U.S. Supreme Court, Tax
U.S. Supreme Court invalidates its previous sales tax ruling
By Justin Kloczko
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday that states can collect a sales tax from online retailers upends a tax system and a...
Government, Education Law
UC campuses slow to investigate and discipline faculty, state auditor says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The University of California has been slow to investigate and discipline faculty facing allegations of sexual harassment, acco...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court says litigation privilege doesn’t cover extortion threat
By Meghann Cuniff
An appellate court has affirmed the criminal conviction of a now-suspended Orange County attorney who was arrested in connecti...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State high court expands test for guilty pleas without trial rights waiver
By Andy Serbe
The state Supreme Court has codified the expansion of the legal test for guilty pleas accepted without an explicit advisement ...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Drug distributors sued by San Mateo County for opioid damages
By Winston Cho
San Mateo County has sued a suite of drug distributors alleging culpability for the opioid epidemic ravaging its communities.
Immigration, Criminal
Group hearings could be used for Southern District immigration cases
By Lyle Moran
Defense lawyers in San Diego advocate against ‘Operation Streamline.’
President Donald J. Trump has asked the Department of Justice to request a California federal judge to modify a 1997 settlemen...
Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government
Judge grills federal and state government lawyers over ‘sanctuary’ laws
By Malcolm Maclachlan
U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez had tough questions for both sides on Wednesday during a heated hearing in the federal gove...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Dr. Dre’s lawyer tries to tie music to business
By Steven Crighton, Lila Seidman
Attorneys for a former hedge fund manager suing the Beats headphones company for royalties told hip hop legend Andre Young, be...
Government
Brewer named as Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney in Southern District
By Lyle Moran
The San Diego white-collar defense attorney has been in private practice since 1982.
Civil Litigation
Suspended student sues UC over Title IX investigatuion
By Winston Cho
A lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California was filed Tuesday for improperly investigating a Title IX sexual...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
San Diego data company sues SAP
By Joshua Sebold
Teradata Corp.has sued enterprise computing titan SAP SE for alleged trade secrets theft and antitrust violations.
Civil Litigation
Judge finalizes $38.7 million settlement in class action
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge this week finalized a $38.7 million settlement in a 13-year-old class action lawsuit against major credit repo...
Labor/Employment, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Bill would require more of employers to combat harassment
By Andy Serbe
A bill that would expand liability for employers in cases involving harassment passed the Assembly Committee on Labor and Empl...
Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit ruling could attract more M&A litigation to West Coast
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
In the last two years, federal courts have been an attractive forum for plaintiff shareholders pursuing mergers and acquisitio...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Eastern District judges beg Congress for reinforcements
By Joshua Sebold
Judges in the Eastern District unanimously signed a letter to Congress pleading for legislators to increase the number of fede...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Suit alleges sex discrimination at Jones Day
By Winston Cho
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP put another major law firm, Jones Day, in its cross hairs, accusing it of underpaying and discrimina...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit upholds arbitrators’ discretion
By Andy Serbe
An appellate panel has held that labor arbitrators can amend agreements with “no add” clauses when the case involves a mutual ...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
Inglewood housing lawsuit centers around surplus land statute
By Justin Kloczko
The city of Inglewood is accused in a lawsuit of prioritizing private development over affordable housing under a portion of t...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bill would change legal standard for deadly force by police
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A new bill that would change the legal standard for the use of deadly force by police officers passed its first committee test...
Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government
Docket that postpones deportations will be used nationwide, attorney says
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A mechanism some immigration judges in California began using recently to delay deportations will now be used nationwide, acco...
Civil Litigation, State Bar & Bar Associations, Bankruptcy
State Bar settlement sheds light on handling of DA candidate’s case
By Lyle Moran
The bar agreed to comply with U.S. Bankruptcy Code as part of a recent deal with a suspended attorney
Civil Litigation, Government
State agency clarifies warning label law after coffee ruling
By Justin Kloczko
A proposed state regulation stating coffee does not pose a cancer risk is the rare instance in which a state agency is reinin...
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Oil spill trial gets tense as allegations fly
By Blaise Scemama
As they disagreed about the appropriateness of the district attorney’s out-of-court statements, and about trial procedures, te...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
Supreme Court will hear Apple App Store antitrust case
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted Apple Inc.’s request to consider a case alleging its online phone application marketplace ...
Immigration, Constitutional Law
Dispute on state’s immigration laws hinge on federal rulings
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Whether three disputed California immigration laws survive an initial challenge at oral arguments could hinge on two federal c...
California Courts of Appeal
Court of Appeal reinstates state assisted suicide law as challenge goes forward
By Lila Seidman
A state appeal court has temporarily reinstated a California law allowing terminally ill patients to get help ending their liv...
Criminal
Ex-Stanislaus County Bar Association president sentenced to two years in prison for fraud
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Modesto real estate attorney Robert F. Farrace was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme.
Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers, witnesses debate the origin of Beats headphones in trial
By Steven Crighton
The idea for Beats headphones purportedly came together after producer Jimmy Iovine advised his friend Dr. Dre that he should ...
Los Angeles-based Eisner PC opened an office in New York City on Monday, the firm announced.