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Civil Litigation, Government


Two women — ­an attorney and a member of the state Assembly — are fighting separate battles to draw attention to sexual harass...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


An appellate panel sanctioned two attorneys $8.500 and ordered them to report it to the State Bar.


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


A near decadelong First Amendment dispute over the right of a publisher to send unsolicited magazines to inmates in Butte Coun...


Intellectual Property


A team of Irell & Manella LLP attorneys, led by partner Morgan Chu, has sued Gilead Sciences Inc. on behalf of a Seattle-b...


Civil Litigation


A Santa Rosa couple has filed a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric Company, blaming the utility for the blaze that des...


Entertainment & Sports


Examining Kaepernick’s playbook

Oct. 20, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The NFL player’s attorney alluded to a “smoking gun,” which attorneys agree he’ll need.


Judges and Judiciary


Judge shortages back up dependency courts

Oct. 20, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

In some of California’s largest counties, dependency court judges face caseloads far higher than they can keep pace with.


In Recess


History Hound

Oct. 20, 2017
By Shane Nelson

San Jose business litigator Jeffrey M. Forster has been collecting stamps for more than 40 years.


Obituaries


John T. Racanelli, a former 1st District Court of Appeal justice whose decisions from 1977 to 1991 were as broad as changing a...


Obituaries


Brant K. Bramer, 1957 - 2017

Oct. 20, 2017
By Shane Nelson

“Tough but fair” Fresno Superior Court commissioner Brant K. Bramer has died.


Community News


California Supreme Court associate justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar answered questions at a lunchtime event Tuesday at Loyol...


Community News


Loyola Law School host U.S.-China IP Summit

Oct. 20, 2017
By Shane Nelson

The Loyola Law School, Los Angeles hosted the sixth annual U.S.-China Intellectual Property Summit Oct. 13, providing a forum ...


Criminal


In an evening punctuated by laughter, true crime stories, reflections on personal tragedy, and knowing wisecracks about the to...


Civil Litigation


Department of Justice asks judge to hammer Google

Oct. 19, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

Government attorneys argued at a hearing Wednesday that the conduct of Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., in an online pri...


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


The National ACLU, federal defenders from every district under the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and immigration rights gr...


Civil Litigation, Government


The financial officer for CashCall Inc. said that borrowers of loans the company purchased knew they would pay high fees and i...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Hulu is facing two patent infringement lawsuits

Oct. 19, 2017
By Meghann Cuniff

Hulu LLC is accused of infringing three patents in its popular streaming service, including two that were issued last month.


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Contra Costa County judge accused of misconduct

Oct. 19, 2017
By David Mendenhall

The Commission on Judicial Performance is accusing Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce C. Mills of willful miscondu...


Civil Litigation


A federal securities class action claims the board of directors of an online dating company withheld key information from shar...


Civil Litigation


The owner of several luxury apartment buildings near Beverly Hills urged a federal judge to prohibit Airbnb Inc. rentals in hi...


The court said it was not persuaded by those urging a reduction of the cut score.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, voiced strenuous objections to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination process T...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Frank Ocean prevails over father in libel case

Oct. 18, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The trial was the venue for a tense family reunion between father and son.


Intellectual Property


Allergan eye drug patents invalidated

Oct. 18, 2017
By Caroline Hart

Drugmaker Allergan LLC, already under fire from members of Congress for transferring its patents covering an eye drug to a Nat...


The family of a woman slain in the Mandalay Bay shooting massacre filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superio...


A company that purchased high-interest loans acted under the belief that those loans were not subject to state laws, its gener...


Government


Sonoma County courts to reopen Monday

Oct. 18, 2017
By Winston Cho

As smoke lingers in the Santa Rosa air due to the ongoing Northern California fires, the Sonoma County courts will remain clos...


In a case where hot-button politics are almost unavoidable, the judge and attorneys tried to keep their focus on the murder ch...


Judicial interpretation of the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, an attorney...


The agency is examining whether an outside entity should instead handle the regulatory efforts.