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California Watchdog Finds Lawyer Involved in Tax-Sharing Deals Not Guilty

A California lawyer has been cleared of violating state conflict-of-interest rules after brokering a tax incentive deal between Best Buy…

Gov. Newsom Signs Law Replacing Term ‘Alien’ With ‘Noncitizen’ or ‘Immigrant’

The state of California passed laws in 2015 and 2016 to ban the term from its labor and education code.…

Allen & Overy Expands Tech Team, Hires Seven Partners From White & Case

Allen & Overy Expands Tech Team, Hires Seven Partners From White & Case Allen & Overy has announced the addition…

Katten Faces $950 Million Malpractice Liability Lawsuit

Katten Faces $950 Million Malpractice Liability Lawsuit Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is facing a $950 million malpractice lawsuit as a…

California Will Not Make New Bar Exam Cut Score Retroactive

The California Supreme Court issued an order Monday making a lower passing score for the state's bar exam official, but…

California Law School Deans Urge the Court to Apply New Bar Exam Cut Score Retroactively

The California Supreme Court’s recent decision to lower its notoriously high bar exam’s cut score is great news for recent…

California Permanently Lowers Bar Exam Score, Sets Online Exam for October

The California Supreme Court decided to permanently lower the cut score for the passing exam and offer recent law grads…

Best Law Schools in California

Home to some of the best law schools in the nation, California has twenty American Bar Association accredited law schools,…

California Lawmakers Urge Court to Lower Bar Exam Passing Score

In response to the historically low 26.8% pass rate on the February bar exam, four state lawmakers have urged the…

California Bar Exam Pass Rates Drop to a Historic Low 26.8%

The results of the February 2020 California Bar Exam are in, and to say they aren't pretty would be an…

Sacramento County Says It’s Illegal to Work on Your Own Car in Your Own Garage

This type of common auto repair is no longer permitted at home in Sacramento County. Residents of Sacramento County might…

Disbarred California Attorney Wade Robertson Upset about Newspaper Article

Summary: A California attorney who has since been disbarred had his defamation lawsuit against a newspaper thrown out. A California…