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Consumers who opted out of settlements in the Volkswagen clean diesel litigation will have their cases heard starting Monday i...


Civil Litigation, Banking


“This case illustrates a complete failure of leadership at multiple levels within the Bank,” said California Central District ...


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


Oil workers and fishermen filled a courtroom Friday seeking restitution for economic damage they say were suffered as a resul...


Labor/Employment, Government


The bills in the package provide exemptions to AB 5 for workers in specific industries, including freelance journalists, licen...


Government, Criminal


Many Republican legislators have praised Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call to address homelessness and the related issues of crime and ...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


U.S. District judge dismisses two FOIA-related suits against federal regulators over San Onofre power plant decommissioning pr...



Less Is More

Feb. 24, 2020

Judge Alexander Giza prefers it when parties in his family law court get right to the point.


Intellectual Property


Uber Technologies Inc. must face a trade secrets theft trial by an entrepreneur who accuses its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, a...


A Los Angeles County judge has appointed co-lead counsel and an executive committee to head a state product liability lawsuit ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


A recent letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom from the LGBTQ legislative caucus calls Associate Justice Ming W. Chin’s looming retireme...


California Supreme Court


The decision ends a 10-year-old case that included an amicus brief from Pacific Gas & Electric Co.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Edward Chen appeared to entertain arguments Thursday to undercut part of a new Title X rule’s implementati...


Education Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


The settlement, approved by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rupert A. Byrdsong Thursday, establishes a $50 million grant over...


Attorneys representing consumers who opted out of the class action settlement are employing a “frivolous tactic to try to dela...


Government, Corporate


Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Assemblyman Mark Stone have introduce new legislation to strengthen the California False C...


Civil Litigation


Morgan Lewis sanctioned $525K in Porter Ranch case

Feb. 21, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

Defense counsel in the Porter Ranch gas leak cases were sanctioned $525,000 for discovery abuses Thursday, the second time it ...


Immigration, Government


“Under the supremacy clause of the United States Constitution, California Assembly Bill 668 cannot and will not govern the con...


Intellectual Property


An attorney for Uber Technologies Inc. argued Wednesday that an entrepeneur’s lawsuit alleging the company stole his idea shou...


Stacie K. Neroni and Hope R. Levy-Biehl spent most of their careers at Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC — Levy-Biehl for more tha...


Criminal, Corporate


Lawyers representing the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. argued the company should not be subject to additional probation condi...


Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law


The proprietors of several data collection and polling operations, along with some of the independent contractors they hire, h...


Immigration


Several district attorneys on Wednesday condemned U.S. Immigration and Customs agents for arresting at least three people in ...


Government


In his State of the State address, Gov. Gavin Newsom cited laws and court rulings that he said tie the government’s hands in d...


Real Estate/Development, Government


SB1079, introduced Tuesday, seeks to reduce homelessness by penalizing property owners, specifically corporations, that leave ...


Judges and Judiciary


State’s federal judge crisis has a long history

Feb. 19, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The U.S. Eastern District of California declared a “judicial emergency” this month after years of a recently retired judge war...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The comments came amid growing concerns about the intervention of Justice Department officials and President Donald J. Trump i...


Law Practice


The firm’s San Francisco office had the energy and the attorney support to help her growing practice, said Jill Rowe.


Entertainment & Sports


Alleging breach of contract and violation of California business law, the comic series creators filed suit along with the show...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Christopher B. Dolan, founder of San Francisco-based Dolan Law Firm PC, got his say in a trial of an entrepeneur who is suing ...