Criminal, Civil Litigation
Cleared defendant files claim alleging malicious prosecution
By Andy Serbe
A third defendant who was cleared of all charges after a marathon San Bernardino County corruption trial has filed a claim.
Law Practice, Immigration
Latham associates help get asylum for El Salvador mother
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The group of attorneys worked pro bono for a 24-year-old woman who argued that that she should be allowed to remain in the U.S.
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court: SoCalGas doesn’t have to pay Porter Ranch businesses affected by leak
By Justin Kloczko
Southern California Gas Company is not responsible for reimbursing economic damage suffered by area businesses related to the ...
Real Estate/Development
San Diego condo homeowners’ association awarded $42M in defective pipe settlement
By Lila Seidman
The owners of an upscale downtown San Diego condominium reached a $42 million settlement with several maintenance and construc...
Attorneys and law students are helping the Orange County transgender community navigate legal name and gender marker changes.
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs’ counsel named for Wells Fargo auto insurance litigation
By Lila Seidman
A federal judge has named the liaison counsel, co-lead counsel and members of the plaintiffs’ steering committee for the Wells...
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
Cybersecurity, privacy issues likely to get complex for the “internet of things”
By James Getz
Issues of security and privacy grew along with the interconnected “internet of things” in 2017 and will continue to grow and b...
Four former Beaumont officials admitted to orchestrating a scheme that bilked the city out of tens of millions of dollars duri...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
San Francisco judge recuses himself from case after PD’s office complaint
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco County judge has recused himself from a case in which he remanded a defendant into custody for more than three...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kozinski’s cases to be reassigned to active 9th Circuit judges
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
With his abrupt departure from the bench, former 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski leaves behind more than...
The Commission on Judicial Performance has won a resounding court victory in a case challenging an audit ordered by the state ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fall from grace leaves Kozinski’s lasting legacy unclear
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
With the resignation of Alex Kozinski, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lost one of its most outspoken and colorful f...
Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports
Judge said he will likely let embattled film studio’s lawyers out of an ongoing suit
By Eli Wolfe
The Weinstein Company, widely considered one of the largest and most successful film studios in the United States, can’t affor...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs’s lawyer Chris Dolan wins breach of contract case against ex-partner
By James Getz
Prominent San Francisco trial lawyer Christopher Dolan won a $1.75 million jury verdict Monday against the former managing att...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Exam committee members air frustrations with State Bar leaders
By Lyle Moran
The two sides held a meeting Monday to try to defuse tensions that have bubbled up.
Law Practice, Intellectual Property
McDermott IP group departs for Polsinelli
By Caroline Hart
Polsinelli LLP is expanding its intellectual property department with the addition of prominent patent litigator Fabio Marino ...
Intellectual Property, Government
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Andrei Iancu to lead patent office
By Joshua Sebold
Irell & Manella LLP managing partner Andrei Iancu’s nomination as director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has bee...
Obituaries
Former San Francisco federal judge remembered for wide-ranging career, civic pursuits
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Retired federal judge and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Charles B. Renfrew died Dec. 14 in San Francisco. He was 89.
Attorneys say without a written agreement, Bloom Hergott will have an uphill battle.
Corporate
American Specialty Health makes first in-house legal hires
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Health services company American Specialty Health Inc. hires Lance W. Bridges as its first general counsel.
Immigration, Government
Companies could be casualties in California's fight over deportations
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
While lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration policies continue to rage in California’s federal courts, two ...
Law Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kozinski retires amid sex harassment allegations
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
On Friday, U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to investigate the allegations a...
Immigration, Criminal
US judge issues TRO to halt deportation of Cambodians
By Andy Serbe
The temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney on Thursday also applies to a proposed class of...
Intellectual Property
US patent office’s denial of ‘scandalous’ trademarks ruled unconstitutional
By James Getz
A federal law under which attorneys at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its appeals board could refuse to register a t...
Civil Litigation
Donald Sterling to pay $1.54M for apartment building fire, not $17.3M previous jury awarded
By Justin Kloczko
In a retrial, former NBA Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been ordered to pay $1.54 million related to an apartment fire at ...
Adams Stirling's specialty in homeowners association law made it double in size this year.
Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal
Developer demands county pay for failing to help in criminal, civil suits
By Andy Serbe
After more than a decade of litigation, a land development company has filed a $45.2 million claim against San Bernardino County.
The National Labor Relations Board decided to limit when parent companies are liable for the alleged violations of their subsi...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith to take senior status
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Smith will retire from active service effective Aug. 11, 2018, giving President Donald J. Trump a sixth seat to fill on the co...
Government, Criminal
Family therapy is a low-cost and effective substitute for juvenile offenders, advocates say
By Skylar Dubelko
Programs are a fraction of the cost of incarceration but smaller jurisdictions have been slow to adopt them