Securities, Civil Litigation, Government
Palo Alto company’s founder settles SEC lawsuit
By Glenn Jeffers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday fined Austrian businessman Daniel Mattes $17 million to settle charges ...
Intellectual Property
Closing arguments end in delayed attorney fees trial
By Blaise Scemama
The jury began deliberating Wednesday in a battle over attorney fees following a case that helped clarify American copyright l...
Corporate
Audentes Therapeutics appoints Mark A. Meltz as first general counsel
By Nicole Tyau
Health care industry veteran Mark A. Meltz was appointed as Audentes Therapeutics' first general counsel.
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Judd’s civil suit against Weinstein stayed
By Carter Stoddard
A federal judge issued a stay Tuesday in actress Ashley Judd’s defamation case against Harvey Weinstein, citing an imminent cr...
Labor/Employment
Court rejects preeemption argument against Dynamex decision
By Andy Serbe
A district judge ruled, in keeping with precedent, that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 does not...
Law Practice
Shook Hardy plans to open in LA with class litigators from Sidley
By Gina Kim
Shook, Hardy & Bacon is opening a new Los Angeles office which will be spearheaded by new Partners Michael Mallow, Mark Ca...
Civil Litigation, Government
Disagreement arises over mediators for LA water bill settlement probe
By Justin Kloczko
A handful of mediators, forensic accountants and tax attorneys are among those being recommended to look into the Los Angeles ...
Labor/Employment, Government
Department of Labor aligns with NLRB in proposed joint employer rule.
By Andy Serbe
The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule on its interpretation of joint employment on Monday which closely resembles one s...
Criminal
No new conditions on Avenatti over California criminal charges
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge on Monday imposed no additional bond on Michael J. Avenatti, continuing conditions imposed after his arrest in...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Clarence Thomas denies retirement rumors, says faith strengthens oath
By Nicole Tyau
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke candidly about retirement rumors, implying he would stop serving only when he dies.
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Law professor witness challenges US judge’s copyright precedent
By Blaise Scemama
Seemingly settled questions about whether internet platforms should be responsible for copyright infringement by their users w...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Trump administration’s CEQA lawsuit against California in state court is a rare move, experts say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit in state court under the California Environmental Quality Act over water rights could h...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit saying criminalization of homelessness is unconstitutional will stand, despite dissents
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider a decision establishing that prosecuting homeless people for sleepin...
Civil Litigation, Government
Judge warns against dredging up past wrongs in lawsuit against LA County
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The second civil trial for a disbarred attorney who says the mistreatment of her and other inmates at Los Angeles County Jail ...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Judge mulls criminal trial’s impact on civil suit against Weinstein
By Carter Stoddard
A federal judge deciding whether to stay actress Ashley Judd’s defamation case against Harvey Weinstein heard arguments Monday...
Labor/Employment
Judge orders Ogletree gender discrimination lawsuit to arbitration
By Meghann Cuniff
Plaintiff Dawn Knepper never opted out of the firm’s arbitration policy.
Civil Litigation
Contra Costa County jury awards $21.4M in benzene exposure case
By Gina Kim
A Contra Costa Superior Court jury awarded $21.4 million to the families of two brothers who died of cancer after being expose...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Conservatives dissent as 9th Circuit declines rehearing on state’s nonprofit donor disclosure law
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Conservative nonprofits seeking to strike down as unconstitutional California disclosure laws requiring them to share with the...
An Orange County judge handed opponents of California's Private Attorneys General Act a significant win in a tentative ruling ...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Apple, Qualcomm head for major battle
By Blaise Scemama
The trial will pit Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook and Qualcomm’s CEO Steve Mollenkopf in the witness box.
Wells Fargo & Co. General Counsel C. Allen Parker is filling in as the company’s interim chief executive officer following...
Government, Education Law
Lawmakers introduce legislation to close admissions loopholes
By Erin Lee
State lawmakers introduced a six-bill package they hope will close college admissions loopholes exploited in the recent scandal.
Labor/Employment
Following 9th Circuit ruling, judge reverses himself in collective certification bid
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge has certified a class of job applicants accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of age discrimination, reversing h...
Baker Marquart LLP is a family-oriented firm that tries high-profile cases.
Criminal, Community News
Preet Bharara knows what it is like to be Adam Levine
By Steven Crighton
Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara spoke last Thursday at a Beverly Hills Bar Associatio...
Government, Criminal
DAs seek state AG’s recusal in death penalty fight
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
District attorneys are taking the position that the state attorney general should recuse himself from a federal case involving...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs’ attorney urges state jury to join ‘historic fight’ in new Monsanto case
By Winston Cho
An attorney representing a couple arguing Monsanto’s massively popular weedkillers cause cancer urged the jury Thursday to joi...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court
Unconvicted appellants need counsel, state Supreme Court rules
By Steven Crighton
Someone’s legally responsible for representing non-convicted respondents on appeal, California Supreme Court justices determin...
Civil Litigation, Education Law
San Diego schools settle suit over anti-Islamophobia curriculum
By Carter Stoddard
The district has agreed to instruct teachers to treat all religions equally, not to promote one over the other and not to allo...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
CEO emotionally explains why he hasn’t paid attorney fees
By Blaise Scemama
While the current trial is supposed to determine whether Perfect 10 defrauded Giganews, for the CEO it seemed to be a platform...