Civil Litigation
Proposed class alleges LA police wrongly recorded thousands as gang affiliates
By Tyler Pialet
The proposed plaintiffs’ class consists of about 1,000 Los Angeles residents who were allegedly subjected to misclassification...
Judges and Judiciary, Bankruptcy
Bankrupty judge retires after offensive comment about attorney
By Blaise Scemama
Believing she was speaking off the record during a recess, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Catherine E. Bauer was overheard making dispa...
Fearsome justice mentored generations of attorneys.
Criminal
District attorney’s husband faces misdemeanor firearm assault charges
By Gina Kim
David Allan Lacey, who brandished his gun at activists that rang his doorbell and demanded to speak to District Attorney Jacki...
Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US government bid to dismiss False Claims Act case rejected by circuit panel
By Craig Anderson
9th Circuit Judge Kim M. Wardlaw, writing for the panel, ruled the government had no right to appeal a decision by U.S. Distri...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
3 county courts have plans to launch bias committees
By Jessica Mach
Standard 10.20 of the California Rules of Court, which has been in place since 1987, recommends courts establish local committ...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Engineer gets 18-month prison sentence in trade secrets case
By Winston Cho
The former Google engineer whose defection to Uber led to a high-stakes legal battle over proprietary self-driving car technol...
Tax, Government, California Supreme Court
Voter referendum cannot hold up city rate increase because it is a tax, state high court rules
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court ruling is a victory for other agencies — including water districts, cities and counties — to raise rat...
Civil Litigation
ACLU sues Pomona police, claiming violations of law the group sponsored
By Tyler Pialet
The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 31, argues the officers involved in three shootings were ill...
Law Practice
OC appellate specialist tapped to lead Buchalter practice
By Kamila Knaudt
M.C. Sungaila spent the last five years as a partner at Haynes and Boone LLP, where she was appointed co-chair of the appellat...
Government
DA sponsored bill to remove outdated handgun models from use moves forward
By Tyler Pialet
Gun rights advocates have largely opposed the existing law, claiming a requirement to micro-stamp the make, model and serial n...
Government, Constitutional Law
Leader of state Senate Republicans says remote voting by legislators is unconstitutional
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Virtually all provisions of Article IV of the California Constitution assume that the Legislature will act by means of physic...
Civil Litigation
Judge orders old class counsel to stay away from new class counsel and family
By Justin Kloczko
Judge Elihu M. Berle, who is overseeing a $67 million Department of Water and Power settlement that is under investigation for...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State didn’t violate settlement with prisoners in solitary, 9th Circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison were challenging their placement in so-called “security housing” based only on gang affili...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
As law professors prepare for online lectures, some students want their money back
By Henrik Nilsson
Three students from Santa Clara University School of Law filed suit in federal court in San Jose seeking partial tuition refun...
Family, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
MoFo denies it violated ethical duties to ex-client in divorce
By Winston Cho
Morrison & Foerster denied claims Monday it violated its ethical duties to former client and technology entrepreneur Allis...
The commission hasn’t issued charge disclosure documents since March 21, except when complainants explicitly requested them. T...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
One side challenges LA judge’s in-person meeting rule
By Gina Kim
Plaintiffs’ counsel asked Presiding Judge Kevin Brazile in a letter to suspend the enforcement of Judge Gregory W. Alarcon’s i...
Labor/Employment, Government
President halts federal agencies outsourcing jobs to foreign workers
By Jessica Mach
The order also requires federal agencies to audit themselves to determine whether contractors and subcontractors used temporar...
Judge Jeffrey Cohen-Laurie gives defendants many chances, but asks for commitment.
Government
2020 is a bumper year for ballot language lawsuits in California
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Of 12 initiatives on the November ballot, at least six are the subject of ballot language litigation.
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy
US prosecutors seek stay in bankruptcy for attorney at center of convoluted LA water billing litigation
By Justin Kloczko
The motion to stay, filed July 30 in Arizona, pertains to Paul O. Paradis, a New York attorney who resigned as private counsel...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California Lawyers Association to hold solo and small firm summit
By Kamila Knaudt
The California Lawyers Association will host its annual Solo & Small Firm Summit virtually on Oct. 7 and 8.
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Former San Bernardino DA selected as independent investigator of a Solano County police killing
By Tyler Pialet
The appointment capped weeks of back-and-forth arguments between Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams and Attorney G...
Insurance
Assembly passes bill presuming Covid-19 caused physical property damage, placing burden on insurers
By Blaise Scemama
Assembly Bill 1552 would directly answer one of the central questions being posed in the multi-billion dollar business interru...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Bias committees are enigmas, attorneys say
By Jessica Mach
In an effort to address discriminatory conduct by members of the judiciary, a handful of courts — including superior courts in...
The discovery motion, filed by Elizabeth Holmes' lawyers and joined by attorneys for co-defendant Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, is t...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Proposed bill puts chief justice closer to new crisis powers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. The body also passed measures on wrongful death and workplace lawsuits during ...
U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled Wednesday that federal trial prosecutors relied on false and misleading testimony ...
Labor/Employment
Attorney general’s Proposition 22 ballot materials are misleading, suit says
By Jessica Mach
Ballot materials that Attorney General Xavier Becerra prepared for Proposition 22, whose gig economy backers he recently sued,...