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Immigration, Government


Lawyers say more background checks of green card holders entering the military is unconstitutional.


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Hank Goldberg, the county’s first full-time settlement judge in family law, said he will reti...


Law Practice, Criminal


In the closing arguments of his first criminal trial, defense counsel Rick Richmond, a seasoned commercial litigator from Jenn...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued guidance on U.S. Supreme Court attorneys fee case law Thursday while affirming an...


In Recess


Clearing Barriers

Jun. 22, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

Deputy Attorney General Rita Hanscom is a determined star of the Senior Olympics.


U.S. Supreme Court, Tax


The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday that states can collect a sales tax from online retailers upends a tax system and a...


Government, Education Law


The University of California has been slow to investigate and discipline faculty facing allegations of sexual harassment, acco...


California Courts of Appeal


An appellate court has affirmed the criminal conviction of a now-suspended Orange County attorney who was arrested in connecti...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court has codified the expansion of the legal test for guilty pleas accepted without an explicit advisement ...


Civil Litigation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Government


San Mateo County has sued a suite of drug distributors alleging culpability for the opioid epidemic ravaging its communities.


Immigration, Criminal


Defense lawyers in San Diego advocate against ‘Operation Streamline.’


President Donald J. Trump has asked the Department of Justice to request a California federal judge to modify a 1997 settlemen...


Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government


U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez had tough questions for both sides on Wednesday during a heated hearing in the federal gove...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Dr. Dre’s lawyer tries to tie music to business

Jun. 21, 2018
By Steven Crighton, Lila Seidman

Attorneys for a former hedge fund manager suing the Beats headphones company for royalties told hip hop legend Andre Young, be...


The San Diego white-collar defense attorney has been in private practice since 1982.


Civil Litigation


A lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California was filed Tuesday for improperly investigating a Title IX sexual...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


San Diego data company sues SAP

Jun. 21, 2018
By Joshua Sebold

Teradata Corp.has sued enterprise computing titan SAP SE for alleged trade secrets theft and antitrust violations.


Civil Litigation


A federal judge this week finalized a $38.7 million settlement in a 13-year-old class action lawsuit against major credit repo...


Labor/Employment, Government, Administrative/Regulatory


A bill that would expand liability for employers in cases involving harassment passed the Assembly Committee on Labor and Empl...


Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In the last two years, federal courts have been an attractive forum for plaintiff shareholders pursuing mergers and acquisitio...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Judges in the Eastern District unanimously signed a letter to Congress pleading for legislators to increase the number of fede...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


Suit alleges sex discrimination at Jones Day

Jun. 20, 2018
By Winston Cho

Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP put another major law firm, Jones Day, in its cross hairs, accusing it of underpaying and discrimina...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit upholds arbitrators’ discretion

Jun. 20, 2018
By Andy Serbe

An appellate panel has held that labor arbitrators can amend agreements with “no add” clauses when the case involves a mutual ...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation


The city of Inglewood is accused in a lawsuit of prioritizing private development over affordable housing under a portion of t...


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


A new bill that would change the legal standard for the use of deadly force by police officers passed its first committee test...


Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government


A mechanism some immigration judges in California began using recently to delay deportations will now be used nationwide, acco...


Civil Litigation, State Bar & Bar Associations, Bankruptcy


The bar agreed to comply with U.S. Bankruptcy Code as part of a recent deal with a suspended attorney


Civil Litigation, Government


A proposed state regulation stating coffee does not pose a cancer risk is the rare instance in which a state agency is reinin...


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


Oil spill trial gets tense as allegations fly

Jun. 19, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

As they disagreed about the appropriateness of the district attorney’s out-of-court statements, and about trial procedures, te...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


Supreme Court will hear Apple App Store antitrust case

Jun. 19, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted Apple Inc.’s request to consider a case alleging its online phone application marketplace ...