Criminal
Federal judge OKs trial on claims contesting liability of sheriff’s department for Tehama County rampage
By Tyler Pialet
A court order had stipulated officers were to arrest the shooter if they found evidence he violated terms of his release. Over...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
Landlords run into obstacles in fight over city and county eviction bans
By Craig Anderson
An attorney for landlords said he plans to appeal a superior court judge’s ruling rejecting their challenge to a San Francisco...
With an eye toward a review by the Supreme Court, Monsanto is looking to further impair the $20.4 million verdict in the first...
Labor/Employment
Lawsuit against Uber and Lyft may be effort to undercut voter initiative
By Jessica Mach
Wednesday’s lawsuits allege Uber and Lyft are misclassifying workers as independent contractors and violating a host of labor ...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Democrats, Republicans join to nix bill opposed by oil and gas industry
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Industry groups claim AB 345 would have led to increased litigation and interfered with a rule-making process already underway...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Sacramento Public Library Authority can pursue trademark case against foundation with similar name
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The 28-branch, city-county library system claims the foundation is engaging in trademark infringement, misrepresentation and u...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Baby Bar exam to be administered online Nov. 17
By Henrik Nilsson
The Supreme Court previously postponed the First-Year Law Students' Exam from October to maximize grading resources for the re...
Civil Litigation
Escape room company seeks to get out of shutdown order
By Justin Kloczko
An escape room company is suing the state and Los Angeles County over what it calls arbitrary business shutdowns without heari...
Law Practice, Criminal
Webex audio-video to expand to all 250 LA County criminal courtrooms on Monday
By Blaise Scemama
Since April, remote appearances have been available in 32 courtrooms across the county for in-custody arrestees who consent to...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Public Utilities Commission executive claims ouster is due to whistleblower efforts
By Gina Kim
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Judge Judy, CBS sued for $5M in breach of contract case by talent agent
By Justin Kloczko
The TV judge said if a contract between her and the agent is produced, she would eat it on her show, with cream cheese.
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Violent child molester gets $4.5M after being held 17 years without proceeding
By Tyler Pialet
The LA County Board of Supervisors approved without comment the payout to George Vasquez, who was detained for the greater par...
Government, Criminal
Former justice and US magistrate join police reform panel
By Kamila Knaudt
Former state Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno and former U.S. Magistrate Judge Jay C. Gandhi were appointed to the Los A...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Split panel says trial judge erred in ruling recent murder law is unconstitutional
By Tyler Pialet
Prosecutors throughout the state have raised similar arguments, and appeals courts have routinely rejected them, largely relyi...
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...
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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...