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Judge Ethan P. Schulman questioned in hearing earlier this week whether a balancing test should be conducted to decide whether...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Attorneys who do pro bono work said information is key in providing access to legal help.


Civil Litigation


U.S. Northern District Judge William H. Orrick gave $2.6 million of the $10.2 million settlement to a trio of firms who repres...


U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson dismisses Tulsi Gabbard’s censorship lawsuit against Google, finding the company wasn’t ...


Judges and Judiciary


Ventura County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey G. Bennett also stands accused of making a variety of sexist, racist and otherwise...


Judges and Judiciary


Candidates backed by a large contingent of San Francisco County Superior Court judges for open seats appeared to be going down...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court Wednesday claims the packaging on the chips “hides references to its artific...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The American Bar Association announced Wednesday that its white collar crime section meeting scheduled for March 11-13 has bee...


Criminal, Civil Rights


After guards did not check the cell overnight, the complaint asserts, the next morning, “Mr. Romero was found decapitated, and...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


William E. Adams, the former dean of Western State College of Law, has been promoted to managing director of accreditation and...


Judges and Judiciary


Two challenged San Bernardino County judges in races with considerable special interest spending have held onto their seats, b...


Government, Criminal


District Attorney Jackie Lacey had a big lead in her Los Angeles County re-election race as of Wednesday evening, potentially ...


Civil Litigation


The defendant’s attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP took over the case just three months before trial and won over the jury.


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


A confidential settlement was reached Tuesday between Vaporstream Inc. v. Snap Inc. in a tech patent infringement worth upward...


The greatest increase for any demographic group was women judges, according to the report posted on March 1.


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral argument in a habeas corpus petition about a no-bail pre-trial detention order.


Since the gig-worker law took effect Jan. 1, opposition has come in the form of lawsuits as well as bills seeking to exempt ce...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco federal jury handed Volkswagen AG an early victory Tuesday by awarding just $5,727 in compensatory damages to ...


Government, Criminal


The informational hearing by the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Public Safety dove into the department’s proposed $13.4 billi...


Obituaries


Raymond C. Fisher, 1939-2020

Mar. 4, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

9th Circuit mourns senior judge as model of collegiality


Insurance, Civil Litigation


A federal judge awarded less than half of requested attorney fees to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP after opposin...


Civil Litigation


The program was not affiliated with Berkeley, and students received little to no instruction, according to a lawsuit filed by ...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


San Jose-based TiVo Corp. scored an incremental win Monday in its patent battle with Comcast Corp. when a federal appellate pa...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“Even with the significantly increased outreach, the number of new intakes in 2019 was only up 16 from 2018,” wrote Donna S. H...


The emails showing a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher attorney working with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and...


Government, Criminal


During the last debate, when DA Jackie Lacey told a story about her father being shot in his front yard a protester yelled, “G...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


A federal judge rejected a bid for class certification by 1970s soul musician Leonard Williams on Monday, finding the peculiar...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


Apple Inc. has agreed to settle up to $500M to resolve allegations of throttling older iPhone models.


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Days into a federal trial, Red Robin International agreed to pay $8.5 million to workers who claimed they were cheated out of ...


California Supreme Court


In a case out of Ventura County, justices ruled felony identity theft can’t be reduced to misdemeanor shoplifting as lower cou...