Anton Yelchin's parents contend Fiat Chrysler should have caught the defect that killed him. ...
Ex-U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner stepped down from his post leading the Eastern District of California in April. ...
Litigation
$15 million for former UCLA football starter who lost leg in traffic accident
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys for a former UCLA football starter who had his leg amputated due to a car accident have settled for $15 million with...
Government
Bill would help bar immigration status consideration in lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State legislation barring consideration of a plaintiff's immigration status in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits tha...
Attorneys fees, request for factual findings hold up landmark disability settlement. ...
At 57 and dealing with his own disability, his firm described him as tenacious in the courtroom. ...
Obituaries
Jack E. Goertzen, retired Court of Appeal justice, dead at 85
By Renee Flannery
Known for his humor and skill, Goertzen also served as a deputy attorney general and superior court judge. ...
Intellectual Property
Texas judge vacates $625 million patent verdict against Apple
By Kevin Lee
A Texas federal judge vacated a $625.6 million patent verdict against Apple Inc. last week after finding that trial proceeding...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar spends $125K remodeling executive floor
By Lyle Moran
The agency had new offices created, as well as a new waiting area put in ...
Labor/Employment
Planned work stoppage could limit Santa Clara County court
By Phil Johnson
Association of 350 court clerks, janitors and mediators want first raise in eight years. ...
California Courts of Appeal
2nd District panel protects alleged defamer's identity
By Steven Crighton
Terms like "whistle-blow" and "burned" did not sufficiently prove libel, the panel ruled. ...
The company filed the motion in San Francisco federal court on Monday, aiming to relocate the class action filed by American i...
Litigation
Judge sanctions Charney, moves his malpractice lawsuit to arbitration
By Matthew Blake
"Who are you?" Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Malcolm H. Mackey said to the man in front of him, who represents Dov C...
SVP of Business Affairs & General Counsel (Brea) ...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts negotiating over bill to move judges to Riverside, San Bernardino counties
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A contentious bill to move judges to Riverside and San Bernardino County superior courts may be moving closer to a Senate vote...
Litigation
Judge dismisses some claims against UC in sexual harassment case
By Logan Noblin
An Alameda County judge has dismissed several claims in a woman's sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the University of Ca...
Police shot a man outside the Orange County courthouse on Monday, closing an entrance and turning a plaza popular with homeles...
A consortium of Chinese private equity firms, in partnership with Shanghai Giant Network Technology Co., has agreed to buy Cae...
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca decided Monday he would rather face the uncertainties of a jury trial than the unce...
Litigation
Judge dismisses negligent hiring lawsuit just before closing arguments
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Orange County Superior Court Judge Andrew P. Banks on Friday tossed the complaint against Fletcher Jones Motor Cars that sough...
Government
6th District justice leaves the bench to become a county executive
By Logan Noblin
Justice Miguel Márquez has resigned from the 6th District Court of Appeal and taken a new role as Santa Clara County's chief o...
California Supreme Court
State high court favors stronger anti-SLAPP protections in ruling
By Kevin Lee
Plaintiffs cannot rely on "artful pleading" to avoid a California law enacted to protect defendants' free speech rights and di...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Litigation
Settlement reached resolving challenges to gang injunctions
By America Hernandez
A settlement resolving constitutional challenges to 26 local gang injunctions was preliminarily approved Friday by U.S. Distri...
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District handed down the decision against Stephen J. Dougan, a solo personal injury lawyer...
The 4th District Court of Appeal upheld the disqualification of Greenberg Gross LLP from a lawsuit against Broadcom co-founder...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Amended suit takes aim at former State Bar president
By Lyle Moran
A former State Bar executive assistant has amended her lawsuit over her termination to include new causes of action and severa...
Judges and Judiciary
With funding in the balance, Alameda County judge voices complaints
By Kevin Lee
Top representatives from Alameda County Superior Court, who stand to lose funding to courts in rapidly expanding areas in the ...
Kalman S. Zempleny II, executive managing director of The Rutter Group, died on July 22 after a brief and sudden illness, acco...
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury found a construction company partially responsible for the death of a worker who fell at a w...