...
Government, Civil Litigation
City agrees to settle contentious homeless property rights case
By Gina Kim
The LA City Council on Wednesday voted 10-2 in favor of authorizing city attorney Mike Feuer to settle the ongoing civil right...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Civil Litigation
Kiesel out of LA water billing case
By Justin Kloczko
Prominent Beverly Hills attorney Paul R. Kiesel stepped down Wednesday from his role as special counsel to the city of Los Ang...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Apple scores a point in multi-suit battle with Qualcomm
By Blaise Scemama
A U.S. magistrate judge denied Qualcomm's motion to compel Apple to turn over its source code for inspection.
Government
California judge rules Census citizenship question unconstitutional
By Andy Serbe
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration’s proposed reinstatement of a citizenship question to...
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal
1st District considers issuing tentative rulings
By Brian Cardile
They're tucked inconspicuously near the end of a lengthy issuance out Wednesday from the 1st District Court of Appeal that pro...
Northern District U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson has ambitious plans for his office, including aggressive efforts to prosecut...
Education Law
Founding dean of UC Irvine School of Law donates personal papers
By Gina Kim
Erwin Chemerinsky, the founding dean of UC Irvine School of Law, has donated his personal and professional papers to the unive...
Labor/Employment, Law Practice
Employers increasingly seek ‘practice-ready’ graduates
By Erin Lee
In the post-recession environment, employers increasingly want students graduating from law school ready to hit the ground run...
William A. Richmond, who served as district attorney in Tulare and Alpine counties, died from lung cancer on March 1 at his h...
LA Judge Michael Jesic is candid with defendants and lawyers about likely criminal verdicts.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Government
Trump administration calls California senators’ attack on nominee a ‘misleading smear’
By Blaise Scemama
The Trump administration on Tuesday called a statement by California’s Democratic senators aimed at stopping the nomination of...
Civil Litigation
Cancer-stricken plaintiff testifies in Monsanto weedkiller trial
By Winston Cho
The plaintiff in the first of the federal test cases arguing Monsanto’s weedkiller causes cancer took the witness stand Tuesda...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law
Bar exam stress management study extended another year
By Erin Lee
The State Bar is extending its bar exam stress management study another year to include this July’s test and increase particip...
Government, Labor/Employment
Employers’ attorneys anticipate scramble to file form after stay lifted
By Andy Serbe
After a highly critical ruling reinstating new pay data disclosures employers must give the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
Orange County deputy DA fired over exculpatory evidence probe
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County deputy district attorney suspended by the State Bar for failing to disclose exculpatory evidence has been fir...
Fenwick & West LLP, which consistently ranks among the nation’s leading firms for technology startups, is opening in Santa...
California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment
State high court OKs Legislature rescinding employee benefit it once gave
By Andy Serbe
The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that California’s rollback of certain state employees’ ability to purchase pension servic...