Opening arguments in Johnson & Johnson talc trial present opposite views of what science shows
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys for a dying woman urged a jury on Wednesday to find that the company should have warned consumers about baby powder
Criminal
US judge denies all post-trial motions in major insider trading case
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The order from U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford clears the way for a new trial for James V. Mazzo, a corporate executive...
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
9th Circuit dismisses False Claims Act lawsuit against for-profit university
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
In a unanimous decision, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday that an appeal brought by relators who filed a lawsuit alleging the Uni...
LA County injunction request seeks earthquake study before Aliso Canyon can reopen
By Justin Kloczko
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
By L.J. Williamson
A unanimous court ruled that judges could consider the facts underlying charges, even when those charges have been dismissed, ...
Judges can again officiate at weddings for money, gifts after recent ban
By Skylar Dubelko
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
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday afternoon that state and local recipients of a federal justice grant program ...
Entertainment & Sports
Ball is in UC’s court as travel ban could cost schools millions in revenue
By Andy Serbe
California’s “travel ban” bill could cost public university athletic departments not just games, recruits, and playoff appeara...
Sunnyvale-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has hired Laurel Finch to lead its legal team as the company’s chief legal o...
VMWare Inc., a cloud infrastructure developer, named Amy M. Fliegelman Olli its next general counsel.
Corporate
Facebook, Baker McKenzie lead child advocacy training program
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Facebook hosted a training event for in-house lawyers on how to defend children.
UK insurance giant Clyde & Co LLP has opened its doors in Los Angeles, the law firm announced Monday.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar issues consumer alerts about two attorneys
By Lyle Moran
The lawyers are accused of misappropriating at least $100,000 in client funds.
Criminal
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to recommend the appointment of Kenneth Clayman as Interim Public Defender
By L.J. Williamson
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plans to recommend the appointment of Kenneth Clayman to the post of interim publi...
After just two months on the job, Los Angeles County Bar Association CEO Rick Cohen has resigned following his efforts to chan...
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
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Department of Water Resources has filed a validation action in Sacramento Superior Court seeking to confirm its...
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
Seeking new trial or acquittal, attorney says juror lied
By Meghann M. Cuniff
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
In misclassification feud, Uber moves to sanction drivers’ lawyer
By Matthew Blake
The lawyer for a class of more than 240,000 current and former Uber drivers in California defied a judge’s protective order an...
Jury hits Nissan for $24.9M in brake failure, but found no malice or fraud
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury delivered a $24.9 million verdict against Nissan North America Friday, finding the car manuf...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Staff had suggested destroying more than 2,300 fingerprint cards the agency had never sent to law enforcement.