U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Supreme Court issues ethics guidelines for pro tem judges
By Arin Mikailian
Trial judges need not disclose campaign contributions or ties with various legal and judicial organizations while serving as p...
Law Practice, Corporate, Community News
Duane Morris partner receives Margery Reed Professional Excellence Award
By Matthew Sanderson
Partner Jennifer Briggs Fisher was selected for her commitment to mentoring young lawyers in the firm’s offices across the cou...
Labor lawyer Kevin Ruf's comedy career began when he spent his bar prep money to mount .
Intellectual Property
DOJ charges China, Taiwan companies with stealing trade secrets
By Blaise Scemama
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 recognized for civil justice efforts
By Matthew Sanderson
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.
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
9th Circuit doesn’t rule on DACA by DOJ deadline, setting stage for government’s cert petition
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
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
Prosecutor negligently suppressed evidence in murder case, State Bar judge rules
By Winston Cho
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
Santa Cruz County judge remembered for hard work and a sense of humor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A memorial service will be held Saturday for Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Almquist.
Transportation, Civil Litigation
Judge to consider injunction over Expo Line construction
By Justin Kloczko
The question of whether a city is bound by its own policy determining if adequate infrastructure is available for construction...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Trademark lawsuit pits auto tool company against energy drink maker
By Steven Crighton
Quarreling Monsters cited the likes of Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Wicked Witch of the West at t...
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
18 counties get $9M settlement from big debt collection company
By Blaise Scemama
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
Racketeering and trademark trial against biker gang opens
By Meghann Cuniff
A landmark racketeering trial targeting the Mongols motorcycle gang’s trademarked logos opened Wednesday with a federal prosec...
Immigration, Government
Trump citizenship proposal faces constitutional, court ruling hurdles
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
While many scholars have said the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution would bar President Donald Trump from ending automat...
Government
GOP challenger takes on Xavier Becerra in attorney general’s race
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The contrast between liberal, Trump administration-suing incumbent Xavier Becerra and Republican opponent Steven Bailey, a ret...
In what the plaintiff’s attorneys are calling the largest payout by the Los Angeles Unified School District to a sexual abuse ...
Civil Litigation
Lawyers divided over proposed PG&E fire settlement, attorney says
By Winston Cho
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are split on whether to accept a global settlement from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for allegedly cau...
As the company grows and its leadership team expands, Craig Gatarz will focus on building out Wag’s legal and compliance funct...
Government, Criminal
Three Northern California counties will get new DAs in November’s voting
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
An alleged culture of harassment and backstabbing, a crossover between politics and prosecution, and the loss of 79 years of e...
Law Practice, Corporate
Following IPO, Carlsbad medical device company hires general counsel
By Matthew Sanderson
Dan Horwood will oversee all of Ra Medical System Inc.’s legal activities and policies, specifically the business expansion an...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
LAUSD discriminated against in-house lawyer, jury finds
By Sean Kagan
In what the plaintiff's attorneys are calling the largest payout by the Los Angeles Unified School District to a sexual abuse ...
Judges and Judiciary
LA County voters to choose in 4 judicial runoffs
By Justin Kloczko
After a crowded primary election saw a rash of prosecutors vying for 11 judicial seats in Los Angeles County, four remaining h...
Civil Litigation, Government, Constitutional Law
State, federal government argue in court over California land sales
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys representing California and the United States faced off in federal court Monday over a law that would give the state...
Entertainment & Sports, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Warriors must pay $55M in stadium renovation debt
By Winston Cho
The Golden State Warriors must pay roughly $55 million in outstanding debt from the renovation of its stadium decades ago when...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration
9th Circuit considers whether detained immigrants should get bond hearings after 6 months
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
ACLU and government attorneys clashed on Monday over whether an injunction allowing a large class of detained immigrants to re...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution
High court considers a pair of arbitration cases
By Andy Serbe
The U.S. Supreme Court heard back-to-back arguments Monday concerning the Federal Arbitration Act, dealing with whether courts...
Criminal
Black Lives Matter activist reaches plea deal with San Joaquin County DA’s office
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The attorney for a Black Lives Matter activist announced a plea deal hours ahead of a hearing on her motion to force the entir...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Federal prosecutors pursue ‘novel’ forfeiture theory against biker gang’s trademarks
By Meghann Cuniff
In a trial that begins this week, the U.S. attorney’s office is seeking forfeiture of a motorcycle gang’s trademarked logos.