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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Settlement debarring attorney to get another look

Sep. 15, 2017
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

A California attorney seeking to prove that he was improperly barred from working in his area of specialty got a second chance...


The plaintiff rested after testimony that a partner at the defendant law firm wanted to “crush” his former partner, now CEO of...



Student disability settlement could be new model

Sep. 15, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

Two lawsuits that could serve as a new model for student disability rights have been settled with the Pomona Unified School Di...


Law Practice, Education Law, Criminal


Orange County’s district attorney asked Harvard Law School to retract a report that asserted his office is among the worst in ...


Criminal


An 10-month trial for the final defendant in a San Bernardino corruption and bribery case has ended with a deadlocked jury and...


A Turlock attorney was sentenced to nine months in prison Wednesday for illegally importing raw anabolic steroids from China.


Government


Several bills, including one giving collective bargaining to Judicial Council workers, have won legislative approval.


Immigration, Government


State Senate committee approves money for DACA legal aid

Sep. 14, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A state Senate committee passed a bill Wednesday that would provide $20 million in additional legal services funding to people...


Labor/Employment, Government


A bill to ban employers from asking job applicants about their salary history has passed both state legislative chambers, but ...


Civil Litigation


Steptoe & Johnson LLP won a brief reprieve from a gender discrimination suit on Wednesday after a federal judge agreed to ...


Government, State Bar & Bar Associations


The funding and overhaul legislation secured unanimous approval in both chambers.


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday against one of the leaders of a major union for Border Patrol agents in ...


Corporate


Uber Technologies Inc.’s top lawyer, Salle E.Y. Yoo, is leaving the company, according to an internal memo forwarded to the Da...


John D. Alessio has been elected as the next managing partner of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for a nonprofit at trial with Starbucks Corp. and retailers over whether they failed to warn of a carcinogen in coff...


Immigration, Government


State proposal would provide $30M to DACA recipients

Sep. 13, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A key state Senate committee is poised to vote on a proposal to provide $30 million in assistance to Californians benefiting f...


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


In a case that pitted the First Amendment presumption of public access to court documents against the secret identity of a dru...


A managing partner of a law firm asserting an ownership stake in a former client’s company said that disrupting the life of a ...


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


Reiterating that co-defendants have no discovery obligation to one another, the 4th District Court of Appeal has upheld murder...


Government, Criminal


A bill to overhaul California’s 70-year-old sex offender registry program has come back from the dead and passed a major commi...


Labor/Employment


Grubhub bench trial testimony concludes

Sep. 13, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

A bench trial to determine whether drivers for Grubhub Inc. should be classified as employees rather than independent contract...


Law Practice, Government


Former Orrick CEO announces congressional run

Sep. 13, 2017
By David Mendenhall

Ralph Baxter, former chairman and CEO of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP who retired to West Virginia nearly four years...



Monkey scores settlement, to the detriment of robots

Sep. 13, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The settlement reached between PETA and a nature photographer ends the famed “monkey selfie” case


Criminal


Convicted ballplayer to be key witness

Sep. 12, 2017
By Meghann M. Cuniff

Convicted ex-Major Leaguer is now key witness against former co-defendant Insider trader will testify against former co-defen...


Civil Litigation


San Diego firm files class action against Equifax, more expected.


Civil Litigation


Prosecutors sue over fuel efficiency standards

Sep. 12, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have sued the Trump administration,...


Judges and Judiciary, Events


Events set to honor Northern District judge who focused on case management


Civil Litigation


A CEO denies former firm was ever an owner in concert promotion company


Civil Litigation


Coffee vendors put on their defense in Proposition 65 suit


A judge has granted summary judgment to the owners and operators of Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles.