California Courts of Appeal
4th District panel says OC judge was right again on jailhouse informants
By Meghann Cuniff
The Orange County Superior Court judge overseeing an unprecedented evidence hearing in a capital case was correct last year wh...
U.S. Supreme Court
California’s concealed carry law stands, as U.S. high court decides against cert
By James Getz
With its decision Monday to not hear a case challenging California’s statutes restricting concealed carrying of firearms in pu...
Judges and Judiciary
San Diego County Superior Court looks to close commissioner courtrooms, offers severance
By Justin Kloczko
Citing a $6 million deficit coming into the next fiscal year, San Diego County Superior Court is offering severance packages t...
Criminal
OC Sheriff’s Department official’s testimony contradicts colleague
By Meghann Cuniff
An assistant public defender trying to get the death penalty dismissed against a mass murderer spent Monday eliciting testimon...
Litigation
Judge dismisses shareholder class action against Sempra Energy and SoCalGas
By Andy Serbe
Southern California Gas Company beat a shareholder class action on Wednesday when Judge Roger T. Benitez granted a motion to d...
Litigation
Plaintiffs’ lawyers reach $115M data breach settlement with Anthem
By James Getz
Health insurer Anthem Inc. has reached a proposed $115 million settlement agreement in a class action stemming from a 2015 dat...
Litigation
Evidence reopened after government lawyers claim key witness lied
By Eli Wolfe
The outcome of a $65 million trial over a damaged blimp has been thrown into question after a magistrate judge agreed to reope...
An Ethiopian man has won another chance to avoid government-imposed removal from the U.S. following a decision by the 9th U.S....
A prosecutor said Friday that he’s close to a plea deal for one of Orange County’s most prolific jail informants, who has been...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Proposed sports field causes parking concern from LA Superior Court judges
By Justin Kloczko
A proposed sports complex that would take away Santa Monica Courthouse parking has prompted concerns about a lack of access to...
Litigation
Fired African-American Wells Fargo teller beats summary judgment motion
By Matthew Blake
A Los Angeles County judge ruled Friday that a fired African-American employee’s wrongful termination and racial discriminatio...
Anthony Pompliano claims he wasn’t given a chance to review the arbitration agreement.
Criminal
Lawmaker’s bill would classify covert condom removal as rape
By L.J. Williamson
A bill in the state Legislature would define the removal of a condom as an act of rape.
Litigation
Judge gives green light to whistleblowers’ depositions in Civic San Diego case
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A San Diego Superior Court judge has allowed plaintiffs in a case against Civic San Diego, the successor to the city’s former ...
Entertainment & Sports
Lawsuit claims Disney lifted elements for “Inside Out”
By Steven Crighton
The plaintiff claims to have approached Disney with a similar story years before the film’s release.
Ingrid K. Campagne and Charles T. Sheldon, a married pair of Walsworth partners, have been rescuing shelter dogs through their...
The Los Angeles Paralegal Association celebrated annual Paralegal Day on June 7 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club .
Litigation
Judge seems likely to allow ramen antitrust case to continue
By Joshua Sebold
A federal judge said he was inclined to let litigation proceed in an international antitrust case accusing South Korean ramen ...
Immigration, Labor & Employment
Retaliation lawsuit against attorney over threat is revived
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A lawyer who outed one of his client’s employees to immigration authorities violated federal labor retaliation laws, the 9th U...
Commercial developers have scored a major appellate win in a high-profile legal and political battle over the future of Malibu...
Civil Rights, Government, Litigation
Man convicted for domestic violence sues for right to own a firearm
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A man has sued the California Department of Justice, claiming he was improperly denied a gun license despite two court orders ...
The FBI arrested a former attorney from Dentons U.S. LLP on Thursday for allegedly threatening to leak sensitive internal data...
Criminal
High court brushes off ‘minor’ constitutional violations in two criminal rulings
By L.J. Williamson
In two criminal law decisions issued Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court excused apparent violations of defendants’ constitutiona...
Litigation, Intellectual Property
Latham wins big for Arista in patent dispute with Cisco
By Andy Serbe
Latham & Watkins LLP helped Arista Networks Inc. escape a $600 million requested penalty on Wednesday in a long-running pa...
Judges and Judiciary, Litigation
Judges want judge to enforce judge pay ruling
By Matthew Blake
Declaring that, “The state of California refuses to comply with the law,” attorneys for a class of 3,400 active and retired Ca...
Leslie R. Caldwell, a former U.S. assistant attorney general who prosecuted the Enron executives, will join Latham & Watki...
Litigation, Personal Injury & Torts
Federal jury hits TransUnion for $60M in credit misreporting case
By James Getz
A federal jury has handed down a $60 million verdict in a class action against TransUnion, finding the credit reporting agency...
Government, Litigation
Judge won’t halt lawsuit against Costa Mesa short-term housing law
By Meghann Cuniff
A housing discrimination lawsuit targeting a Costa Mesa motel ordinance is headed to trial after an Orange County judge reject...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiff claims Four Seasons Hotels ducking arbitration in $300M dispute
By Eli Wolfe
The owners of the Los Angeles Burton Way Hotels Ltd. filed a scathing motion earlier this week against its manager, Four Seaso...
Criminal, Law Practice
Bookkeeper admits stealing $1.3M from law firm
By Meghann Cuniff
A former bookkeeper and office manager at an Orange County law firm pleaded guilty Wednesday to 53 felonies related to the the...