Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit vacates attorney fees in asylum case against government
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Citing a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday vacated $993,758 in attorney fees...
Civil Litigation
Contract doctors not liable as custodians or caretakers, jury finds
By Gina Kim
Attorneys with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP secured a unanimous verdict in favor of defendants Vohra Wound Physicia...
Civil Litigation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Government
Judge hears arguments seeking to block proposed federal rules on health clinics
By Winston Cho
Attorneys seeking to maintain California’s federal funding for family and reproductive health care services warned a judge Thu...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Avenatti’s creditors seek information on defense team payments
By Meghann Cuniff
A fight over a subpoena focuses on $25,000 Avenatti paid his new criminal lawyers.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
New State Bar discipline systems improve backlog slightly
By Erin Lee
The State Bar’s attorney discipline case backlog decreased slightly last year compared to 2017, though high priority case back...
Securities, Civil Litigation
Apple investor sues over iPhone sales losses in China
By Blaise Scemama
Brought by the City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System, the suit claims Apple violated federal securities laws and made...
Law Practice, Criminal
Prosecutors to retry attorney after jury hangs in insurance fraud case
By Meghann Cuniff
An Orange County jury split 8-4 in favor of convicting the first of 10 attorneys arrested in 2017.
Judges and Judiciary, Intellectual Property
Federal judge recuses herself from patent case
By Glenn Jeffers
U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston has recused herself in a patent infringement case between Uniloc LLC and Apple Inc. witho...
Special Coverage, Intellectual Property
Attorneys, jurists convene for Bay Area patent disputes forum
By Craig Anderson
In-house counsel and outside intellectual property attorneys heard panel discussions on topics ranging from mediation to trend...
Law Practice, Criminal
Attorney successfully convinces panel of Guantanamo judge’s bias
By Erin Lee
A federal appeals panel threw out two years of decisions in a Guantanamo Bay death penalty case, a result of year-long litigat...
Neutral Phyllis Pollack applies a frank, and often humorous, mediation style.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Battle over Proposition 8 courtroom video returns to 9th Circuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Nearly a decade after same-sex marriage activists sought to strike down California’s Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, a Bay ...
Civil Litigation
SeaWorld seeks dismissal of investors’ class action
By Blaise Scemama
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. asked a federal judge this week to dismiss an investors’ class action alleging it misrepresented a...
Securities, Criminal
Federal judge dismisses insider trading convictions
By Meghann Cuniff
No explanation for the dismissal has been given, but prosecutors last year acknowledged exonerating testimony from a former co...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High court ruling on oil rig labor law may not end lawsuits
By Andy Serbe
Even if the U.S. Supreme Court decides not to import some California labor laws in a case concerning oil rigs on the outer con...
Civil Litigation
Firm failed to disclose reports on Millennium Tower, insurer alleges
By Glenn Jeffers
Peoria, Illinois-based RLI Insurance Co. sued engineering and environmental firm Langan, claiming the New Jersey-based company...
Civil Litigation
Taylor & Ring win record $8 million from Los Angeles Archdiocese for teenage survivor of sex abuse
By Nicole Tyau
The plaintiff suffered sexual abuse and kidnapping by a teacher employed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Putative class claims hospital videoed women without consent
By Gina Kim
A proposed class action accuses Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego of using hidden cameras in operating rooms of its Women’...
The last man incarcerated for the 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping won a new parole hearing because the presiding commiss...
Retired bankruptcy attorney George M. Treister of Stutman, Treister & Glatt law firm -- which had major influence in the b...
Civil Litigation
Judge selects Kabateck to represent class in water ratepayer settlement
By Justin Kloczko
A superior court judge Wednesday selected consumer attorney Brian S. Kabateck to represent water and power ratepayers who migh...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judges in 9th circuit strike down appeal, advance $208 million settlement to NCAA athletes
By Nicole Tyau
More than two years after a $208 million settlement was reached, NCAA athletes could finally start receiving checks after appe...
Despite national attention, Orange County Judge Walter Schwarm says he’s just doing his job.
Intellectual Property
Opening statements followed by global settlement of Apple v. Qualcomm litigation
By Blaise Scemama
The settlement includes a single payment from Apple to Qualcomm, a six-year licensing agreement and a multi-year chipset suppl...
Civil Litigation
Opioid cases in California should be coordinated, lawyer says
By Meghann Cuniff
A major class action firm wants a state lawsuit against opioid manufacturers in Orange County coordinated with nine lawsuits r...
Law Practice
Baker & Hostetler announces 3 lateral hires, all working on PG&E bankruptcy case
By Gina Kim
Baker & Hostetler LLP announced Tuesday that Robert A. Julian, Cecily A. Dumas and Kimberly Morris have joined the firm as...
Criminal
LA County commissions report on court fees for convicts
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The Board of Supervisors adopted a motion calling for a multi-agency collaboration to examine the impact of these charges.
Civil Litigation
Investors in Ponzi scheme sue Wells Fargo for allegedly failing them
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A group of Southern California plaintiffs has sued Wells Fargo & Co., claiming the bank knowingly aided a real estate-base...
Education Law
New study suggests LSAT contributes to racial disparity in law school admissions
By Erin Lee
A new study claims the LSAT disproportionately disadvantages black law school applicants, hurting their chances for admission,...
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has teamed up with Australian litigation investor IMF Bentham to launch a $30 million legal assista...