Family, Immigration
ACLU seeks to expand class action over family separations
By Mark Armao
A federal judge on Thursday said he would consider expanding the scope of a family separation class action to include potentia...
Law Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions
Paul Hastings hires tech M&A team from White & Case
By Sean Kagan
William Choe and his technology mergers and acquisitions team are joining Paul Hastings LLP from White & Case LLP.
Civil Litigation
Judge rules claims were not uniform in rare class action trial
By Justin Kloczko
In one of the few class actions to go to trial over the past few years, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has found Pu...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government
Lawyers are skeptical of San Diego’s efforts to curb e-scooters
By Steven Crighton
A proposal looks to cure regulatory issues plaguing San Diego since e-scooters first hit its sidewalks, but some compliance li...
Criminal
IRS employee charged with leaking bank secrets about Trump’s former lawyer
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An IRS employee appeared in a federal courtroom in San Francisco Thursday to face charges he leaked information about Michael ...
Government
Data breach notification bill would have minor impact, lawyers say
By Blaise Scemama
Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Assemblyman Marc Levine introduced legislation Thursday intended to strengthen California’...
Oyango Snell, GC of Western States Petroleum Association, brings to his hobby of furniture making the same planning and prepar...
Environmental & Energy, Government, Civil Litigation
Los Angeles sued over billion-dollar Hollywood luxury project
By Justin Kloczko
The city of Los Angeles broke its own zoning laws and skirted environmental requirements when it approved the billion-dollar H...
Civil Litigation
Smaller groups in opioid case concerned their interests will be lose out
By Winston Cho
With the first test case over allegations that drug makers and distributors are responsible for the nationwide opioid epidemic...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Film violates NDA with Michael Jackson, suit claims
By Andy Serbe
Michael Jackson’s estate sued HBO Thursday, alleging a soon-to-be-released documentary on the late singer disparages him in vi...
A sole practitioner is the first to go on trial of 10 attorneys named in a high-profile worker’s compensation fraud case in 20...
Community News
Holland & Knight hosts Step Up "Pathways to Professions" event
By Dan Heching
The Los Angeles office of Holland & Knight LLP hosted a mentorship event on Wednesday Jan. 30 for Step Up, an organization...
Fox Rothschild's seventh annual Grammy event welcomed over 300 guests to the rooftop of the London West Hollywood Hotel in Bev...
Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
US Supreme Court rules state civil forfeitures covered by 8th Amendment excessive fines protection
By Andy Serbe
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled emphatically Wednesday that the excessive fines clause of the 8th Amendment is an incorporated r...
Corporate, Law Practice
Tesla general counsel departs after 2 months
By Skylar Dubelko
Dane Butswinkas, the Williams & Connolly LLP partner, was a “poor cultural fit” for the automaker, a company spokeswoman s...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Government
Firm that lost school prayer appeal tries with a different client
By Justin Kloczko
A firm is hoping to revive a case it lost defending prayer at school board meetings before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...
Civil Litigation
Doctor claims Guggenheim family member defrauded him
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In a civil complaint that reads like a novel, a Los Angeles doctor claims a distant relative of a wealthy, famous family defra...
Criminal, Government
5 candidates for San Francisco DA have varied approaches
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The five candidates in this year’s San Francisco district attorney election agree on a couple things: The moment is unique and...
Longtime defense attorneys known for representing major utility companies said they have switched to the plaintiffs’ side to f...
Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, International Law
EU governments OK ‘war on memes’ copyright law changes
By Steven Crighton
While the changes are ostensibly aimed at protecting news sites and other copyright holders from mega-conglomerate aggregators...
Anthony M. Glassman and Rebecca N. Kaufman join the firm in Beverly Hills.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court to weigh in on Clean Water Act dispute from 9th Circuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a far-reaching environmental dispute testing the limits of a federal law prohibiting...
Government, Civil Litigation
Judge orders Santa Monica to hold new city council elections
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles judge has ordered Santa Monica to split into seven districts and hold new council elections this summer after fi...
Environmental & Energy, Government, Civil Litigation
Public health groups sue EPA to force stricter requirements on asbestos reporting
By Winston Cho
After months of contentious back-and-forth exchanges, several public health groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen...
Veteran patent litigator Christian E. Mammen has joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in Palo Alto.
U.S. News & World Report will release a second law school ranking this year measuring scholarly impact. It will not be fac...
Constitutional Law, Government
Trump’s national emergency declaration could put courts on the spot, scholars say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The pending legal battle between President Donald Trump and a California-led coalition of 16 states over his emergency declara...
Criminal
Defense says OC murder case should be dismissed over jail recording
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
An Orange County judge heard final arguments Tuesday for and against dismissing an attempted murder charge on the grounds of o...
Constitutional Law, Entertainment & Sports, U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas wants libel law review
By Steven Crighton
He says NYT v. Sullivan is bad law, not founders' intent
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Education Law
Starting in November 2016, a post-election "Trump bump" amped up revenues for some legal aid nonprofits, most notably the Amer...