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Civil Litigation, Government


A jury has ruled in favor of a former deputy district attorney in a discrimination retaliation lawsuit against Napa County, aw...


Civil Litigation, Government


An attorney who specializes in recovering art looted by Nazis has set his sights on a more contemporary prize: an FBI search w...


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Civil Rights


The land developer Colonies Partners LP has filed an $80 million lawsuit against San Bernardino County, alleging conspiracy, r...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


Lincoln Law School of San Jose has opposed a peer institution’s application to come to the city


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Gov. Jerry Brown’s choices have diversified the state judiciary, but the bench does not reflect the state population.


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a significant victory for activists trying to protect California’s sea otters, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...


Law Practice, Community News


Elan Zektser, who completed five trials resulting in life prison sentences last year, was named the 2017 Countywide Prosecutor...


Education Law, Administrative/Regulatory


UC Berkeley has announced it reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to amend cam...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A Los Angeles federal judge denied Snap Inc. a quick win in a patent infringement lawsuit that targets one of the core technol...


Immigration


A group of Vietnamese refugees with criminal convictions has sued the federal government over their prolonged detention in wha...


In Recess


Symphony Advocate

Mar. 2, 2018
By Shane Nelson

San Diego Deputy DA Wendy Patrick started playing violin before kindergarten.


Attorneys charged with defending an African-American alleged gang member in a death penalty murder case moved to disqualify th...


Criminal


US judge weighs in on OC jail informant case

Mar. 1, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

A U.S. judge has commented for the first time on Orange County’s jail informant controversy, chiding federal prosecutors.


Civil Litigation


Attorneys packed the aisles of San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow’s courtroom, forcing his clerk to bring out ad...


U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A workplace review committee organized by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the wake of former Judge Alex Kozinzki’s re...


Civil Litigation


State sued over alleged collusion on water project

Mar. 1, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A coalition of local governments, water agencies and environmentalists have sued to the State Water Resources Control Board, c...


Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government


A federal judge seemed all but certain Wednesday to allow lawsuits filed by California and San Francisco against the federal g...


Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal


Judge reopens discovery in money bail lawsuit

Mar. 1, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A federal judge has reopened discovery in a challenge to the cash bail system in San Francisco on Wednesday, more than three y...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


King & Spalding grabs IP litigator from Cooley

Mar. 1, 2018
By Joshua Sebold

Thomas Friel, the former head of Cooley LLP’s intellectual property litigation group, has moved to King & Spalding LLP. Fr...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Gov. Jerry Brown appointed two appeal court justices, promoted another and named 25 superior court judges across the state on ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration


In a setback for immigration advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a class of plaintiffs who argued that ...


Immigration, Environmental & Energy


Judge rules border wall projects can proceed

Feb. 28, 2018
By Lyle Moran

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel said the U.S. government has authority to waive environmental laws.


Native Americans, Intellectual Property, Government


The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that sovereign immunity does not apply to patents involved in inter partes review,...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Judge sides with agribusinesses in Roundup warning

Feb. 28, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

In a First Amendment challenge to Proposition 65, a federal judge’s preliminary injunction order has blocked the state from re...


Labor/Employment


A class action was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that a transnational port trucking company misclassified drive...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


The Department of Justice has been foiled for a second time in its attempt to bring a False Claims Act suit against a major he...


Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory


The National Labor Relations Board has overturned a December decision, returning to a previously established precedent that lo...


Entertainment & Sports


Comcast Corp., one of the world’s largest cable, news and communications companies, on Tuesday announced an offer to buy Sky P...


Judges and Judiciary, Immigration


Board of Immigration Appeals to expand

Feb. 28, 2018
By Joshua Sebold

The Board of Immigration Appeals will expand from 17 members to 21, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. This will giv...


Tax, Law Practice, Government


Former acting U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown has turned away from government practice to join a Beverly Hills tax firm.