U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Vexatious label reversed by circuit
By John Roemer
U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real of Los Angeles was too quick to boot out of court a lawyer and her son by declaring them v...
Last Tuesday FedEx pleaded not guilty to charges in an indictment which raises significant questions about a private party's r...
Litigation
Rare class action against lender moves toward Northern District trial
By Saul Sugarman
A rare claim that tests a lender's ability to levy nearly 100 percent interest rates on its customers has cleared a path for t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit considers parameters of Class Action Fairness Act
By Henry Meier
A 9th Circuit panel seemed inclined to overrule a district court judge who remanded a class action to state court allegedly co...
Criminal judge Ramona Garrett pays special attention to the psychological causes of crime.
Supervising judge Gregory A. Syren spent more than two decades with the public defender's office.
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Judge Steve White has stood up to judiciary leaders as head of the Alliance of California Judges.
Immigration
Attorneys across California reach out to aid immigrant children
By Melanie Brisbon
Some 600 attorneys in law firms throughout the state are donating their time to assist in the immigration crisis. More than 3,...
General Counsel of Roku Inc. Saratoga ...
The San Francisco bench is lucky to still have Judge McBride, whether he's mellowed out or not. By Adrian Ivancevich ...
Letter to the Editor
LETTER: Let's keep the attorney-client privilege
By Ben Armisteadn
Detained individuals enjoy a full Sixth Amendment right to counsel and to have (and thus prepare for) a fair trial. By Melissa...
Two aspects of the decision - the scope of an allowable search warrant and cloud storage - are bound to give life to Riley for...
With advances in technology, changes in the moral zeitgeist and the increasing political polarization of our country, there ar...
California Courts of Appeal
Appeals court strikes down San Diego hotel tax use
By Emily Green
City can't use money to revamp its convention center, home to annual Comic-Con conference that has threatened to leave the tow...
Litigation
Counties tackle longstanding concern about returning medical pot to criminal defendants
By Kylie Reynolds
There is still ambiguity about whether state peace officers can return seized medical marijuana to defendants after a criminal...
Administrative/Regulatory
Death knell for State Bar's opt-out fees?
By Don Debenedictisn
A line of appellate decisions that put into question the way many mandatory state bars collect lawyer dues to pay for their po...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Chinese e-commerce giant reaches into California startup scene
By Salvador Mares
O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped San Francisco-based game developer Kabam Inc. secure $120 million strategic investment from A...
Recent employment figures at the state and national level indicate that legal services have reached a new level of relative st...
Bankruptcy filings dropped dramatically in California last year, showcasing a rebounding economy, but also less work for attor...
Litigation
High speed rail opponents look for silver linings in ruling against their cause
By Paul Jones
Last week's ruling on the state's high speed rail set the project's opponents back in a big way. The 3rd District Court of App...
Litigation
Groups seek injunction to ensure right to counsel for children facing deportation
By Henry Meier
Responding to a new expedited deportation program for immigrant children, several civil liberties and immigrant rights groups ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Herbert Levy, a long-serving justice on the 5th District Court of Appeal, is known for congeniality.
Litigation
9th Circuit case emerging as important money-saving tool in discovery requests
By Henry Meier
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter became one of the few judges to rely on the case when he ruled that S&P was required ...
In hundreds of mediations happening every day throughout the country, people are playing games. By Steven G. Mehta ...
The Copyright Act of 1976 allows authors and their families to terminate copyright grants years after they are made "notwithst...
In a move with potential sweeping impact on businesses across the country, the NLRB will name a parent franchisor as a respond...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The blame game: causation in legal malpractice
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains / And we never even know we have the key" - Eagles, "Already Gone....
Are more addicted lawyers seeking recovery? Statistics don't necessarily support that conclusion. But the need for recovery se...