Insurance, Civil Litigation
Denial of coverage cases too varied for coordination, multidistrict litigation panel rules
By Justin Kloczko
The five-judge panel in Washington, D.C. held back on combining what would have been the largest coordinated multidistrict lit...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Patent holding company wins $506.2M verdict against Apple for infringement
By Craig Anderson
The verdict is big win for Irell & Manella LLP and McKool Smith PC, which tried the case for the plaintiff, a holding comp...
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Earl H. Maas III
Government
Group says charter cities can pass new soda taxes despite legislated moratorium
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Keep Groceries Affordable Act in 2018, which banned all new local taxes on beverages with added su...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Government, Criminal
State Bar considers ban on police donations to DA races
By Henrik Nilsson
El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson, who is president of the California District Attorneys Association, opposed th...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
No face shields required on witnesses in Southern District trial
By Gina Kim
Witnesses began testifying Tuesday in the second day of trial before Chief Judge Larry A. Burns of the Southern District of Ca...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Judicial Council voting this week on rescinding foreclosure and eviction bans
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Voting was ordered to take place by Thursday, after the chief justice cautioned the judiciary should not legislate and Democra...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit reverses antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
By Winston Cho
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Qualcomm’s dominant market position is the result of superior products and practic...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Ruling on Uber, Lyft could impact other gig apps, lawyers say
By Jessica Mach
Monday’s ruling explicitly rejected an argument the companies have long made: They do not employ drivers, but are rather techn...
Government
Kamala Harris, presumptive Democratic VP nominee, rose through the party ranks in California
By Justin Kloczko
If nominated at the Democratic party convention Harris will the first Black woman on a major presidential ticket.
Law Practice
Civil rights lawyer sees courts as antidote to dysfunctional government
By Blaise Scemama
Mark Rosenbaum has been utilizing the judiciary to further causes he believes in since he began his career helping to defend D...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Coffee labeling case appears headed for another trial
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles judge denied remaining plaintiff's motions seeking to invalidate a new state regulation stating coffee doesn't p...
Government
Translation problems found in all 9 state ballot languages, writs say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The translation problems affected several initiatives on the November ballot, said a writ filed by the attorney general agains...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Disbarred Beverly Hills lawyer admits bilking client
By Henrik Nilsson
Alan F. Broidy stole $512,526 from his client and used the money to pay off personal debt, according to U.S. Attorney Nicola T...
California Supreme Court
Award wrongly cut in case of Black man killed by police, justices say
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeal decision that had reduced a jury’s $8 million noneconomic damages award bec...
Labor/Employment, Government
Business groups want private right of action deleted from labor bills
By Jessica Mach
Groups like the California Chamber of Commerce have long pushed to strike private right of action clauses from proposed bills,...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Bankruptcy judge will grant narrow order in case related to LA litigation
By Justin Kloczko
Federal prosecutors from the Central District of California argued for the complete stay of two proceedings involving Paul O. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court
No retroactive lower bar exam score, says state Supreme Court
By Henrik Nilsson
With the court’s decision on July 16 to permanently lower the cut score from 1,440 to 1,390, some deans, students and others w...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge bars Uber, Lyft from classifying drivers as independent contractors
By Craig Anderson
The decision is a win for state legislators who have sought to enforce AB 5 against Uber and Lyft, and a withering judicial cr...
Environmental & Energy
Judge imposes less strict orders on PG&E than expected
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge William Alsup's Friday ruling replaced a more demanding set of conditions that could have forced PG&E ...
Civil Litigation
Court ‘safer than a market,’ US judge tells San Diego jurors
By Gina Kim
The first jury trial commenced Monday in the Southern District of California post COVID-19 shutdown orders. It is a civil case...
Law Office Management
Susman Godfrey’s new leader came up through the ranks
By Kamila Knaudt
Srinivasan's appointment marks many first for the law firm. She is also the first managing partner based outside of the firm's...
Criminal
DAs object to state prisoners’ release without victim notification
By Tyler Pialet
Prosecutors are becoming concerned that the way in which prison officials are releasing inmates violates a constitutional righ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Law Practice
Law school debt fuels California’s ‘legal deserts’
By Henrik Nilsson
According to a new report from the American Bar Association, 37% of 1,100 new lawyers who were interviewed said that instead o...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NFL players’ negligence suit against league still alive
By Craig Anderson
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed rulings by a San Francisco district judge against two of the plaintiffs’ th...
Brown & Charbonneau's niche practice is focused on litigating business and family breakups.
Government
Bill to extend victims’ compensation to those injured by law enforcement moves forward
By Tyler Pialet
Officers wouldn’t need to be arrested or charged with the commission of a crime or a public offense in order for a person to q...
Law Practice, Intellectual Property
Intellectual property ethics attorneys start bi-coastal boutique
By Kamila Knaudt
The new firm will specialize in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Office of Enrollment and Discipline ethics investigatio...
Criminal
AG opposes Kings County DA charging female meth addict with murder in her stillborn child’s death
By Tyler Pialet
Kings County District Attorney Keith L. Fagundes said he never had the chance to brief the Department of Justice on how the la...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit overrules immigration board to allow asylum seeker to stay for now
By Craig Anderson
The majority opinion concluded the board wrongly interpreted Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to reject the asylum cla...