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, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
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...
Introduced in the last few weeks, the laws — Senate Bills 868, 881, 867, 875 and AB 1925 — propose indefinite exemptions for a...
Government, Criminal
San Francisco’s public works director charged with bribery
By Winston Cho
Mohammed Nuru allegedly schemed to bribe a city commissioner for assistance in winning a bid to run a restaurant in San Franci...
Securities, Government
SEC chief: capital growth, investor protection goals are both being met
By Brian Cardile
In a keynote address at the 2020 Securities Regulation Institute delivered Tuesday, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairm...
Criminal
New bill would raise juvenile criminal coverage to age 20
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A newly proposed bill in Sacramento would raise the age to be criminally tried as an adult in California to 20, up from 16. SB...
Splunk GC Scott Morgan says the Wild West mentality of the technology sector presents a challenge to thoughtful attorneys to p...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Appellate court slashes $27M malpractice default judgment
By Justin Kloczko
A $27 million default judgment against an attorney sued by another attorney for malpractice has been slashed to $5 million aft...
Securities, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mandatory shareholder arbitration likely to stay in courts
By Winston Cho
The Securities Exchange Commission continues to refuse to condemn mandatory shareholder arbitration at the expense of class ac...
Civil Litigation
Class action over Experian credit reports settles for $24M
By Meghann Cuniff
The settlement, which includes $8.4 million in attorney fees, will pay class members at least $270.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
San Francisco bar association president joins Alston & Bird
By Craig Anderson
Stuart C. Plunkett, a veteran antitrust and commercial litigator who also serves as president of the Bar Association of San Fr...
Entertainment & Sports
NCAA school presidents warn of student pay ‘calamity’
By Nicole Tyau
NCAA university presidents discussed the complicated terrain for compliance with California's Fair Pay to Play Act during the ...
Civil Rights
Falconers can fight free speech claims against federal restrictions, judge rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The plaintiffs challenged federal rules they say illegally prevent them from making money off of their passion and subject the...
Securities
Ex-Delaware high court chief urges to promote scrupulous, transparent compliance
By Brian Cardile
Leo E. Strine Jr., former head of the Delaware Supreme Court, addressed the Securities Regulatory Institute in San Diego on Mo...
Obituaries, Criminal
Longtime DA, former State Bar president recalled for humility, warmth
By Craig Anderson
James P. Fox, the longtime San Mateo County district attorney and former State Bar president who died earlier this month, was ...
Civil Litigation
US judge may prohibit PG&E bonuses until utility meets wildfire goals
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered PG&E to show why he should not “restrict all bonuses and other incentives for su...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
McKool Smith wins $85 million from Apple
By Blaise Scemama
Apple was found to have infringed WiLAN’s 8,457,145 and 8,537,757 patents, which cover technology used in many Apple products,...
Immigration, Government
Suit saying state registers non-citizens dropped for strategic reason
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Plaintiffs’ attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon said she would likely file a new complaint.
Criminal
Guilty pleas in biggest criminal fraud in US Eastern District
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal asset seizure of $120 million, the largest ever in the Eastern District of California, was announced by U.S. Attorne...
Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supporters join SEC’s crusade to save disgorgement
By Brian Cardile
The high court will consider in March whether to uphold a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals holding that both disgorgement — t...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
No restitution for gas leak victims under criminal plea deal so far
By Justin Kloczko
Telling a packed courtroom Friday that she had a narrow appellate mandate, a superior court judge ruled those affected by the ...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Inspiration for “The Wolf of Wall Street” claims filmmakers duped him
By Steven Crighton
Jordan Belfort claims in a new Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint he was convinced to provide the rights to his liken...
Government, Constitutional Law
US suit over California private prisons law could be first impression case
By Carter Stoddard
However, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley School of Law, said, “There is no express preemption provision. As for implied...
Government, Constitutional Law
ACLU: FISA defendant should know why he’s being spied on
By Gina Kim
The ACLU is seeking to submit an amicus brief in a southern Lebanese Muslim defendant’s fight to find out why the government h...
Legal Education
UC Irvine School of Law gets grant to expand AI curriculum
By Nicole Tyau
The university said $56,000 would be split into smaller amounts to expand the coverage of artificial intelligence in the curri...
Labor/Employment, Education Law, Civil Litigation
Teachers unions sue over ‘gainful employment rule’ for higher education
By Carter Stoddard
The largest teachers union in the state and its national affiliate sued the U.S. Department of Education, alleging it illegall...