Labor/Employment, Government
Ban on required workplace arbitration among labor-backed bills headed to governor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Jerry Brown nixed a similar measure last year, writing in a veto message it was “plainly” preempted by the Federal Arbitr...
Criminal
Judge gets impatient with abortion procedure questions in criminal case
By Craig Anderson
The judge handling criminal charges against two anti-abortion activists kept their attorneys on a tight leash Thursday when th...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Final hearing set for Contra Costa County judge
By Carter Stoddard
The Commission on Judicial Performance has scheduled final arguments Oct. 2 in a discipline hearing for Contra Costa County Ju...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US judge says he can restore nationwide injunction
By Winston Cho
A federal judge indicated Thursday he will likely restore the nationwide scope of his prior ruling temporarily blocking the Tr...
Labor/Employment, Government
Late wages penalties bill passes Legislature
By Glenn Jeffers
The state Senate passed legislation Thursday allowing employees to recover statutory penalties from employers for failure or l...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
1851 maritime law complicates litigation from deadly boat fire
By Gina Kim
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukani LLP has been hired to represent Truth Aquatics, whose dive boat caught fire and killed 34 people ...
Last year, an Alameda Superior Court judge rejected a plea deal reached with two men facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaugh...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Judge refuses to dismiss trademark case over Patagonia beer
By Gina Kim
A federal judge refused to dismiss a trademark infringement case against Anheuser-Busch LLC that Patagonia Inc. filed over the...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Will mogul represent himself again after jury deadlocked?
By Glenn Jeffers
After an exhaustive three-week trial full of courtroom antics and disruptive behavior, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge...
Corporate
Monica Johnson named new Darigold GC, Ken Block becomes president of Association of Corporate Counsel
By Nicole Tyau
Monica Johnson, general counsel for Bonduelle Fresh Americas and incoming president of the Southern California chapter of the ...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Prosecutors fail to raise former Google engineer’s bond
By Winston Cho
The attorney representing a former Google Inc. executive alleged to have stolen trade secrets for Uber Technologies Inc. accus...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Vaccine exemption bill passes, legal challenges await
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Vocal anti-vaccine activists were unable to stop the passage of a bill cracking down on medical exemptions for school children...
Civil Litigation, Corporate, California Courts of Appeal
Court of Appeal rules website must be equally accessible to the blind
By Ilan Isaacs
A business website that was inaccessible to the visually impaired violated the Unruh Act and the Americans With Disabilities A...
Criminal
Court finds lack of DNA evidence, overturns murder conviction
By Justin Kloczko
An inmate’s 33-year battle for freedom has come to an end after the 6th District Court of Appeal overturned his murder convict...
The judge presiding over the state attorney general’s office unusual prosecution of two anti-abortion activists for videotapin...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar wants to split off part of Lawyers Assistance Program
By Lyle Moran
The California Lawyers Association is willing to take on the initiative supporting attorneys with substance abuse and mental h...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State high court reappoints attorneys to Bar Board of Trustees
By Glenn Jeffers
The California Supreme Court announced Tuesday the reappointment of attorneys Mark A. Broughton and Sean M. SeLegue to four-ye...
San Francisco will eliminate its pre-arraignment cash bail schedule in favor of a system that "takes money out of the equation...
Friends and colleagues who worked with him at ADR Services Inc. before his death last Wednesday at 71 said despite having to e...
Simmons Hanly Conroy won a $34 million Los Angeles jury verdict for a former mechanic who said he developed a fatal cancer fro...
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in state attorney general’s case against two anti-abortion activists told very different sto...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Family
San Diego judge recuses law firm from major divorce case
By Meghann Cuniff
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP’s prior representation of a husband’s company prohibits current representation of...
Judges and Judiciary
Latest district court nominees have diversity of experience
By Blaise Scemama
President Trump said last week he intends to nominate three people for seats on the Central District of California and two on ...
Labor/Employment, Government
State bill codifying Dynamex survives fiscal committees
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An amended version of a bill to reclassify many groups of independent contractors as employees survived a Friday deadline for ...
After three weeks of graphic testimony and outlandish behavior by self-proclaimed “eccentric billionaire” Alki David, jurors o...
More than 100,000 owners of certain vehicles in the emissions scandal in which automakers overstated the fuel efficiency of th...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Latest 9th Circuit nominee appears poised for a smoother confirmation
By Brian Cardile
With credentials likely to appeal to senators of both political parties, President Donald Trump's choice to fill the 9th U.S. ...
Civil Litigation
O.C. sheriff’s deputy pleads 5th in federal civil trial
By Meghann Cuniff
The deputy has been on paid leave for four years after a judge found his testimony in a death penalty case untruthful
Criminal
State AG’s criminal case against anti-abortion activists rife with complications
By Craig Anderson
In a prosecution complicated by two ongoing civil lawsuits, sanctions, and discovery disputes, two anti-abortion activists who...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
US judge OKs $20M deal between Uber and its drivers
By Winston Cho
Uber Technologies Inc. closed a long-running chapter on a tumultuous legal saga over the ride-hailing service's classification...