After more than a decade with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, partner Susan Estrich is leaving to join David Boies’...
Immigration, Criminal
Most detained immigrants do not have criminal records, report shows
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The majority of people in immigration detention do not have criminal records and many others committed minor offenses, a repor...
Civil Litigation
Testimonies turn argumentative in personal injury trial
By Blaise Scemama
Brian Panish is seeking more than $80 million for his client whose mangled legs and scarred torso have been shown to the jury.
Labor/Employment
Judge dismisses former employee’s claims against accounting firm employees
By Meghann Cuniff
A San Francisco federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit against PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP filed on behalf of a former e...
Civil Litigation
‘Bot’ says Ticketmaster lawsuit is ‘pot calling the kettle black’
By Steven Crighton
Prestige Entertainment Inc. is one of several companies Ticketmaster LLC has sued over the alleged use of automated programs, ...
Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Reyes conducts his courtroom with an aim to serve.
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
After a nasty confirmation battle, Kavanaugh begins Supreme Court term with mundane docket
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
With a historically contentious confirmation battle behind him, newly minted Justice Brett Kavanaugh will sit with his eight c...
Immigration, Government, Civil Rights
Strumwasser & Woocher lawyer to monitor immigration detention facilities
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Andrea Sheridan Ordin, a senior counsel at Strumwasser & Woocher LLP, has been tasked with examining juvenile detention fa...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
State Bar lawyer accuses prosecutor of lacking remorse for wrongdoing
By Winston Cho
The State Bar challenged, in closing briefs, a San Francisco County assistant district attorney’s contention that his alleged ...
Facebook’s Palo Alto-based associate general counsel wrote a letter to the police department condemning the practice, but no l...
Law Practice, Corporate
Investment banking firm hires new general counsel
By Matthew Sanderson
Vaquero Capital Inc. appointed Danny Allen as vice president of operations and general counsel. He aims to build out its infra...
The LSAT will be administered digitally on tablets starting in July 2019.
Helicopters for Agriculture, a nonprofit association, and the owners of Barrett Vineyards are suing the County of Napa and its...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations
Late ABA re-evaluation of Kavanaugh intended to send message to future judicial nominees
By Justin Kloczko
As the U.S. Senate moved toward sealing up the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend, the American Bar Associ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Feinstein signals acceptance of possible 9th Circuit deal including Koh, Rogan
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The California senator is willing to support a consensus slate of nominees including U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh and Orang...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge accused of sexual harassment blames public defender for charges
By Meghann Cuniff
A Contra Costa County judge accused of sexual harassment by the Commission on Judicial Performance believes the allegations st...
Civil Litigation
Judge posits that much of witness’ testimony in personal injury case was hearsay
By Blaise Scemama
In the waining days of a personal injury jury trial involving a seizure-prone Southern California Gas Co. employee who crashed...
The family of former NFL player Junior Seau has reached an undisclosed settlement with the National Football League over his s...
Immigration, Criminal
Immigrant offenders not protected by state law, court rules
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Some immigrants who committed minor crimes may face deportation despite the Legislature’s attempt to dampen the impact of thei...
Federal judge blocks US from withholding money from ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A U.S. judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding certain law enforcement grants from “sanctuary” jur...
U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. heard motions Friday about the "prejudicial effect" of a decades old felony conviction o...
Ricardo D. García will take the reigns of the thousand-attorney office Oct. 15, becoming the county’s first Latino public defe...
Law Practice
Attorneys defending defendants on political fringes face personal attacks
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Any attorney who signs on to defend any of the four California men charged this week with rioting in connection to last year’s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
‘Extraordinary’ conflict leads to lighter sentence in major price-fixing scheme
By Meghann Cuniff
A Japanese corporation accused of leading a years-long criminal conspiracy caught a break after its lawyers discovered a gover...
The witness, a former Southern California Gas Co. employee who was convicted of criminal hit and run after crashing into a sto...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Los Angeles County DA seeks funds to defend prosecutor in State Bar trial
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The State Bar is investigating allegations a deputy district attorney violated the California Rules of Professional Conduct in...
Civil Litigation, Insurance
Class of life insurance holders gets $195 million in settlement
By Justin Kloczko
A large purveyor of universal life insurance policies has agreed to pay class members $195 million to resolve claims the compa...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, Education Law
More than 2,400 law professors sign letter opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation
By Erin Lee
More than 2,400 law professors signed a letter questioning Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s judicial temperament.
Civil Litigation
Judge refuses to dismiss consumers’ RICO claims against Volkswagen
By Winston Cho
Plaintiffs excluded from the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal settlement because they no longer owned their cars after the ...