Government
New visa questionnaire raises concerns of business immigration lawyers
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Increased visa vetting procedures recently announced by the U.S. State Department are creating uncertainty among some immigrat...
Product Liability
Dunkin' Donuts defense has a hole in it, can't escape suit
By Justin Kloczko
In his summary judgment denial on Friday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge rejected Dunkin' Donuts' defense argument ...
Government
Report: California legal services sector suffered job losses in April
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Employment in California's legal services industry took a slight hit recently, shedding 1,000 jobs between March and April, en...
Labor/Employment
McDonald's class action goes to the judge, with many questions
By Matthew Blake
A unique bench trial ended Friday with plaintiffs' pushing the labor code's land the defense saying it meant to do no wrong.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit revives suit against drugmakers over man's death
By Joshua Sebold
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday revived a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies accused of failing to discl...
Neutral Matthew Argue uses emotional intelligence in high-conflict disputes. ...
The admissions test will be administered six times a year instead of four starting in mid-2018. The move comes as more schools...
Criminal
Murder convictions overturned because of jury selection error, court rules
By Kevin Lee
The state Supreme Court unanimously overturned the convictions of two defendants for attempted murder after finding Thursday t...
Environmental
Lawyers: US leaving climate pact to affect state businesses
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
President Donald J. Trump's Thursday announcement that the United States would withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate accord, wh...
Labor/Employment
SpaceX defense portrays suing ex-technician as mentally unstable
By Andy Serbe
Beginning their direct defense against a lawsuit by a former technician who says he was fired for whistleblowing about sloppy ...
California Supreme Court
Wordless gestures aren't criminal threats, state high court rules
By L.J. Williamson
Reversing a lower court decision, the state Supreme Court held Thursday that a defendant cannot be charged with making crimina...
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon confirmed Thursday that his side of the Legislature will end its contract with form...
An Orange County judge asked pointed questions and criticized the credibility of a law enforcement veteran's immunity-protecte...
Labor/Employment
Judge expresses confusion, irritation in McDonald's class action
By Matthew Blake
Asked by Joseph M. Sellers, lead lawyer for a plaintiff representative group of thousands of McDonald's overnight workers, wha...
The judge found that Greenberg Traurig had properly implemented an ethical screen in a case involving the former manager of N....
Santa Clara University School of Law tops list of first-time bar exam takers from February test. ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
SpaceX managers testify to problematic employee
By Andy Serbe
Managers at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. who supervised a technician who has sued the company for alleged whistleblowe...
California Courts of Appeal
City worker must be reinstated despite harassment allegations, court rules
By Kevin Lee
A Stockton city employee who posted a nude photo of a co-worker with a crude comment must be reinstated because a private arbi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Study: Lower bar exam scores increase likelihood of attorney discipline
By Lyle Moran
Two Pepperdine University School of Law professors also concluded that lowering the passing score on the exam would likely inc...
Criminal
OC judge questions sheriff's lieutenant's truthfulness in open court
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A superior court judge on Wednesday questioned the truthfulness of a uniformed sheriff's lieutenant who hours earlier was gran...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
OC judge admonished for sex-charged Facebook post
By L.J. Williamson And Malcolm Maclachla
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeff Ferguson has been publicly admonished by the Commission on Judicial Performance after ...
Criminal
OC judge questions sheriff's lieutenant's truthfulness in open court
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A superior court judge on Wednesday questioned the truthfulness of a uniformed sheriff's lieutenant who hours earlier was gran...
Government
Bill to aid "revenge porn" victims advances in Legislature
By Malcolm Maclachlan And L.J. Williamso
State legislators have been meeting every day this week as bills face a Friday deadline to pass.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit cracks down on shackling of defendants
By Joshua Sebold
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that federal courts cannot have a blanket policy for shackling all defen...
Law Practice
How immigration consequences affect a plea dependson the state
By L.J. Williamson
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and domestic violence victim advocates have found common ground over a shared concern that...
Litigation
Ex-SpaceX technician's cross-examination testimony alleges falsified reports
By Paula Lehman Ewing
Former Space Exploration Technologies Corp. technician Jason Blasdell animatedly gave his account of how the results of radioa...
Labor/Employment
McDonald's official testifies company didn't know state overtime law
By Matthew Blake
Kathryn Froehlich, senior project manager for McDonald's, told Joseph M. Sellers, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & To...
Law Practice
Summer associate was once her boss’ pro bono asylum case
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Summer associate joins firm that successfully argued her family's asylum petition 15 years ago. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Man faces deportation for being "habitual drunkard"
By Joshua Sebold
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel ruled Monday in a split decision that a Mexican man's request to stay in the...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit judge blasts Trump administration immigration policy
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A veteran liberal judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the deportation of a Mexican immigrant wh...
