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Education


O'Melveny & Myers LLP gave 14 Los Angeles high school sophomores college scholarships named in honor of former firm chairm...


Law Practice


Former Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert B. Freedman has joined JAMS as a mediator, arbitrator and special master. He...


Education


Commencement 2017

Jun. 10, 2017
By Riley Guerin

Here's a quick look from several law school commencement ceremonies from around the region. ...


Entertainment & Sports


The company argued that its purchase of physical copies of DVDs granted it streaming rights. ...


An African-American woman alleges her former employer subjected her to hurtful racial commentary, including photographs of him...


Immigration


9th Circuit revives challenge to deportation

Jun. 10, 2017
By Joshua Seboldn

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals once again weighed in on the Board of Immigration Appeals process for handling requests ...


General News


American Jewish Committee honoree

Jun. 10, 2017
By Riley Guerin

The annual award is the highest honor the AJC bestows a member of the legal profession. ...


Media


Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's media and First Amendment practice group was honored by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Ernest Goldsmith may spend a few hours or an entire day shuttling between opposing clients in ADR Services Inc.'s meeting room...


Former Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert B. Freedman has joined JAMS as a mediator, arbitrator and special master. He...


Environmental


California is once again on the hook for nearly $1 million in sanctions and attorney fees after a special master report reaffi...


The attorney for confessed mass murderer Scott Dekraai has presented jail records to show the deputies worked with informants,...


Insurance


An insurance provider who refused to settle personal injury claims against its insured, leaving it on the hook on the eve of t...


Bankruptcy


In a case closely watched by the health care industry, a judge has rejected state Attorney General Xavier Becerra's bid to blo...


Appellate Practice, Constitutional Law, Criminal, Government


This week the state high court debates Prop 66, passed narrowly in November and designed to quicken California's criminal exec...



Randolph P. Sinnott, founding partner of Sinnott Puebla Campagne & Curet APLC, has been practicing magic for 50 years. ...


Criminal


Concerned about inconsistencies in sheriff's department officials' testimony, Judge Thomas Goethals said Sheriff Sandra Hutche...


Litigation


A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Uber Technologies Inc.'s bid for a stay while it appeals a lawsuit by an Alphabet Inc. s...


The University of California Board of Regents has hired a former state Supreme Court justice and a Los Angeles law firm to inv...


In a surprise announcement, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross named associate solicitor Joseph Matal to serve as an inter...


The city of Los Angeles got a substantially smaller settlement amount than it had sought related to a downtown apartment fire ...


Environmental


An environmental group has sued to compel the state Department of Water Resources to turn over documents and correspondence re...


Litigation


After barely an hour of deliberation, a jury ruled in favor of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on Wednesday, ending a tri...


Government


Richard Samp's claim that San Francisco's billboard health warning ordinance must be invalidated on First Amendment grounds is...


California Supreme Court


State justice honored

Jun. 8, 2017
By Riley Guerin

Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar of the state Supreme Court was honored by colleagues before her final oral argument session Tuesda...


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce continued its ongoing campaign against litigation finance by petitioning the U.S. Administrative ...


California Supreme Court


The ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation asked the state Supreme Court to make public data collected by LA County law enfor...


Two attorneys from Los Angeles County have filed a putative class action against Infinity Insurance, alleging the insurer ille...


Speaking before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, L. Ashley Aull of the U.S. Attorney's Office argued that U.S...


Criminal


An Orange County judge who's considering dismissing the death penalty in a mass murder case continued a line of questioning Tu...