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Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge George Wu issued a tentative ruling before Thursday’s hearing stating that he would likely grant a motion ...


A public defender trying to show the sheriff’s department can’t be trusted to turn over all evidence in a capital case rested ...


Civil Litigation


Union sues state agency for worker information

Jul. 7, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A 90,000-member, health care union has sued the California Department of Public Health to force the agency to share the contac...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


San Francisco County Superior Court judges are being asked to give up one day’s pay a month as part of the court’s efforts to ...


Media, Labor/Employment


A lawsuit that terminated cartoonist and blogger Ted Rall filed against the Los Angeles Times may soon go off the rails.


Media, Labor/Employment


A lawsuit that terminated cartoonist and blogger Ted Rall filed against the Los Angeles Times may soon go off the rails.


Media, Labor/Employment


A lawsuit that terminated cartoonist and blogger Ted Rall filed against the Los Angeles Times may soon go off the rails.


Obituaries


Dean J. Smith, 1962-2017

Jul. 7, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Taylor Blessey LLP partner Dean J. Smith, who specialized in medical malpractice defense cases for more than 25 years, died Ju...


Community News


Members of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices performed June 14 as the rock band ‘Attractive Nui...


Community News



Law Practice


Once combined, the new firm operating under the Clark Hill name will have 16 offices across the nation.


Civil Litigation


A putative class of Pasadena drivers has filed suit against the city council, demanding a refund of fees and fines collected p...


“I’m not going to sit here and say nobody may have violated something with respects to informants,” Sheriff Sandra Hutchens sa...


Depending on who is being asked, eviction defense nonprofit Basta is either a savior or an annoying racket that is clogging up...


Immigration


Immigration attorneys are split over the merits of a proposed Obama administration-era immigration rule that seems unlikely to...


A brake sensor failure in certain Nissan North America vehicles was triggered even when there wasn’t an issue, making matters ...


Law Practice


State Bar staff have proposed raising the law schools’ annual reporting and inspection fees to try to reduce a $279,000 struct...


Immigration, Government


‘Sanctuary state’ bill passes Assembly committee

Jul. 6, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A bill that would limit cooperation between state and local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities moved closer ...


Law Practice


Covington has hired longtime O’Melveny white collar defense mainstay Carolyn Kubota, who will bring to her new firm an extensi...


Entertainment & Sports


A five-year legal battle over digital exploitation of "The Hobbit" franchise was laid to rest on Monday with a settlement betw...


Civil Litigation


Robert Yakushi said the vehicles at issue met external and internal safety standards.


Government, California Supreme Court


By a 4-3 vote, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that Proposition 47 does not affect judges’ broad discretion to deny resen...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation


Lawyers for the Commission on Judicial Performance have filed an initial brief in a case challenging the state auditor’s autho...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


With its chief justice dissenting, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Riverside County prosecutor’s use of statements...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An attorney lost his long-running battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission after a federal judge granted summary jud...


Litigation


When erstwhile sports pundit T.J. Simers won a $7.1 million jury verdict against his former employer, the Los Angeles Times, i...


Immigration, Government, Civil Litigation


‘Sanctuary city’ bill raises legal questions

Jul. 5, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Legal scholars are questioning the constitutionality of a bill that passed the House last week that is intended to pressure so...


Law Practice


Automotive law boutique opens Oakland office

Jul. 5, 2017
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

With the hiring of Bruce Nye in Oakland, The Scali Law Firm, which specializes in automotive-related litigation, has opened it...


Corporate


West Health, which provides health care services to seniors, named William T. Earley as its new chief administration officer a...


Laurie Rubiner, a former Planned Parenthood executive and senior adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton, will begin work in September...