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Former Paul Hastings LLP partners Tiffany K. Lee and Matthew D. Berger have joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and launch...


Administrative/Regulatory, Civil Litigation


Pacific Gas and Electric Co. provided a detailed description of the transmission tower that plaintiffs in lawsuits claim start...


Attorney Dale Galipo is seeking a big damages verdict in a police excessive force lawsuit


Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions


Latham & Watkins LLP, Cooley LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP handled the most initial public offerings in 2018, acco...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


Kenneth K. Lee, a nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, failed to disclose controversial writings on affirmative a...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports, Government


The city of Oakland sued the Oakland Raiders football franchise along with the National Football League and each of its other ...


California Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


Chief justice decries attacks on judiciary

Dec. 12, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye decried the political pressure being placed on the judicial branch at her annual ...


California Courts of Appeal, Labor/Employment


Attorneys for the state and a Jewish temple school clashed Tuesday over whether a trial court properly exempted the school’s t...


Civil Rights, Education Law


Santa Barbara parents sue over diversity training

Dec. 12, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

The lawsuit says the program discriminates against white people, males and Christians.


LSAT takers will use Microsoft Surface Go tablets when they sit for the exam next year.


A federal judge allowed a court challenge to go forward against a Trump administration policy ending a program reuniting child...


Criminal, Government


Law enforcement divided on federal prison bill

Dec. 12, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

A proposal to reduce federal prison sentences is headed for a Senate vote this month with support from some law enforcement gr...


Civil Litigation


Porn star must pay Trump $293K, judge says

Dec. 12, 2018
By Steven Crighton

An unsuccessful defamation lawsuit adult film actress Stormy Daniels recently said she didn't want to file will cost her nearl...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration


A full panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges pressed attorneys Monday on the particulars of how providing counsel ...


Government, Civil Litigation


The verdict followed four weeks of testimony in a closely-watched case about regulating the growing industry


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


The state Supreme Court upheld Monday the legality of second meal break waivers for health care workers on 12-hour shifts in a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court


With the backdrop of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent directive to broadly interpret the protections afforded to officers throu...


Government, Civil Litigation


The state Senate has opted not to challenge a tentative ruling allowing a former employee’s retaliation case to move forward.


Special Coverage


ADL raises over $1M at annual gala

Dec. 11, 2018
By Kibkabe Araya

Anti-Defamation League Los Angeles held its Annual Gala Celebration on Dec. 4 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills



Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar ruled in the plaintiffs' favor to move the suit to California, after learning the Swiss multi...


Criminal, Government, Civil Litigation


Two federal judges presented a united front as attorneys resolved the 10-year criminal and civil saga involving charges agains...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration


Rosenstein suggests creation of centralized immigration appellate court

Dec. 10, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg, Chase DiFeliciantonio

The second in command at the U.S. Department of Justice is reviving a decades-old debate over how to adjudicate immigration ca...


Corporate, Law Practice


Embattled electric automaker Tesla Inc. has named Dane H. Butswinkas, chair of Williams & Connolly LLP, as general counsel.


Civil Litigation


1st jury verdict on energy drinks goes to defense

Dec. 10, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

In the first personal injury trial against an energy drink company to reach a verdict, a Riverside County jury ruled unanimous...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


OC judge denies evidentiary hearing in recordings case

Dec. 10, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

“I don’t think we’re there yet,” Judge Gregory Prickett said. “There may be more forthcoming, but right now the court is not p...


California Courts of Appeal, Environmental & Energy


A 2nd District Court of Appeals panel appeared to equally grill parties involved in a lawsuit alleging oil producers were ille...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Brown chooses two more aides as superior court judges

Dec. 10, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Continuing a recent trend, Gov. Jerry Brown has named two more of his aides to the bench.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Immigration


The American Bar Association released new standards for the detention, care, legal representation and adjudication of unaccomp...


Labor/Employment


Though the legal industry saw a slight national employment decline in November, California legal jobs trended upward, based on...