AB 1510 has passed the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee, which allows victims facing statute of limitation challenges a chan...
Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cities prepare to challenge 9th Circuit case on homeless
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge's decision to remove his colleague from an Orange County homeless civil rights lawsuit comes amid an intersect...
Labor/Employment, Government
A bill to ban arbitration as a condition of employment has cleared another hurdle.
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 51 passed the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee by a 4-1 party line vote Wednesday. The bill revives...
Veteran general counsel Tram Phi joins the DocuSign team three months after their previous GC retired.
Civil Litigation
Monsanto’s bid for new trial in weed killer case might succeed: legal expert
By Winston Cho
The judge who oversaw the trial of a couple arguing Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer will have to walk a fine line...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Management company defeats copyright lawsuit
By Steven Crighton
Management company Hastings, Clayton & Tucker prevailed Monday in a dispute over feature performances by the singer Barry ...
After a case brought under the False Claims Act lingered for more than 11 years, a federal judge has granted summary judgement...
Government
Bill to allow felons to serve on juries postponed for negotiations
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A controversial bill to allow felons to serve on juries was pulled from consideration in the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tues...
Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law
Doctors’ group to appeal judge’s ruling upholding state law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A conservative physicians’ group confirmed Tuesday that it plans to file a second amended complaint challenging caps to so-cal...
Criminal
Computer chips allegedly sent to China turn up in LA courtroom
By Blaise Scemama
Computer chips the government accused a former UCLA professor of illegally exporting to China were recovered by defense counse...
Oral arguments were made at the 2nd Dist. Court of Appeals involving a $417M talc verdict against Johnson and Johnson. Eva Ech...
Mary E. Alexander, founder of her eponymous San Francisco based law firm, who’s headed the litigation as plaintiffs counsel in...
Civil Litigation
J&J urges appeals court not to reinstate $417M talc verdict
By Gina Kim
Oral arguments were made at the 2nd Dist. Court of Appeals involving a $417M talc verdict against Johnson and Johnson.
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit issues workplace relations report
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A committee established by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals charged with investigating workplace conditions released a re...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Some schools improved slightly on February bar
By Erin Lee
Fourteen of 20 American Bar Association-accredited schools improved their repeat pass rate on February’s bar exam, according t...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jury find Edwards Wildman did not breach duty to client
By Carter Stoddard
After the four-week legal malpractice trial Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green called “the strangest case I think I’ve ever s...
Government
State Senate Judiciary Committee replaces 2 law degree holding members with non-attorneys
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate announced the addition of two non-lawyers to its Judiciary Committee, which is soon expected to hear key bill...
Education Law, Civil Litigation
Jury gives CalTech win over former researcher's claims
By Glenn Jeffers
A jury deliberated for two hours Monday before finding for the California Institute of Technology in a wrongful termination su...
Law Practice, Labor/Employment
Ex-Jones Day partner who alleged rampant sex bias drops all claims
By Justin Kloczko
A former female partner at Jones Day, who filed a lawsuit against the firm arguing it underpaid female attorneys and failed to...
Judge denies Monster Energy’s motion for preliminary injunction against defendant Vital Pharmaceuticals over false advertising...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Disney wins $62.4M in case of infringement by video service
By Steven Crighton
A federal jury found video service VidAngel Inc.'s stated ignorance of the law was no excuse for infringement, granting a $62....
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Panel finds Contra Costa County judge committed sexual harassment
By Erin Lee
A special masters panel found Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge John T. Laettner committed willful misconduct in office...
Gov. Gavin Newsom may get to have an early impact on the judiciary, thanks to the state budget, which includes long delayed m...
Judge William F. Highberger indicates he will establish a leadership structure in Woolsey fire litigation, over individual pla...
Mazda North America GC Shawn Murphy thought he’d work in the financial services industry. But as in the automative industry, w...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ICE can’t use document search to arrest immigrant workers, court rules
By Gina Kim
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the government violated an immigrant worker's rights in a mass roundup executed in...
Civil Litigation
Municipalities’ proposal to negotiate opioid settlements likely to gain approval, experts say
By Winston Cho
A proposed structure that would allow attorneys for local governments to negotiate and accept settlements for roughly 25,000 c...
Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports
Judge chides VidAngel lawyer over video played at infringement trial
By Steven Crighton
As it became apparent that a damages trial, originally estimated to take two days, was heading for a second week, U.S. Distric...
Education Law
University of San Francisco Law interim dean appointed to full position
By Erin Lee
University of San Francisco School of Law has appointed its interim dean Susan Freiwald to the position full-time, effective J...
Government
LA water and power manager exits post, as questions swirl around ratepayer settlement
By Justin Kloczko
David H. Wright, who worked on restoring ratepayer trust regarding the utility’s water billing issues since assuming the lead ...