Labor/Employment, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Lawyers and judge mull how to allege Uber’s rating system is racist
By Jessica Mach
The proposed class action was dismissed once for being “sparse and poorly drafted”
Government, Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court
Justice Liu asks Legislature to review life without parole for under 25s
By Kamila Knaudt
In a statement filed Wednesday concurring with the high court’s denial of review in the case of a man convicted of two murders...
Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
California appeals federal judge’s striking of assault gun ban
By Gina Kim
Attorney General Rob Bonta said he will also ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay Senior U.S. District Judge Roge...
Civil Litigation
9th Circuit extends stay on order to clear LA homeless camp
By Gina Kim
The appeal stems from a sweeping 110-page preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge David O. Carter issued in litigation brou...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Girardi case leads bar to impose reforms on its discipline system
By Henrik Nilsson
In making the announcement, the trustees appeared to acknowledge what critics have long said was a history of bar investigator...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Fall 2022 trial date in Facebook case illustrates backlog
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge James Donato moved the trial, which was supposed to start in December, to next September at the earliest. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Leah Wilson returns as State Bar executive director
By Henrik Nilsson
Wilson is to start on July 12. She returns to the bar after 18 months as a senior director at the consulting firm Resource Dev...
Podcast host Howard Miller talks with leading tax expert Robert Wood on California tax proposals.
The one time highflying plaintiffs' lawyer made a rare appearance in court Wednesday.
Government, Civil Litigation
Pot businesses challenges Sacramento fee based on alleged harm
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After California voters legalized recreational use of pot with Proposition 64 in 2016, the city imposed a 1% fee on the gross ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Dentons calls former partner’s forgery claim ‘utter fabrication’
By Blaise Scemama
Represented by Paul D. Murphy of Murphy Rosen LLP, former Dentons partner Jinshu “John” Zhang said he was fired after demandin...
Administrative/Regulatory
FTC split on MoviePass settlement signals conflict over powers
By Winston Cho
Commissioner Noah J. Phillips argued that the commission dramatically reinterpreted the claim to expand liability.
Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Music publishers sue Roblox over song uploads
By Gina Kim
Roblox sued by music publishers of pop artists for copyright infringement
The three-year project resulted in kits ranging from three to 30 years old being tested, and one suspect being charged in a se...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gig worker challenge gets 9th Circuit hearing
By Jessica Mach
Shannon Liss-Riordan, a partner at Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC who has brought many misclassification claims against gig co...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Other states ahead of California in judicial nominees
By Craig Anderson
In California, meanwhile, no judge has been nominated for three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacancies or 19 district cou...
Icon to junior faculty, prolific writer was a UC Hastings dean
Legal Education, Law Practice
Legal incubators train lawyers for the unrepresented
By Kamila Knaudt
The Bay Area Legal Incubator, which launched in 2014, is one of 10 in California and 70 in the U.S. and four other countries, ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
LA city attorney wants suit over billing case dismissed
By Blaise Scemama
The civil rights suit filed by water customer Antwon Jones, who, along with over a million overbilled ratepayers filed the cla...
Government, Education Law
Suit over remote schooling moot, state argues
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Distance learning is ending at the end of this school year, which is imminent. Students will be back to in-person instruction...
Insurance, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Foster Farms sues insurer over antitrust coverage
By Jessica Mach
In its complaint filed in the Northern District of California, Foster Farms said it paid Everest National Insurance Company hu...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Apple’s recent updates cut iPhone speeds and battery life, suit says
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit accused Apple of “degrading device performance ahead of product launches” to “drum up demand for faster phones wit...
Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Special counsel OK’d in Girardi bankruptcy despite objection
By Henrik Nilsson
Elissa D. Miller, an attorney with SulmeyerKupetz and the trustee for the defunct law firm Girardi Keese, wanted to hire Ronal...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Advocates filed amicus briefs on both sides of voting rights appeal
By Blaise Scemama
An amicus brief filed by The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica and The Alliance of Santa Monica Latino and Black Voters o...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit changes mind on habeas relief for murderer
By Craig Anderson
The decision, made on a motion by the state attorney general for rehearing, was an unusual example of an appellate court rethi...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal
Justice to retire from 4th District after 34 years on bench
By Arin Mikailian
Justice Patricia Benke said she anticipates continued involvement with the 4th District Court of Appeal to some degree.
The covert operation by the FBI’s San Diego division targeted organized crime and led to more than 800 arrests worldwide and s...
Data Privacy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel denies approval of $117.5M Yahoo settlement
By Craig Anderson
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, the lead plaintiffs’ counsel, blasted the settlement’s two objectors, but the panel conc...
Government, Civil Litigation
Gibson Dunn partners seek sealed transcripts related to LA mayor’s aide
By Blaise Scemama
Theodore J. Boutrous and Michael H. Dore, partners with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, want access to three d...
Government, Criminal
Bills more likely to pass when DAs’ group opposes, study days
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Many of our positions are based on nuanced issues with the bill,” Morse said. “It isn’t that we’re opposed to the policy; it’...
