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Civil Litigation


Monsanto, which manufactures the weedkiller, attributed the last minute continuance to “avoid the distractions that can arise ...


The other attorneys joining the 170-attorney San Francisco-based Hanson Bridgett are Paul Beck, Beth Hummer, Laura Ratcliffe a...


Labor/Employment


Judge Kimberly Mueller upheld Friday the temporary restraining order she granted on Dec. 30, two days before the law took effect.


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


Seeking any changes to the law would be disastrous to both the reputations of U.S. companies as well as the United States’ pos...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


The Bar Association of San Francisco on Friday evaluated the six candidates running for open judge seats, giving the highest r...


A group of property owners in Santa Barbara that were affected by the 2015 Refugio oil spill disaster has been certified as a ...


Civil Litigation


A renegotiated class settlement potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars was reached between Ford Motor Co. and 2 mil...


Judge strikes down multiple maritime defenses invoked by Conception owners in boat fire litigation


Law Practice, Immigration


Clark Hill adds LA immigration boutique

Jan. 31, 2020
By Nicole Tyau

Five attorneys and six staff joined the national firm’s immigration practice Jan. 27.


Law Practice


46% of Hanson Bridgett’s attorneys are female and 40% of the partners are female, which is the firm’s strongest representation...


Government, Civil Litigation


A male former Legislative aide can move forward with his sexual harassment suit against a female legislator, Sacramento Superi...


Civil Litigation


West LA high-rise owner sued a day after fire

Jan. 31, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

The owner of several luxury West Los Angeles high rises was hit with a class action relating to a Brentwood building fire this...


Civil Litigation


After losing three large verdicts in the San Francisco Bay Area, Bayer AG-owned Monsanto will get another chance to defeat a l...


Legal Education


The renaming is in response to the discovery of racist scholarship from John Henry Boalt, a 19th Century Oakland attorney.


Education Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


An attitude of "deliberate indifference" toward sexual misconduct claims at UC Berkeley might have contributed to assaults all...


Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government


The president of the National Association of Immigration Judges urged the U.S. House of Representatives this week to create an...


Civil Litigation


Firm attorneys argued Highland Capital breached their contacts with Swiss multinational investment bank UBS when they refused ...


Government, Criminal


Addressing a raucous and progressively hostile crowd during her first appearance at a district attorney candidate debate Wedne...


Civil Litigation


A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $344 million for false and deceptive mar...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A state Assembly bill introduced Tuesday would require the State Bar to work with local bar associations and legal aid organiz...


California Supreme Court


A special task force will soon convene to consider potential measures to counteract racial bias in criminal jury selection, th...


Environmental & Energy


A coalition of environmentalists and organized labor banded together Wednesday to oppose a new terminal at the San Bernardino ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Suzanne Segal spent 18 years with the U.S. District Court’s Central District and four as chief magistrate judge.


The university took home a whopping award of damages in a case against the semiconductor and software manufacturer and celebra...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


The former director of consumer insights at a now-defunct technology company will not take the witness stand to defend herself...


Government


Governor voices sharp criticism over PG&E bankruptcy

Jan. 30, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Newsom said the utility “exists only on paper” and repeated a threat to “take it over, if necessary,” during a luncheon W...


Civil Litigation


Talc products hit with Prop 65 lawsuit

Jan. 30, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

Plaintiffs said the powders contain carcinogenic chemicals, such as arsenic, lead and chromium, which are listed as known to c...


Health Care & Hospital Law


A Riverside County judge said the plaintiffs have not been personally damaged by the enforcement of the law, nor do they have ...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


Former Jawbone founder Hosain Rahman testifed Tuesday that the defendant accused of criminal trade secrets possession was “ang...


Judges and Judiciary


Sixteen of the 23 candidates running for nine open judge seats gave their pitches without debating each other in an event mode...