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A trial was scheduled to start in January over the Tubbs fire, which PG&E says wasn’t its fault though state investigators...


Labor/Employment


Sherry A. William and Joshua A. Klayman have been identified as the women suing Morrison & Foerster LLP, alleging discrimi...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will seat its first openly gay judge after the Senate confirmed Patrick J. Bumatay Tuesd...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Banking


O’Melveny & Myers LLP said an arbitrator rejected a Chapter 7 trustee’s allegations that it had committed legal malpractic...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. “takes a pretty decent portion of the criminal caseload, which will now need to be spread to the ...


Bankruptcy


Gavin Newsom’s office has yet to signal its approval after the deal was reached Friday evening.


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


Putative class members suing Plains All American Pipeline LP in a federal class action arising from a massive 2015 oil spill i...


Labor/Employment


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s challenge to California’s new law that makes it illegal for employers to compel workers into ar...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Assembly budget chair makes no promises on courts budget

Dec. 10, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California’s courts are in line for a 1% increase, about $22 million, in the new fiscal year on their nearly $2.2 billion annu...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County judge loses her challenger

Dec. 10, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

An Orange County Superior Court judge is running unopposed in the March 2020 elections after her challenger withdrew from the ...


Judges and Judiciary, Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Kozinski returns to 9th Circuit, as an advocate

Dec. 10, 2019
By Brian Cardile

For the first time since his abrupt resignation nearly two years ago, former 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozi...


Judges and Judiciary


A new crop of candidates are vying for judge seats across Central and Southern California in 2020, including five attorneys wh...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The agency is also working to prevent another premature leak of test topics.


A judge ruled two anti-abortion activists must face a criminal trial on allegations they illegally recorded Planned Parenthood...


Civil Litigation


The schoolyard insult-like nature of Musk’s “pedo guy” tweet and the lack of any actual harm realized by plaintiff Vernon Unsw...


Judges and Judiciary



Civil Litigation, Corporate


The company reported in August 2018 it unexpectedly accrued massive product inventory, wiping out over $35 billion in sharehol...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Department of Homeland Security acted within its authority to expand a category of prospective immigrants who may be block...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Lawsuit seeking to stop decommissioning project at San Diego nuclear plant dismissed with prejudice due to lack of subject mat...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Court on Thursday reversed, vacated, and remanded a Central District ruling against ...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


The judge also granted default judgment to CrossFit Inc. in its false advertising suit against the National Strength and Condi...


Civil Litigation


The unusual bench trial included testimony about a false sexual misconduct allegation


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for Elon Musk on Thursday pressed plaintiff Vernon Unsworth to define the character he claims the Tesla CEO defamed.


Longtime utility defense firm appeals disqualification order that booted it from representing Woolsey Fire claimants


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, State Bar & Bar Associations


Earl Feldman stole more than $1.6 million from various charitable trusts, according to the United States Attorney.


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


The first black woman to serve on the San Francisco Superior Court, Judge Teri L. Jackson was nominated as an appellate justic...



Finding Solutions

Dec. 6, 2019

Judge Eric Keen wants to treat core issues rather than warehouse people in prison.


Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court


“The California Supreme Court has now made it clear that this exclusionary provision did not survive Proposition 8,” said appe...


Tax, Government


Dairy group seeks to halt state quota tax

Dec. 6, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Quota Implementation Plan requires dairy farmers to pay a portion of their revenues into a state fund used to stabilize pr...


Law Practice, California Courts of Appeal, State Bar & Bar Associations


Some experts say the appellate court opinion about LegalMatch.com demonstrates why California must update its regulation of th...