State Bar & Bar Associations
Stricter bar passage standard approved after years of debate
By Erin Lee
A controversial, stricter bar passage standard is now in effect after the American Bar Association’s legal education council a...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court
State high court may consider if indigent prisoners are entitled to counsel for civil suits
By Brian Cardile
The state Supreme Court is mulling whether to hear an appeal that could appreciably expand court access to indigent prisoners ...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Republicans to move forward California 9th Circuit nominee over Democrats’ residency objections
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Senate Republicans are moving forward with a nominee to a California seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, despite th...
Bryan Schwartz and his fellow alumni doggedly pursue evasive defendant employers.
Judge Elizabeth Humphreys watches birds, but in court is careful to hear all parties.
Entertainment & Sports
Singer Tom Petty’s daughters sue widow over estate management
By Alexandra Applegate
Venable LLP filed a complaint on behalf of Petty Unlimited LLC, a company established in the late musician Tom Petty’s will, a...
Government
Bill would change attorney fee rules in records request lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill designed to prevent public agencies from using attorney fees as a bargaining chip in California Public Records Act liti...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge questions purpose of witnesses’ day-long testimony
By Carter Stoddard
A superior court judge questioned the purpose of an entire day’s testimony Thursday in a case seeking to establish whether the...
Law Practice, Community News
Law students take home scholarships at ABTL event
By Erin Lee
Five third-year law students received $2,000 scholarships at L.A. Association of Business Trial Lawyers dinner.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit confronts gender conformity surgery in prisons
By Ilan Isaacs
A three judge panel in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals confronted the issue Thursday of whether a prison can be forced to ...
Civil Litigation, Government
Miller Barondess accuses Latham & Watkins of trying to thwart new Clippers arena
By Justin Kloczko
Counsel for the city of Inglewood allege Latham & Watkins LLP marshalled a multi-pronged campaign to stop construction of ...
Attorneys for Facebook Inc. argued Thursday the company's faulty video metrics were only estimates to help advertisers, and it...
Civil Litigation
MGM Resorts indicates it could settle Vegas shooting suits for up to $800M
By Andy Serbe
MGM Resorts International indicated in financial disclosures that lawsuits brought by victims and family members of the 2017 M...
Criminal
State high court lifts stay on prosecution of anti-abortion activists
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Prosecutors can proceed with criminal conspiracy charges against two anti-abortion activists in connection with filming Planne...
Cal Fire released the cause of the 2018 devastating Camp Fire that sparked in Butte County in November 2018, which is the dead...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar to pilot bar exam proctoring with artificial intelligence
By Erin Lee
The California bar exam may soon be the country’s first bar exam proctored remotely with the help of artificial intelligence s...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government
$40 million approved to pay judges who won lawsuit while money for new judges postponed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A key California Senate budget subcommittee has approved $40 million to pay a legal judgment to 3,400 active and retired state...
Civil Litigation
Bayer attorneys want appellate rulings as they challenge weedkiller verdicts
By Winston Cho
Attorneys on both sides of the landmark Monsanto weedkiller litigation indicated they are not willing to settle after three mu...
A judge on Wednesday ordered Avenatti to reimburse the public defender’s office for all work.
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Law firm sanctioned, chided for coaching client-witness
By Blaise Scemama
A consumer rights law firm was hit with multiple sanctions this week after a U.S. magistrate judge said one of its attorneys i...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
LA judge: Stay tolled five-year statute to bring suit to trial
By Justin Kloczko
The matter has spawned 25 defendants, a criminal investigation and imprisoned a state senator, but injured parties have not ma...
Labor/Employment, Government
Former legislative staffer loses discrimination, retaliation lawsuit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A superior court jury has rejected claims of discrimination and retaliation brought by a former photographer for the State Ass...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Edwards Wildman trial begins with a strange twist
By Carter Stoddard
A superior court jury heard opening statements and testimony Wednesday aimed at determining the validity of the business pract...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit pick confirmed over California senators' objections
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Senate voted 52-45 Wednesday to confirm Jenner & Block LLP partner Kenneth K. Lee to a seat on the 9th U.S. Circu...
Law Practice, Labor/Employment
Half of female attorneys report bullying, survey says
By Erin Lee
Half of female attorneys and one third of male attorneys have been bullied at their job, according to a new global survey.
Government, Environmental & Energy
State, environmentalists sue Westlands Water District
By Glenn Jeffers
Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a coalition of state fishing and conservation groups sued the Westlands Water District in ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
California 9th Circuit nominee clears key Senate vote
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Kenneth K. Lee, one of President Donald Trump's picks for three open California seats on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Government
San Francisco first big US city to ban use of facial recognition technology
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The text of the ordinance highlights the concern many civil rights organizations have about the weakness of the technology whe...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Affordable housing tenant beats landlord’s screening company at 9th Circuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A California tenant applicant has won a long-running federal appeal over consumer reporting limitations, setting new case law ...
Law Practice, Community News
Allen Matkins celebrates anniversary in San Francisco
By Craig Anderson
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP hosted its annual anniversary celebration at the Exploratorium at Pier 15 i...