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Legal Education


The renaming is in response to the discovery of racist scholarship from John Henry Boalt, a 19th Century Oakland attorney.


Education Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


An attitude of "deliberate indifference" toward sexual misconduct claims at UC Berkeley might have contributed to assaults all...


Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government


The president of the National Association of Immigration Judges urged the U.S. House of Representatives this week to create an...


Civil Litigation


Firm attorneys argued Highland Capital breached their contacts with Swiss multinational investment bank UBS when they refused ...


Government, Criminal


Addressing a raucous and progressively hostile crowd during her first appearance at a district attorney candidate debate Wedne...


Civil Litigation


A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $344 million for false and deceptive mar...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A state Assembly bill introduced Tuesday would require the State Bar to work with local bar associations and legal aid organiz...


California Supreme Court


A special task force will soon convene to consider potential measures to counteract racial bias in criminal jury selection, th...


Environmental & Energy


A coalition of environmentalists and organized labor banded together Wednesday to oppose a new terminal at the San Bernardino ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Suzanne Segal spent 18 years with the U.S. District Court’s Central District and four as chief magistrate judge.


The university took home a whopping award of damages in a case against the semiconductor and software manufacturer and celebra...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


The former director of consumer insights at a now-defunct technology company will not take the witness stand to defend herself...


Government


Governor voices sharp criticism over PG&E bankruptcy

Jan. 30, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Newsom said the utility “exists only on paper” and repeated a threat to “take it over, if necessary,” during a luncheon W...


Civil Litigation


Talc products hit with Prop 65 lawsuit

Jan. 30, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

Plaintiffs said the powders contain carcinogenic chemicals, such as arsenic, lead and chromium, which are listed as known to c...


Health Care & Hospital Law


A Riverside County judge said the plaintiffs have not been personally damaged by the enforcement of the law, nor do they have ...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


Former Jawbone founder Hosain Rahman testifed Tuesday that the defendant accused of criminal trade secrets possession was “ang...


Judges and Judiciary


Sixteen of the 23 candidates running for nine open judge seats gave their pitches without debating each other in an event mode...


Labor/Employment, Government


Proposed legislation takes aim at AB 5

Jan. 29, 2020
By Glenn Jeffers

Introduced in the last few weeks, the laws — Senate Bills 868, 881, 867, 875 and AB 1925 — propose indefinite exemptions for a...


Government, Criminal


Mohammed Nuru allegedly schemed to bribe a city commissioner for assistance in winning a bid to run a restaurant in San Franci...


Securities, Government


In a keynote address at the 2020 Securities Regulation Institute delivered Tuesday, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairm...


Criminal


New bill would raise juvenile criminal coverage to age 20

Jan. 29, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A newly proposed bill in Sacramento would raise the age to be criminally tried as an adult in California to 20, up from 16. SB...


Corporate


Brave New World

Jan. 28, 2020

Splunk GC Scott Morgan says the Wild West mentality of the technology sector presents a challenge to thoughtful attorneys to p...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A $27 million default judgment against an attorney sued by another attorney for malpractice has been slashed to $5 million aft...


Securities, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The Securities Exchange Commission continues to refuse to condemn mandatory shareholder arbitration at the expense of class ac...


Civil Litigation


The settlement, which includes $8.4 million in attorney fees, will pay class members at least $270.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Stuart C. Plunkett, a veteran antitrust and commercial litigator who also serves as president of the Bar Association of San Fr...


Entertainment & Sports


NCAA university presidents discussed the complicated terrain for compliance with California's Fair Pay to Play Act during the ...


The plaintiffs challenged federal rules they say illegally prevent them from making money off of their passion and subject the...


Leo E. Strine Jr., former head of the Delaware Supreme Court, addressed the Securities Regulatory Institute in San Diego on Mo...


Obituaries, Criminal


James P. Fox, the longtime San Mateo County district attorney and former State Bar president who died earlier this month, was ...