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Intellectual Property, Government


A bill just passed by the Assembly takes aim at a pharmaceutical industry practice that some argue delays access to some lower...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


Any consequential, judicial-based changes to California’s pretrial detention system must wait for a futurecase, after the stat...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


Newsom must redo sealed clemency requests

May 28, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

Gov. Gavin Newsom has until June 5 to resubmit clemency requests for six twice-convicted felons whose criminal records were se...



Reality Check

May 28, 2019

Privacy is just one issue Courtney Greene-Power must navigate at the game creator Niantic


Civil Litigation, Criminal, California Supreme Court


The 2nd District Court of Appeal said Thursday it is inclined to allow victims in the Porter Ranch litigation a restitution he...


Law Practice, Government


Despite the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate funding to an organization providing legal aid to low-income American...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A disbarred British solicitor and an expert witness testified in support of certain aspects of the solicitor's malpractice su...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Plaintiff law firm opposes utility’s motion to disqualify them from Woolsey Fire case


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar licensing fee would rise from $315 to $460 annually under new legislative amendments introduced this week. The b...


Tax, Government, Criminal


An attorney known for making his living from lawsuits citing the Americans with Disabilities Act was indicted on three tax eva...


Intellectual Property, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The state Supreme Court has declined to address federal appellate court questions on public performance rights for pre-1972 so...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment


Two former Morrison & Foerster LLP associates have offered new details about allegations the firm provided negative refere...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee is seeking a limited remand from the 9th Circuit to finalize her decision


Bankruptcy


A bankruptcy judge approved Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s plan for a $105 million assistance program for wildfire victims...


Civil Litigation


Officials from the California Institute of Technology testified Thursday an in-house investigation found no evidence a researc...



Building Trust

May 24, 2019

Mediator Lesley Green’s bench experience and hard work help put parties at ease.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The Federal Trade Commission says its antitrust suit triumph against Qualcomm Inc.’s so-called “no license, no chips” model wi...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Declining multiple defense motions to instruct the jury on how to interpret a lawyer’s testimony on law firms’ duty to their c...


Criminal


All felons in Los Angeles county who believe they were wrongly convicted can now apply to have the district attorney’s office ...


California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice


For nearly two decades, the 82-year-old Sacramentan Jerome H. Sprague has fought regulatory agencies in court. Dozens of state...


Law Practice


Knobbe Martens partner opens boutique IP firm

May 23, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

A longtime partner at Knobbe Martens has started her own firm, hoping to seize on an intellectual property law landscape she s...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The jurisprudential tapestry left behind by late 9th Circuit liberal stalwart Judge Stephen Reinhardt continues to unravel, as...


Labor/Employment, Government


The state Assembly has approved a bill that would bar employers from requiring an arbitration agreement as a condition of empl...


Civil Litigation


A superior court jury heard opening statements Wednesday in a trial pitting the California Institute of Technology against a f...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government


Commission won’t oppose utility’s U.S. Supreme Court review over ratepayer case in San Diego wildfires


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


Washington, D.C.-based Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Daniel A. Bress appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee We...


Civil Litigation


Bayer to pick 1st non-California Roundup case

May 23, 2019
By Winston Cho

Monsanto scored a critical victory Wednesday as the federal judge overseeing the consolidated Roundup litigation allowed the B...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Boxing feud enters Round 2: Managers sue for $27.4M

May 23, 2019
By Steven Crighton

Two boxing managers duking it out with an erstwhile star client have gone on the offensive, filing a $27.4 million countersuit...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A superior court judge told attorneys litigating a legal malpractice suit Tuesday he was worried that technical aspects of the...


Civil Litigation, Government


The city of Inglewood is moving to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it fraudulently mislead owners of the Forum into terminating a p...