U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Experts call for high court to address national injunctions, at Judiciary Committee hearing
By Blaise Scemama
Washington, D.C. partner Jesse Panuccio of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP told the committee: “The time has come for either the Su...
Law Practice, Events
Gibson Dunn partner inducted into International Academy of Trial Lawyers
By Henrik Nilsson
The organization's emphasis on integrity and honesty is especially important today, said inductee David A. Battaglia.
Law Practice, Government, Civil Rights
Legislators, experts see long road toward improving court experience for unrepresented litigants
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Helping litigants has become a matter of self-interest for overburdened courts, said Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile of the L...
Environmental & Energy
Bill would require CEQA petitioners to disclose funders of more than $1,000
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sen. Andreas Borgeas, R-Fresno, a law professor. Borgeas, along with several other Republican and some Democratic legislators,...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Kobe Bryant’s widow files wrongful death suit
By Steven Crighton
The filing, asking a Los Angeles judge to hold defendant Island Express Helicopters Inc. accountable for unspecified damages, ...
Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit backs Trump administration ‘gag rule’
By Craig Anderson
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel on Monday upheld a Trump administration policy barring health care providers...
While the automaker settled with the overwhelming majority of owners of roughly 600,000 vehicles equipped with the devices, Vo...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US high court asks solicitor general’s view of California donor disclosure law
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Supreme Court asked the solicitor general’s office Monday to weigh in on the appeal of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap...
U.S. Supreme Court, Tax
US high court won’t hear Arizona-California tax spat
By Carter Stoddard
Arizona attempted to challenge California’s $800 minimum franchise tax on limited liability companies alleged to be doing busi...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Judge halts move of coronavirus patients to Costa Mesa facility
By Meghann Cuniff
A U.S. judge on Monday extended a temporary restraining order prohibiting the state and federal government from moving infecte...
California Courts of Appeal
3rd District panel asks: ‘Does silence equal consent’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
This seemingly philosophical question was at the heart of a years-old drunk driving case argued before the 3rd District Court ...
Ramo Law PC has grown along with the explosive uptick in video-on-demand services.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary
Judicial evaluation body releases 2019 demographic data
By Henrik Nilsson
Compared to 2018, the number of female judicial candidates ranked as exceptionally well qualified rose from 50.8% in 2018 to 5...
Civil Litigation
Trial to start for plaintiffs who didn’t settle with VW on emissions
By Winston Cho
Consumers who opted out of settlements in the Volkswagen clean diesel litigation will have their cases heard starting Monday i...
Civil Litigation, Banking
Wells Fargo agrees to $3 billion payment over accounts misconduct
By Nicole Tyau
“This case illustrates a complete failure of leadership at multiple levels within the Bank,” said California Central District ...
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Santa Barbara judge considers criminal restitution against pipeline company
By Blaise Scemama
Oil workers and fishermen filled a courtroom Friday seeking restitution for economic damage they say were suffered as a resul...
Labor/Employment, Government
GOP leadership challenges state gig-worker with spate of new bills
By Jessica Mach
The bills in the package provide exemptions to AB 5 for workers in specific industries, including freelance journalists, licen...
Government, Criminal
GOP legislators introduce bills addressing crime, homelessness, mental illness
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Many Republican legislators have praised Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call to address homelessness and the related issues of crime and ...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Judge dismisses suits against state nuclear commission
By Gina Kim
U.S. District judge dismisses two FOIA-related suits against federal regulators over San Onofre power plant decommissioning pr...
Judge Alexander Giza prefers it when parties in his family law court get right to the point.
Intellectual Property
Uber must face trade secrets claims after jury rules suit was filed in time
By Craig Anderson
Uber Technologies Inc. must face a trade secrets theft trial by an entrepreneur who accuses its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, a...
Civil Litigation
Prominent LA-area lawyers appointed as lead counsel in state lawsuit against Juul
By Craig Anderson
A Los Angeles County judge has appointed co-lead counsel and an executive committee to head a state product liability lawsuit ...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
Will Newsom appoint an LGBTQ Supreme Court justice?
By Meghann Cuniff
A recent letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom from the LGBTQ legislative caucus calls Associate Justice Ming W. Chin’s looming retireme...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court rejects enhanced damages for trees burned in negligent fires
By Meghann Cuniff
The decision ends a 10-year-old case that included an amicus brief from Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law, Civil Litigation
US judge asserts authority in Title X funding battle
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen appeared to entertain arguments Thursday to undercut part of a new Title X rule’s implementati...
Education Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Attorneys reach settlement with California over landmark literacy lawsuit
By Nicole Tyau
The settlement, approved by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rupert A. Byrdsong Thursday, establishes a $50 million grant over...
Civil Litigation
VW unhappy with plaintiffs’ effort to disqualify judge in emissions trial
By Winston Cho
Attorneys representing consumers who opted out of the class action settlement are employing a “frivolous tactic to try to dela...
Government, Corporate
Bill to toughen state False Claims Act could face battle with businesses
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Assemblyman Mark Stone have introduce new legislation to strengthen the California False C...
Defense counsel in the Porter Ranch gas leak cases were sanctioned $525,000 for discovery abuses Thursday, the second time it ...
Immigration, Government
ICE denies its hands are tied by California sanctuary law
By Blaise Scemama
“Under the supremacy clause of the United States Constitution, California Assembly Bill 668 cannot and will not govern the con...
