Civil Litigation
Openings in Roundup cancer trial continued amid settlement rumors
By Winston Cho
Monsanto, which manufactures the weedkiller, attributed the last minute continuance to “avoid the distractions that can arise ...
Law Practice
Claire Collins leads five-attorney team from Lewis Brisbois to Hanson Bridgett
By Carter Stoddard
The other attorneys joining the 170-attorney San Francisco-based Hanson Bridgett are Paul Beck, Beth Hummer, Laura Ratcliffe a...
Judge Kimberly Mueller upheld Friday the temporary restraining order she granted on Dec. 30, two days before the law took effect.
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Foreign bribes act repeal would be disaster, attorneys say
By Glenn Jeffers
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
San Francisco Bar Association issues ratings on judicial candidates
By Justin Kloczko
The Bar Association of San Francisco on Friday evaluated the six candidates running for open judge seats, giving the highest r...
Civil Litigation
Class certification advances fight over contracts in ruptured pipeline
By Gina Kim
A group of property owners in Santa Barbara that were affected by the 2015 Refugio oil spill disaster has been certified as a ...
A renegotiated class settlement potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars was reached between Ford Motor Co. and 2 mil...
Civil Litigation
Conception judge ruling gives early look into navigation of maritime injury, death cases
By Gina Kim
Judge strikes down multiple maritime defenses invoked by Conception owners in boat fire litigation
Five attorneys and six staff joined the national firm’s immigration practice Jan. 27.
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
Judge chides defense’s ‘sloppy briefs,’ moves sex harassment case forward
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A male former Legislative aide can move forward with his sexual harassment suit against a female legislator, Sacramento Superi...
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
With settlement talks swirling, another Roundup trial to start in Martinez
By Craig Anderson
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
UC Berkeley removes ‘Boalt Hall’ from main law school building
By Winston Cho
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
UC Berkeley may be liable under Title IX for “deliberate indifference” to sexual misconduct
By Brian Cardile
An attitude of "deliberate indifference" toward sexual misconduct claims at UC Berkeley might have contributed to assaults all...
Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government
Immigration judge leader seeks independence from DOJ
By Blaise Scemama
The president of the National Association of Immigration Judges urged the U.S. House of Representatives this week to create an...
Civil Litigation
Latham & Watkins scores $1B in UBS contract breach trial
By Glenn Jeffers
Firm attorneys argued Highland Capital breached their contacts with Swiss multinational investment bank UBS when they refused ...
Government, Criminal
LA DA Lacey attacks opponents, defends record in first campaign debate
By Jessica Mach
Addressing a raucous and progressively hostile crowd during her first appearance at a district attorney candidate debate Wedne...
Civil Litigation
State wins $344M judgment from Johnson & Johnson over mesh products
By Justin Kloczko
A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $344 million for false and deceptive mar...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bill would require State Bar to offer resources to human traffic victims
By Justin Kloczko
A state Assembly bill introduced Tuesday would require the State Bar to work with local bar associations and legal aid organiz...
California Supreme Court
Supreme Court creates task force to counter racial bias in jury selection
By Brian Cardile
A special task force will soon convene to consider potential measures to counteract racial bias in criminal jury selection, th...
Environmental & Energy
Environmentalists and unions petition 9th Circuit over Inland Empire airport expansion
By Carter Stoddard
A coalition of environmentalists and organized labor banded together Wednesday to oppose a new terminal at the San Bernardino ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
US magistrate judge joins Signature’s roster of neutrals
By Arin Mikailian
Suzanne Segal spent 18 years with the U.S. District Court’s Central District and four as chief magistrate judge.
Intellectual Property
Caltech wins $1.1 billion patent infringement judgment against Apple and Broadcom
By Gina Kim
The university took home a whopping award of damages in a case against the semiconductor and software manufacturer and celebra...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Trade secrets criminal trial to rest without defendant’s testimony
By Craig Anderson
The former director of consumer insights at a now-defunct technology company will not take the witness stand to defend herself...
Gov. Newsom said the utility “exists only on paper” and repeated a threat to “take it over, if necessary,” during a luncheon W...
Plaintiffs said the powders contain carcinogenic chemicals, such as arsenic, lead and chromium, which are listed as known to c...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Judge: Doctors don’t have standing to challenge aided suicide law
By Carter Stoddard
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
Prosecutors rest trade secrets case after defunct company’s CEO testifies
By Craig Anderson
Former Jawbone founder Hosain Rahman testifed Tuesday that the defendant accused of criminal trade secrets possession was “ang...
Judges and Judiciary
Candidates for 9 LA judge seats give their pitches at forum
By Justin Kloczko
Sixteen of the 23 candidates running for nine open judge seats gave their pitches without debating each other in an event mode...
