Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Judge finalizes software firm’s $845 million trade secrets theft verdict
By Gina Kim
A Santa Clara County judge has finalized an $845 million ruling in favor of a semiconductor chip processor company ASML, who s...
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy
Judge halts Highway 101 widening project, saying it would harm redwoods
By Gina Kim
A San Francisco federal judge halted Caltrans’ controversial widening project along U.S. Highway 101 in Richardson Grove, citi...
California Supreme Court
State high court overturns precedent, siding with lender
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Supreme Court overturned a 27-year-old precedent on Monday, siding with a creditor holding both junior and senior li...
Civil Litigation
San Francisco judge allows suit against Uber to proceed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A San Francisco County judge has allowed an entrepreneur to move forward with a $1 billion claim Uber Technologies Inc. founde...
Two former top national security and law enforcement officials spoke about Mueller’s fairness in investigating Trump and the a...
The U.S. Department of Justice is stepping into the 5G wireless technology battle and is asking a federal court for a hearing ...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Criminal
Avenatti’s criminal troubles affecting several of his civil cases
By Meghann Cuniff
The ongoing criminal investigation into Michael J. Avenatti is presenting a growing civil challenge for him as opposing counse...
Civil Litigation
Federal judge mulls burden of proof in False Claims Act trial
By Blaise Scemama
In a rare suit brought under the False Claims Act by a relator representing the U.S. government, a judge took a pause Friday i...
Civil Litigation
Judge OKs $307.5M settlement of car emissions class action
By Carter Stoddard
The agreement between auto supplier Robert Bosch, Fiat Chrysler and members of the class includes roughly 100,000 owners and l...
Federal prosecutors in California announced charges Friday against administrators of one of the world’s largest dark web marke...
Civil Litigation, Government
Dismissal of suit against High Speed Rail Authority sets up appeal
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A superior court judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the California High Speed Rail Authority’s use of $1.1 billion in ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge removed from Writers Guild suit against talent agents
By Steven Crighton
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Marc D. Gross has been removed from a lawsuit challenging a major talent agency’s pack...
Law Practice, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Quinn Emanuel disqualified from representing Uber competitor
By Gina Kim
A law firm representing one of Uber Technologies Inc.’s competitors suing for anticompetitive practices was booted from the ca...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Reverse auctions are legal, but can lead to a slippery slope
By Justin Kloczko
A reverse auction of a class action, in which a defendant settles the weakest case in a series of lawsuits, isn’t illegal or e...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Judge overturns $128M of punitive damages in ‘Bones’ TV show case
By Glenn Jeffers
A judge has overturned $128 million in punitive damages that was part of an arbitration award against 21st Century Fox over pr...
Food giant Nestle has hired Leanne Geale as its first general counsel and leader of its legal and compliance departments, the ...
Criminal
New Orange County DA says he’s spending more time on inherited issues than he would like
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Todd Spitzer says he'd rather work on his new collaboration with Loyola Law School's Project for the Innocent to review old co...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rules Dynamex is retroactive, offers guidance on B prong
By Andy Serbe
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that last year’s California Supreme Court decision establishing a stringent, e...
Law Practice
Copyright lawyer leaves Fox Rothschild to start solo practice
By Steven Crighton
Business conflicts motivated Lincoln Bandlow’s departure from Fox Rothschild LLP’s Los Angeles office, the prolific copyright ...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Smattering of plaintiffs continue claims against Volkswagen after major settlement
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Two years after a federal judge approved a billion dollar settlement ending much of the consumer litigation following revelati...
Civil Litigation
False Claims Act defendant pleads the 5th over 100 times
By Blaise Scemama
In a rare suit brought under the False Claims Act, a defendant invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during testimony Thu...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
New members named to Judicial Council
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye appointed three judges to the Judicial Council on Thursday and reappointed fou...
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
Utility seeks Supreme Court review over its inability to charge ratepayers after a fire
By Gina Kim
After multiple failed attempts to try and charge $379 million to ratepayers to recover costs linked to the 2007 wildfire that ...
Special Coverage, Law Practice, Community News
Law Rocks raises $136K for charity in San Francisco
By Craig Anderson
Law Rocks raised more than $136,000 at its San Francisco fundraiser, with a winning performance by a band dominated by Winston...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Water suppliers sue state board over new environmental rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A group of water suppliers are attempted to block new wetlands protections passed by the State Water Resources Control Board l...
Walmart appointed healthcare veteran Jeanine Jiganti to new health and wellness general counsel role.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit will consider mootness in light of national injunction by Pennsylvania judge
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
What is a federal appeals court to do when considering a legal question already addressed by a nationwide injunction issued ou...
Civil Litigation, Government
Defense says False Claims Act case is a vendetta
By Blaise Scemama
An attorney for the defense said the relator was pursuing the case out of revenge against a former employee turned competitor,...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Ethics expert joins Commission on Judicial Performance
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench began her term Wednesday as a member of the Commission on Judicial Perfo...
Civil Litigation, Government
Defense says False Claims Act case is a vendetta
By Blaise Scemama
An attorney for the defense said the relator was pursuing the case out of revenge against a former employee turned competitor,...