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Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Three additional women are accusing Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson of sexual misconduct, including non-consensual touching and ina...



Quick to Rule

Jun. 12, 2019

Fresno Judge Jane Cardoza is decisive because she is always well-prepared, attorneys say.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


On Monday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green said he was inclined to issue his first "unclean hands" inst...


Government, Criminal


Public defenders in Orange County say the grand jury’s decision to clear prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies of improperly usin...


Michael Avenatti said he must travel regularly as he represents clients and prepares for trial in his New York and California ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with an offshore oil drilling company Monday, ruling that rig workers were not covere...


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


High court to consider anti-discrimination suit

Jun. 11, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear a case alleging one of the nation’s leading telecommunications providers...


Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate


Snapchat investors seek class certification

Jun. 11, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

Snapchat investors, suing the social media company for securities fraud, have asked a federal judge to grant them class certif...


Entertainment & Sports


The artist suing political talk radio show host Alex Jones for lifting his "Pepe the Frog" character announced Monday he's agr...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


A California attorney was indicted for operating an allegedly fraudulent $12 million investment scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Of...


A detective lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said he tried to warn the public about seven shootings...


In what a judge referred to as “dirt-throwing” between plaintiff attorneys in the Woolsey Fire litigation over proposed leader...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


A Santa Clara County judge allowed a proposed class action that argues Alphabet Inc.-owned Google openly discriminates against...


Federal prosecutors want a hearing on possible conflicts of interest for major law firms representing parents in the college a...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Edwards Wildman Palmer attorney in charge of suing a British tabloid on behalf of a disbarred British barrister testified ...


Tax, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reiterated a legal conclusion in a tax case previously complicated by the death of a...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


A seemingly unexpected question at the state Supreme Court’s oral argument morning session Wednesday has altered the course of...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, State Bar & Bar Associations


A disbarred Pasadena attorney pleaded guilty to defrauding clients by fabricating documents to convince them their cases had s...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The American Bar Association decided Friday to move a 2021 meeting to Chicago, Illinois. A proposed Atlanta, Georgia location ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A State Bar working group will establish uniform moral character standards to provide greater consistency and transparency in ...



Back to the Bench

Jun. 10, 2019

New Judicial Council policy couldn’t separate Commissioner Donald Shaver from his gavel.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility



In Recess


Never Again

Jun. 7, 2019
By Shane Nelson

Climbing Everest once is enough for ADLI Law Group litigator


Health Care & Hospital Law, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The federal government and several religious groups urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday to reverse a prelimin...


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a $210 million class action settlement over alleged fuel efficiency inflation...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Haynes and Boone wins patent case before ITC

Jun. 7, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A Sunnyvale healthcare technology company has won a patent case before the U.S. International Trade Commission over its lipid ...


Labor/Employment


Whistleblower sues San Joaquin County hospital

Jun. 7, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A neurosurgeon has sued a hospital owned by San Joaquin County, claiming he was harassed, threatened and fired for being a whi...


Law Practice


In response papers filed this week, J-M Manufacturing’s new attorneys, James R. Rosen and Elizabeth L. Bradley of Rosen Saba L...


Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Proposed arbitration bills would affect ADR firms

Jun. 7, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

When faced with bills that might violate the Federal Arbitration Act, Gov. Jerry Brown tended to reach for his veto pen rather...


Criminal, Civil Rights


Facial recognition technology out-pacing laws

Jun. 7, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Law enforcement sees a database of faces as the most logical next step after fingerprinting, while civil rights activists and ...