Judges and Judiciary
Biden likely to select more traditional judge nominees as election nears, supporters say
By Craig Anderson
People involved in the selection process say one desire is to avoid embarrassing exchanges between nominees and U.S. Sen. John...
Technology
Irvine technology company wins $26M for breach of contract
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Latham & Watkins was hired late in the litigation to try the case against the Taiwan-based defendant company.
U.S. Supreme Court
3 rules on attorney civility await Supreme Court’s OK
By Devon Belcher
If approved by the state high court, the rules would require lawyers to annually affirm or reaffirm the oath when paying their...
Humane Society asks to join state’s defense of exotic skins import ban
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Granting applicants ‘full party’ status in this case … would only serve to delay the proceedings, unnecessarily complicate th...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The main change is that bar trustees must report foreseeable financial conflicts, rather than the current requirement to repor...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Council changes courthouse name policy
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Courthouses may now be named for the living or recently deceased, opening up possibilities other than geographical designations.
Criminal
Judge leaning against Girardi’s expert witness, a defense lawyer
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The judge said she had the “greatest respect” for criminal defense attorney Katherine T. Corrigan but wondered why her testimo...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel: Halt at state line doesn’t moot arbitration clause
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for Domino’s argued that the shipment of mushrooms, cheese and other pizza toppings was a two-step process that came...
“On March 13, 2023, Orrick detected that an unauthorized third party gained remote access to a portion of its network, includi...
Judges and Judiciary
CPUC head’s meetings with utilities not protected, judge rules
By Skyler Romero
With Friday’s ruling, Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff found that the requested meeting invitations do not constitute...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar board agrees to report all financial interests, reject expensive gifts
By Devon Belcher
“These proposed changes will conform the code to the Political Reform Act, including by requiring trustees to report all finan...
The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the Center for American Liberty, said she has a constitutional right to make this...
Environmental & Energy
US Forest Service sued over EIS for logging project
By Jonathan Lo
The plaintiffs argue that the Forest Service only prepared three Environmental Assessments and associated Findings of No Signi...
Civil Rights
Parents of disabled Jewish children seek injunction on state policy
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The plaintiffs do not have standing because they could not show that the religious schools the children attend are “able and r...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Does State Bar have sovereign immunity on admissions?
By Craig Anderson
The State Bar says yes, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted in a decision announced Friday that the question needs...
Judges and Judiciary
Witness says court staff were hostile to Lassen County judge now facing discipline
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Clerks and officials were angry when Judge Tony R. Mallery was elected, a former court operations manager testified in his def...
Immigration
State to provide free legal services to farmworkers
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Farmworkers are the backbone of our economy, and we won’t stand by as bad actors use the threat of deportation as a form of e...
Labor/Employment
Staffing agency prevails in dispute with workers’ comp carrier
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The dispute between State Compensation Insurance Fund and ReadyLink Healthcare centered on whether premiums were owed for per ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Family company dispute sees lawyers partially disqualified
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Kevin C. Brazile agreed that attorneys from De Castro Law Group PC would likely be witnesses at trial in a dispute among...
Civil Litigation
49ers to settle data breach lawsuit with 21,000 plaintiffs
By Jonathan Lo
The San Francisco football team maintained it was not liable for negligence and breach of implied contract.
The circumstances surrounding the Chabad of Poway shooting brought to the California Legislature’s “attention that, unless cla...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
4 judges say circuit expanded ‘state-created danger’ law
By Craig Anderson
“But the state-created danger exception finds no support in the text of the Constitution, the historical understanding of the ...
Google did not show that the plaintiff’s claims, which differed between his original and amended complaints, were made in bad ...
Intellectual Property
Taco Tuesdays for everyone! Restaurant abandons its trademark
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We’re lovers, not fighters,” the president of Taco John’s said in a statement meant to call a truce to litigation filed by ot...
Intellectual Property
Opponents call toymaker’s $6M fee request ‘gratuitous’
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Attorneys at Keller/Anderle LLP and Umberg Zipser LLP, who successfully defended MGA Entertainment at trial in May, are asking...
Civil Rights
State civil rights agency seeks $138,000 in sanctions from Activision
By Devon Belcher
State civil rights attorneys seek $138,386 in sanctions against Activision for continued discovery attempts after a judge rule...
Buchalter healthcare litigator was generous mentor and loyal friend
Criminal
In reversal, judge won’t stay defamation case for criminal probe
By Skyler Romero
Counsel for OneTaste Inc. repeatedly questioned the legal basis for the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York to r...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government
Local government workers can solicit campaign money from coworkers, 9th Circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
Two Santa Clara County deputy public defenders sued the state after they were warned against soliciting political contribution...
Civil Rights
Law firms could be hauled before Congress over race-based hiring, senator warns
By Devon Belcher
Sen. Tom Cotton wrote 51 law firms that their DEI initiatives might be illegal following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on ...