The lawsuit challenging wildfire funding bill AB 1054 has officially been re-assigned from U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen ...
Civil Litigation
Kabateck’s decade-old donation to city attorney comes up in water billing case
By Justin Kloczko
On the eve of a hearing Friday, counsel for parties in the case accused the well-known litigator of not disclosing prior to hi...
U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Future of consumer protection bureau is in high court’s hands
By Craig Anderson
The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided Friday to acc...
Criminal
Technical argument gets fetal tissue video before jury in Planned Parenthood civil case
By Blaise Scemama
A controversy-sparking video which has led to antiabortionist outrage and investigations into Planned Parenthood was played to...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Class action alleges Apple slowed down older iPhones
By Gina Kim
A class action filed Wednesday in San Jose federal court against Apple Inc. claims an iOS feature ruined plaintiffs’ older mod...
California Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Supreme Court will meet with deans about bar exam
By Lyle Moran
The passing score and early release of test topics are among issues to be discussed.
Civil Litigation, Government, Education Law
Women’s groups oppose Title IX ‘non-binding’ changes
By Winston Cho
The U.S. Department of Education did not explain why it changed guidelines on how colleges handle cases of sexual violence, an...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk doubled down Thursday on a free speech argument to support his bid to defeat a defamation lawsuit filed by...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar struggles to review complaints in a timely manner
By Lyle Moran
The agency says allowing the filing of online complaints and launching a new case management system has created challenges.
Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal
Doctor convicted of $12M Medicare fraud in LA federal court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Temecula doctor has been found guilty after a six-day trial in federal court in Los Angeles for $12 million in fraudulent bi...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
En banc denial leaves immunity for police stealing decision in place
By Carter Stoddard
The Thursday denial of a request for rehearing en banc by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal confirmed a three-judge panel d...
Securities, Corporate
SEC filing for cannabis company gets mixed reactions
By Blaise Scemama
A Santa Cruz cannabis company may have found a way to make legal stock offerings in the U.S., some experts said, while others ...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment
DLA Piper suspends partner who accused colleague of sexual assault
By Meghann Cuniff
The firm said the move is unrelated to her accusations, but her lawyers decried it as 'barbaric'.
Government, Criminal
Judge, witness in tense prisoner mental health hearing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
At a tense hearing Wednesday, attorneys for prisoners sought to show state corrections department officials tried to mislead ...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Same 9th Circuit panel to hear appeal of pesticide ruling
By Brian Cardile
New challenges to an Environmental Protection Agency decision allowing continued use of a potentially harmful pesticide will b...
Civil Litigation
Drug company ordered to arbitrate dispute over cancer treatment
By Blaise Scemama
A Los Angeles judge granted a San Diego pharmaceutical company’s motion to compel arbitration in a dispute involving an accusa...
Civil Litigation
Facebook seeks standing ruling in data privacy dispute
By Winston Cho
Facebook asked the judge overseeing the lawsuit about the Cambridge Analytica scandal to grant a rare appeal that may pause th...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Sutter Health and plaintiffs call off antitrust showdown and reach a deal
By Craig Anderson
On the eve of trial, Sutter Health reached a settlement with a coaltion of plaintiffs and California Attorney General Xavier B...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts statewide use different tactics to tackle clogged caseloads
By Justin Kloczko
Judges and attorneys work together to settle cases, using a range of methods throughout the state.
Transportation, Civil Litigation
Class complaint against Bird scooters dismissed by federal court judge
By Blaise Scemama
A federal judge granted a Bird Rides Inc. motion Tuesday to dismiss a class action complaint alleging the scooter company viol...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Women judges, lawyers groups celebrate women’s progress in law at annual conference
By Nicole Tyau
The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the National Association of Women Judges are hosting a joint conference this ...
Einat Meisel joins Fenwick’s Mountain View office from O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Joshua D. Geffon, formerly of Stradling Y...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Witnesses testify about alleged misleading data in case against state prisons
By Craig Anderson
A Sacramento federal judge opened an evidentiary hearing Tuesday to determine how and why the state corrections department mis...
Juul Labs Inc., through its massively popular e-cigarette vaping device, has singlehandedly revived the nicotine epidemic amon...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Officer likely safe from liability over putting defendant in double jeopardy
By Brian Cardile
An appellate panel seemed skeptical about claims a CHP officer’s renewed investigation makes him liable under double jeopardy.
Tax, Criminal
Attorneys working in tax and criminal law comprise the few bitcoin legal specialists
By Malcolm Maclachlan
While so-called cryptocurrencies are widely understood as a means for unscrupulous people to buy and sell contraband online wi...
A jury ordered Alki David, owner of Hologram USA Inc., to pay $4.35 million in punitive damages Tuesday, marking the end of a ...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US House will argue in border wall funding fight
By Brian Cardile
The U.S. House of Representatives has been allocated time to argue next month before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in ...
Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Newsom signs law on disclosure of arbitrator diversity
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 707 was not the most talked about arbitration bill in Sacramento this year. But it may yet prove to be the most influential.
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Attorneys trade sanctions motions in Led Zeppelin 9th Circuit row
By Steven Crighton
The dueling motions follow a Sept. 24 en banc hearing in the federal appeals court, during which the band’s attorney argued a ...