Civil Litigation, Criminal
Federal judge rules execution access lawsuit can move forward
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
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
Prosecutors and defense spar to the finish line of oil spill trial
By Blaise Scemama
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
UC Irvine law school thrilled with successful first decade
By Lyle Moran
The school welcomes its largest ever first-year class to campus this fall
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Steinbeck’s daughter-in-law wants 9th Circuit to review case
By Steven Crighton
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
9th Circuit reverses qualified immunity finding for detective who failed to disclose evidence
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
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
Bill to ban arbitration as an employment condition advances
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Several bills of importance to the #MeToo movement survived a legislative deadline in Sacramento last week. But potentially tr...
Civil Litigation
Judge denies preliminary injunction in case over Bell gravel terminal
By Matthew Sanderson
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a preliminary injunction Friday to a group of petitioners who allege the City...
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Judge warns prosecutor in oil pipeline negligence trial closing
By Blaise Scemama
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
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
Bill to ease access to police misconduct records clears hurdle
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
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
State high court rejects Monsanto warning label challenge
By Winston Cho
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
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
Defense presses witness for 5 days to get what it says is full story
By Justin Kloczko
Little by little, defense attorney Marcellus McRae has sought to reveal the information a plaintiff’s historian didn’t present.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Former State Bar president named chair of examiners’ panel
By Lyle Moran
James Fox will step down as a State Bar trustee to assume his new post.
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Lawsuit over providing seating to cashiers heads to trial
By Andy Serbe
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
Legislators hope to bypass court-ordered debt payment with new law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
9th Circuit chief judge publishes dismissal of complaint against bench officers
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took the unusual step of publishing a judicial misconduct order recen...
David Ulich’s films examine controversial moments in the history of Olympic competition.
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit remands patent infringement award against Apple
By Steven Crighton
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
Appellate court reverses divorcing lawyers’ support award based on erroneous math
By Erin Lee
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
9th Circuit considers claim that siblings can sue for constitutional violation over brother’s death
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A federal civil lawsuit seeking damages for the 2016 police shooting of a Sacramento man has evolved into a complicated standi...
Immigration, Government
Cambodian immigrants granted class status in deportation fight
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A judge granted class certification to nearly 2,000 Cambodians with criminal records who claim they were unfairly subjected to...
Civil Litigation
Federal judges’ skepticism on Monsanto claims may give company hope on appeal.
By Winston Cho
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 Mendocino County Counsel attorney will oversee the public defender's office
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A county counsel attorney has been selected to provide oversight at the Mendocino public defender’s office, according to count...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Lawmaker concerned about State Bar’s law school accreditation efforts
By Lyle Moran
Assemblyman Mark Stone is worried law school deans have an outsized role in rule crafting
Government, Civil Rights
Santa Monica trial has diverging views of California Voting Rights Act
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys in a rare bench trial over minority voting power are emerging with two different views of the California Voting Righ...
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
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
Appellate court allows operation of disputed oil wells to continue
By Erin Lee
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
San Diego lawmaker pushes for tax credit rent relief
By Doug Sherwin
Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would provide tax credits to people who spend more than 30 p...