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Labor/Employment, Immigration, Government


Attorneys and stakeholders still have questions after the state attorney general and labor commissioner released documents see...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Representatives for Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, appear to be poised to interview candidates vying for seats on the 9th U...


Government, Civil Rights


The state Legislature held its latest hearing on sexual harassment with a focus on closing legal loopholes that harassers have...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


A string of women defense witnesses painted a former UCLA doctor suing for discrimination as difficult to work with and error-...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Christopher B. Dolan and two former attorneys who left to start their own firm have settled a lawsuit for undisclosed terms af...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A California brewery pursuing a case against “Big Beer” used a trademark lawsuit as an excuse to slam its rival’s “fizzy yello...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


A longstanding dispute stemming from the failure of the San Onofre nuclear plant ended last month when plant owners and consum...


Securities, Government, Entertainment & Sports, Criminal


Prosecutor focuses closing on truth and baseball

Feb. 14, 2018
By Meghann Cuniff

In a three-hour presentation, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer L. Waier highlighted how the defendant tried to play down his f...


Criminal


One case handled by the project resulted in a personal apology from the Butte County district attorney.


Government, Criminal


A GOP state legislator has introduced a bill to fund prosecution of human trafficking cases in a pilot project.


Labor/Employment, Immigration, Government


State officials are working with business groups to try to clarify how a new law that prohibits employers from allowing federa...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


A federal judge has denied defendants a new trial in the latest dispute over the estate of author John Steinbeck.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


President Donald J. Trump announced his second pick for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, nominating former Hawaii attorn...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said the remedies sought by the plaintiff are better sought from the state.


Civil Litigation


Vice Media is being sued for the first time over discrimination, following an explosive investigation that revealed rampant se...


Immigration, Government


Judge rules that ICE, LA County violated immigrants’ rights

Feb. 12, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

In a significant win for proponents of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions, a Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that federal i...


Intellectual Property


Uber Technologies Inc. settled a major trade secret case brought against it by Waymo LLC, a move that legal observers say will...


Judges and Judiciary


Four San Francisco public defenders who are collectively mounting an election campaign to oust Republican-appointed superior c...


Environmental & Energy


The World Logistics Center has run into logistical problems, with a judge expressing concerns about its environmental footprint.


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Private sexual conduct that does little to affect a public employee’s work performance may not be grounds for termination, the...


Entertainment & Sports


Starz settles executive’s lawsuit

Feb. 12, 2018
By Steven Crighton

The former vice president claimed he was fired in retaliation.


Government, California Courts of Appeal


Gun owners are celebrating a rare victory over the California Department of Justice.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Criminal, Constitutional Law


The plaintiffs in a pair of high-stakes lawsuits challenging cash bail in California have added firepower to their legal teams.


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


Despite a doctrine that prevents federal courts from intervening in state proceedings, a federal court may weigh in a 9th U.S....


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


An Anti-SLAPP motion has been filed on behalf of a Christian baker whose right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel is overseeing challenges to border fence replacement in San Diego and El Centro.


Civil Litigation, Criminal


In a tentative ruling issued Thursday afternoon, a judge has thrown out Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation regulatio...


Intellectual Property


Uber Technologies Inc. settled the trade secret case brought against it by Waymo LLC Friday morning, agreeing to give the auto...


Charles P. Rettig, a a partner at Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez PC, was nominated by President Donald J. Trump ...


In an unprecedented ruling, a U.S. magistrate judge said that drivers for GrubHub Inc. are independent contractors, not employ...