Government, Criminal
Bomb scare prompts San Francisco Hall of Justice evacuation
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
An incendiary device or firework was set off at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, causing an evacuation of the building and c...
Corporate attorney David Katz jumps from helicopters and sometimes catches the bad guy.
The longtime union-side labor attorney and partner at Schwartz Steinsapir Dohrmann & Sommers LLP died suddenly while on va...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Defense rests in Mongols racketeering trial
By Meghann Cuniff
Lawyer Joseph A. Yanny is pitting the integrity of law enforcement against the integrity of the Mongols.
Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Litigation
$48M settlement between VW and investors gets preliminary nod
By Sean Kagan
Volkswagen investors claiming the automaker's emmissions scandal was not only environmentally noxious, but also singed their p...
Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jay-Z draws attention to dearth of diverse arbitrators
By Erin Lee
Jay-Z claimed Wednesday that the American Arbitration Association didn’t have enough African-American arbitrators qualified to...
Litigation & Arbitration, Constitutional Law
Legal nonprofit deplatformed leading GOP scholar, suit says
By Sean Kagan
The firestorm over deplatforming, in which conservative pundits have not been allowed to speak in public spaces because of the...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rejects state challenge to order requiring timely transfer of mentally ill prisoners
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
California prison officials must continue to comply with a court order requiring timely transfers of mentally ill inmates, a f...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura testifies in Mongols defense
By Meghann Cuniff
The reitred professional wrestler was called as an expert witness because of his early Mongols membership.
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Federal judge questions PG&E on wildfire culpability, possible probation violation
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco federal judge demanded answers from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. concerning its role and potential culpabili...
Criminal
Testy exchange between judge, defender over attorney-client recordings
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Accusing the police department of “reckless disregard” for attorney-client privilege, deputy public defenders in Los Angeles i...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Government, California Courts of Appeal
Physicians lack standing to sue over state assisted suicide law, court rules
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Inland Empire physicians who successfully sued to block California’s assisted suicide law lacked standing to challenge the leg...
In an attempt to curb the Private Attorney General Act, lawyers representing an alliance of business owners filed a complaint ...
California Supreme Court
Chief Justice’s chambers attorney gets promotion
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has announced her new principal attorney: Sunil “Neil” Gupta.
Government, Civil Rights
Homeless people do not have a constitutional right to camp on city-owned property, judge rules
By Winston Cho
A group of homeless people do not have the constitutional right to camp on a vacant piece of fenced-off land owned by the city...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy
Avenatti denied protection order for financial records
By Andy Serbe
A federal judge rejected a motion Wednesday for a protective order by attorney Michael Avenatti which would have applied to fi...
Education Law
Student loan watchdog partners with UCI Law to research debt crisis
By Erin Lee
A former federal student loan official launched a nonprofit Wednesday, in conjunction with UC Irvine School of Law, to protect...
Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Trump appeals ruling that blocked administration’s new asylum policy
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The Trump administration appealed a judgment from last week stopping a new policy that would stymie asylum requests between bo...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ethics commission sets hearing for attorney general candidate
By Arin Mikailian
Oral arguments concerning alleged misconduct by retired Judge Steven Bailey of the El Dorado County Superior Court will be hea...
Immigration
Nonprofit expands program providing counsel for immigrants
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A nonprofit that clashed with the Trump administration over legal aid for immigrants is expanding a program to provide represe...
Civil Litigation, International Law
LA County judge grants motion to apply Iranian law in personal injury case
By Blaise Scemama
In a departure from prior court rulings, a Los Angeles County judge granted motions to apply Iranian law in a personal injury ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Courts of Appeal
Brown chooses his last appeals court nominees
By Malcolm Maclachlan
With three appointments Tuesday, and a jurist promoted to presiding justice, outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown has now fully stocked t...
Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
Defense attorneys defend overturned $417M talc verdict in appeal
By Andy Serbe
The briefs set the stage for the next act in a national saga over whether Johnson & Johnson baby powder is toxic.
Civil Litigation
Avenatti continues to dodge negotiations on $10 million judgment, ex-partner says
By Meghann Cuniff
The attorney and possible presidential candidate is expected in federal court Wednesday for a hearing on a motion for a prote...
Securities, Civil Litigation, Criminal
Attorneys defend proposed judgment in SEC insider trading case
By Meghann Cuniff
Two briefs address the role of the SEC and the court in determining the public interest in an insider trading case.
Civil Litigation
$34 million in punitive damages raises elder abuse verdict to nearly $40 million
By Justin Kloczko
Owners of a Long Beach mobile home park are on the hook for $34 million in punitive damages after being found civilly liable f...
Immigration, Government
Trump appeals ruling that blocked administration’s new asylum policy
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The Trump administration appealed a judgment from last week stopping a new policy that would stymie asylum requests between bo...
Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
California law schools look to expand experiential courses
By Erin Lee
Two years after the ABA mandated experiential education, schools are enthusiastic, though some remain worried about costs.
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Judge should have stopped trial when defendant went off his medication, court rules
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court determined the superior court judge should have held a competency hearing instead of...
U.S. Supreme Court, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Supreme Court weighs whether consumers can sue Apple over cost of apps
By Andy Serbe
The case consumers brought against Apple Inc. alleges the company holds a monopoly on apps and passes its costs to customers.