Attorneys from Kabateck LLP and Fields Law achieved a $56.4 million settlement for 350 residents of a Long Beach mobile home p...
Law Practice
Law Graduates Could be Better Prepared to Use Legal Tech, Experts Say
By Lyle Moran
Some experts say law schools could do more to prepare aspiring attorneys to enter the profession possessing a basic familiarit...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
Suits alleging state’s greenhouse gas laws are racist heading toward trial next year
By Malcolm Maclachlan
These policies are making it harder for low-income Californians to rent or buy homes, preventing them from building wealth and...
Criminal
Tuna executive says he feared retaliation if he didn’t collude
By Winston Cho
Chicken of the Sea executive Shue Wing Chan said he routinely assured Bumble Bee CEO Christoper Lischewski he was adhering to ...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
Opioids litigation leads to fight over state judge disqualification law
By Meghann Cuniff
A writ petition with the 2nd District Court of Appeal seeks to force Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William F. Highbe...
Labor/Employment
Blueberry producer settles foreign worker allegations for $3.5M
By Glenn Jeffers
Munger Bros. LLC will pay $3.5 million to settle U.S. Labor Department allegations the company employed foreign visa-holders r...
Civil Litigation
FDA asbestos find in talc may reopen lost cases, plaintiffs’ attorneys say
By Justin Kloczko
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are hoping the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent finding of asbestos in Johnson & Johnson ...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal
San Francisco judge blazes trails, again, with selection for court of appeal
By Craig Anderson
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Teri L. Jackson to the 1st District Court of Appeal on T...
California Supreme Court
Chief Justice says she sometimes takes one for the team
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Tani Cantil-Sakauye spoke with government students at her alma mater, C.K. McClatchy High School on Tuesday.
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Consumer attorney who started a stir at weekend conference unrepentant
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Days after he caused a stir by calling out a legislative ally of the Consumer Attorneys of California at the group’s annual co...
Labor/Employment
EEOC halts use of employer reports on pay information
By Glenn Jeffers
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will no longer use its EEO-1 employer information report to collect pay data ...
Criminal, Corporate
Lawyer suggests tuna pricing trial witness ‘just making stuff up’
By Winston Cho
An attorney representing Christopher Lischewski challenged Monday a former Bumble Bee Foods LLC marketing executive's characte...
Civil Litigation
Commission accepts Woolsey judge’s invitation to file amicus
By Gina Kim
State utility regulators to weigh in on Southern California Edison Co.’s inverse condemnation liability in Woolsey lawsuits
Civil Litigation
Hologram USA CEO blasts judge for citing his facial expressions
By Steven Crighton
If Alki David is not allowed to argue in his own defense in an ongoing sexual harassment trial then no one will, the billiona...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar says leaked topics didn’t impact July pass rate jump
By Lyle Moran
The pass rate on July's California bar exam was 23% higher than a year ago, but the State Bar said the much-improved result wa...
Civil Litigation
State sues e-cigarette maker for marketing and selling to teens
By Justin Kloczko
A lawsuit filed Monday by the state of California against electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. claims the company’s viral...
Civil Litigation
Trio win Consumer Attorney of the Year award for lead paint case
By Craig Anderson
The Consumer Attorneys of California, at its annual convention over the weekend, celebrated a successful year of getting bills...
Civil Litigation
Judge enters ‘limited’ gag order in North Bay fire lawsuit
By Craig Anderson
As the trial date for a lawsuit by property owners in Sonoma and Napa county property owners over a 2017 fire that killed 22 p...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
Jury finds landlord breached lease with cannabis company, awards no damages
By Jessica Mach
“This victory shows that the cannabis industry can bring and win cases before California courts and juries, just like any othe...
Judges and Judiciary
US judge nominee appears stalled over his affiliation with Federalist Society
By Brian Cardile
Noticeably absent from a long-awaited Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday for two of President Donald Trump's first C...
Law Practice, Criminal
Prosecutors removed from murder trial over jail informant irregularities are retiring
By Jessica Mach
Two prosecutors accused by defense attorneys of improperly using a jail informant to ensure a death penalty for confessed mass...
Law Practice, Government
Campaigner for hike in non-economic damages cap sets confrontational tone
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In an appearance that could set the tone for next year’s initiative campaign, attorney Nicholas C. Rowley went into Assemblyma...
Christopher Lischewski, the one-time Bumble Bee Foods CEO on trial for directing a price-fixing conspiracy across three major...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Hologram CEO removed as own counsel after more outbursts
By Steven Crighton
A superior court judge barred Alki David from representing himself Friday, citing the self-appointed anti-#MeToo crusader's ab...
Civil Litigation
Robins Kaplan tries again to steer opioid case away from national MDL
By Meghann Cuniff
A new opioid-related lawsuit is part of battle by Robins Kaplan LLP to steer claims from the sprawling Ohio multi-district lit...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
US high court to hear Google-Oracle software copyright dispute
By Carter Stoddard
A finding of Google’s liability could see a damage claim well into the billions of dollars, a sum that would highlight a drast...
Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete LLP announced veteran cybersecurity attorney Ronald N. Sarian has joined the firm as sen...
Education Law, Appellate Practice
Law school skips court fees, student can skip loan repayment
By Glenn Jeffers
The Los Angeles County Superior Court appellate division reversed a judgment for Southwestern Law School against a former stud...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Anti-abortion activists found liable for damaging Planned Parenthood and its affiliates in a scheme to secret...
Law Practice
New consumer attorneys group president arrives at an opportune time
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Beyond possible workplace bills, Micha Star Liberty said the Consumer Attorneys of California will look for ways to improve ci...