Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Samsung must pay more after retrial in Apple patent case
By Joshua Sebold
A San Jose federal jury ordered Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to pay $539 million Thursday for infringing five Apple Inc. paten...
Environmental & Energy
Judge has tough questions for cities in global warming case
By Joshua Sebold
Attorneys representing titans of the oil industry made their bid to dismiss a novel nuisance case brought by the cities of Oak...
Attorney Melody Mosley quickly became a tireless leader at OC nonprofit Family Promise.
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State high court asks tough questions on social media privacy
By Blaise Scemama
In a case involving a criminal defendant’s right to subpoena social media communications of a victim or a witness, the state S...
Immigration, Government
Possible deal with Mexico on asylum cases could alleviate backlog
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A potential agreement with Mexico could help relieve a backlog of asylum cases pending in the United States but could also det...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Judge: Trial court employees should be exempt from MCLE
By Lyle Moran
The ruling came in a legal challenge to the State Bar’s interpretation by an Alameda County court employee.
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Court of appeal denies request to stay ruling striking down state assisted suicide law
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A court of appeal has declined to stay a Riverside County judge’s order striking down California’s physician assisted suicide ...
Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
ACLU sues ICE over license plate information
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The ACLU sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, demanding information about how the agency handles data p...
Law Practice, Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
Some blame law schools, students for poor bar results
By Lyle Moran
Legal education observers say that schools enrolling less-qualified students is the reason for record low performance.
Government
Trump could take Fifth Amendment without much damage, Holder tells attorneys’ group
By Craig Anderson
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a Tuesday night speech he believes President Donald J. Trump could invoke his...
Professional negligence claims are common against attorneys, doctors and accountants, but a technology company convinced an Ea...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Settlement equalizes Pasadena water rates
By Justin Kloczko
A settlement equalizing water rates between Pasadena water customers and its higher paying nonresidents has won preliminary se...
State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court
State high court says lawyers must pay for re-fingerprinting
By Lyle Moran
Attorneys will have to pay about an $82 cost for re-submitting prints to the State Bar.
Labor/Employment, Education Law
Feminist professor hails #MeToo movement, wants more women in positions of authority
By Caroline Hart
Law professor Catharine MacKinnon, who pioneered the legal argument for sexual harassment, said the #MeToo movement is a desce...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court to review money bail case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate case that has become a significant challenge to the money bail syste...
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy judge slaps Avenatti firm with $10M judgment
By Andy Serbe
The firm of Newport Beach attorney Michael J. Avenatti missed the first payment on the settlement of a dispute with former par...
A superior court judge who drew an election challenge after two months on the job is the first sitting judge in San Luis Obisp...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Under financial pressure, judicial watchdog may blink in battle with state auditor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The director-chief counsel of the Commission on Judicial Performance said Tuesday that his agency is open to compromise with t...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
Patent attorneys still adjusting to Supreme Court ruling
By Joshua Sebold
A year has passed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s TC Heartland ruling and the patent world has changed.
Judges and Judiciary
LA jurist elected president of California Judges Association
By Arin Mikailian
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Paul Bacigalupo has been elected president of the California Judges Association, the g...
The 27.3 percent pass rate came on the second two-day exam.
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High court upholds class action waivers
By Andy Serbe
The 5-4 opinion reinforces employers’ ability to compel one-on-one arbitration and deals a blow to class actions.
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit’s workplace review committee announces new policies
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has adopted new policies to address concerns expressed by clerks and court employees fol...
A judge who was censured by the Commission on Judicial Performance and another 35-year veteran of the bench find themselves fe...
Immigration
Judges dropping immigration cases debated as rule ends
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to end a longstanding tool used by immigration judges to delay hearings indefinitely ...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
NCAA defeats 7-year defamation litigation
By Justin Kloczko
After nearly seven years of litigation and a three-week jury trial, a Los Angeles jury ruled Monday that the NCAA did not defa...
Government
State Senate passes bill barring secret settlements in sex harassment cases
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Senate approved a bill Monday banning secret settlements in sexual harassment, discrimination and assault cases.
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
GoPro settles case against sanctioned camera company
By Joshua Sebold
GoPro Inc. settled its trademark and unfair competition case against a photography company that sold unauthorized camera acces...
Civil Litigation
Two class actions filed against USC and staff gynecologist
By Blaise Scemama
The complaints were filed Monday on behalf of five women accusing a USC gynecologist of sexual assault while conducting examin...
Law Practice
Law firms losing clients to competition, technology, survey says
By Meghann Cuniff
Law firms are increasingly losing business as technological advances and nontraditional competitors continue to woo clients hu...