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


When does a federal judge stop being a judge?

Jan. 2, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

That’s a question the U.S. Supreme Court may answer if it decides to review one of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ most...


Judges and Judiciary



Labor/Employment


An appellate panel has ruled that using indirect or reserved control to determine joint employment is lawful, upholding a 2015...


Law Practice, Criminal


Alan Jackson, a partner at Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP, is now beginning to defend what may be the first of many assault ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law


Amid an overall poor showing in July’s bar exam, two schools under American Bar Association scrutiny once again posted discour...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


While mediating a $14 billion transfer of funds to Muslims, Croats, and Serbs, former U.S. envoy to Bosnia Daniel Weinstein ca...


Entertainment & Sports


With media goliaths Disney and Warner poised to join the fray later this year, the already fierce war for market supremacy in ...


Bar applicants’ undergraduate GPAs and LSAT scores have declined in the last five years, but these changes only account for 33...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Criminal


From two groundbreaking stock options backdating trials to a nearly 10-year insider trading saga, colleagues say Richard Marma...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


What is clear is that justices are divided by the extent of the governor’s authority and its own role in curbing that power.


Law Practice, Immigration


The organization works with law firms and in-house counsel at large companies to conduct workshops for people eligible for wha...


Education Law, Law Practice, Immigration


UC Irvine law students help caravan members

Dec. 31, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Law students and professors have gone to Tijuana to advise asylum seekers on their options.


Civil Litigation, Government


California will receive $148.7 million from Wells Fargo & Co. over fraudulent accounts claims, according to a settlement a...


Obituaries


Jane E. Kahn, 1954-2018

Dec. 31, 2018
By Andy Serbe

A Rosen Bien attorney is remembered for her passion about prisoners’ rights.


Intellectual Property


Sweeping changes mark turbulent year in patent law

Dec. 31, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

The new director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Andrei Iancu, made sweeping changes to an industry still adjusting t...


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


The U.S. Justice Department scored a victory for the Trump administration this week, fending off — for the time being — an unp...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


State high court: Butter knife not a deadly weapon

Dec. 28, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

Justice Goodwin Liu cited the dictionary to knock down the prosecution’s argument that “possible” means “likely.”


Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy


A complaint by State Farm, which says it has paid $170 million in insurance claims from last month’s Camp Fire, alleges Pacifi...


Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Trump partly blames 9th Circuit for government shutdown

Dec. 28, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

President Donald J. Trump continued his ongoing attack on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday, blaming in part the ...


Government


Bill would nix jury fees for legislative staff

Dec. 28, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

While many legislative staff jobs come with low pay, it’s unlikely the bill would cause hardship, given that it’s policy to co...


In Recess


Steering the Boat

Dec. 28, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Akin Gump partner C.N. Franklin Reddick’s sailing hobby took him to the Arctic Circle.


Government, Environmental & Energy, Corporate


State regulators are considering replacing Pacific Gas and Electric Co. leadership, splitting its operations into separate ent...


Entertainment & Sports


Musk defense: Ridiculous insults didn’t defame

Dec. 28, 2018
By Steven Crighton

Allegations of pedophilia made by Elon Musk are so ridiculous and baseless that the man accused has no basis for a defamation ...


Law Practice


The law firm is deploying more than a dozen neuroscience games known as Pymetrics — also the name of the developer — that can ...


While total nationwide law school enrollment rose by 1.3 percent this fall, enrollment in non-JD programs rose even further at...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Insurance, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Entertainment & Sports, Corporate


In the wake of the #MeToo movement, corporate attorneys are increasingly focused on executive behavior as they negotiate merge...


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


A federal appeals court will not reconsider a prior ruling establishing that a San Bernardino County school district violated ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The association is planning to expand on those efforts in 2019, aided by the move of its headquarters from San Francisco to Sa...


Law Practice


Gene G. Livingston, who is retiring after half a century in law, recalls the legal battles of his youth as a U.S. Department o...


California Courts of Appeal


A state appellate panel has affirmed a Santa Clara County Superior Court ruling finding a company can choose Delaware as its e...