Nearly half of California’s nationally accredited law schools offer cannabis law courses.
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Trial over stage diving injury to start in LA
By Steven Crighton
Argument in a month-long trial over an alleged stroke-inducing stage dive brought against the musician Skrillex begins Friday,...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DOJ threatens to take DACA litigation to Supreme Court if 9th Circuit doesn’t act quickly
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The federal government is pushing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to finish its review of a universal injunction blockin...
Government, Environmental & Energy, California Courts of Appeal
Appellate courts rejects challenges to coastal property restrictions, but leaves door open
By Meghann Cuniff
An appellate court on Wednesday rejected constitutional challenges to five California Coastal Commission policies that restric...
Criminal
Risk assessment tools questioned as courts phase out money bail
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Algorithmic risk assessment tools central to pretrial decisions about releasing criminal defendants are coming under increased...
Criminal
Court ruling to return marijuana may not be honored elsewhere
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys who represent criminal defendants in marijuana cases say a San Francisco County Superior Court appellate division ru...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Viacom accuses Netflix of poaching executive
By Andy Serbe
Netflix argues in its defense that “legacy studio employment practices create unenforceable obligations under California law.”
A defendant’s wife gave teary testimony Wednesday before the defense rested in a personal injury jury trial involving a seizur...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
ABA issues guidance on dealing with cyberattacks
By Erin Lee
Lawyers are ethically obligated to monitor data breaches and notify current and former clients should data be compromised, the...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs argue Facebook misled advertisers about viewership,
By Winston Cho
Plaintiffs allege Facebook Inc. lied about when it learned it was misrepresenting viewership data to advertisers, did not imme...
Law Practice, Corporate, Community News
Keker Van Nest & Peters celebrates 40 years
By Matthew Sanderson
San Francisco-based Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP celebrated Monday the 40-year milestone since John Keker and his law schoo...
Securities, Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
SEC judge sentences litigation capital group, no fraud finding
By Sean Kagan
Dismissing more severe fraud allegations made by Securities and Exchange Commission prosecutors, an SEC judge ruled founder Ro...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Lawyers say it’s tougher to advise musician defendants on infringement claims
By Steven Crighton
Despite recent legislative attempts to modernize the way courts handle music copyright cases, many industry attorneys say it’s...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Los Angeles-based litigator selected as Arpaio special prosecutor
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner Christopher G. Caldwell will argue to uphold a criminal contempt conviction against former ...
After just a year in the position, Thomas Jefferson School of Law dean Joan Bullock is stepping down.
Civil Litigation
Responding firefighters in Porter Ranch gas leak file suit
By Justin Kloczko
A negligence lawsuit filed by firefighters who responded to the 2015 Southern California Gas leak at Porter Ranch claims the u...
Civil Litigation
Personal injury trial testimony focuses on need for amputation
By Blaise Scemama
The case pits Brian Panish of Panish Shea & Boyle, representing the plaintiff, against Dana Fox or Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard...
Law Practice
East Coast IP and antitrust firm opens San Francisco office
By Matthew Sanderson
With Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider’s first established location for its science and tech clients on the West Coast, it plans ...
Civil Litigation
California tribes join federal lawsuit against drug companies
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Two tribes sued two dozen opioid manufacturers and distributors Tuesday in federal court.
Community News
Ministry of Justice from Uganda visits Judicate West in LA
By Matthew Sanderson
The event coincided with Judicate West celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Immigration
Asylum seekers who turn 18 must appear in immigration court
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Some foreign children who become adults while awaiting asylum hearings now must try their cases in immigration court as the re...
U.S. Supreme Court
After 18 years, California cities and counties win lead paint lawsuit
By Winston Cho
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear appeals from lead paint manufacturers challenging a California ruling holding t...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court recuses itself from judicial back wages lawsuit
By Meghann Cuniff
Superior court judges appointed after the salary dispute resolved in 2017 will be appointed to the case under an order issued ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA drops re-evaluation of Kavanaugh
By Erin Lee
Now that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed, the American Bar Association is dropping its re-evalua...
Law Practice
College and career colleagues launch 13-member litigation firm
By Matthew Sanderson
Bringing its entire staff from McKool Smith, Reichman Jorgensen LLP will be based in Redwood City, with offices in Atlanta and...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Criminal
Federal corruption prosecutions drop sharply in 2018
By Andy Serbe
Federal prosecutions for official corruption have seen a precipitous drop in the past fiscal year, according to a study done b...
Government, Corporate
PG&E, unions, and law enforcement groups spend to assist Becerra
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Law enforcement groups, energy companies and other organizations have spent big on independent expenditures to reelect Attorne...
Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal
Corrections Department, LAPD resist increased transparency despite bill aimed at increasing public access to records
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 1421, a law that will allow public access to police records and redefines the scope o...
An $80 million personal injury trial turned contentious Monday when a superior court judge twice admonished Brian Panish of Pa...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Attempts to stall mobile home negligence trial in bankruptcy court denied
By Justin Kloczko
A federal bankruptcy judge has allowed a negligence trial against the landlord of a Long beach mobile home park to proceed aft...