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Civil Litigation


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


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


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

Jul. 8, 2019
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


A superior court judge said she will consider whether undisclosed communications between government agencies and their attorne...


Law Practice, Community News


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


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


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

Jul. 5, 2019
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


The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal decided to rehear en banc a Title X provision barring pre-pregnancy family planning services t...


In Recess


Full Speed

Jul. 5, 2019
By Shane Nelson

She’s stopped street racing, but litigator Wynter Deagle still loves winning.


Civil Litigation, Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


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


San Francisco prosecutor Andrew M. Ganz has been suspended for 90 days, effective Wednesday, after negligently suppressing evi...


Securities, Government, Administrative/Regulatory


The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday John W. Berry is stepping down as associate regional director ...


Government, Criminal


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.


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


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


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


The city of Berkeley can keep requiring cell phone retailers to alert customers to the risk of radio-frequency radiation expos...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


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


A federal judge slammed defense counsel for San Bernardino County this week in his order compelling the release of years of do...


Community News


A capacity crowd at Disney Hall marked the 10th anniversary of the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic.


Labor/Employment



Labor/Employment


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


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 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


A tumultuous rollout of a new state law requiring background checks on ammunition may add fodder to the building legal resista...


Civil Litigation, Government


The Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters argued she acted properly within her authority and did not violate the rights of a...


Civil Litigation, Government


Civil damages bill passes full Assembly

Jul. 2, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

The state Assembly on Monday unanimously approved a bill to bar civil damage awards from considering a plaintiff’s race, ethni...