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UCLA can't again allow pro-Hamas protesters to set up anti-Jewish 'checkpoints' on campus, judge says
An L.A. federal judge has issued an injunction forbidding UCLA leadership from again allowing pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protesters to set up "Jew Exclusion Zones" on campus, as they did this spring -
Judge on paraquat pesticide multi-district lawsuit: plaintiff witness's methodology equates to 'cooking the books'
A California lawmaker is pressing to ban the pesticide paraquat despite a federal judge’s recent conclusion in several civil lawsuits that expert witness testimony had failed to prove the chemical causes Parkinson’s disease. -
Lawsuit: UCLA leaders' 'cowardice' enabled antisemitic harassment, bigotry to flourish amid protests
The lawsuit filed by three Jewish students accused UCLA of violating their constitutional and civil rights and endangered Jewish students and faculty by allowing pro-Hamas antisemitic protests and imagery to proliferate and flourish on campus this spring -
UCLA study: 'Most energy-efficient appliance programs aren't saving energy'
A new study found that energy-efficient appliance programs administered by the state are not as energy efficient as predicted -
Tampons, pads now free in five LA public libraries, UCLA men's, women's, trans bathrooms
The University of California in Los Angeles offering complimentary pads and tampons in men’s, women’s, and transgender campus bathrooms is a significant cost that will eventually lead to higher taxes. -
Non-Fungible Tokens: The Most Hollywood Idea of All? on April 7, 2022
Non-Fungible Tokens: The Most Hollywood Idea of All? on April 7, 2022. -
Jones Day's Rasha Gerges Shields and Jason Wright named to Los Angeles Business Journal's 2022 Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys list
Jones Day's Rasha Gerges Shields and Jason Wright named to Los Angeles Business Journal's 2022 Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys list. -
Ogletree Deakins Expands Workplace Safety and Health Practice in California
Ogletree Deakins Expands Workplace Safety and Health Practice in California. -
Legal observer calls $73 million UCLA sex abuse settlement 'institution friendly'; Plaintiff attorneys to get up to $8.76 million
A federal judge has approved a $73 million class action sex abuse settlement resulting from litigation brought against the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and a former gynecologist, but a legal observer argues the amount is unreasonable and low. -
UCLA doctor: False positive screening mammograms more likely for COVID-vaccinated women
Women who have undergone immunization for COVID-19 are more likely to experience a positive screening mammogram, according to a UCLA physician -
JONES DAY: Rasha Gerges Shields elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
Rasha Gerges Shields, a partner in Jones Day's State Attorney General Enforcement, Investigations & Litigation Practice resident in the Los Angeles Office, has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Membership is limited to just one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. -
NELSON MULLINS: Nelson Mullins Awards Sixth Year of Diversity Scholarships
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has awarded its sixth year of diversity scholarships to three law students: Zahra Asadi, Alberto Lugo, and Eva Diaz. -
REED SMITH LLP: Two Reed Smith partners named among California’s “Top Women Lawyers” for 2021
Two of Reed Smith’s partners have been named to the Daily Journal’s annual list of the “Top Women Lawyers” in California for 2021. -
Trial opens in Los Angeles accusing cosmetic supplier Whittaker Clarke & Daniels of causing a woman’s mesothelioma
LOS ANGELES - In one of the first in-person talc trials to be held after a year of court closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attorneys for plaintiff Linda Zimmerman will attempt to convince a jury that talc powder laced with asbestos and supplied by New Jersey- based Whittaker Clarke & Daniels caused Zimmerman’s mesothelioma, a deadly disease of the linings of the lungs. -
BLANK ROME LLP: Blank Rome Expands Privacy, Security & Data Protection Practice with Leading Team in California
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome three new attorneys to the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, notably enhancing the firm’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice: partners Sharon R. Klein, who will serve as chair of the Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice, and Alex C. Nisenbaum, as well as associate Karen H. Shin. -
FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP: Do Black Lives Matter in Hollywood?
Recent acts of appalling racial injustice have led to predictable gestures of support for the Black community by Hollywood studios, networks, and other entertainment companies. -
BALLARD SPAHR LLP: Ballard Spahr’s Daniel M. Mayeda Elected as Co-Chair of Los Angeles County Citizens Redistricting Commission
Daniel M. Mayeda, an attorney in the Los Angeles office of Ballad Spahr, has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) and elected as its co-chair. -
San Diego football coach sues Gov. Newsom over COVID ban on high school sports
A year ago, Nicholas Gardinera,17, was being recruited by universities for an athletic scholarship but COVID-19 restrictions have blocked and tackled his senior year in high school -
SHEPPARD MULLIN: Sheppard Mullin’s Samantha C. Grant Becomes First Woman of Color to Chair The ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
Sheppard Mullin is pleased to announce that partner Samantha C. Grant has become Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law. -
Supreme court permanently lowers bar exam score for student lawyers
California Supreme Court moves bar exam online