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 ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Criminal
High court to consider whether immigrants should get bond hearings
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week in a case that is expected to decide whether thousands of immigrants...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
White House narrows choices for CA 9th Circuit seats to five names
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The White House has narrowed down its list of possible candidates for three open California seats on the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Weinstein can’t escape failed ‘Amityville’ sequel lawsuit
By Steven Crighton
Despite claiming to have no involvement in a film that grossed just $724 at the box office, Harvey Weinstein won't be able to ...
Sheppard Mullin attorney Shaun Clark works a side job as a professional photographer, taking shots of everything from soccer t...
Government, Criminal
Under fire, and facing family issue, San Francisco DA will not run for re-election
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
After a summer of being booed out of press conferences and losing the endorsement of the city’s mayor, San Francisco District ...
Government, Civil Litigation
Telecom trade groups sue to challenge the state’s net neutrality law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Trade groups representing the county’s largest telecommunications firms sued Wednesday to block California’s new net neutralit...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary
Ted Olson cancels membership over ABA’s Kavanaugh letter
By Erin Lee
Former U.S. solicitor general Ted Olson dropped his ABA membership after the ABA supported an FBI investigation into Kavanaugh...
For the second time in about a week, a Los Angeles County Superior Court talc cancer case has ended in a mistrial, continuing ...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel decides to publish opinion overturning slash of attorney fee
By Andy Serbe
An appellate panel has decided, upon petition by the Consumer Attorneys of California, to publish a September decision that fo...
A sergeant with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department was charged with four felony counts of eavesdropping on privileged con...
Groups planning to weigh in on an immigration case Attorney General Jeff Sessions will decide are torn over a difficult jurisd...
Judge Eric C. Taylor, the supervising judge of Torrance’s criminal court, was elected Wednesday as the next assistant presidin...
Government, Civil Rights
Federal judge declines to halt city’s new district elections
By Meghann Cuniff
The order is the latest defeat for challengers of the California Voting Rights Act, which is changing municipal elections in C...
Civil Litigation
Jury hears gruesome, emotional evidence in personal injury trial
By Blaise Scemama
In testimony that went from gruesome to emotional, the plaintiff’s wife said she worries her future child will never know how ...
Saying she fears bankruptcy and homelessness, Gail Knight Steinbeck, the widow of author John Steinbeck's son, has refused to ...