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Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Steinbeck’s heir dealt sour grapes

Sep. 7, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Jury tells author’s daughter-in-law to stop blocking films.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Grubhub’s legal team went on the attack Wednesday in a bench trial in which the company is accused of misclassifying a driver...


An Orange County jury convicted a man in a long-running case after a judge prohibited a first-degree murder charge.


Alternative Dispute Resolution, California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


The plaintiff who lost a false advertising trial against JAMS in May has petitioned the state Supreme Court to review the tria...


Civil Litigation


The co-founding partner of a firm denied in testimony Wednesday that he “hates” a former partner who is now CEO of a concert p...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The agency’s recommendation of three options now heads to the state Supreme Court, which has the final say.


Civil Litigation, Government


A bill likely to soon land on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk would clarify the state auditor has the power to audit state commissions.


Law Practice


Sidley Austin hires former federal prosecutor

Sep. 7, 2017
By Skylar Dubelko

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jean-Claude André has joined Sidley Austin LLP’s Supreme Court and appellate practice as a part...


Civil Litigation, Insurance


Auto insurance giant Geico Indemnity Co. triumphed against two plaintiffs who accused the company of failing to obtain their a...


Civil Litigation, Government


The San Francisco city attorney’s office announced a settlement Wednesday in a case that determined the founders of a self-des...


California Courts of Appeal, Criminal


A California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a man who entered the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles...


Immigration, Labor/Employment


Attorneys and experts are divided on how to advise clients and companies in the wake of an announcement by the Trump administr...


Labor/Employment


Attorneys for Grubhub Inc. and one of the company’s former drivers exchanged opening arguments Tuesday in a case that could de...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


The state Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with two related cases on whether, after many years, United Farm Worker inactivity...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A managing partner at a law firm that went into business with a former client’s concert promotion company testified that he ha...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Five retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judges considered to be among the top neutral billers in the state are leaving ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Colin P. Wong, the longtime administrator of the State Bar Court, is one of the employees who is retiring.


Labor/Employment


A former T-Mobile Inc. retail store manager in Ontario got more than $5 million from a San Bernardino jury, finding that the c...


Criminal, Government


Expungement expanded for some nonviolent criminals

Sep. 6, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill expanding expungement opportunities for “triple nons” — criminals convicted of nonviol...


Civil Litigation


Pierce Sergenian LLP has filed a motion to disqualify Perkins Coie LLP from an eight-figure dispute regarding the reality tele...


Corporate, Law Practice


David King, a former principal at one of the world’s largest private equity and financial services corporations, joins Kirklan...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Government


Courthouse News Service has filed an appeal with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in hopes of overturning a judicial orde...


Labor/Employment


A bench trial starting Tuesday cuts to the heart of the sharing economy, likely deciding if its workers are employees or freel...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Government


The bill would split off the agency’s specialty practice groups, known as sections.


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court will meet Tuesday with just six justices, as Gov. Jerry Brown has yet to name a successor to Justice K...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar’s admissions director to retire

Sep. 5, 2017
By Lyle Moran

Gayle Murphy will depart after 37 years with the bar.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A class of former hired soldiers who worked in Iraq while U.S. troops were being withdrawn may proceed with a class action aga...



Steinbeck executive producer contract questioned

Sep. 5, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Plaintiffs say Thomas Steinbeck’s executive producer contract took money from their coffers.


Civil Litigation


A dermatologist was the subject of a tense cross examination on Friday that resulted in a superior court judge announcing that...



San Bernadino deputy DA allegedly attacked

Sep. 5, 2017
By Lila Seidman

A woman believed to be a San Bernardino deputy district attorney was assaulted while jogging in Newport Beach early on Thursda...