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Obituaries


John T. Racanelli, a former 1st District Court of Appeal justice whose decisions from 1977 to 1991 were as broad as changing a...


Obituaries


Brant K. Bramer, 1957 - 2017

Oct. 20, 2017
By Shane Nelson

“Tough but fair” Fresno Superior Court commissioner Brant K. Bramer has died.


Community News


California Supreme Court associate justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar answered questions at a lunchtime event Tuesday at Loyol...


Community News


Loyola Law School host U.S.-China IP Summit

Oct. 20, 2017
By Shane Nelson

The Loyola Law School, Los Angeles hosted the sixth annual U.S.-China Intellectual Property Summit Oct. 13, providing a forum ...


Criminal


In an evening punctuated by laughter, true crime stories, reflections on personal tragedy, and knowing wisecracks about the to...


Civil Litigation


Department of Justice asks judge to hammer Google

Oct. 19, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

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


The National ACLU, federal defenders from every district under the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and immigration rights gr...


Civil Litigation, Government


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

Oct. 19, 2017
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

Oct. 19, 2017
By David Mendenhall

The Commission on Judicial Performance is accusing Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce C. Mills of willful miscondu...


Civil Litigation


A federal securities class action claims the board of directors of an online dating company withheld key information from shar...


Civil Litigation


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


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

Oct. 18, 2017
By Steven Crighton

The trial was the venue for a tense family reunion between father and son.


Intellectual Property


Allergan eye drug patents invalidated

Oct. 18, 2017
By Caroline Hart

Drugmaker Allergan LLC, already under fire from members of Congress for transferring its patents covering an eye drug to a Nat...


The family of a woman slain in the Mandalay Bay shooting massacre filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superio...


A company that purchased high-interest loans acted under the belief that those loans were not subject to state laws, its gener...


Government


Sonoma County courts to reopen Monday

Oct. 18, 2017
By Winston Cho

As smoke lingers in the Santa Rosa air due to the ongoing Northern California fires, the Sonoma County courts will remain clos...


In a case where hot-button politics are almost unavoidable, the judge and attorneys tried to keep their focus on the murder ch...


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

Oct. 17, 2017
By Steven Crighton

A source confirmed Harder stopped working with Weinstein last week.


Government


Governor frowns on gender pay disclosure bill

Oct. 17, 2017
By Matthew Blake

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


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


The Court Reporters Board of California has failed in its bid to regulate out-of-state deposition transcribing services.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Though thousands of residents are returning to their homes after the wildfires, the Sonoma County courts will remain closed un...


Government


The majority of Judicial Council employees will have collective bargaining rights, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.


Civil Litigation


A security guard whose spine was severely injured in a fall at a Loyola Marymount University construction site was awarded $16...


Labor/Employment


A human resources worker is suing her former employer — an Orange County medical device company — for gender-based pay inequit...