Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Courts of Appeal
San Francisco judge confirmed as Court of Appeal justice
By Craig Anderson
Teri L. Jackson was confirmed Tuesday as a justice on the 1st District Court of Appeal after a career as a San Francisco Count...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US judge rejects $6.5M Chicken of the Sea settlement
By Winston Cho
A federal judge in San Diego rejected a $6.5 million settlement between commercial food preparers and Chicken of the Sea over ...
Civil Litigation, Corporate
Investors settle suit over Snapchat’s IPO
By Meghann Cuniff
The lawsuit accused Snapchat of falsely downplaying the negative effect Facebook Inc.’s Instagram stories were having on Snapc...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Court reporting business sues state, says AB 5 unconstitutional
By Glenn Jeffers
The company alleges it would not be able to fulfill its government contracts if they’re required to “either dismiss all its in...
The Changing Face of Arbitration
Civil Litigation, Insurance, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Foul-mouthed lawyer hasn’t apologized, say opponents seeking $40K
By Carter Stoddard
A Culver City attorney has asked a federal judge to limit the restitution he will be ordered to pay following his emailed verb...
Government, Criminal
$16.3M state grant showed recidivism can be cut, says Judicial Council report
By Jessica Mach
A $16.3 million state grant kept recidivism rates low by funding collaborative court programs, according to a report released ...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Courts must establish sex harassment policies by June 30
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Rule 10.351, established last Friday, calls on courts to create definitions for harassment, retaliation and discrimination, an...
Civil Litigation, Banking
Sacramento seeks extensive discovery in suit against Wells Fargo
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The bank argued for phased discovery, citing the two-year statute of limitations in the state law cited by the city, the Fair...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Truckers will injunction of California’s gig worker law
By Glenn Jeffers
A federal judge granted California motor carriers a preliminary injunction enjoining Assembly Bill 5, the controversial new la...
Law Practice
Baker Hostetler adds prominent trial attorney in Los Angeles
By Henrik Nilsson
William W. Oxley, formerly the Los Angeles managing partner of Dechert LLP, is now head of litigation at Baker's Los Angeles o...
A superior court jury in Van Nuys has awarded an elder-care home resident $5.5 million after deciding the facility was neglect...
Entertainment & Sports
Messages about caper involving Cobain’s guitar must be revealed
By Steven Crighton
The estranged business manager of Courtney Love must provide access to text messages a plaintiff says will prove their involve...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Facebook hit with new federal antitrust class action
By Gina Kim
A new class action filed by app developers accuses social media behemoth Facebook of anticompetitive practices
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court will hear another Dynamex case
By Glenn Jeffers
The California Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear a second case questioning whether the 2018 decision in Dynamex Oper...
Obituaries
DA took progressive stances 50 years before they were popular
By Jessica Mach
Former San Francisco District Attorney and county Supervisor Terence Hallinan died Friday. He was 83 years old.
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Attorneys spar over antitrust law in suit against Uber
By Winston Cho
The standard to hold Uber liable for anticompetitive practices is not whether it intended to corner the market but rather if “...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Governor names 4 to judge vetting committees
By Carter Stoddard
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced four additions to his committees responsible for vetting potential members of the judici...
Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit ‘reluctantly’ holds children’s climate suit lacks standing
By Brian Cardile
The court's opinion acknowledged carbon dioxide emissions have rendered Earth's climate increasingly less habitable and endang...
Born in war-torn Cambodia, Judge Jana Seng doesn’t take the rule of law and due process lightly.
Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DOJ to join oil defendants in 9th Circuit climate case
By Brian Cardile
The circuit granted Wednesday a request from the department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division to share argument tim...
Fighting a bid to dismiss the lawsuit, plaintiffs’ attorneys argued provisions in an agreement between four companies that pre...
LA litigator Dina Richman dances with manta rays, frolics with sea lion pups and marvels at humpbacks under the sea.
The firm says the new practice is aimed at advising clients that might be facing investigations at any level, whether it be na...
Civil Litigation
Inverse liability wildfire claims threaten Edison’s financial base
By Gina Kim
Edison faces thousands of claims from plaintiffs in connection with the Woolsey Fire, which began near Santa Susana Field Labo...
Criminal
US attorneys in California collected more than $900 million in court actions and asset forfeiture in 2019
By Carter Stoddard
“Each year, our recoveries for victims and taxpayers dwarf the total cost of operating our office,” said Eastern District U.S....
U.S. Supreme Court, Consumer Law
High court may agree to review Brand X, plaintiffs’ attorneys hope
By Blaise Scemama
Plaintiffs’ attorneys were awaiting a high court decision to review doctrine allowing government agencies to overturn court de...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
VW wants to bar former FBI chief from testifying in emissions trial
By Blaise Scemama
Volkswagen asked a judge to disqualify retired judge and former FBI director Louis Freeh from testifying as an expert witness ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
New Alameda-Contra Costa trial lawyers president says minorities are underrepresented in the profession
By Carter Stoddard
As the first African American to hold the post, Shawn Tillis said he sees underrepresentation on the basis of race as an urgen...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
Conservation groups sue to stop fracking on California public land
By Glenn Jeffers
The complaint claims a U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s supplemental environmental impact statement on the federal land and mi...