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Immigration, Government


Sessions may act to hold asylum seekers in custody

Nov. 5, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

President Donald Trump’s announced plan to sign an executive order holding asylum seekers until their cases are decided might ...


Government, Constitutional Law


The Trump Administration has successfully blocked a California law that sought to give the state the right of first refusal to...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A California man convicted of 14 prostitution-related counts must be resentenced, a federal appeals court has ruled, finding t...


Government, Criminal


The interdepartmental runoff between the incumbent district attorney of Stanislaus County and one of her deputies on its face ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


2 commissioners named to San Joaquin County court

Nov. 5, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

San Joaquin County Superior Court judges have unanimously elected two new commissioners.


Judges and Judiciary


San Francisco County court chooses new leader

Nov. 5, 2018
By Winston Cho

Samuel K. Feng was elected as San Francisco County Superior Court’s next assistant presiding judge.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Michael Avenatti and his former partner also were ordered to negotiate in ‘good faith’ in anticipation of a Nov. 28 hearing.


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to affect the future of controversial class action settlements in which little to no money is...


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


Judge Mark J. Bennett, a newly appointed member of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has for the first time since his con...


A groundskeeper who alleged Bayer AG’s Monsanto Roundup weedkiller was responsible for his non-Hodgkin lymphoma agreed to a re...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


A federal judge rejected a mistrial request prompted by surprise courtroom appearances by members of the gang.


Judges and Judiciary


Two local attorneys who both have prosecuted and defended criminal cases are running for a judicial seat in Imperial County.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


A federal judge in Califoria has rejected an Orange County law firm’s bid to halt a hedge fund from pursuing a negligence laws...


Civil Litigation


High speed rail foes dealt a setback in court

Nov. 2, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A Sacramento County judge has rejected a motion by opponents of California’s High Speed Rail project to declare a law necessar...


Law Practice, Corporate, Community News


Superior Court of California Commissioner Eric V. Isaac spoke about the limitless possibilities for growth that paralegals may...


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


Trial judges need not disclose campaign contributions or ties with various legal and judicial organizations while serving as p...


Law Practice, Corporate, Community News


Partner Jennifer Briggs Fisher was selected for her commitment to mentoring young lawyers in the firm’s offices across the cou...



Funny Man

Nov. 2, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Labor lawyer Kevin Ruf's comedy career began when he spent his bar prep money to mount .


Intellectual Property


The Department of Justice announced a federal grand jury in Northern California has indicted companies in China and Taiwan as ...


Law Practice, Corporate, Community News


Girardi Keese and Sidley Austin attorneys honored at Loyola Law School Civil Justice Program’s 14th annual Tribute to the Cham...


Mediator Ralph Lombardi follows up constantly to see a dispute to the end.


Government, Criminal


Grudge match in Orange County DA runoff

Nov. 1, 2018
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

The race for district attorney in Orange County features a grudge match between a 20-year incumbent and his former employee. T...


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


The federal government will likely petition the U.S. Supreme Court again to review the legal battle over the Trump administrat...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, State Bar & Bar Associations


A San Francisco prosecutor negligently suppressed evidence while trying a murder case in Solano County in 2013, a State Bar ju...


Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary


A memorial service will be held Saturday for Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Almquist.


Transportation, Civil Litigation


The question of whether a city is bound by its own policy determining if adequate infrastructure is available for construction...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Quarreling Monsters cited the likes of Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Wicked Witch of the West at t...


Immigration


Immigrant’s appeal to remain in the US rejected

Nov. 1, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The Board of Immigration Appeals blocked the appeal of an immigrant who entered the country illegally who asked not to be sent...


Civil Litigation, Government


In what prosecutors believe to be the largest settlement of its kind, a Los Angeles County judge approved a $9 million settlem...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


A landmark racketeering trial targeting the Mongols motorcycle gang’s trademarked logos opened Wednesday with a federal prosec...