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California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that data gathered by police license plate scanners is not entitled to protections give...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Members of the Committee of Bar Examiners said they did not have data to support reducing the standard.


Government, International Law


The second round of renegotiation of NAFTA begins in Mexico City on Friday, only two weeks after the first round was concluded.


In Recess


Ocean Voyager

Sep. 1, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Blank Rome LLP associate Erica A. Swensson, who started sailing at age 3, has competed in long distance yacht races traveling ...


Civil Litigation, Government


Attorney General Xavier Becerra won a Pyrrhic victory this week in a suit claiming the U.S. Department of the Interior illegal...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that testimony regarding Paul Tanaka’s involvement in the Lynwood Vikings...


Labor/Employment, State Bar & Bar Associations


The union said it is frustrated by the lack of progress with contract negotiations


Civil Litigation


A federal judge voiced skepticism about wiretapping violations alleged against Uber Technologies Inc. by a plaintiff seeking t...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Daniel B. Hayes was a key witness in a case where his employer is suing Hayes’ former firm for alleged violation of profession...


Google Inc. was forced to give the federal government access to emails stored on overseas servers after a small team from the ...


Education Law


UCLA School of Law alumnus A. Barry Cappello has donated $1 million to his alma mater to overhaul its trial advocacy program.


State Bar & Bar Associations


The agency presented a new option to board committees due to data about the impact it could have on diversity.


California Courts of Appeal, Criminal


The published decision by the 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed a murder conviction for an Orange County man who committed...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


It’s likely movie-goers would have had the chance to see a film version of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” starring Jennifer L...


Claims that California State University Los Angeles snubbed Sheila Hudson from the athletic director job because she is a woma...


Civil Litigation


Fired company employee wins $15M jury verdict

Aug. 31, 2017
By James Getz

A Los Angeles County jury has awarded a former Snap-On Tools maintenance supervisor $15 million, believing his claim that he w...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the government may not remove a Mexican citizen living in the Unite...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A concert organizer denied his former law firm ever had a membership stake in his company during his examination Wednesday in ...


Government, Immigration, Civil Litigation


San Francisco and Santa Clara counties filed motions Wednesday seeking permanent injunctions to block President Donald J. Trum...


Civil Litigation


A federal jury faulted both sides in a defamation and fraud lawsuit award, ending a contentious trial.


Civil Litigation, Government, Law Practice


A Southern California law firm made a last-ditch attempt to avoid surrendering records to the Consumer Financial Protection Bu...



Civil Litigation


Legal recruiter Gregg Ziskind prevailed in a claim that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP breached an oral contract with him b...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


The Commission on Judicial Performance announced a new rule Tuesday that will make it easier to temporarily suspend judges, br...


Government, Immigration


Government to require interviews for some green card holders

Aug. 30, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The government will begin requiring in-person interviews for certain green card applicants in order to comply with President D...


Civil Litigation, Civil Rights


A law firm has sued over the suffocation death of a mentally ill man whose mother called police for assistance in getting him ...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Government


About three dozen energy companies being sued in California over climate change issues have removed those cases to federal cou...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Consumer attorneys’ annual Las Vegas convention, the biggest trial lawyer gathering in the country, kicks off on Thursday runn...


Government


Campaign disclosure law advances in state Legislature

Aug. 30, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A key state Senate committee passed a campaign disclosure law Tuesday that would require political ads to clearly list the top...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


After decades of conflict between the heirs of John Steinbeck over the rights to his works, a trial that could clear the way f...