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Civil Litigation, Criminal


A lawsuit seeking an injunction to prevent the state from carrying out any executions until all aspects of the process are mad...


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


After two days of closing arguments, jurors will finally decide if Texas based oil company, Plains All American Pipeline, was ...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


The school welcomes its largest ever first-year class to campus this fall


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Claiming litigation has forced her to live on a “pauper’s income,” the widow of John Steinbeck’s son indicated Thursday she’s ...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday revived a lawsuit by a woman who was wrongly convicted and served 17 years...


Labor/Employment, Government


Several bills of importance to the #MeToo movement survived a legislative deadline in Sacramento last week. But potentially tr...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a preliminary injunction Friday to a group of petitioners who allege the City...


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


Not long into closing arguments in the trial of a pipeline company charged with criminal negligence in a 142,000-gallon oil sp...


Immigration, California Supreme Court


Court eases immigration of minors claiming abuse

Aug. 17, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The state Supreme Court set limits Wednesday as to how far state courts must go in consulting parents of abused alien minors ...


Government, Criminal


A bill aimed at increasing the transparency of peace officer personnel files passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee Thur...


Environmental & Energy, California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory


The state Supreme Court rejected a challenge by Monsanto Co. to review California’s decision to list the main chemical in its ...


Immigration, Government


Sessions curtails continuances in immigration court

Aug. 17, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Immigration judges must take into account if a case also proceeding outside of immigration courts is likely to succeed before ...


Government, Civil Rights


Little by little, defense attorney Marcellus McRae has sought to reveal the information a plaintiff’s historian didn’t present.


State Bar & Bar Associations


James Fox will step down as a State Bar trustee to assume his new post.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


The question of whether employers are required to provide seating to a class of cashiers heads to trial for the first time on ...


Government, California Courts of Appeal


Can California legislate its way out of a $331 million court-ordered debt? That’s what plaintiffs in a long-running legal case...


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


The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took the unusual step of publishing a judicial misconduct order recen...


In Recess


Visual Aid

Aug. 17, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

David Ulich’s films examine controversial moments in the history of Olympic competition.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals panel remanded a $7.3 million infringement award against Apple Inc. Thursday, finding ...


Family, California Courts of Appeal


An appellate court has determined that a trial court miscalculated an award of spousal support by improperly accounting for ta...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A federal civil lawsuit seeking damages for the 2016 police shooting of a Sacramento man has evolved into a complicated standi...


Immigration, Government


A judge granted class certification to nearly 2,000 Cambodians with criminal records who claim they were unfairly subjected to...


A San Francisco County Superior Court jury’s finding that Monsanto Co.’s massively popular weed killers caused a dying man’s c...


Government, Criminal


A county counsel attorney has been selected to provide oversight at the Mendocino public defender’s office, according to count...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Assemblyman Mark Stone is worried law school deans have an outsized role in rule crafting


Government, Civil Rights


Attorneys in a rare bench trial over minority voting power are emerging with two different views of the California Voting Righ...


Civil Litigation


An entrepeneur has filed a $223.8 million lawsuit against AT&T for gross negligence, accusing the company of failing to pr...


Civil Litigation, Government


Former male legislator sues woman accuser

Aug. 16, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Former Assemblyman Matt Dababneh has filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman whose sexual harassment allegations forced h...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The court of appeal opinion rejected the Center for Biological Diversity’s argument that wells with disputed permits must be c...


Tax, Real Estate/Development, Government


Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would provide tax credits to people who spend more than 30 p...