Civil Rights
FBI, DOJ close civil rights investigation into Sacramento police shooting
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The FBI and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced Thursday they have found insufficient evidence to prosecute two Sacramen...
Civil Litigation, Corporate
Partial dismissal granted for Oabalon Therapeutics investor suit
By Carter Stoddard
Colleen C. Smith of Latham & Watkins won partial dismissal on the grounds the plaintiffs failed to prove a product the com...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LA drops water billing suit, seeks return of attorney fees
By Justin Kloczko
Taking steps to end a controversy that has plagued his office for months, Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer on Thursd...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Riverside and San Bernardino counties, short of judges, consider how to deal with no bail systems
By Jessica Mach
Riverside and San Bernardino counties have both faced an intensifying need for judges as their populations grew in recent year...
Civil Litigation
4th complaint filed in acrimonious suit between rival law firms
By Blaise Scemama
After a federal judge told Williams & Cochrane LLP it could not accuse a rival law firm and a former client of violating r...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Billionaire defendant yells witness is a liar in sex case
By Steven Crighton
A Comedy Central star testified Wednesday he'd seen billionaire Alki David tightly and violently wrap his hands around the nec...
Civil Litigation
Girardi Keese files suit for victims in Utah bus rollover
By Carter Stoddard
The suit alleges a driver working for a Monterey-based travel company lost control of a company bus manufactured by Daimler Tr...
Government
Planned ballot initiative would strengthen privacy regulations
By Malcolm Maclachlan
More than year after he agreed not to submit a ballot measure, wealthy real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart filed an init...
Labor/Employment
Kaiser avoids national strike with tentative settlement
By Glenn Jeffers
Health care provider Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative settlement with 85,000 union workers on a new four-year contract, n...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyer for LA was leery of fee in billing case, email shows
By Justin Kloczko
The city of Los Angeles, which has maintained it was not aware of any fraudulent activity regarding a $67 million Department o...
Government, Environmental & Energy
California, 16 other states sue over new endangered species rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Wednesday he was leading a 17-state complaint against what he called the Trump admin...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Seemingly consensus candidate for 9th Circuit seat faces little opposition
By Brian Cardile
In a perfunctory Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Danielle Hunsaker des...
Defendants Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive who were ordered by a jury to pay $12M on June 12 to a retired schoolte...
Civil Litigation
Judge says Title IX lawsuit can’t proceed until investigation ends
By Justin Kloczko
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against USC seeking to render its Title IX policy unenforceable, ru...
The Judicial Council of California agreed Tuesday to update its formula to determine judicial workloads around the state.
California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit asks Supreme Court if Dynamex is retroactive
By Glenn Jeffers
As it promised back in July, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals punted on whether the 2018 Dynamex decision, recently signe...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Hotline among steps taken to handle complaints against state’s justices
By Carter Stoddard
The state Supreme Court and courts of appeal started instituting new protocols for the reporting and handling of misbehavior c...
Groups interested in opening the door to competing proposals to reorganize the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. accused the ut...
Now 45 attorneys strong, King & Spalding’s Los Angeles branch moved into new, larger offices where the walls will be decor...
Civil Litigation
Judge OKs plaintiffs access to redacted Woolsey Fire report
By Gina Kim
Judge William F. Highberger decided Tuesday to grant the state’s motion to quash plaintiffs’ subpoenas seeking the release of ...
Indigent defendants’ court fees left in question by conflicting rulings
By Blaise Scemama
In what could be a huge blow to indigent defendants, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel rejected a ruling by another divisio...
The city of Bellflower on Monday voluntarily entered a federal lawsuit in Orange County to join a regional settlement
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
In Zeppelin case, Circuit is leery of stairway to precedent
By Steven Crighton
An 11-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed chiefly concerned Monday with how a ruling in the highly co...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
En banc 9th suggests ‘elections matter’ in abortion rule challenge
By Brian Cardile
An en banc 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel heard argument Monday over the Trump administration’s move to block Title X...
Law Practice
Legal aid spending soars in California, despite Trump
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A small group of California legislators has for years fought to maintain and expand legal aid funding in California, even as i...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Consumer Attorneys of California is leading opposition to bar's nonlawyer proposals
By Lyle Moran
A State Bar task force has yet to finalize recommendations that could dramatically reshape the legal industry by permitting gr...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Two more 9th Circuit nominees; four join logjam of California trial court picks
By Brian Cardile
The White House announced Friday two nominees for upcoming vacancies on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — including a San Fra...
Criminal
Bail changes move forward despite hold on SB 10, but critics unsure it’s moving in the right direction
By Jessica Mach
Bail agents’ attorneys say those who can afford to make bail won’t be allowed to under the new arrangements, while other stake...
Civil Litigation
Judge upholds nearly $3M arbitration award in Cosby case against Quinn Emanuel
By Glenn Jeffers
Imprisoned comedian Bill Cosby must now pay more than $2.7 million in attorney fees initially awarded to Quinn Emanuel Urquhar...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
EPA suit may test national injunction procedures
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit filed Friday by California and 22 other states seeking to block the Trump administration's decision to stop them f...