Special Reports
Judicial Profile
Presiding Judge Sergio Tapia relies on innovation and teamwork to run nation's largest trial court
MCLE
SEC at the door? Mind your ethics - and your client
When the SEC comes knocking, corporate counsel must call ...
By Alanna G. Clair, Shari L. KlevensMilitary bases' new names sound like the old Confederate ones
Military bases previously renamed to remove Confederate a...
By Eileen C. MooreFrom Sacramento to Shiraz: Practical steps for registering California divorce judgments abroad
A California divorce decree is binding throughout the U.S...
By Abbas Hadjian
Today's News
Immigration, Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs allege worsening violations in ICE and CBP child detention
By Skyler Romero
Plaintiffs in the Flores case say ICE and CBP continue violating settlement mandates, subjecting children to prolonged, unsafe detention despite court orders...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Tung makes early mark on 9th Circuit with solo dissent, statement
By Craig Anderson
While most new 9th Circuit judges remain quiet for months, Judge Eric C. Tung has already issued a dissent and statement in politically charged cases, aligni...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
LA fails to undo court limits on LAPD's less-lethal launchers
By Skyler Romero
A federal judge refused to dissolve an injunction governing LAPD's crowd-control weapons, saying the city's challenge to plaintiffs' standing must wait while...
Intellectual Property
X Corp. sues former engineer for allegedly stealing millions of lines of code
By Daniel Schrager
In a new lawsuit, X Corp. claims a fired employee used stolen code and confidential materials to create her own software company--and later boasted about it.
Intellectual Property
Umberg pooh-poohs Trump plan to limit state AI oversight
By Malcolm Maclachlan
At a Stanford hearing, Sen. Tom Umberg said Congress will not produce national AI rules -- speaking just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled an execu...
Immigration, Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs allege worsening violations in ICE and CBP child detention
By Skyler Romero
Plaintiffs in the Flores case say ICE and CBP continue violating settlement mandates, subjecting children to prolonged, unsafe detention despite court orders...
Columns
Torts/Personal Injury, Evidence
Evidence Code § 801.1: Leveling the playing field in personal injury cases
By Robert S. Glassman, Joe O'Hanlon
California's Evidence Code Section 801.1 requires all medical causation opinions -- whether from plaintiffs or defendants -- t...
Construction, Administrative/Regulatory
California's bike lane boom is outpacing safety oversight
By Yosi Yahoudai, Stephen Lockard
California's infrastructure boom is delivering new bike lanes and roadways at record speed -- but oversight hasn't kept pace. ...
Liability insurers' use of catch-all language in Intellectual Property and Habitability exclusions -- designed to eliminate co...
Verdicts & Settlements
| Bad Faith | Cristin Morneau, individual... | $153,000,000 |
| Breach of Contract | P&P Industries LLC and JT3 ... | $29,306,734 |
| Breach of Contract | The Residences at Depot Str... | $5,000,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Andrea Sosa, on behalf of h... | $4,400,000 |
| Auto v. Pedestrian | Neeko Dedrick Alonzo Walker... | $3,250,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Cecilia Perez, individually... | $2,975,000 |
| Wage and Hour | Mary Magdalena Mejia, indiv... | $1,950,000 |
| Malpractice | Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Medic... | $1,500,000 |
| Malpractice | Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Medic... | $1,500,000 |
| Breach of Contract | John Demas and Robert Burzi... | $1,444,867 |
On the Move
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C.
Thomas Tuon joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as an associate in Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney (San Francisco). The move was Dec. 2, 2025.
Details
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. has 69 attorneys in 4 offices including San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Litigation, Professional Liability, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment . The firm’s website is www.mpbf.com
Address
550 California Street, 14th Floor , San Francisco CA 94104 United States
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By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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Podcasts
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Daily Appellate Report
Torts, Immunity
Modification: Gilliland v. City of Pleasanton
Trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in finding that vehicle collision occurred during a qualifying police "pursuit," which would immunize the city from liability.
Arbitration, Employment Law
Sierra Pacific Industries Wage and Hour Cases
Defendant-employer waived the right to compel arbitration after engaging in extensive discovery and refusing to identify employees who signed arbitration agreements, despite court order i...
Criminal Law and Procedure
U.S. v. Kittson
Illegal transfer of a machinegun to undercover government agent did not qualify for the exemption for transferring machineguns to the United States government.
Utilities
Dreher v. City of Los Angeles
City's tiered water rate structure--allowing customers to control their ultimate rate through discretionary water use--did not violate California Constitution's proportional cost of servi...
Torts, Anti-SLAPP
Peterson v. Zhang
Denial of motion for sanctions in underlying case did not trigger the interim adverse judgment rule to defeat malicious prosecution claim because it revealed nothing about the merits.