Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit, Central District picks formally nominated, weeks before congressional session will end
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The White House has filed formal paperwork to nominate five attorneys and one state judge to a slate of federal bench seats in...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for associate justice of the California Supreme Court.
Berkeley Law is eliminating the Boalt name from its campus in light of John Boalt’s racist views.
Civil Litigation, Government
As fires continue, state officials ponder wildfire liability again
By Malcolm Maclachlan
As firefighters battle deadly blazes across California, wildfire liability promises to be one of the biggest issues in the sta...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit taps UC Berkeley’s Title IX administrator for new workplace director role
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A UC Berkeley administrator who oversees Title IX compliance has been selected as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ first...
Labor/Employment
Post-trial calculation hits employer with $30M in damages
By Andy Serbe
By a federal judge’s post-trial rulings on the nature and calculation of damages in an employment misclassification trial agai...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Lawyers for NCAA, athletes debate import of amateurism in closings of landmark trial
By Winston Cho
The National Collegiate Athletic Association argued that its viewers “overwhelmingly oppose” upending the current compensation...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit weighs lawsuit seeking to block Jewish ritual chicken slaughter
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A Virginia-based animal advocacy group trying to stop an Orange County synagogue from practicing the ritual slaughter of chick...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Immigrant kids won’t automatically get lawyers, 9th Circuit rules
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigrant children facing deportation will not automatically be given immigration lawyers after 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
Government, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit takes up decades-old mentally ill prisoners case
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Attorneys from Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP are representing the class, which filed a federal lawsuit in 1991 alleging...
Government
Judge rules Santa Monica’s at-large voting system illegal
By Justin Kloczko
A judge has tentatively ruled that the city of Santa Monica’s election system violated the California Voting Rights Act, the 2...
Law Practice, Corporate
Jones Day hires 2 former Supreme Court clerks in LA
By Matthew Sanderson
Brittney Lane Kubisch, who clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Eric Tung, who clerked for Justice Neil...
Micha Liberty, Greg Rizio and Daren Lipinsky have launched Rizio | Liberty | Lipinsky, with offices in Oakland, Riverside, Chi...
Probate, Entertainment & Sports
Stan Lee’s death could spark massive legal battle
By Steven Crighton
If reports of an internal power struggle between Stan Lee's closest confidantes in the months leading up to his death prove ac...
Criminal
30 times more privileged calls recorded in OC than previous sworn testimony revealed
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The number of calls were disclosed Friday in a hearing before Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory L. Prickett, who is o...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
House Democrats press Justice Department on acting AG’s role in Mueller inquiry
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Seven Democratic members of Congress, including three Californians, are calling for President Donald Trump’s pick to run the U...
Law Practice, Government
Palo Alto-based Boies Schiller partner to be Newsom’s chief of staff
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Ann M. O’Leary, Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom’s new chief of staff, may be better known in legal circles than she is to the Sacramen...
Labor/Employment, Immigration
US workers sue Tata, claim citizenship bias
By Blaise Scemama
One of India’s largest outsourcing technology companies faces a federal class action in Northern California alleging the compa...
Civil Litigation, Government
Freedom of Information Act lawsuits jumped last quarter
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
There was a significant jump in Freedom of Information Act lawsuits last quarter, according to a new report that found a backl...
Civil Litigation, Education Law
LSAC ordered to pay $480K in attorney fees
By Erin Lee
The Law School Admission Council was ordered to pay a state agency $480,000 in attorney fees for litigation over accommodation...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
McConnell-Grassley judicial confirmation push to continue in new Senate session
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The politicization of the judicial appointment process was on full display last week, as Republicans coped publicly with the l...
Immigration, Government
ACLU sues Trump administration over rule against ayslum seekers
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s new rule banning asylum reque...
Civil Litigation, Government
‘Sober living homes’ sue city to block zoning ordinances
By Meghann Cuniff
A closely-watched civil trial pitting sober living homes against the city of Costa Mesa in a battle over government regulation...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Democrats question DOJ decision to close San Francisco environmental office
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California’s most prominent members of Congress want answers about the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to close its Envi...
The two offices for the trial firm are technologically synchronized to work together as one firm, topping out at 20 attorneys ...
The practice groups out of the office will be labor and employment, trade secrets and employee mobility, health care, intellec...
Community News
Duane Morris partner receives 4th annual pro bono leadership award
By Matthew Sanderson
Julie S. Mebane provided long term pro bono work with several San Diego nonprofits and the greater Southern California region,...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
GCs ask bar to loosen pro bono restrictions
By Erin Lee
In a letter, 33 general counsel and the Association of Corporate Counsel expressed support for proposed changes to bar rules.
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
TV host to use anti-SLAPP in defamation suit
By Steven Crighton
The popular Twitter adage "retweets are not endorsements" could soon be federal law if a judge finds merit in MSNBC host Joy A...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit affirms injunction blocking DACA rescission, setting up potential SCOTUS spat
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from rescinding an Obama-era program protecting certain immigrants w...