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The scheduling comes after the rejection of defense motion to compel discovery


Civil Litigation


FilmOn executive yells at attorney throughout cross

Aug. 27, 2019
By Steven Crighton

FilmOn Inc. executive Alki David says he isn't a bad guy -- he just plays one on TV.


Government, Education Law, Civil Rights


Christian group sues state agency over fine

Aug. 27, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A Christian group has sued the state Department of Social Services director, challenging her jurisdiction over religious schoo...



Growing the Business

Aug. 27, 2019

Extreme Networks general counsel Katy Motiey has been leading the company through massive growth over the years and navigating...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court


In a reversal of a Court of Appeal decision that restores the status quo, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforc...


Obituaries


Thomas E. Holliday, who pioneered the model for a successful white collar defense practice in large law firms, died Aug. 22. H...


Judges and Judiciary


The Judicial Council has prioritized a list of 90 court construction projects to be considered by the Legislature in a report ...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A San Francisco federal judge has dismissed a shareholder class action lawsuit against a medical device maker, finding it did ...


Criminal


Final ruling close on civil suit against bail

Aug. 27, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers lambasted San Francisco officials for their inability to reach a settlement with th...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


A San Francisco federal judge will assist in determining the extent of the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s wildfire liabili...


A Mexican man was convicted in Sacramento on Friday of illegally living and voting in the United States for years.


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The defense for 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson rested Friday after the longtime judicial officer and ...


Civil Litigation


A state regulation declaring coffee doesn’t pose a cancer risk can be used by the defense in long-running litigation over prod...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A U.S. appeals court on Friday agreed to stay a trial judge’s order forcing chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. to change its business pr...


Civil Litigation, Civil Rights


The city of Sacramento can continue its housing discrimination case against Wells Fargo & Co. under a ruling issued by a f...


Law Practice, Corporate


Veteran general counsel Stephen Ballas is leaving the in-house world to join DLA Piper’s Los Angeles corporate practice as a p...


Tax, Government, Constitutional Law


An emergency petition to the California Supreme Court challenging Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s right to enforce a new law...


Judges and Judiciary


In between periodic bouts of sobbing, an emotional Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson took the stand Thursday to defend himself agains...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The city attorney was deposed a few weeks after the FBI executed a search warrant of his office, looking for evidence of bribe...


Civil Litigation


Nearly doubling the number of sanctions imposed against him Thursday, FilmOn Inc. executive Alki David might break records to ...


Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Oregon’s Democratic senators have asked the White House to consider four candidates as nominees for the last existing vacancy ...


Securities, Civil Litigation


The defendant said he intends to invoke the Fifth Amendment in response to fraud allegations that he falsely claimed his compa...


Civil Litigation, Government, Constitutional Law


California is most likely improperly denying firearms to people whose felony convictions in other states were overturned, a fe...


Civil Litigation


Although a federal judge recognized it would be a serious invasion of privacy to allow Apple to conduct forensic imaging of cl...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An attorney whose 100-signature petition about sexual harassment in the 2nd District Court of Appeal spurred the investigation...


U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The standard for what makes a case “extraordinary” enough to justify such an injunction is not clear, legal experts say.


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The judge overseeing dual cases related to billing errors at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will review in came...


Government, Criminal


For the first time, two women — former federal prosecutor Eileen M. Decker and LGTBQ activist Shane Goldsmith Murphy — have be...


Government


Bill to protect debtors is headed to state Assembly vote

Aug. 22, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A bill that would protect the last few dollars in a debtor’s bank account is headed to a vote in the full state Assembly.


Government, Environmental & Energy


A coalition of major environmental groups have sued to block changes to the Endangered Species Act announced last week by Pres...