Labor/Employment
Gender lawsuit against Cal State athletic department looks headed to jury
By Matthew Blake
Claims that California State University Los Angeles snubbed Sheila Hudson from the athletic director job because she is a woma...
A Los Angeles County jury has awarded a former Snap-On Tools maintenance supervisor $15 million, believing his claim that he w...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rules against removal of Mexican citizen due to improper detention
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the government may not remove a Mexican citizen living in the Unite...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Concert organizer says former law firm was never a partner
By Andy Serbe
A concert organizer denied his former law firm ever had a membership stake in his company during his examination Wednesday in ...
Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government
SF, Santa Clara seek permanent injunctions against Trump order
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties filed motions Wednesday seeking permanent injunctions to block President Donald J. Trum...
Civil Litigation
Jury faults both sides, awards light punitive damages
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal jury faulted both sides in a defamation and fraud lawsuit award, ending a contentious trial.
Law Practice, Government, Civil Litigation
CFPB investigating another Southern California law firm
By Eli Wolfe
A Southern California law firm made a last-ditch attempt to avoid surrendering records to the Consumer Financial Protection Bu...
Civil Litigation
Legal recruiter prevails in claim against Manatt Phelps
By L.J. Williamson
Legal recruiter Gregg Ziskind prevailed in a claim that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP breached an oral contract with him b...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Agency makes it easier to temporarily suspend judges
By Joshua Sebold
The Commission on Judicial Performance announced a new rule Tuesday that will make it easier to temporarily suspend judges, br...
Immigration, Government
Government to require interviews for some green card holders
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The government will begin requiring in-person interviews for certain green card applicants in order to comply with President D...
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Wrongful death suit filed against police department over death of mentally ill man
By L.J. Williamson
A law firm has sued over the suffocation death of a mentally ill man whose mother called police for assistance in getting him ...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Energy companies remove climate change suits to federal court, for now
By James Getz
About three dozen energy companies being sued in California over climate change issues have removed those cases to federal cou...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Country’s biggest trial lawyer convention kicks off Thursday
By Andy Serbe
Consumer attorneys’ annual Las Vegas convention, the biggest trial lawyer gathering in the country, kicks off on Thursday runn...
Government
Campaign disclosure law advances in state Legislature
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A key state Senate committee passed a campaign disclosure law Tuesday that would require political ads to clearly list the top...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Decades of conflict lead to trial over Steinbeck works
By Steven Crighton
After decades of conflict between the heirs of John Steinbeck over the rights to his works, a trial that could clear the way f...
As one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history continues to wreak havoc in southeast Texas, law firms across the state ...
The UC Berkeley chief campus counsel died Sunday while on a bike ride in Sonoma County, according to the California Highway Pa...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Law firm argues investment was for company stake, not one-time deal
By Eli Wolfe
A law firm accused of trying to muscle into a client’s business has argued that the parties established an ongoing business re...
A San Bernardino County jury acquitted three of four defendants of all bribery charges on Monday, concluding a seven-month tri...
Andrei Iancu, a veteran patent litigator at Irell & Manella, has been nominated to be director of the U.S. Patent & Tr...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Law firm begins trial against former client and business partner
By Steven Crighton
An attorney for a concert organizer blasted his former law firm in a trial over an investment agreement in opening arguments M...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration
9th Circuit questions why relatives cannot bypass travel ban
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Attorneys grappled Monday during oral arguments before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to interpret the U.S. Supreme...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Powerful lawmaker urges lower passing score on bar exam
By Lyle Moran
Mark Stone, chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, suggested a reduction from 144 to about 139.
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation
Judge raises possible solutions to CJP’s dispute with auditor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A San Francisco County judge has opened the door to the Commission on Judicial Performance providing redacted judicial discipl...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation
Judge rejects restraining order blocking Persky recall
By James Getz
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky lost a battle Monday when a judge rejected his arguments to decertify pet...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Powerful lawmaker urges lower passing score on bar exam
By Lyle Moran
Mark Stone, chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, suggested a reduction from 144 to about 139.
Pleasanton-based biotech company 10x Genomics Inc. hires Eric S. Whitaker as general counsel.
Civil Litigation
Drug company faces tough task overturning big talc verdict
By Justin Kloczko
Johnson & Johnson, in the face of a $417 million bellwether jury trial defeat in Los Angeles County Superior Court and wit...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government
9th Circuit split plan gains new momentum
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The ongoing battle to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is gaining new steam as Republican Arizona Senator Jeff F...
