Civil Litigation, Government
Former Napa County prosecutor wins $570K for discrimination retaliation lawsuit
By Winston Cho
A jury has ruled in favor of a former deputy district attorney in a discrimination retaliation lawsuit against Napa County, aw...
Civil Litigation, Government
LA attorney sues FBI for Clinton emails search warrant
By Eli Wolfe
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
Land developer sues San Bernardino County for $80M after failed criminal case
By Eli Wolfe
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
Law school deans duel over proposed new San Jose site
By Lyle Moran
Lincoln Law School of San Jose has opposed a peer institution’s application to come to the city
Judges and Judiciary, Government
As his tenure ends, Brown’s judicial picks have small impact on bench diversity
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can end failed otter protection program, 9th Circuit rules
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
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
Riverside district attorney’s office honors standout employees
By Laurinda Keys
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 reaches agreement with government on handling of sexual misconduct
By Winston Cho
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
Snap denied quick win against core technology infringement suit
By Eli Wolfe
A Los Angeles federal judge denied Snap Inc. a quick win in a patent infringement lawsuit that targets one of the core technol...
Immigration
Vietnamese refugees sue U.S. government over prolonged detention
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A group of Vietnamese refugees with criminal convictions has sued the federal government over their prolonged detention in wha...
San Diego Deputy DA Wendy Patrick started playing violin before kindergarten.
Criminal
Motion seeks to oust LA district attorney's office from death penalty case
By L.J. Williamson
Attorneys charged with defending an African-American alleged gang member in a death penalty murder case moved to disqualify th...
A U.S. judge has commented for the first time on Orange County’s jail informant controversy, chiding federal prosecutors.
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
9th Circuit employment review panel seeks input from 6,000 people
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
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
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
Suits by state, cities over federal grant money likely to proceed, judge says
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
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
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
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
Brown continues to pick more judges as his term winds down
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
US high court rules against detained foreigners seeking mandatory bond hearings
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
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
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
Patent office ruling against Allergan, tribe may have sweeping implications
By Caroline Hart
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
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
Class action filed against trucking company over driver misclassification
By Lila Seidman
A class action was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that a transnational port trucking company misclassified drive...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
U.S. Department of Justice drops False Claims Act case against health care company
By Eli Wolfe
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
NLRB vacates ruling, re-establishing lower standard for joint employer liability
By Andy Serbe
The National Labor Relations Board has overturned a December decision, returning to a previously established precedent that lo...
Entertainment & Sports
Comcast’s deal to buy Sky may affect Disney-Fox $67B acquisition
By Melanie Brisbon
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
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
Ex-acting US attorney goes to private practice
By Eli Wolfe
Former acting U.S. Attorney Sandra Brown has turned away from government practice to join a Beverly Hills tax firm.