9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit skeptical law makes US company liable for foreign workplace harms
By Brian Cardile
With the Supreme Court growing less amenable to human rights suits brought by foreign plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Statute,...
Civil Litigation
$60 million wrongful death verdict in San Bernardino
By Justin Kloczko
A superior court jury in San Bernardino has delivered a $60 million verdict to the parents of a teenager killed at a school c...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Utah passes California,OKs nonlawyers giving legal advice
By Lyle Moran
Utah has beaten California to the punch in embracing measures that will open up its legal marketplace to nonlawyers and drasti...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Unpaid wage claims not recoverable through PAGA
By Ilan Isaacs
Unpaid wage awards are not civil penalties and therefore are not recoverable through Private Attorney General Act claims, the ...
Criminal
Bill to strengthens regulations on pretrial assessment heads to governor
By Jessica Mach
A bill that strengthens regulations on pretrial assessment services in anticipation of coming changes in the bail system passe...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NCAA says legislation gives state schools unfair recruiting advantage
By Glenn Jeffers
With SB 206 headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, California may deliver the first major blow to the NCAA and its strident effor...
Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary
Leader of LA County courts through difficult times dead at 79
By Justin Kloczko
Retired Superior Court Judge James A. Bascue, who over his 35-year career rose from prosecutor to presiding judge before havin...
ADR Services neutral Michael Balmages loves to share his passion for the night sky.
Government, Criminal
Heavily amended felons on juries bill heads to governor
By Jessica Mach
Prosecutors’ and defense attorneys’ disagreements about the bill’s likely effects continued after its passage Wednesday.
After clearing the concurrence vote in the Assembly floor Thursday afternoon, AB 1215, which bans law enforcement from using f...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal
Panel rejects justice’s move to strike accuser’s testimony
By Carter Stoddard
A panel of Commission on Judicial Performance special masters Thursday denied Justice Jeffrey Johnson’s motion to strike the t...
Capping off four new partner hirings at WilmerHale this week, three former Foley & Lardner attorneys are joining WilmerHal...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Nintendo sues website offering free video game downloads
By Steven Crighton
The video game giant has recently increased it’s enforcement actions against alleged video game pirates.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Justice makes last testimony in defense, says accuser lied
By Carter Stoddard
Justice Jeffrey Johnson was recalled as the last witness in his Commission on Judicial Performance hearing Wednesday and testi...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
‘Bones’ TV show litigation settlement amount undisclosed
By Steven Crighton
Contentious litigation over profits from the hit TV series "Bones" ended quietly with an undisclosed settlement Wednesday.
Criminal, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge orders Starkist to pay $100M fine in price-fixing scheme
By Winston Cho
StarKist Co. will pay a $100 million criminal fine for its role in a canned tuna price-fixing scheme, a federal judge ruled We...
Labor/Employment, Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration agreement may be voided for late fee payments in bill sent to governor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 707 would do two very different things if it becomes law: one relating to arbitration contracts, the other to the diversity...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Judge rejects gag order on anti-abortion defendants
By Craig Anderson
A judge on Wednesday rejected a proposed prosecution gag order to block anti-abortion defendants — and their lawyers — accused...
Senate approves bill that would ban “pay-to-delay” schemes blamed for keeping generic drugs off the market
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The bill invokes the Cartwright Act, a state antitrust law, and applies it to drug makers. But the situation AB 824 addresses ...
Labor/Employment
Legislature OKs bill to curb ‘gig’ workers; Uber vows to ignore
By Glenn Jeffers
A bill that could switch millions of California gig economy workers from independent contractors to employees passed the Legis...
Civil Litigation
State realtors sue city over regulations on converted garages
By Meghann Cuniff
The writ petition is the first action in response to a state law overhaul in 2016
U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration
High court pauses battle over national injunctions
By Brian Cardile
Conspicuous procedural exchanges between the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a San Francisco-based district judge prompt...
State Bar & Bar Associations
June Baby Bar exam results slightly lower than expected
By Jessica Mach
The confirmed pass rate for the First-Year Law Students’ Examination is slightly lower than the State Bar had predicted in mid...
Law Practice
UCLA professor uncovers nationwide scams involving fake court orders
By Ilan Isaacs
Eugene Volokh found eight types of de-indexing scams including: outright court forgeries; fake stipulated injunctions involvin...
The experienced litigator comes from San Francisco boutique Durie Tangri.
Securities, Government
California joins lawsuit against SEC over broker-dealer rule
By Meghann Cuniff
The action targets the so-called Best Interest Rule, set to take effect next year
Labor/Employment, Government, Criminal
Legislature passes bills on criminal justice, debt collection, workplace harassment
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Legislature passed bills Tuesday relating to criminal justice, debt collection and workplace harassment as it worked towar...
Civil Litigation, Government
Emails between water billing plaintiff and LA city’s counsel not protected, judge rules
By Justin Kloczko
An attorney’s attempt to block the release of documents exchanged his former client regarding a controversial Los Angeles wate...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dispute over national injunctions appears headed to Supreme Court
By Brian Cardile
The Department of Justice, in a battery of filings Tuesday, reproached a renewed national injunction halting Trump administrat...
Securities, Law Practice, Corporate
Former SEC official joins Munger Tolles in LA
By Gina Kim
Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official John W. Berry is joining Munger, Tolles & Olson, the firm announce...