Judges and Judiciary, Government
Kern County presiding judge’s new order allows public, media to attend court proceedings
By Craig Anderson
ACLU, First Amendment Coalition praised the modified court access order.
Wiener’s bill would change existing laws governing jury pool selection to include state tax filers in the list of sources coun...
Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
Proposed class claims opting out won’t stop Google tracking
By Winston Cho
The privacy lawsuit is the second filed by Boies Schiller Flexner LLP against the Alphabet-owned company since June.
Consumer Law, Civil Litigation
Coffee industry sees wins in fight over labeling
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle denied the first three motions by the plaintiff, ruling the coffee defe...
Civil Litigation
Rejection of all-male class leadership is seen as trend
By Craig Anderson
Women class action attorneys on Wednesday praised a federal judge's refusal to approve the appointment of an all-male team of ...
Labor/Employment, Education Law
At-risk teachers complicate school openings during pandemic
By Jessica Mach
Negotiations over how public schools can accommodate teachers who are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 symptoms have been co...
Criminal
Becerra restricts access to problematic LA police gang database
By Tyler Pialet
The decision comes after Police Chief Michel Moore permanently withdrew his department’s participation in the CalGang system o...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Harley can defend false advertising putative class action in federal court
By Craig Anderson
Harley-Davidson Inc. is entitled to defend a putative class action alleging false advertising in federal court, a 9th U.S. Cir...
Government
US judge rejects request to overturn state ban on Capitol protests
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Has the governor issued any more proclamations?” U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez asked, referring to state orders changing...
Intellectual Property
E-cigarette maker declares multi-front war against imports
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The moves appear to serve a dual purpose of shielding Juul’s business while also showing the San Francisco company is taking a...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Big-name lawyers fight to wipe out one of Michael Avenatti’s last big trial wins
By Craig Anderson
In his bid to overturn or reduce a punitive damages award in a class verdict against Kimberly-Clark Corp., Gibson, Dunn & ...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyer is cooperating with federal probe of water bill case
By Justin Kloczko
A resigned outside counsel for the LA city attorney’s office is cooperating with the federal government’s investigation into t...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Veteran public interest attorney named head of OneJustice
By Kamila Knaudt
OneJustice, a legal nonprofit with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, appointed Phil Hwang its chief executive officer,...
Labor/Employment
Privacy rules can interfere with virus contact tracing
By Jessica Mach
A tension exists between public health efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus on the one hand, and employee privacy rig...
The Trump administration's 11th hour withdrawal of a policy that would have forced international students to leave the country...
Civil Litigation
Judge tosses virus claim by passengers on Princess cruise ship
By Gina Kim
The plaintiffs failed to show they were in a zone of danger. Nor did they show any physical manifestation of their emotional d...
Legal Education, Immigration, Education Law
California law students, West Coast universities sue over student visa rule
By Henrik Nilsson
The rule had been eased at the outset of the coronavirus, but last week U.S. immigration authorities said students would have ...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Death sentence upheld for murderer who said consulate would have helped his defense
By Tyler Pialet
The 1967 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Treaty was invoked, which says foreign nationals arrested abroad must be advi...
Financial services law firm Murphy & McGonigle PC opened its first West Coast office in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Obituaries, Constitutional Law
Men’s rights attorney-advocate found shot to death in home
By Justin Kloczko
Marc Angelucci, 52, was found unresponsive from gunshot wounds at his San Bernardino County home Saturday evening and the sher...
Insurance
US judge denies most of Aerojet’s insurance claims for rocket explosions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
But the judge allowed the rocket engine manufacturer to continue with allegations the insurer violated the Unfair Competition ...
Immigration, Government
DOJ loses effort to tie grants to immigration help
By Craig Anderson
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel handed San Francisco and California a victory Monday in their lawsuit against the U....
California Supreme Court declines to take up Alameda County judge’s face mask order.
Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
Proposed class says LinkedIn app was programmed to spy
By Winston Cho
A proposed class action alleges LinkedIn programmed its mobile application to spy on users by reading and diverting sensitive ...
Native Americans, Environmental & Energy
Group challenges Native Americans’ wind power project
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The 25- to 38-year lease covers construction of 60 turbines, each 586 feet tall, on tribal land about 70 miles east of San Die...
Immigration, Education Law
Rule on foreign students assumes virus is waning, suit says
By Henrik Nilsson
Challenging the U.S. government's decision to revert to a requirement that international students take some in-person classes,...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
San Diego attorney takes unique tack in suit against ‘less lethal’ police ammunition
By Tyler Pialet
The suit by Singleton Law Firm APC seeks a permanent injunction restraining the police department from using public funds to p...
Absent high court guidance, “trial courts and litigants are left with a patchwork of inconsistent procedures,” the appellant a...