Intellectual Property, Government
Bill to ban delays in generic drug access passes the Assembly
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
Courts may impose 'reasonable conditions' in addition to bail
By Brian Cardile
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
By Glenn Jeffers
Gov. Gavin Newsom has until June 5 to resubmit clemency requests for six twice-convicted felons whose criminal records were se...
Privacy is just one issue Courtney Greene-Power must navigate at the game creator Niantic
Civil Litigation, Criminal, California Supreme Court
Appellate court inclined to deny Porter Ranch victim petition
By Justin Kloczko
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
House committee approves bigger legal aid budget
By Blaise Scemama
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
Plaintiff ex-client testifies against Edwards Wildman Palmer
By Carter Stoddard
A disbarred British solicitor and an expert witness testified in support of certain aspects of the solicitor's malpractice su...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Quinn Emanuel claims it has no confidential information in utility suit
By Gina Kim
Plaintiff law firm opposes utility’s motion to disqualify them from Woolsey Fire case
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bill raising State Bar licensing fee moves forward at the capital
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The State Bar licensing fee would rise from $315 to $460 annually under new legislative amendments introduced this week. The b...
Tax, Government, Criminal
Lawyer who specialized in disability suits indicted on tax evasion charges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
New law makes old song rights queries moot, high court says
By Steven Crighton
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
Ex-MoFo associate claims firm sabotaged her job search
By Erin Lee
Two former Morrison & Foerster LLP associates have offered new details about allegations the firm provided negative refere...
Civil Litigation
Judge sides with Avenatti’s co-counsel in class action debate
By Meghann Cuniff
U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee is seeking a limited remand from the 9th Circuit to finalize her decision
A bankruptcy judge approved Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s plan for a $105 million assistance program for wildfire victims...
Civil Litigation
Caltech 'whistleblower' told false stories, HR official testifies
By Glenn Jeffers
Officials from the California Institute of Technology testified Thursday an in-house investigation found no evidence a researc...
Mediator Lesley Green’s bench experience and hard work help put parties at ease.
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
FTC win against Qualcomm may boost competition, but quick appeal likely
By Blaise Scemama
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
Judge concerned about law firm duty explanations to jury
By Carter Stoddard
Declining multiple defense motions to instruct the jury on how to interpret a lawyer’s testimony on law firms’ duty to their c...
Criminal
Los Angeles DA expanding conviction review to all felons
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
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
Octogenarian repetitive litigant appears pro per in appellate court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
For nearly two decades, the 82-year-old Sacramentan Jerome H. Sprague has fought regulatory agencies in court. Dozens of state...
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
3rd not-final Reinhardt opinion reversed after his death
By Brian Cardile
The jurisprudential tapestry left behind by late 9th Circuit liberal stalwart Judge Stephen Reinhardt continues to unravel, as...
Labor/Employment, Government
Assembly passes bill against required workplace arbitration
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would bar employers from requiring an arbitration agreement as a condition of empl...
Civil Litigation
Ex-Caltech researcher sues school, claims he was a whistleblower
By Glenn Jeffers
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
CPUC won’t weigh in on effort to pay fire costs to ratepayers
By Gina Kim
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
Senate Judiciary Committee debates meaning of ‘Californian’ while considering 9th Circuit pick
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Washington, D.C.-based Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Daniel A. Bress appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee We...
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
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
Judge worries jury doesn’t understand legal malpractice case
By Carter Stoddard
A superior court judge told attorneys litigating a legal malpractice suit Tuesday he was worried that technical aspects of the...
Civil Litigation, Government
Inglewood seeks to dismiss MSG Forum lawsuit over new arena
By Justin Kloczko
The city of Inglewood is moving to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it fraudulently mislead owners of the Forum into terminating a p...