Government
Bonta has huge lead in polls and cash heading into election
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Delayed ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ release brings suit over expired copyright
By Ricardo Pineda
“The release got pushed because they wanted to continue working on it. Paramount didn’t release the draft of the movie until D...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
President Biden nominates US attorney for Central District
By Christer Schmidt
Litigation & Arbitration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit to rehear challenge to tribe-affiliated lender’s arbitration clause
By Federico Lo Giudice
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick a denied the lenders’ motion to compel arbitration in 2019 and said the agreement was un...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Plastic companies must face pollution class action in California court
By Jonathan Lo
“We are extremely pleased that this latest attempt to slow down the case has been rejected by the court. This decision allows ...
Technology, Securities
Musk said he wants ‘streetfighters’ then he hired Skadden
By Craig Anderson
"Skadden has very experienced Delaware litigators," said Adam C. Pritchard, a professor at the University of Michigan who prev...
Judges and Judiciary
Newsom names 2 justices to courts of appeal; 11 to superior courts
By David Houston
Jeremy M. Goldman, co-chief of appellate litigation at the San Francisco city attorney's office, was nominated to the 1st Dist...
Legal observers said the decision was an easy call, but it highlights renewed scrutiny of federal judges’ investment portfolios.
With 3 openings, Gov. Gavin Newsom has chance to remake crucial appellate court but its case backlog is daunting.
Here are the candidates for elections to fill judicial seats in 15 counties on Tuesday:
Proposed UC San Francisco College of Law name drew rebuke from Round Valley Yuki tribal members.
Biden plan for fracking off coast violates law, 9th Circuit panel rules
By Wisdom Howell
“In this era of climate change, with ever mounting threats to our oceans and wildlife, it is absolutely appropriate and essent...
Beyond Meat Inc. lies about its protein content, lawsuit alleges
By Federico Lo Giudice
Don Lee Farms had a business relationship with Beyond Meat that turned sour. The company has another case pending in state cou...
Judge Jose S. Castillo, a Marine and former federal prosecutor, is skilled at condensing issues
Neutral Mayra Fornos works hard to convince disputants that collaboration isn’t weakness.
Judges and Judiciary
6th Circuit to review attorney fee order in opioid litigation
By Federico Lo Giudice
Plaintiffs say the trial judge does not have the authority to extend the common benefit orders to include other jurisdictions,...
Legal Education
Hastings board meets today to consider name change
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A series of newspaper stories linked the school’s founder and namesake, Serranus C. Hastings, to organizing militias that con...
Law Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law, Appellate Practice
California Medical Association names new chief legal officer
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The announcement comes after the group struck a deal with trial lawyers to increase the cap on non-economic damages in medical...
Labor/Employment, Environmental & Energy
$464M verdict against Edison may be largest for employee plaintiff
By Federico Lo Giudice
One employee was sexually harassed, another said he was fired for reporting the behavior
California Courts of Appeal
Appeals court largely sides with prosecutors fighting Gascón on sentences
By Christer Schmidt
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Discipline, Criminal
Avenatti gets another 2½ year sentence in client theft case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The disgraced lawyer now must return to California to stand trial on charges he stole millions of dollars from other clients.
Labor/Employment
Bonta sides with Washington state on wages for immigrant detainees
By Craig Anderson
“Contracts with the federal government do not exempt employers from any and all state or local laws that may impact the bottom...
“It’s a stunning indictment, describing an astonishing amount of misconduct by Justice Raye, although it still leaves me wonde...
CHP agrees to pay nearly $5 million to man shot by trooper in act of murder/suicide
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
CHP officials knew Trooper Brad Wheat was homicidal because the man was dating his estranged wife, the lawsuit stated.
They alleged Zendesk Inc. has a history of tolerating discriminatory workplace behavior, said plaintiffs’ attorney Matthew J. ...
“The draft makes it clear that regulated businesses have their work cut out for them whether or not they are located in Califo...
For decades, Thomas V. Girardi was a titan of the California plaintiffs' bar -- a trial attorney who rocketed to fame and fort...
“The proposed settlement also attempts to usurp the county’s right to determine how to fund and run its own homelessness progr...
“It seems to me that the idea that any licensing agency can make these records unavailable such that no one will know they exi...
Stanislaus County judge answered everyone’s legal questions as a prosecutor.
