Government
Bill to license debt collectors, author says attorneys won’t take cases
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Under SB 908, the state’s Department of Business Oversight would enforce the terms of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collections Prac...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Retired federal judge joins Judicate West in Santa Ana
By Meghann Cuniff
After nearly 14 years on the bench, the retired Orange County-based federal judge will soon start work at the mediation firm’s...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Contra Costa County judge appeals removal to state Supreme Court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“This case should cause concern to every judge in California,” Judge John T. Laettner’s attorney, James A. Murphy, wrote in th...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit considers arguments to revive porn actress’ suit against Trump
By Steven Crighton
Having terminated her former counsel for the case against Michael Avenatti in March, Stormy Daniels appeared with new counsel ...
Entertainment & Sports
Rosen, Faruqi firms are class counsel for Netflix shareholders
By Steven Crighton
A federal judge approved two law firms to lead a class action on behalf of shareholders accusing the streaming service Netflix...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Rights
Gender discrimination suit against Olgetree dropped
By Justin Kloczko
A former Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC attorney has dropped her gender discrimination lawsuit against the em...
Immigration
Possible deportees moved from Bay Area to LA for court hearings
By Blaise Scemama
In what immigrants' rights advocates are calling a politically motivated move by the Trump administration to make it more diff...
Government, Criminal
LA DA challenger proposes policies that already exist, but some groups say improvement is needed
By Jessica Mach
Many of the domestic violence and sexual assault policies proposed by district attorney candidate George Gascon already exist ...
Education Law
UC report says standard tests good predictors for all students
By Malcolm Maclachlan
This finding appears to contradict one of the arguments made by plaintiffs demanding the UC system drop the use of standardize...
Assistant U.S. attorney Ruth C. Pinkel argued in her sentencing position that James Roy McDaniel deserved “a significant sente...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel mulls whether Amazon drivers can escape arbitration using interstate commerce exemption
By Brian Cardile
In a case that may help determine the course of the many labor suits being filed against gig economy employers, a 9th U.S. Cir...
Environmental & Energy, Bankruptcy
Legislator to offer bill making PG&E publicly owned utility
By Winston Cho
The bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric Company would be turned into a publicly owned utility under a bill proposed by a stat...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Federal jury acquits defendant in criminal trade secrets case
By Craig Anderson
A jury on Monday quickly rejected federal prosecutors’ allegations that a former technology company employee was guilty of pos...
A judge approved Sedgwick LLP's revised bankruptcy plan over objections from one of the former firm's non-settling partners.
Former Marine JAG officer Judge Randy Edwards wants attorneys to be more efficient.
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Prosecutor, defense lawyer clashes over criminal trade secrets charges
By Craig Anderson
A San Jose federal prosecutor portrayed a former technology company employee as a criminal who selfishly took valuable researc...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Implementation of state’s privacy act is off to slow start
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state of California has moved boldly into attempting to regulate online privacy. But how much can any state do on its own?
Civil Litigation
Openings in Roundup cancer trial continued amid settlement rumors
By Winston Cho
Monsanto, which manufactures the weedkiller, attributed the last minute continuance to “avoid the distractions that can arise ...
Law Practice
Claire Collins leads five-attorney team from Lewis Brisbois to Hanson Bridgett
By Carter Stoddard
The other attorneys joining the 170-attorney San Francisco-based Hanson Bridgett are Paul Beck, Beth Hummer, Laura Ratcliffe a...
Judge Kimberly Mueller upheld Friday the temporary restraining order she granted on Dec. 30, two days before the law took effect.
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Foreign bribes act repeal would be disaster, attorneys say
By Glenn Jeffers
Seeking any changes to the law would be disastrous to both the reputations of U.S. companies as well as the United States’ pos...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary
San Francisco Bar Association issues ratings on judicial candidates
By Justin Kloczko
The Bar Association of San Francisco on Friday evaluated the six candidates running for open judge seats, giving the highest r...
Civil Litigation
Class certification advances fight over contracts in ruptured pipeline
By Gina Kim
A group of property owners in Santa Barbara that were affected by the 2015 Refugio oil spill disaster has been certified as a ...
A renegotiated class settlement potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars was reached between Ford Motor Co. and 2 mil...
Civil Litigation
Conception judge ruling gives early look into navigation of maritime injury, death cases
By Gina Kim
Judge strikes down multiple maritime defenses invoked by Conception owners in boat fire litigation
Five attorneys and six staff joined the national firm’s immigration practice Jan. 27.
46% of Hanson Bridgett’s attorneys are female and 40% of the partners are female, which is the firm’s strongest representation...
Government, Civil Litigation
Judge chides defense’s ‘sloppy briefs,’ moves sex harassment case forward
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A male former Legislative aide can move forward with his sexual harassment suit against a female legislator, Sacramento Superi...
The owner of several luxury West Los Angeles high rises was hit with a class action relating to a Brentwood building fire this...
Civil Litigation
With settlement talks swirling, another Roundup trial to start in Martinez
By Craig Anderson
After losing three large verdicts in the San Francisco Bay Area, Bayer AG-owned Monsanto will get another chance to defeat a l...