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Environmental & Energy


PG&E has struck a plea deal with the Butte County DA, pleading guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the 2018...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The opinion broadens existing case law to include temporary vehicle takings as a Prop 47 theft offense


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The unanimous 9-0 decision sided with Comcast Corp. and Charter Communications Inc., who were sued by television producer Byro...


Labor/Employment, Government


In their complaint and motion for a preliminary injunction, plaintiffs argued AB 5 violated the Equal Protection Clause of the...


San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s move to stop prosecuting crimes under the three strikes law and to stop using g...


Judges and Judiciary


A brief report issued by the state Legislative Analyst’s Office on Wednesday painted a vague but grim picture of what is likel...


Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her staff are also working with other local authorities to review roughl...


Litigation in response to historic losses caused by the coronavirus is likely on the horizon, experts forecast.


Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin, who introduced an AB 5 repeal bill but failed to secure enough votes, said in an interview...


California Supreme Court


State high court extends filing deadline

Mar. 23, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye on Friday waived extension application requirements and extended by 30 days all filing de...


Securities, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The complaint on behalf of an investor was filed by Eric M. George and Thomas P. O'Brien of Browne George Ross LLP.


Community News


The firm’s earnings went to Public Counsel, a non-profit firm which works to provide legal services to people who live at or b...


Former prosecutors, law enforcement officials, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett attorneys and law school students exposed a bot...


Civil Litigation


The majority of the claims brought by a subclass of property owners residing along 130 miles of the Pacific Coast Highway affe...


Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


A federal circuit opinion overturned the U.S. District Court’s order invalidating Illumina Inc.’s two pre-natal DNA testing pa...


Law Practice, Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order instructing people to stay at home statewide due to the coronavirus outbreak left attorney...


Legal Education


“One of the questions that I have is: What’s the impact going to be on the law school admissions for students who would enter ...


Environmental & Energy


PG&E reaches deal with Newsom

Mar. 23, 2020
By Winston Cho

The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. must offer to sell itself to California if it does not emerge from bankruptcy on time or has ...


Labor/Employment, Government


Governor suspended law requiring notice for mass layoffs

Mar. 20, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The governor’s Tuesday order, mentioned in one sentence at the end of a press release, temporarily negates three provisions of...


Judges and Judiciary


State court closures and service reductions

Mar. 20, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

Superior courts throughout the state drastically cut or entirely stopped their operations over the past two days, joining fede...


Legal Education


Students who had prepared to take the LSAT this March have had their exams moved to April 25, the Law School Admission Council...



U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson allowed Alejandro Toledo, 74, to await potential extradition on corruption charges in home...


Labor/Employment


In a recent letter addressed to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Gig Workers Rising demanded officials “...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


Bankrupt ex-Google Inc. executive Anthony Levandowski cut a deal with the US Attorney’s Office in a criminal case alleging he ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation


After a rebellion by tenant attorneys and pressure from state legislators because San Francisco eviction cases were still sche...


Government


Federal judge wades into LA’s homeless problem

Mar. 20, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

Orange County's longest-serving federal judge traveled to Los Angeles for an emergency status conference in a new homeless-rel...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


In a decision clarifying the authority of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, a federal appellate court ruled Facebook Inc. cou...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Fighting off claims from federal prosecutors, state attorneys general and private plaintiffs, the country’s largest opioid dis...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Attorneys, justices wonder about the future of oral argument.