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California Courts of Appeal


The Orange County Superior Court judge overseeing an unprecedented evidence hearing in a capital case was correct last year wh...


With its decision Monday to not hear a case challenging California’s statutes restricting concealed carrying of firearms in pu...


Citing a $6 million deficit coming into the next fiscal year, San Diego County Superior Court is offering severance packages t...


An assistant public defender trying to get the death penalty dismissed against a mass murderer spent Monday eliciting testimon...


Southern California Gas Company beat a shareholder class action on Wednesday when Judge Roger T. Benitez granted a motion to d...


Health insurer Anthem Inc. has reached a proposed $115 million settlement agreement in a class action stemming from a 2015 dat...


The outcome of a $65 million trial over a damaged blimp has been thrown into question after a magistrate judge agreed to reope...


Immigration


An Ethiopian man has won another chance to avoid government-imposed removal from the U.S. following a decision by the 9th U.S....


Criminal


Jail informant close to a deal, after 11 years

Jun. 26, 2017
By Meghann Cuniff

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


A proposed sports complex that would take away Santa Monica Courthouse parking has prompted concerns about a lack of access to...


A Los Angeles County judge ruled Friday that a fired African-American employee’s wrongful termination and racial discriminatio...


Litigation


Former Snapchat employee seeks to avoid arbitration

Jun. 26, 2017
By Steven Crighton

Anthony Pompliano claims he wasn’t given a chance to review the arbitration agreement.


Criminal


A bill in the state Legislature would define the removal of a condom as an act of rape.


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


The plaintiff claims to have approached Disney with a similar story years before the film’s release.


In Recess


Ingrid K. Campagne and Charles T. Sheldon, a married pair of Walsworth partners, have been rescuing shelter dogs through their...


Community News


The Los Angeles Paralegal Association celebrated annual Paralegal Day on June 7 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club .


Litigation


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

Jun. 23, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A lawyer who outed one of his client’s employees to immigration authorities violated federal labor retaliation laws, the 9th U...


California Courts of Appeal


Developers win in Malibu legal fight

Jun. 23, 2017
By Kevin Lee

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


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...


In two criminal law decisions issued Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court excused apparent violations of defendants’ constitutiona...


Litigation, Intellectual Property


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

Jun. 22, 2017
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...


Law Practice


Former Enron prosecutor to join Latham & Watkins

Jun. 22, 2017
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Leslie R. Caldwell, a former U.S. assistant attorney general who prosecuted the Enron executives, will join Latham & Watki...


Litigation, Personal Injury & Torts


A federal jury has handed down a $60 million verdict in a class action against TransUnion, finding the credit reporting agency...


Government, Litigation


A housing discrimination lawsuit targeting a Costa Mesa motel ordinance is headed to trial after an Orange County judge reject...


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

Jun. 22, 2017
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...