San Bernardino County must pay $113 million to a 10-year-old for failing to monitor the household where he was being abused by...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rules against immigrant, reversing its own precedent
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals ruled against an immigrant convicted of indecent exposure after applying the Board of I...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Conservatives dissent in 9th Circuit case accusing companies of human rights violations
By Brian Cardile
Over the objection of eight Republican-appointed judges, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Friday not to reconside...
Tax, Law Practice, Government
State legislator mulls tax that could hit attorneys
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, is seriously considering pushing a bill next year to tax services — including legal service...
Civil Litigation
Judge mulling whether state agencies must release attorney communications
By Carter Stoddard
A superior court judge said she will consider whether undisclosed communications between government agencies and their attorne...
Law Practice, Community News
Hilary Potashner reappointed Central District public defender
By Carter Stoddard
Her new four-year term effectively began June 30 after judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved her reappointm...
Civil Litigation, Family
Former Google executive, attorneys sued by ex-wife
By Winston Cho
A former Google senior vice president’s wife is suing to invalidate a prenuptial agreement with her soon-to-be ex-husband and ...
Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Divided circuit refuses to reinstate border wall funding
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined Wednesday to stay a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration from usi...
Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
First Amendment Doesn’t Cover Bared Baristas
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Employees at a Washington state coffee shop will soon have to trade in pasties and g-strings for more modest clothing after th...
Qualcomm is denied their motion to delay a federal judge’s ruling that ordered them to negotiate, re-negotiate new and existin...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit to rehear Title X abortion funding case
By Ilan Isaacs
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal decided to rehear en banc a Title X provision barring pre-pregnancy family planning services t...
She’s stopped street racing, but litigator Wynter Deagle still loves winning.
Civil Litigation, Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
State attorney general says police records ruling doesn’t apply to him
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Attorney General Xavier Becerra continued his pushback on SB 1421, the state's peace officer transparency law, arguing this we...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, State Bar & Bar Associations
Prosecutor suspended for suppressing evidence
By Erin Lee
San Francisco prosecutor Andrew M. Ganz has been suspended for 90 days, effective Wednesday, after negligently suppressing evi...
Securities, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Berry stepping down as SEC’s associate regional director in LA
By Glenn Jeffers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday John W. Berry is stepping down as associate regional director ...
Government, Criminal
Bill to apply consumer protection laws to bail industry passes key committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Saying he wants to regulate the industry “as long as they continue to exist,” Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, convinced a k...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Third talent agency sues Writers Guild of America in antitrust case
By Steven Crighton
For a third time within a week, the Writers Guild of America has found itself named as a defendant in a talent agency’s antitr...
Labor/Employment, Government
Bill passes to require companies to report pay data by gender, race
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Employers would have report pay data by gender and race to the state under a bill passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee o...
Civil Litigation
Federal judge says he will reduce $80 million verdict against Monsanto
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco federal judge said Tuesday that he will trim a jury’s $80 million award to a 70-year-old man who served as the...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
After remand, divided 9th Circuit panel allows warning labels on cell phones in Berkeley
By Brian Cardile
The city of Berkeley can keep requiring cell phone retailers to alert customers to the risk of radio-frequency radiation expos...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Judge orders defense firm to comply with Avenatti records subpoena
By Meghann Cuniff
The move comes amid a new grand jury investigation into Avenatti as well as a growing fight over attorney-client files seized ...
Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal
County ordered to pay attorney fees for overruled discovery objections
By Blaise Scemama
A federal judge slammed defense counsel for San Bernardino County this week in his order compelling the release of years of do...
Community News
LA Lawyers Philharmonic marks 10th anniversary at Disney Hall
By David Houston
A capacity crowd at Disney Hall marked the 10th anniversary of the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic.
Labor/Employment
Uber, Lyft might ask unions to help block contractors law
By Glenn Jeffers
Labor/Employment
Fired women’s soccer coach settles lawsuit against Christian college
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Sacramento-area Christian college has settled a two-year old wrongful termination case brought by its former women’s soccer ...
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
D-Link to fix security problems as part of FTC settlement
By Nicole Tyau
A complaint in 2017 alleged smart home manufacturer D-Link of massive security holes in its routers and cameras that put custo...
Judges and Judiciary, Family
Inyo County judge admonished for year-long divorce case delays
By Erin Lee
Inyo County Superior Court Presiding Judge Brian J. Lamb was publicly admonished for losing track of three family law cases, t...
Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal, Constitutional Law
Legal actions are challenging state’s new gun restrictions
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A tumultuous rollout of a new state law requiring background checks on ammunition may add fodder to the building legal resista...
Civil Litigation, Government
Fresno County, ACLU battle in suit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner outside polling place
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters argued she acted properly within her authority and did not violate the rights of a...
The state Assembly on Monday unanimously approved a bill to bar civil damage awards from considering a plaintiff’s race, ethni...