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Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution


A decision by multiple Silicon Valley companies to give up mandatory arbitration in such cases could cause logistical headaches.


Civil Litigation


Judge orders planes worth $35M to be returned

Nov. 26, 2018
By Sean Kagan

In a duel between aircraft service providers, a federal judge has granted a writ of possession, ordering Encompass Aviation LL...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Days after President Donald Trump attacked the impartiality of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys at the U.S. De...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law


After a year of record-low bar exam passage, stakeholders continue to be concerned by the downward trend.


Matthew Whitaker’s argument was a warning flare illuminating a new battlefield confronting public interest lawyers as they see...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Courts of Appeal


Gov. Jerry Brown elevated two superior court judges to seats on the 1st District Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Meanwhile, his ...


Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


In the potentially landscape-altering antitrust trial in which former National Collegiate Athletic Association student-athlete...


A federal judge will hear arguments over a motion to compel arbitration next month in a case pitting Postmates Inc. couriers a...


Civil Litigation


Russia-based news website sues Facebook for dropping it

Nov. 23, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A Russia-based news website has sued Facebook Inc. over what it says was improper removal from the platform for alleged peddli...


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


Lawyers for the agribusiness giant’s parent company initiated the challenge this week.


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


A Virginia-based animal rights group lacks standing to sue an Orange County synagogue from practicing an ancient Jewish ritual...


In Recess


Hostels and Hippos

Nov. 23, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Theresa Steen traveled the world to do some soul-searching and made a lot of friends.


Community News


Some 140 legal professionals attended the daylong event.



Adaptive Approach

Nov. 23, 2018
By Kibkabe Araya

Neutral Ana Sambold sees each dispute differently based on what’s at stake.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Department of Justice wants a federal appeals court to rule that California cannot challenge new Trump administration...


Government, Criminal


Money bail supporters turn in signatures to stop change

Nov. 21, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A referendum to overturn California's new law phasing out cash bail is one step closer to the 2020 ballot.


Immigration, Government


A San Francisco federal judge’s decision to halt a Trump administration policy limiting asylum applications could portend a le...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


Whether the two cases are substantially similar is the subject of debate between attorneys in the Riverside case.


Civil Litigation


First 2 lawsuits filed over Woolsey Fire

Nov. 21, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

Litigation over the Woolsey Fire has begun, as plaintiffs seek to hold Southern California Edison responsible for the blaze th...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court has released new rules for death penalty cases, requiring a higher level of experience for counsel rep...


Civil Rights


Wanting to avoid a media frenzy that’s trailed Michael Avenatti’s legal proceedings for months, a former girlfriend seeking a ...


Securities, Civil Litigation


The deal ends a five-year battle over the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act that was before the U.S. Supreme Court.


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


California’s two Democratic senators are not giving up in the battle to fill vacancies on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...


California Courts of Appeal


Residents affected by the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak will have a chance to change a court’s mind about being shut out of resti...


Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations


The July exam pass rate dropped to 43 percent in 2016, a 32-year low, but rose to 49.6 percent last year, the best result in f...


Communications Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A lawsuit alleging racism drove a cable distribution company's refusal to carry channels operated by an African-American owned...


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


A case concerning whether an injunction allowing detained immigrants to receive a bond hearing after six months was sent back ...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


A key provision in a state law set to go into effect Jan. 1 will make it more difficult for attorneys to defend against some e...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


California’s Supreme Court decided Monday the Commission on State Mandates erred when it used a 2006 voter initiative that red...


Immigration, Government


Judge questions Trump administration asylum application rule

Nov. 20, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A federal judge questioned government lawyers Monday concerning the legality of a new Trump administration policy stopping asy...