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Immigration


A Santa Ana federal judge has awarded attorney fees to petitioner’s counsel in a case where the government denied an Afghan na...


A Los Angeles County judge has ordered a subprime auto loan company to pay $6.2 million in damages for discriminating against ...


The $121 billion is the upper range of what Uber Technologies Inc. owes its drivers in labor code penalties stemming from Priv...


Judges and Judiciary


San Diego judge to retire today

Aug. 1, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

After 15 years on the San Diego County Superior Court, Judge Joel M. Pressman has announced that he will retire today.


Johnson & Johnson attorney Bart Williams hammered at an opposition expert witness Monday in a bellwether case.


Government



The bar decided to obtain input on a proposal to lower the passing score applied to the July 2017 bar exam to 141.4 from the c...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a shareholder suit alleging that leadership at a major California health car...


Government


Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office has shed light on the nomination process for California’s U.S. attorneys by releasing the names...



Pepperdine president takes stand in Title IX case

Jul. 31, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Plaintiffs’ attorneys argued that testimony from administrators showed a discriminatory culture.


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that a conviction under California’s drug offense statute can be conside...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The State Bar has placed former Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson on interim suspension, about six weeks aft...


Johnson & Johnson defense attorneys got their first shot at cross-examining a plaintiff’s witness Friday, questioning the ...


California Courts of Appeal


A state appellate court panel issued two opinions ruling that a case in which a diseased tree fell on a camper is triable agai...


In front of a courtroom packed to capacity with press and protesters, a Los Angeles judge denied an injunction against the res...


Law Practice


Major international law firm, Dentons, expands IP and Technology practice in the U.S.


In Recess


Not your average duffer

Jul. 28, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Gifted golfer Collin L. Waring, an associate at the CGS3 office in San Diego, is no stranger to low scores on the links.


Obituaries


Gordon R. “Sam” Overton, 1949-2017

Jul. 28, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Longtime deputy attorney general Gordon R. “Sam” Overton, who spent much of his 35-year career at the Department of Justice in...


Obituaries


Howard N. Madris 1966-2017

Jul. 28, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Beverly Hills attorney Howard N. Madris, who practiced bankruptcy law for nearly three decades, died suddenly July 20 from wha...


Criminal


State prosecutor charged with uploading child pornography

Jul. 28, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

A deputy attorney general in San Diego is on administrative leave and home detention after being charged with possessing child...


Corporate


Three years into his tenure, Christopher T. Handman, general counsel for Snap Inc., has left the company.



Luxury resort sues “Timeshare Exit Team”

Jul. 28, 2017
By Steven Crighton, Garrett Green

A luxury resort that offers timeshares is suing a firm that offers “timeshare exit” services in federal court, claiming that t...



Toxicologist witness called first in talc trial

Jul. 28, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

A board-certified pharmacologist and toxicologist testifying as the plaintiff’s first witness in the Johnson & Johnson tal...



Judge in CJP-state auditor suit to recuse himself

Jul. 28, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The judge assigned to hear a lawsuit by the Commission on Judicial Performance against California State Auditor Elaine Howle w...


California Supreme Court


State high court says CEQA applies to public projects

Jul. 28, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, pre-empts a federal law in a ca...


California owes 3,400 active and retired judges about $40 million and must pay now, a judge ordered Thursday, but the state mi...


Attorneys for a data analytics company asked a federal judge Thursday to block Microsoft Corp.-owned LinkedIn from preventing ...


Weeks after filing a suit against showrunner Ryan Murphy and FX over her depiction in the Emmy-nominated series, “Feud: Bette ...


Apple Inc. suffered another defeat in an intellectual property case brought by the University of Wisconsin, when a federal jud...


A suit filed in Orange County alleges that after a longtime Toyota dealer created a program to streamline customer repairs in ...