Corporate, Health Care & Hospital Law
IT solutions provider Nutanix welcomes new chief legal officer
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Nutanix Inc. hired Tyler E. Wall to be its new chief legal officer.
The plot has thickened in a feud between the Anaheim Ducks’ stadium owners and their former vice president of finance, with an...
Corporate, Law Practice
Bay Area Asian American General Counsel celebrate 100 GCs
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The Bay Area now counts 100 Asian Americans leading in-house legal departments, a milestone celebrated at a reception in Palo ...
Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
US Supreme Court allows travel ban to start
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
In a victory for the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the latest version of its travel ban to co...
Criminal
Defense argues government key witness is reason to dismiss all charges
By Meghann Cuniff
Clifford M. Sloan used the new, incriminating statements from his client’s former co-defendant when arguing for the dismissal.
Corporate
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles hires new general counsel
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Ellen R.Z. Rosen, a veteran estate planning and tax attorney, has been named general counsel of the Jewish Community Foundatio...
A three-year legal battle over killer whales heated up last week as SeaWorld struggled to stall lawsuits in Northern and South...
Yehlen “Mary” Dorothea Brooks operated an immigration firm in Stockton, where she charged clients between $3,000 and $16,000, ...
Law Practice, U.S. Supreme Court
UCLA law professor and students win a string of Supreme Court reviews
By L.J. Williamson
When Stuart Banner argues before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, it will be the seventh case he and his team of students at th...
The agency is also transferring administration of its insurance and other discount programs.
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Feinstein reviewing disputed ABA testimony on judicial nominee
By Eli Wolfe
Sen. Dianne Feinstein made a rare request to postpone the nomination hearing for a controversial candidate to the 8th Circuit ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge’s dying words lamented he could no longer help people
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Judge Harry Pregerson’s last words were, “I’m no longer physically able to help people,” his daughter told a memorial service.
Intellectual property law firm Patterson & Sheridan is opening its sixth U.S. office in San Diego .
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit gears up to hear travel ban arguments
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Legal observers said that they expect similar arguments Wednesday regarding President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban before a 9t...
Criminal, Immigration
Mexican national acquitted of murder, manslaughter in Steinle killing
By Winston Cho
In a verdict that prompted audible gasps in the courtroom, a Mexican national was found not guilty of the murder or manslaught...
Civil Litigation, Government
Legislature paid $1.9M in 25 years to settle claims, attorney’s report says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A new report compiled by a Los Angeles attorney details $1.9 million in sexual harassment settlements by the Legislature in th...
Administrative/Regulatory, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
SEC says administrative judges not constitutional
By Eli Wolfe
The Securities and Exchange Commission was forced to acknowledge its own judicial process is not constitutional after the Just...
Civil Litigation
Judge to decide if actions were illegal or incompetent
By Meghann Cuniff
The case pits minority shareholders against majority shareholders and executives accused of illegally backdating stock options.
Government, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Employers who require English are under more scrutiny
By Matthew Blake
The state agency that polices workplace discrimination is filing lawsuits against employers who tell workers to speak English,...
Timothy Healy grabbed his chances to become a Calaveras County judge, find a wife.
Criminal, Government
Former U.S. attorney pleads guilty to trying to sell whistleblower documents
By Caroline Hart
Former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Jeffrey Wertkin has pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and one ...
Criminal
Judge dismisses child pornography charges after suppressing evidence
By Meghann Cuniff
The judge said the image of a naked girl wearing a collar was legal erotica, not pornography, and didn’t depict bondage.
Kinsella Weitzman partner David Swift has been playing competitive soccer since he was 5.
A federal judge cautioned Facebook Inc. against celebrating too early in a privacy dispute, explaining that he wasn’t fully co...
Antonia “Tonie” Darling, who will start Dec. 18, previously worked at the agency.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Holly J. Fujie will be the new chair.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup questioned the deputy general counsel of Uber Technologies Inc. about why she didn’t disclos...
Intellectual Property
Jury to decide if ‘comic-con’ trademark should die
By Steven Crighton
If the jury finds the term is generic, it’s likely there will be a mad dash by lower level conventions to capitalize on the ne...
Government
Legislature’s decision to hire harassment investigators is criticized
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Legislature’s decision to hire two firms to investigate sexual harassment claims by women in the Capitol has drawn f...
Law Practice
Pierce Sergenian LLP splits after less than a year in business
By Andy Serbe
Litigation boutique Pierce Sergenian LLP has split after less than a year in business, according to court documents in one of ...