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
State Supreme Court reverses another appellate court on Prop 47
By Meghann Cuniff
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
US Supreme Court rules for Comcast in race-bias lawsuit from Los Angeles
By Justin Kloczko
The unanimous 9-0 decision sided with Comcast Corp. and Charter Communications Inc., who were sued by television producer Byro...
Labor/Employment, Government
Judge throws out journalists’ case against AB 5
By Jessica Mach
In their complaint and motion for a preliminary injunction, plaintiffs argued AB 5 violated the Equal Protection Clause of the...
Criminal
Boudin policies reflect broader thinking on approach to prosecutions
By Tyler Pialet
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
State courts’ recent halcyon budget days might be reversed by coronavirus shutdowns
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A brief report issued by the state Legislative Analyst’s Office on Wednesday painted a vague but grim picture of what is likel...
Criminal
LA DAs work to keep defendants and convicts out of jails and courts during pandemic
By Tyler Pialet
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her staff are also working with other local authorities to review roughl...
Civil Litigation
Businesses interrupted by COVID-19 might face investor suits, experts say
By Winston Cho
Litigation in response to historic losses caused by the coronavirus is likely on the horizon, experts forecast.
Labor/Employment
AB 5 opponents want the employee classification law paused during pandemic
By Jessica Mach
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin, who introduced an AB 5 repeal bill but failed to secure enough votes, said in an interview...
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye on Friday waived extension application requirements and extended by 30 days all filing de...
Securities, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Los Angeles firm sues US senator alleging insider training
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint on behalf of an investor was filed by Eric M. George and Thomas P. O'Brien of Browne George Ross LLP.
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...
Criminal
Six years of legal work frees innocent man who spent 18 years in prison
By Tyler Pialet
Former prosecutors, law enforcement officials, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett attorneys and law school students exposed a bot...
Civil Litigation
Homeowners class can sue pipeline over Santa Barbara spill
By Gina Kim
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
Illumina wins appeals court reversal of DNA test patent ruling
By Gina Kim
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
State shutdown order creates legal uncertainty for some businesses
By Craig Anderson
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order instructing people to stay at home statewide due to the coronavirus outbreak left attorney...
Legal Education
Deans say they are not worried yet about delay of April LSAT
By Henrik Nilsson
“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 ...
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
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The governor’s Tuesday order, mentioned in one sentence at the end of a press release, temporarily negates three provisions of...
Superior courts throughout the state drastically cut or entirely stopped their operations over the past two days, joining fede...
Legal Education
March LSAT test is suspended, exams have been moved to April
By Henrik Nilsson
Students who had prepared to take the LSAT this March have had their exams moved to April 25, the Law School Admission Council...
Criminal
Ex-Peruvian president released to home custody in US over virus concerns
By Winston Cho
U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson allowed Alejandro Toledo, 74, to await potential extradition on corruption charges in home...
Labor/Employment
As virus worsens, gig workers want AB 5 employee law enforced
By Jessica Mach
In a recent letter addressed to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Gig Workers Rising demanded officials “...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Levandowski agrees to deal in trade secrets case
By Winston Cho
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
San Francisco court delays most eviction cases until July
By Craig Anderson
After a rebellion by tenant attorneys and pressure from state legislators because San Francisco eviction cases were still sche...
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
Federal Circuit offers guidance to patent challenges in Facebook case
By Craig Anderson
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
McKesson agrees to $175M opioid settlement with investors
By Winston Cho
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
Appellate courts navigate coronavirus-influenced future
By Meghann Cuniff
Attorneys, justices wonder about the future of oral argument.