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Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


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


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


Attorneys seeking to maintain California’s federal funding for family and reproductive health care services warned a judge Thu...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy


A fight over a subpoena focuses on $25,000 Avenatti paid his new criminal lawyers.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The State Bar’s attorney discipline case backlog decreased slightly last year compared to 2017, though high priority case back...


Securities, Civil Litigation


Brought by the City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System, the suit claims Apple violated federal securities laws and made...


Law Practice, Criminal


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

Apr. 19, 2019
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


In-house counsel and outside intellectual property attorneys heard panel discussions on topics ranging from mediation to trend...


Law Practice, Criminal


A federal appeals panel threw out two years of decisions in a Guantanamo Bay death penalty case, a result of year-long litigat...



Reality Check

Apr. 19, 2019
By Gina Kim

Neutral Phyllis Pollack applies a frank, and often humorous, mediation style.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Nearly a decade after same-sex marriage activists sought to strike down California’s Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, a Bay ...


Civil Litigation


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

Apr. 18, 2019
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


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


Peoria, Illinois-based RLI Insurance Co. sued engineering and environmental firm Langan, claiming the New Jersey-based company...


The plaintiff suffered sexual abuse and kidnapping by a teacher employed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


A proposed class action accuses Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego of using hidden cameras in operating rooms of its Women’...


Criminal


School bus kidnapper gets new parole hearing

Apr. 18, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

The last man incarcerated for the 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping won a new parole hearing because the presiding commiss...


Obituaries


George M. Treister, 1923-2019

Apr. 18, 2019
By Gina Kim

Retired bankruptcy attorney George M. Treister of Stutman, Treister & Glatt law firm -- which had major influence in the b...


Civil Litigation


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


More than two years after a $208 million settlement was reached, NCAA athletes could finally start receiving checks after appe...



Major Cases

Apr. 18, 2019
By Arin Mikailian

Despite national attention, Orange County Judge Walter Schwarm says he’s just doing his job.


Intellectual Property


The settlement includes a single payment from Apple to Qualcomm, a six-year licensing agreement and a multi-year chipset suppl...


Civil Litigation


A major class action firm wants a state lawsuit against opioid manufacturers in Orange County coordinated with nine lawsuits r...


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

Apr. 17, 2019
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


A group of Southern California plaintiffs has sued Wells Fargo & Co., claiming the bank knowingly aided a real estate-base...


A new study claims the LSAT disproportionately disadvantages black law school applicants, hurting their chances for admission,...


Law Practice


Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has teamed up with Australian litigation investor IMF Bentham to launch a $30 million legal assista...