Health Care & Hospital Law
OC judge rejects drugmakers’ bid to merge opioid cases
By Meghann Cuniff
A superior court judge on Friday rejected a defense request to coordinate a major opioid lawsuit in Orange County with similar...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hyundai settlement parties petition for en banc rehearing
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Parties to a $210 million settlement vacated by a split opinion from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January that man...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar's board backs charging attorneys for re-fingerprinting
By Lyle Moran
The state Supreme Court would need to adopt the proposal for it to become effective
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
OC lawyer indicted by federal authorities for taking client money
By Skylar Dubelko
An Orange County personal injury attorney accused of raiding his clients' settlement money and fleeing to Costa Rica was indic...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Defendants seek sanctions in “comic-con” battle
By Steven Crighton
The defendants claim San Diego Comic-Con is improperly seeking another bite at the apple.
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit issues Article III standing guidance in hacking context
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Victims of a data breach whose stolen information has not yet been used by hackers may sue in federal court, the 9th U.S. Circ...
A prosecutor is furious after a panel granted parole suitability to a convicted murderer who threatened to harm the prosecutor...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
State-accredited school to launch innovative hybrid degree
By Lyle Moran
The Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law’s program will feature 70 percent online learning and 30 percent in-person
Civil Litigation
Judge can hardly wait to hear trial over courthouse brawl
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge ruled Thursday that jurors in a civil trial related to a courthouse brawl can hear evidence about Orange Count...
A former Department of Justice attorney has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for trying to sell sealed lawsuits he stole ...
The U.S. Senate has confirmed McGregor Scott as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Complex state cases will be heard in old federal building next month
By Justin Kloczko
After a couple years in the making Los Angeles Superior Court will begin hearing matters in the vacated Spring Street federal ...
Labor/Employment
Santa Cruz man awarded $2.6M in harassment, retaliation suit
By Winston Cho
A Santa Cruz County jury handed down a $2.6 million verdict Wednesday in favor of a male Beverly Fabrics Inc. ex-employee who ...
A longtime wine collector, Manatt litigator Phillip Kaplan began producing his own wine commercially in 2012.
Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
In shareholder suit, 9th Circuit says solar company made honest accounting mistake
By Andy Serbe
The ruling was based on a standard set by Tellabs Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights Ltd., which requires that scienter must be...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Plaintiffs may continue with environmental suit against government, 9th Circuit rules
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Plaintiffs seeking to hold the U.S. government responsible for allegedly disregarding the threat of carbon dioxide emissions f...
Civil Litigation
Dozens of plaintiffs seek class action status against Apple
By Winston Cho
Two more iPhone users have joined a slew of plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against Apple for allegedly intentionally slowi...
Labor/Employment, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Bill could end employers’ zero-tolerance drug policies
By Andy Serbe
According to employment law attorneys, a bill introduced in the state Assembly that seeks to make medical marijuana cardholder...
Civil Litigation, Insurance
Appellate court: ‘devil’s wine’ not covered by insurance
By Justin Kloczko
A state appellate court has told a world-class wine collector to stop complaining after he was swindled out of about $18 milli...
Intellectual Property, Civil Rights
BlackBerry sues Facebook, says it infringed mobile messaging patents
By Eli Wolfe
A lawsuit filed in the Central District of California accuses Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp of infringing messaging innovat...
Immigration, Government
US may face tough fight over California’s ‘sanctuary’ laws
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Legal scholars said a complaint filed by the Trump administration against California over three of its state immigration laws ...
LA County Judge Clifford Klein sees plenty of unusual twists while presiding in probate court.
Immigration, Government, Criminal
Sessions, Becerra each to address law enforcement group in Sacramento
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and one of his fiercest critics, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, will each add...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Education Law, Civil Rights, State Bar & Bar Associations
LSAT examiner is in contempt for failing to accommodate the disabled
By Eli Wolfe
A federal judge has ordered the Law School Admission Council Inc. to comply with stringent new conditions that ensure it will ...
Real Estate/Development, Government
New legislation package aims to increase protections for renters
By Lila Seidman
A trio of bills introduced in the state Assembly aim to make it harder for landlords to evict renters as legislators face pres...
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy
GOP legislator challenges ballot language in cap-and-trade initiative
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Republican lawmaker has challenged the ballot language of a June voter initiative that was a key part of last year’s cap-and...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, State Bar & Bar Associations
Attorney accused of stealing from clients arrested
By Skylar Dubelko
A Southern California personal injury attorney accused of stealing at least $8.6 million from 73 clients and fleeing to Costa ...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Finjan, Symantec settle patent litigation
By Caroline Hart
A yearslong series of patent disputes between Blue Coat Systems Inc. and Finjan Inc. has settled with the announcement that Sy...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Lawsuit accuses Inglewood mayor of secret negotiations to build competing NBA arena
By Justin Kloczko
A breach of contract lawsuit filed by the owner of the Forum claims the mayor of Inglewood deceived the arena’s owners into wi...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Pepe the Frog creator files infringement claim
By Steven Crighton
Artist Matt Furie has filed a lawsuit against Alex Jones and InfoWars.com over the cartoon frog.