California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court orders Commission on Judicial Performance to withdraw its complaint against Ventura judge
By Justin Kloczko
The case of Ventura County Superior Court Judge Nancy L. Ayers allegedly having a disruptive dog in her courtroom takes a turn...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit backs limits on gun owners' 'concealed carry' rights
By Saul Sugarman
California residents cannot carry a concealed weapon without showing "good cause" to do so, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
Law Practice
Fashion lawyers have seen textile copyright litigation increase over the past five years
By Amanda Schallert
Plaintiffs' firms continue to score big in textile copyright infringement suits in the Central District courts, seeing a wider...
General Counsel Synergy Home Care (Gilbert, Arizona) ...
A bill that would allow state agencies greater control of their intellectual property has passed the Assembly nearly unanimous...
Intellectual Property
Judge rejects Oracle's bid to overturn jury verdict in Google trial
By Tim O'connor
The judge who oversaw the trial where a jury handed Alphabet Inc.'s Google a victory over Oracle Corp. in a landmark copyright...
Criminal
Riverside says no to city attorney misdemeanor prosecutions
By Renee Flannery
By a nearly two-thirds majority, Riverside voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed creation of a 10-lawyer mi...
Firm shareholder Darrell S. Steinberg was elected mayor of Sacramento Tuesday following decades in California politics and pub...
Irvine-based cybersecurity startup Cylance Inc. announced its Series D financing round Wednesday with guidance from Jones Day....
Judges and Judiciary
Defense lawyers defend judge in Stanford swimmer assault case
By Saul Sugarman
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has been receiving threats of violence since handing down a short sentence to a form...
A Contra Costa County prosecutor with a history of race-based peremptory strikes violated the Equal Protection Clause when he ...
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has adamantly contested the appropriateness of the six-month jail sentence con...
The results of Tuesday's election. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Incumbents reign statewide in judicial elections
By America Hernandez
In 25 contested judicial races across California, nine new judges were minted, eight kept their seats, and eight seats will be...
A roundup of recent transactions and the California lawyers involved.
Criminal
FedEx to defend itself in rare drug trafficking conspiracy trial
By Tim O'connor
Federal prosecutors' decadelong pursuit of illegal internet prescription drug traffickers will play out in a San Francisco fed...
Bart Volkmer will be promoted to general counsel at cloud storage company Dropbox Inc. June 20, replacing Ramsey Homsany, who ...
Obituaries
Veteran defense attorney, known for his representation of the Unabomber, dies
By Saul Sugarman
Longtime federal public defender Quin Denvir died Saturday in Sacramento. He was 76. ...
A federal judge wiped out a $200 million jury verdict awarded to Merck & Co. Inc. after finding that one of the drugmaker'...
Education
Bill would require California law schools to disclose jobs data
By Lyle Moran
California law schools that are not accredited by the American Bar Association would have to publicly disclose postgraduate em...
Judges and Judiciary
Santa Clara recall effort shares similarities with OC effort
By Meghann M. Cuniff
The outcry that seems to support a recall of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky mirrors the fierce reaction ...
Opening statements kicked off a jury trial Tuesday in San Mateo County Superior Court against Imran A. Khaliq, a litigation di...
SB 443, which seeks to limit civil asset forfeiture, has been revived after a near-death experience late last year in the stat...
A superior court judge sharply questioned on Tuesday the premise held by California plaintiffs' attorneys that Private Attorne...
Despite its volatility, Judge Susan Lopez-Giss relishes her job in Los Angeles family court.
After nearly a decade of flat associate pay at the nation's largest law firms, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP said Tuesday it...
Plaintiffs' attorneys who represent children and disabled clients on a contingency fee basis say that judges routinely undermi...
General Counsel CircleUp Network Inc. (San Francisco) ...
U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford dealt a setback Monday to Rutan & Tucker LLP attorneys trying to ban activist newsp...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Genentech, partner to pay $67M to resolve False Claims Act case
By Tim O'connor
Northern District U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch announced Monday that Genentech Inc. and another company will pay $67 million...