Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
CHP officer accusing justice of harassment files lawsuit
By Erin Lee
California Highway Patrol Officer Tatiana Sauquillo is suing Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson, his court and her agency for sexual h...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Two new judges appointed to State Bar Court
By Nicole Tyau
Los Angeles Judge Dennis G. Saab and San Francisco Judge Phong Wang have been appointed as new hearing judges to the State Bar...
Government, State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawmakers plan to give Access to Justice Commission seed funding
By Lyle Moran
The panel is pursuing a split from the State Bar by the end of 2019.
Civil Litigation
Another verdict against Monsanto to be slashed considerably
By Winston Cho
A judge will likely slash as much as 95% of the $2 billion verdict Monsanto was hit with in the most recent trial over its Rou...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar seeks input on how to advise cannabis businesses
By Glenn Jeffers
The State Bar is soliciting public opinion from attorneys on how to advise and assist clients operating cannabis businesses de...
The Department of Justice announced Friday MIchael Mongan is taking over the position of Solicitor General from Edward DuMont,...
Civil Litigation, Government
San Diego firm sues state to stop wildfire mitigation fund bill
By Gina Kim
Aguirre & Severson LLP has filed a lawsuit in federal court to challenge Assembly Bill 1054 which they claim bails out uti...
Five defendants indicted for a 2017 Los Angeles Superior Court email hack pleaded not guilty to 16 additional charges Friday.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit’s annual conference to welcome U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
By Brian Cardile
Legal journalism in the age of social media, suffragette pioneers, and public confidence in the judiciary will be among the is...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Presidential candidate loses challenge to California’s signature requirements
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Regulations California places on political candidates seeking access to its statewide ballot are not unconstitutionally burden...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Attorney opposes ex-client giving their communications to court
By Justin Kloczko
Class counsel Brian S. Kabateck argued the law “is not intended to prevent the voluntary disclosure of work product by a clien...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Musicologist sings part of testimony in trial over Katy Perry song
By Laurinda Keys
A federal jury heard animated expert testimony, and singing, from a musicologist Friday in a case that will decide whether pop...
Civil Litigation, Insurance
Insurance company sues to avoid paying USC’s Tyndall settlement
By Meghann Cuniff
An insurance company has sued the University of Southern California over its $215 settlement with former gynecologist George T...
Law Practice
Eversheds Sutherland hires IP group for new San Diego office
By Carter Stoddard
Three new hires, Nicola Pisano, Jose Patino and Christopher Bolten, will join the firm as partners in the coming weeks, makin...
Labor/Employment
Fired African-American employee sues transit authority for racial discrimination
By Glenn Jeffers
A lawsuit filed Thursday in San Bernardino County Superior Court claims Victor Valley Transit Authority employees discriminate...
Immigration, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit reverses precedent in immigrant removal case
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A divided en banc 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning its own precedent, has eased the burden subjects of removal p...
A group of homeless plaintiffs and housing advocacy organizations is suing the City of Los Angeles over belongings discarded d...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
Chief justice honored with award for civics education
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has been named as the winner of the 2019 Sandra Day O’Connor Award for the Advanc...
Bankruptcy
US trustee files objection to PG&E incentive plan for executives
By Nicole Tyau
Trustee Andrew R. Vara claims PG&E hasn’t sufficiently proved how it’s measuring executives’ performances to warrant massi...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court rules prisoners have common law right to inspect evidence held by the court
By Ilan Isaacs
In a matter of first impression, the state Supreme Court determined there is a presumption that post-conviction evidence under...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Trump 9th Circuit appointee, thought a moderate, veers right
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Trump’s first successful nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was expected to be a moderate. But a year into his c...
Civil Litigation
Defendants in Planned Parenthood video case ask judge to dismiss it
By Winston Cho
An attorney representing anti-abortion activists accused of illegally recording videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood st...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
San Diego County jury awards plaintiff $49M in technology copying case
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A San Diego jury has delivered a $49 million verdict to a telecommunications company after deciding one of its competitors lie...
Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LA city attorney to be deposed in water billing matter
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer will sit for a deposition in the controversial Department of Water and Power billi...
Civil Litigation
Latham & Watkins gets defense win for Oracle in federal trial
By Glenn Jeffers
A federal jury deliberated for just over an hour before finding for Oracle Corp. in a breach of contract case in which a Canad...
Government, Criminal
Law phasing out cash bail could face two initiatives challenging it
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California voters may see two ballot measures on bail during the 2020 general election if an initiative filed on Tuesday quali...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs seek consolidation of suits against Gilead over HIV drugs
By Carter Stoddard
A federal judge is set to hear arguments this month on whether 17 personal injury cases against pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sc...
U.S. Supreme Court, Obituaries
Clerks remember Justice Stevens’ pragmatic and humble approach
By Erin Lee
A pragmatic, independent jurist, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was as warm and humble in person as he was influ...
Three former lead paint makers will pay $305 million to 10 California cities and counties in a settlement announced Wednesday,...
Civil Litigation
Judge to decide whether public entity cross-defendants will remain in wildfire-mudslide cases.
By Gina Kim
A judge will decide in October whether SoCal Edison can share blame with public entities if their actions or failures increase...