California Supreme Court
Justices consider whether to allow Citizens United advisory measure on ballot
By K Evin Lee
State Supreme Court justices appeared open Tuesday to adding a non-binding statewide measure, Proposition 49, to the 2016 ball...
The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review a 2nd Circuit court of appeals decision to overturn the insider trading convictio...
Labor/Employment
AB 465 a protection for workers, not a 'jobs killer'
By Ben Armisteadn
Corporations represented by tort "reform" groups have labeled AB 465, a worker rights bill now on the desk of Gov. Brown, a "j...
Entertainment & Sports
Boutique talent agency files suit over poaching
By Ashley Cullinsn
A boutique talent agency is seeking to upend the entertainment business through a poaching and anticompetitive practices lawsu...
A marathon age and disability discrimination jury trial on Monday turned into a battle of wills between former Los Angeles Tim...
Lead Counsel of Coin Inc. San Francisco ...
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd as a district judge in the Eastern District of C...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Early release of transgender inmate sparks 9th Circuit skepticism
By Craig Andersonn
Suspicious of a series of "coincidences" surrounding a state prison release of a transgender inmate, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...
Volkswagen and Audi's direct communications with diesel car owners run the risk of undermining a pending class action, accordi...
After Pacific Gas & Electric Co. settled a third wave of water contamination cases in 2008 for $24.3 million, about 75 new...
Law firm mergers are once again on pace to break records, with 68 already being completed nationwide in 2015, according to leg...
Just a year after winning a second term, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is taking aim at a more prominent state ...
Riverside law firm Thompson & Colegate LLP has a lot to celebrate on its 100th anniversary. ...
A $37.25 million settlement between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and disgruntled former employees has resolved a sev...
LA Superior Court Judge Hayden Zacky enjoys the human drama that unfolds daily in his courtroom.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Environmental
Environmental groups sue City of Oakland over coal export plans
By Fiona Smith
Several environmental groups sued the City of Oakland along with developers of the former Oakland army base on Friday alleging...
In mediation, the confidentiality statutes and associated case authorities have inadvertently shielded all evidence of attorne...
Discipline
Former prosecutor regains law license after his fraud conviction vacated
By Craig Andersonn
A former deputy district attorney who gave up his law license nine years ago after pleading guilty to federal honest services ...
Government
Cleared of accusations, Alameda County prosecutor is back at work
By Philip Johnsonn
After facing accusations of laundering campaign contributions, Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Sharmin Bock returne...
Douglas B. Luftman, NetApp Inc.'s chief intellectual property counsel and vice president of innovation services, is leaving th...
The U.S. legal market added 5,000 jobs nationally in September, hitting the highest employment level in the sector this year b...
In United States v. Christensen, the 9th Circuit upturned what was previously seen as established law regarded the cont...
Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP, a boutique political law litigation firm based out of Sacramento, established its presence in ...
Admission. For decades, I have been violating federal copyright law.
Appellate attorneys from the Los Angeles area preview the USSC term that begins today ...
Appellate attorneys from the Bay Area preview the USSC term that begins today ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Attorney threatened with sanctions for improper oral argument escapes punishment
By Linda Williamsonn
An attorney who "walked into a buzzsaw" when she cited a Los Angeles Times article in court and was promptly threatened with s...
It's fair to say no one in Congress saw Anoush Hakimi coming. Or Joshua Schwadron. Three years ago, crowdfunding consumer laws...
California Courts of Appeal
Brown expected to sign bill narrowing wage gap
By Hannah Hartshornn
Governor Brown is expected to sign SB 358 this week, which will substanially increase California laws protecting against discr...