9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Settlement debarring attorney to get another look
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...
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
OC district attorney jousts with Harvard over misconduct, reversals report
By Meghann Cuniff
Orange County’s district attorney asked Harvard Law School to retract a report that asserted his office is among the worst in ...
An 10-month trial for the final defendant in a San Bernardino corruption and bribery case has ended with a deadlocked jury and...
Criminal
Turlock attorney sentenced to nine months behind bars for importing steroids
By David Mendenhall
A Turlock attorney was sentenced to nine months in prison Wednesday for illegally importing raw anabolic steroids from China.
Government
State legislators act on several bills affecting courts, lawyers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
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
Bill to ban employer’s salary history questions advances with changes
By Matthew Blake
A bill to ban employers from asking job applicants about their salary history has passed both state legislative chambers, but ...
Civil Litigation
Judge begrudgingly grants Steptoe stay in discrimination suit
By Eli Wolfe
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
Senate sends State Bar overhaul bill to Gov. Brown’s desk
By Lyle Moran
The funding and overhaul legislation secured unanimous approval in both chambers.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration
9th Circuit affirms ruling declining to identify released detainees
By Joshua Sebold
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’s head lawyer to leave ride-hailing startup amid legal woes
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
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
Plaintiff attacks defense’s science in coffee-cancer link trial
By Justin Kloczko
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
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
9th Circuit overturns district judge to protect informant
By L.J. Williamson
In a case that pitted the First Amendment presumption of public access to court documents against the secret identity of a dru...
Civil Litigation
Firm leader says complicating former partner’s life was a side benefit of legal action
By Andy Serbe
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
Appeal court: no discovery duty between co-defendants
By Meghann Cuniff
Reiterating that co-defendants have no discovery obligation to one another, the 4th District Court of Appeal has upheld murder...
Government, Criminal
Sex offender registry overhaul passes key legislative test
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill to overhaul California’s 70-year-old sex offender registry program has come back from the dead and passed a major commi...
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
By David Mendenhall
Ralph Baxter, former chairman and CEO of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP who retired to West Virginia nearly four years...
The settlement reached between PETA and a nature photographer ends the famed “monkey selfie” case
Convicted ex-Major Leaguer is now key witness against former co-defendant Insider trader will testify against former co-defen...
San Diego firm files class action against Equifax, more expected.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have sued the Trump administration,...
Judges and Judiciary, Events
US Judge William Schwarzer honored at Federal Building
By James Getz
Events set to honor Northern District judge who focused on case management
A CEO denies former firm was ever an owner in concert promotion company
Civil Litigation
Starbucks acrylamide case returns to trial after 7 years
By Justin Kloczko
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.
