California Supreme Court
Public agencies, developers score state high court CEQA win
By Kevin Lee
Public agencies have discretion to decide whether to initiate supplemental review procedures under the California Environmenta...
Mendocino County Judge Ann Moorman is known for her intelligence, rigor, and preparation.
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Special Coverage
Chief justice worries what might be lost in effort to split State Bar
By David Houston
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, whose court oversees the bar's admissions and discipline activities, has at turns defend...
Intellectual Property
New Patent Trial and Appeal Board bar association formed
By Eli Wolfe
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Bar Association is the country's newest national bar association. ...
Law Practice
NBCUniversal film group SVP departs for litigation boutique
By Steven Crighton
David Burg, senior vice president and associate general counsel for Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, joins Scheper Kim &a...
Litigation
Police officer denied qualified immunity in shooting lawsuit
By Saul Sugarman
A Tustin police officer was denied qualified immunity Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a civil lawsuit invol...
Litigation
Judge mulls request for better discovery compliance from Pimco lawyers
By Meghann M. Cuniff
An Orange County judge appeared to be on the verge of ordering lawyers for Pacific Investment Management Co., LLC, to better c...
James J. Seltzer, a disbarred attorney from Marin County, pleaded guilty to securities fraud last week. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Judicate West ADR service opens Sacramento outpost
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Alternative dispute resolution firm Judicate West will open a Sacramento office Sept. 26. ...
California Courts of Appeal
San Francisco can block antennae if it looks ugly, appellate court rules
By Kevin Lee
The City of San Francisco can regulate telecommunications antennae near public roads based on whether such equipment would "di...
Immigration
Federal judge quizzes government lawyer on child immigrant detention policy
By America Hernandez
Plaintiffs' motion is the latest flash point in a series of recent rulings on handling of migrant children. ...
The latest moves from around the state.
Riverside County Judge Chad Firetag gets praise from family law attorneys in his new role.
Agency says legislative impasse means it still can't provide bar exam passage list. ...
The all-female plaintiffs' employment firm has a passion for helping women take on powerful employers. ...
Litigation against debt collector iQor US, Inc.and subsidiary Allied Interstate LLC for repeated robocalls continues after fou...
Law Practice
Asian-American women lawyers in LA to celebrate milestone
By L.J. Williamson
The Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance is preparing to celebrate an important milestone Friday: 100 Asian Pacific A...
The state attorney general's office rested its defense Thursday after little more than half a day's worth of argument in a hot...
Arbitrator Profile
Mediator gets each party thinking of 'the other side'
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Retired Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Hurl Johnson has developed a more personable style as a neutral, attorneys say....
California Courts of Appeal
Prop. 47 petitioners lose on resentencing ruling
By L.J. Williamson
In a ruling that may bode ill for Proposition 47 petitioners, the 4th District Court of Appeal has ruled that judges who resen...
Litigation
Former UC Berkeley School of Law dean sues for racial discrimination
By Phil Johnson
Sujit Choudhry says his treatment by the university is quite different than what white professors received. ...
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday cast a split vote favoring U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh's nomination to the...
Litigation
Tesla sues man for impersonating its CEO, allegedly seeking trade secrets
By Kevin Lee
Tesla Motors Inc. has sued a business executive in the oil and gas industry, alleging he impersonated CEO Elon Musk in an effo...
Litigation
Thomas More Law Center fights Kamala Harris donor list grab
By America Hernandez
It is the third suit against Harris for her attempts to obtain unredacted donor names and addresses from nonprofits in a state...
Environmental
$4 million settlement ends LA County criminal suit against SoCalGas
By Justin Kloczko
A $4 million settlement to end criminal charges in the Porter Ranch gas leak likely won't influence the several civil cases pe...
Jorge E. Navarrete will serve as the 27th state Supreme Court clerk and court administrator starting next month, it was announ...
Entertainment & Sports
Filmmaker and government agree to settlement talks in Bergdahl case
By Steven Crighton
A lawsuit being hailed as an important First Amendment battle could have a quiet ending. ...
SVP and General Counsel Spokeo Inc. (Pasadena) ...
Government
Lawsuit against city could test ability to claim CEQA exemptions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city of Sacramento has been sued over a tree ordinance, in a case that could test a recent decision regarding when local g...