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Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


While the current trial is supposed to determine whether Perfect 10 defrauded Giganews, for the CEO it seemed to be a platform...


Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Attorneys who won an injunction for Division I college athletes forcing the NCAA to drop some caps on its education-related co...


Civil Rights


U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said California ammunition limits violate the Second Amendment.


Education Law, California Courts of Appeal


A 2nd District Court of Appeal panel upheld the expulsion of a USC law student for plagiarizing a law journal application.


In Recess


Tree of Life

Mar. 29, 2019
By Skylar Dubelko

Lawyer's knowledge of trust and estate law helped him find deep meaning in his own history.


California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court should leave in place a federal appeals court order appointing a special prosecutor in former Maricopa ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Oil producers who petitioned the California Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn an anti-SLAPP case on due process grounds said...


Government, Criminal


District Attorney Diana Becton is under pressure after releasing a heavily redacted report last week outlining years of sexual...


Criminal


A Federal grand jury indicted San Jose immigration lawyer Danhong "Jean" Chen and her ex-husband and office manager Jianyun "T...


Corporate


FDIC names Nick Podsiadly general counsel

Mar. 28, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced the appointment of Nick Podsiadly as general counsel and the promotion of ...


The just-passed Paycheck Fairness Act which expands sex discrimination class actions, damages, and company reporting requireme...


Civil Litigation


Avenatti parts ways with only paying client

Mar. 28, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

The troubled attorney is no longer representing a company that he testified was paying him $35,000 monthly.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


A superior court jury awarded $5.3 million to a former FedEx Corp. employee who accused the company of failing to adequately a...


Government, Bankruptcy, Banking


The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Corp.’s bankruptcy approved the utility’s request to fully tap into $5.5 bil...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit weighs Arizona voter laws en banc

Mar. 28, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

An attorney for the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday urged an en banc 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to strike do...


Civil Litigation


Jury awards $80M in Monsanto cancer trial

Mar. 28, 2019
By Winston Cho

A unanimous federal jury awarded a 70-year-old man more than $80 million after finding Monsanto recklessly marketed and sold m...


International Law, Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Despite the judge’s warning he’s not interested, parties appear to be relitigating a copyright infringement case in a trial ov...


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


Senate confirms Trump’s fourth 9th Circuit pick

Mar. 27, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to an Arizona seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...


Labor/Employment, Government


The unanimous jury verdict underscores a trial marked by an unusual amount of evidence for gender discrimination cases, despit...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit sits en banc to mull EPA pesticide challenge

Mar. 27, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc Tuesday appeared concerned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...


Government, Entertainment & Sports


Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, is on the West Coast promoting a new book.


Government, Criminal


Members of the state Senate Public Safety Committee provided a display of bipartisanship in the money bail debate on Tuesday, ...


International Law, Intellectual Property


The European Union's Copyright Directive endured no small measure of criticism on its way to passage. But it's given content c...


The wire and bank fraud charges in California could be overshadowed by an expected forthcoming grand jury indictment.


Coming up on JAMS’ 40th anniversary, the alternative dispute resolution provider is expanding its international arbitration ca...


Civil Litigation


The family of a mentally ill woman fatally shot by two Long Beach Police officers on Jan. 15, 2017 won a $9M verdict on Friday...


Civil Litigation, Government


3rd attorney for LA resigns

Mar. 26, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

The head of the Los Angeles ity attorney’s civil division and a key figure in the water and power billing fiasco has resigned,...


Civil Litigation


DOJ pursues more charges against arrested Avenatti

Mar. 26, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

Monday’s charges followmultiple civil court allegations that he misappropriated client funds, and authorities said they’re con...



Government


Warning: No goals for $75M worth of pretrial reviews

Mar. 26, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California is poised to spend $75 million on pretrial assessment pilot projects without a clearly defined set of goals, the st...