The department said the report was based on data collected in 2014 and 2015 and most of the recommendations have been or are b...
Citing an expanding client base and growing team of litigators as incentives to expand, Benesch Law also noted an interest in ...
Environmental & Energy, Government, Civil Litigation
Judge allows damages to go forward in MTA suit but allows CEQA exemption
By Justin Kloczko
A recent state judge’s ruling exempting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority from the California Environmenta...
A federal judge largely agreed with Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. Thursday on how the utility should handle its short-term fi...
The settlement ends Henry Nicholas’ decade-old lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the taxation of distressed as...
Immigration
San Diego family court building is leased as shelter for asylum seekers
By Doug Sherwin
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to lease its former Family Court building at 1555 Sixth Avenue down...
Immigration, Civil Litigation
Indictment: Birthing centers coached Chinese women in fraud
By Sean Kagan
A federal grand jury indicted 19 people in connection with three Southern California "birth tourism schemes" that helped Chin...
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra is searching for a new solicitor general, but it’s unclear when or why Edward C. DuMont,...
Criminal
Judge blasts PG&E, which pushes back during contentious hearing
By Winston Cho
A federal judge blasted Pacific Gas & Electic Co. Wednesday for failing to do enough to reduce wildfire risk during a cont...
Criminal
LA DA concedes new trial retroactively based on high court ruling
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Defense attorneys believe this is the first case on writ involving the application of the McCoy decision, which said the Sixth...
Labor/Employment, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Judge trims attorney fees, which still exceed plaintiffs’ take by $2M
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles judge has shaved attorney fees related to a Montebello Unified School District wrongful termination judgment, bu...
Bankruptcy, Health Care & Hospital Law
Bankruptcy judge rejects Becerra’s bid to postpone the sale of two hospitals
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal bankruptcy judge has denied Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s bid to stay the sale of two hospitals to Santa Clara C...
Labor/Employment, State Bar & Bar Associations
As legal aid grants increase, bar may restructure grant-making body
By Erin Lee
The State Bar has released its first report detailing the impact of its legal aid grants, in the midst of debate on whether to...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government
Trump nominates 9th Circuit picks, Feinstein cries foul
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Late Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump announced his nominees for seven California federal bench seats, hours after Congres...
Law Practice
Litigator who led Toyota cases moves to Sidley Austin in LA
By Sean Kagan
Litigator Lisa Gilford moved to Sidley Austin LLP from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. Gilford ha...
Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation
PG&E moves to stop payment to some fire victims who settled after bankruptcy filing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
As widely expected, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday morning.
California Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Supreme Court committee clarifies views on judges' work with criminal justice nonprofits
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A state Supreme Court committee has opened the door for members of the judiciary to become more involved in transforming the c...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Bail bond companies sued for conspiring to fix prices
By Meghann Cuniff
A class action filed Tuesday accuses insurance companies of conspiring to fix prices and inflate bail bond premiums, a landmar...
Environmental & Energy, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
SoCalGas wants to remove judge in Porter ranch gas leak cases
By Justin Kloczko
Defense counsel for Southern California Gas Company is seeking to remove Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazu...
The best tactics lawyers can employ when corporate attorneys bring them onto a case is know their stuff and stay in their lane...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Aircraft charter wins $11.9M verdict from former employee
By Sean Kagan
A federal jury has awarded Jet Edge, a Van Nuys-based private aircraft charter company, an $11.9 million verdict against a for...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Government
9th Circuit upholds federal ‘suspicious activity’ reporting program
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A legal effort to block a terror-information sharing program used to track individuals the government finds suspicious suffere...
Immigration
Immigrant mental health suit likely bound for settlement talks
By Blaise Scemama
A complaint filed by a proposed class of asylum seekers, who are asking a judge to enjoin the government to provide them with ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California Lawyers Association will send delegates to the ABA
By Erin Lee
The California Lawyers Association will soon assume five of the State Bar’s 11 seats in the American Bar Association’s policym...
Criminal, Tax
Personal injury attorney is convicted of obstructing tax audit
By Skylar Dubelko
A federal jury has found personal injury attorney Stephen J. Dougan guilty of corruptly obstructing an IRS audit.
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Yahoo must come clean on security breaches, judge says
By Steven Crighton
Before Yahoo Inc. can finalize a $50 million settlement with users affected by a series of data security breaches, company off...
Corporate, Criminal, Government, Civil Litigation, Securities
Delaware chief justice says regulatory pressure on corporations stems from loss of workers’ clout
By Andy Serbe
In his remarks at the Securities Regulation Institute, Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine said working people ...
Civil Rights, Criminal, Government
State prison officials violated agreement to end solitary confinement, judge rules
By Winston Cho
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation engaged in a “systemic misuse” of information provided by confiden...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law
ABA house rejects raising bar passage standard
By Erin Lee
The American Bar Association’s policy-making body rejected a proposal to raise bar passage standards, though the legal educati...
Law Practice
Hogan Lovells chooses new San Francisco office managing partner
By Skylar Dubelko
The firm has named litigator Clay James office managing partner in San Francisco.