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Attorneys for a dying woman urged a jury on Wednesday to find that the company should have warned consumers about baby powder


The order from U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford clears the way for a new trial for James V. Mazzo, a corporate executive...



Jury awards $9.4M for music rights

Jul. 27, 2017
By Steven Crighton


Deputy Attorney General Erika Hiramatsu, who will become chair this fall, is keeping an open mind about whether the bar exam p...


The rate at which securities fraud class actions are filed in federal court hit an all-time high for the first half of 2017, a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a unanimous decision, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday that an appeal brought by relators who filed a lawsuit alleging the Uni...


An injunction request filed by Los Angeles County seeks to halt resumed natural gas injections at the Aliso Canyon facility th...


A potential $1 billion real estate lawsuit spanning 14 years between four brothers undramatically fizzled out on the eve of tr...


California Supreme Court


Court gives judges more leeway in resentencing

Jul. 26, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

A unanimous court ruled that judges could consider the facts underlying charges, even when those charges have been dismissed, ...


After a 6½-month ban, judges may get paid for performing marriage ceremonies on weekends and legal holidays.


An attorney for two former Pepperdine University women’s basketball players who are suing the school on Tuesday grilled the fo...


Government


Sessions announces rules targeting sanctuary jurisdictions

Jul. 26, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday afternoon that state and local recipients of a federal justice grant program ...


Entertainment & Sports


California’s “travel ban” bill could cost public university athletic departments not just games, recruits, and playoff appeara...


Corporate


CrowdStrike hires new GC ahead of IPO

Jul. 25, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Sunnyvale-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has hired Laurel Finch to lead its legal team as the company’s chief legal o...


Corporate


VMWare nabs Avaya’s general counsel

Jul. 25, 2017
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

VMWare Inc., a cloud infrastructure developer, named Amy M. Fliegelman Olli its next general counsel.


Corporate


Facebook hosted a training event for in-house lawyers on how to defend children.



UK insurance law giant opens doors in LA

Jul. 25, 2017
By Skylar Dubelko

UK insurance giant Clyde & Co LLP has opened its doors in Los Angeles, the law firm announced Monday.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The lawyers are accused of misappropriating at least $100,000 in client funds.


The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plans to recommend the appointment of Kenneth Clayman to the post of interim publi...



LA Bar CEO out after two months

Jul. 25, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

After just two months on the job, Los Angeles County Bar Association CEO Rick Cohen has resigned following his efforts to chan...


Immigration


US resumes speedy processing of some H-1B visas

Jul. 25, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Business immigration attorneys were divided on whether the development was positive and timely for their clients or an attempt...


Administrative/Regulatory


State water agency claims it can issue $11B in bonds

Jul. 25, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California Department of Water Resources has filed a validation action in Sacramento Superior Court seeking to confirm its...



Jury gets Jones-Jackson royalties dispute

Jul. 25, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The jury must determine how much of a $30 million request by Quincy Jones is owed, if any.


On Monday, the lead counsel for Pepperdine University attempted to pick apart the credibility of one of the two plaintiffs sui...


Companies hoping to compel websites to identify anonymous users who post defamatory statements received a major victory when a...


Criminal


A federal judge on Monday expressed skepticism about arguments for two men convicted of insider stock trading.


A secondary issue in a 12-day-old Supreme Court ruling proved binding Monday in a Private Attorneys General Act trial court di...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The lawyer for a class of more than 240,000 current and former Uber drivers in California defied a judge’s protective order an...


A Los Angeles Superior Court jury delivered a $24.9 million verdict against Nissan North America Friday, finding the car manuf...


Staff had suggested destroying more than 2,300 fingerprint cards the agency had never sent to law enforcement.