John T. Racanelli, a former 1st District Court of Appeal justice whose decisions from 1977 to 1991 were as broad as changing a...
“Tough but fair” Fresno Superior Court commissioner Brant K. Bramer has died.
California Supreme Court associate justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar answered questions at a lunchtime event Tuesday at Loyol...
The Loyola Law School, Los Angeles hosted the sixth annual U.S.-China Intellectual Property Summit Oct. 13, providing a forum ...
Criminal
Association of Deputy District Attorneys 2017 Awards Dinner
By L.J. Williamson
In an evening punctuated by laughter, true crime stories, reflections on personal tragedy, and knowing wisecracks about the to...
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
Amicus briefs urge 9th Circuit to rule criminal immigration statute unconstitutional
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The National ACLU, federal defenders from every district under the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and immigration rights gr...
Civil Litigation, Government
Trial ends for loan company that claimed it was not subject to state or federal law
By Andy Serbe
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
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
By David Mendenhall
The Commission on Judicial Performance is accusing Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce C. Mills of willful miscondu...
Civil Litigation
Proposed class says proxy statement misled shareholders ahead of merger
By Justin Kloczko
A federal securities class action claims the board of directors of an online dating company withheld key information from shar...
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
Feinstein decries Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination process
By Joshua Sebold
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
By Steven Crighton
The trial was the venue for a tense family reunion between father and son.
Drugmaker Allergan LLC, already under fire from members of Congress for transferring its patents covering an eye drug to a Nat...
Civil Litigation
LA County lawsuit leads anticipated wave of claims from Las Vegas mass shooting
By Justin Kloczko
The family of a woman slain in the Mandalay Bay shooting massacre filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superio...
Government
GC testifies company believed loans weren’t subject to state laws
By Andy Serbe
A company that purchased high-interest loans acted under the belief that those loans were not subject to state laws, its gener...
As smoke lingers in the Santa Rosa air due to the ongoing Northern California fires, the Sonoma County courts will remain clos...
San Francisco jury chosen in murder trial of Mexican in US illegally
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
In a case where hot-button politics are almost unavoidable, the judge and attorneys tried to keep their focus on the murder ch...
Plaintiffs present First Amendment challenge to arbitration before 9th Circuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
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.
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Criminal
Harder quits as Weinstein counsel
By Steven Crighton
A source confirmed Harder stopped working with Weinstein last week.
Lawyers lobbying for California’s largest companies won one Sunday when Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have made bu...
U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal
US Supreme Court to consider stored communications law
By Caroline Hart
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to take an appeal from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking email data for a criminal i...
Government
Governor vetoes bill to regulate out-of-state transcribing services
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Court Reporters Board of California has failed in its bid to regulate out-of-state deposition transcribing services.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Sonoma County courts remain closed due to safety concerns
By Winston Cho
Though thousands of residents are returning to their homes after the wildfires, the Sonoma County courts will remain closed un...
Government
Judicial Council workers to get collective bargaining rights
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The majority of Judicial Council employees will have collective bargaining rights, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Civil Litigation
$16.3 million construction injury verdict likely to be cut
By Justin Kloczko
A security guard whose spine was severely injured in a fall at a Loyola Marymount University construction site was awarded $16...
A human resources worker is suing her former employer — an Orange County medical device company — for gender-based pay inequit...