California Courts of Appeal
Justices confirmed easily to state appellate court
By Kevin Lee
Three justices were sworn to the state appellate court, following confirmation hearings Thursday in San Diego. ...
Education
Former UC Riverside lawyer wins $2.5M in gender discrimination trial
By Renee Flannery
A former chief campus counsel at UC Riverside won a $2.5 million when a Riverside Superior Court jury found she was wrongfull...
Environmental
$8.5 million settlement ends Porter Ranch lawsuit by local air regulator
By Justin Kloczko
Southern California Gas Company has agreed to pay $8.5 million to end a lawsuit filed by air quality regulators related the 20...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New Orange County bar president commits to overcoming controversial start
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Michael L. Baroni has a different agenda planned as 2017 president of the Orange County Bar Association after weeks of turmoil...
EVP and General Counsel The Charles Schwab Corp. (San Francisco) ...
"We did music for years and years before the practice of law swallowed us whole," said John Blumberg, a trial attorney and bar...
Government
Candidate to oversee OC justice system ends negotiations
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Former Deputy Attorney General Gary W. Schons is no longer being considered to help oversee Orange County's criminal justice s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Akin Gump partner arrested for alleged bribe
By Matthew Blake
A former U.S. Justice Department attorney faces federal criminal charges of trying to sell a sealed lawsuit for $310,000 at a ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit stream most watched in court history
By Joshua Seboldn
Tuesday's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on President Donald J. Trump's travel ban was the most-streamed event in t...
Government
Governor moving deliberately to fill judicial vacancies
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Defenders of Gov. Jerry Brown say he is appointing judges no slower than his predecessor, but some critics wish he would pick ...
Benjamin Wirtschafter is one of many Yuba County public defenders who became judges.
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
On worker rest-day issue, Nordstrom may have racked up victory
By Matthew Blake
In interpreting an 1893 statute on what defines a work week, the state Supreme Court Tuesday looked inclined to agree with Nor...
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA rejects controversial bar exam passage resolution
By Banks Albachn
The American Bar Association has rejected a resolution to raise the bar passage rate. After a debate stretching longer than an...
Government
Bill would sanction attorneys who use tenants' immigration status against them.
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A trio of Assembly Democrats have introduced a bill to sanction landlords — and their attorneys — who attempt to use a tenant'...
Intellectual Property
Apple-Samsung design patents case remanded to San Jose judge
By Joshua Seboldn
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has punted the Apple Inc. design patents case against Samsung Electronics Co...
California Courts of Appeal
Roger Boren, unassuming justice with a page-one career, retires without fanfare
By America Hernandez
2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Roger W. Boren quietly left the bench Jan. 31 after 33 years. ...
Defendant ScoreInc.com is facing an uphill battle to win legal fees from plaintiff DisputeSuite.com LLC following oral argumen...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Co-author defends report critical of former State Bar director
By Lyle Moran
Mark B. Helm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP said his firm did not have an agenda to get former State Bar Executive Director...
Herbert Curtis III died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after negotiating with SWAT officers. His victim died of gunshot w...
ADR Provider
Mediator's laid-back style earns client trust, attorney praise
By Matthew Blake
Mediator's laid-back style earns client trust, attorney praise
Solano County Judge Michael Mattice manages to maintain the jury's attention to speed cases.
EVP and General Counsel Content Partners LLC (Los Angeles) ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Key figures in State Bar case offer dueling narratives
By Lyle Moran
Former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn and former Chief Trial Counsel Jayne Kim said each other's wrongdoing was to blame fo...
Litigation
Former Bio-Rad general counsel wins wrongful termination suit
By Joshua Seboldn
A federal jury decided Monday afternoon that Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. should pay its former general counsel, Sanford S. Wadle...
Judges and Judiciary
Ethics hearing starts for San Diego County Judge Gary Kreep
By Meghann M. Cuniff
A Commission on Judicial Performance panel on Monday heard from five attorneys who described courtroom conduct by a San Diego ...
Environmental
Citing new state law, judge revives cities' lawsuit against Monsanto
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Months after he dismissed their initial cases, a San Jose federal judge has ruled that a new state law has given three cities ...
Judges and Judiciary
Collaborative court leader retires from SF County court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ronald E. Albers has retired after a four-decade legal career. ...
UCLA School of Law womens' group meets for first large-scale networking conference. ...
Entertainment & Sports
NCAA to pay student-athletes for unfulfilled scholarship funds
By Paula Lehman Ewing
The National Collegiate Athletic Association settled a class action antitrust suit Friday when it agreed to pay $209 million i...
