Corporate, Law Practice
Anaheim interior surface products distributor hires first general counsel
By Matthew Sanderson
Shawn Baldwin, who comes from Equifax Inc. and Seyfarth Shaw LLP, will be developing Select Interior Concept Inc.’s legal poli...
Law Practice
Munger Tolles vet moves to plaintiff’s side at Reid Collins & Tsai
By Matthew Sanderson
Marc Dworsky, who was lead counsel for all of the nation’s residential mortgage-backed litigation against Wells Fargo, moves t...
Criminal, Intellectual Property
Prosecution rests in Mongols racketeering trial
By Meghann Cuniff
Two retired federal agents who infiltrated outlaw motorcycle gangs recently took the unusual role of defense witnesses for the...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Rare trial over Monster drinks starts in Riverside
By Laurinda Keys
With the jury selected, a personal injury trial began Wednesday involving a Texas man accusing Monster Energy Drinks of causin...
Government, Immigration
State law enforcement provided information that led to deportations
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Thousands of immigrants were deported in the last fiscal year as the result of information sent to the federal government by C...
Corporate, Civil Litigation, Securities
Executive accused of insider trading settles SEC case
By Meghann Cuniff
An executive accused of insider trading will pay $1.5 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission case against him,...
Law Practice
2 Polsinelli labor and employment partners head to Reed Smith
By Andy Serbe
Specialists Michele Haydel Gehrke and Anne Cherry Barnett have left Polsinelli LLP to take point in Reed Smith LLP’s labor dep...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit, Central District picks formally nominated, weeks before congressional session will end
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The White House has filed formal paperwork to nominate five attorneys and one state judge to a slate of federal bench seats in...
California Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for associate justice of the California Supreme Court.
Berkeley Law is eliminating the Boalt name from its campus in light of John Boalt’s racist views.
Government, Civil Litigation
As fires continue, state officials ponder wildfire liability again
By Malcolm Maclachlan
As firefighters battle deadly blazes across California, wildfire liability promises to be one of the biggest issues in the sta...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment
9th Circuit taps UC Berkeley’s Title IX administrator for new workplace director role
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A UC Berkeley administrator who oversees Title IX compliance has been selected as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ first...
Labor/Employment
Post-trial calculation hits employer with $30M in damages
By Andy Serbe
By a federal judge’s post-trial rulings on the nature and calculation of damages in an employment misclassification trial agai...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers for NCAA, athletes debate import of amateurism in closings of landmark trial
By Winston Cho
The National Collegiate Athletic Association argued that its viewers “overwhelmingly oppose” upending the current compensation...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
9th Circuit weighs lawsuit seeking to block Jewish ritual chicken slaughter
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A Virginia-based animal advocacy group trying to stop an Orange County synagogue from practicing the ritual slaughter of chick...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration
Immigrant kids won’t automatically get lawyers, 9th Circuit rules
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigrant children facing deportation will not automatically be given immigration lawyers after 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Government
9th Circuit takes up decades-old mentally ill prisoners case
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Attorneys from Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP are representing the class, which filed a federal lawsuit in 1991 alleging...
Government
Judge rules Santa Monica’s at-large voting system illegal
By Justin Kloczko
A judge has tentatively ruled that the city of Santa Monica’s election system violated the California Voting Rights Act, the 2...
Corporate, Law Practice
Jones Day hires 2 former Supreme Court clerks in LA
By Matthew Sanderson
Brittney Lane Kubisch, who clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Eric Tung, who clerked for Justice Neil...
Micha Liberty, Greg Rizio and Daren Lipinsky have launched Rizio | Liberty | Lipinsky, with offices in Oakland, Riverside, Chi...
Entertainment & Sports, Probate
Stan Lee’s death could spark massive legal battle
By Steven Crighton
If reports of an internal power struggle between Stan Lee's closest confidantes in the months leading up to his death prove ac...
Criminal
30 times more privileged calls recorded in OC than previous sworn testimony revealed
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The number of calls were disclosed Friday in a hearing before Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory L. Prickett, who is o...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
House Democrats press Justice Department on acting AG’s role in Mueller inquiry
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Seven Democratic members of Congress, including three Californians, are calling for President Donald Trump’s pick to run the U...
Government, Law Practice
Palo Alto-based Boies Schiller partner to be Newsom’s chief of staff
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Ann M. O’Leary, Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom’s new chief of staff, may be better known in legal circles than she is to the Sacramen...
Immigration, Labor/Employment
US workers sue Tata, claim citizenship bias
By Blaise Scemama
One of India’s largest outsourcing technology companies faces a federal class action in Northern California alleging the compa...
Government, Civil Litigation
Freedom of Information Act lawsuits jumped last quarter
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
There was a significant jump in Freedom of Information Act lawsuits last quarter, according to a new report that found a backl...
Civil Litigation, Education Law
LSAC ordered to pay $480K in attorney fees
By Erin Lee
The Law School Admission Council was ordered to pay a state agency $480,000 in attorney fees for litigation over accommodation...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary
McConnell-Grassley judicial confirmation push to continue in new Senate session
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The politicization of the judicial appointment process was on full display last week, as Republicans coped publicly with the l...
Government, Immigration
ACLU sues Trump administration over rule against ayslum seekers
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s new rule banning asylum reque...
Government, Civil Litigation
‘Sober living homes’ sue city to block zoning ordinances
By Meghann Cuniff
A closely-watched civil trial pitting sober living homes against the city of Costa Mesa in a battle over government regulation...