Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Women argue for jury to hear their bias cases against MoFo
By Henrik Nilsson
Sherry A. William and Joshua Ashley Klayman, represented by Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, sued the firm in 2018, claiming women a...
California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation
Trial in large civil case begins in San Bernardino despite virus worries
By Gina Kim
First civil jury trial underway in San Bernardino County after university defendants lose bid at 4th District Court of Appeal ...
Constitutional Law, Government
Newsom shutdown foes file in state court, argue science
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Federal litigants have had trouble proving constitutional violations. But some state courts have been more receptive to argume...
Labor/Employment
Lyft, Uber ask appeal court to rethink driver rules after Proposition 22
By Jessica Mach
California voters passed Proposition 22 last week. When it goes into effect, the measure will create an exception for app-base...
State prosecutor Tim Nader had an insurmountable lead over his opponent.
The question the high court is grappling with is whether judges should be required to consider a defendant’s ability to pay be...
Civil Litigation
No coffee warning labels for now despite appeal, judge rules
By Blaise Scemama
“Given this matter is going to be appealed shortly, it would be confusing to the public to have off again, on again warnings t...
Intellectual Property, Technology
Apple gets patent infringement suit moved from Texas
By Craig Anderson
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with Apple's petition to transfer Uniloc 2017 LLC's...
Immigration, Judges and Judiciary
Immigration judges union to fight decertification
By Craig Anderson
The Federal Labor Relations Authority ruled 2-1 that immigration judges are management officials who influence policy and ther...
Criminal, Government
Questions over Pfizer clinical trial tool’s patent status under safe harbor rules
By Gina Kim
Some legal experts say the stakes are now exponentially higher due to the greater potential compensation plaintiff Allele Biot...
Criminal, Judges and Judiciary
Courts move forward on pretrial assessment tools after voters OK bail
By Tyler Pialet
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye appointed the Pretrial Reform and Operations Workgroup in January 2019 to analyze the eff...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Board chair aims to continue reforms at State Bar
By Henrik Nilsson
The state Supreme Court appointed SeLegue, a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP to his new position after four ye...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Prisoner says guards try to prevent suicide by not letting him sleep
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Prisoners in these units are subject to welfare checks every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day, involving a beep and a metal-on-metal...
Labor/Employment
Reverse auctions are part of Uber, Lyft settlements, some plaintiffs claim
By Jessica Mach
The vast numbers of drivers, combined with what plaintiffs' attorneys say were especially egregious violations, made the cases...
"I congratulate George Gascon and his team on their expected victory," said District Attorney Jackie Lacey, stating he outspen...
Judges and Judiciary
Alameda and Stanislaus County judge races are decided
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In Alameda County, Berkeley-based attorney Elena Condes held a statistically insurmountable lead, as did Deputy District Attor...
Mediator Greg Derin tries to learn litigants' goals and find alternative paths to meeting them.
Civil Litigation
Milbank partner sends demand letter to LA school district on behalf of special needs students
By Gina Kim
Milbank LLP sends a demand letter to Los Angeles Unified School District seeking specific plans for starting in-person instruc...
Criminal
San Diego DA tries to stop early release of man who killed 4, injured 7
By Tyler Pialet
In a letter sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Kathleen Allison, secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabili...
Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law
Federal judge dismisses 2 churches’ challenge to restrictions
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman found Santa Clara County’s directives were equally applied to secular and religious gather...
David L. Anderson, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, filed a complaint for forfeiture on Thursday.
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Solar panel Ponzi investors sue legal advisers Nixon Peabody
By Blaise Scemama
Nixon Peabody LLP said it vigorously disputed the allegations and insisted its tax advice to the investors was correct.
Criminal, Government
Becerra intervenes for woman charged with murder in her fetus’ death
By Craig Anderson
Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in Thursday in a second case in which a woman was charged with murder for allegedly us...
Judges and Judiciary
Members of chief justice’s work group on bias are named
By Jessica Mach
Members of the Work Group to Enhance Administrative Standards Addressing Bias in Court Proceedings were announced Wednesday.
Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary
San Diego courts resume civil bench trials, jury trial expected in January
By Blaise Scemama
Three bench trials began in mid-October and additional trials are being scheduled through the end of the year, according to th...
Labor/Employment
Proposition 22 passage upended state’s labor landscape
By Jessica Mach
Labor and employment attorneys who have been watching the issue say a number of questions now loom large.
Judges and Judiciary
Northern Californians choose legally diverse judges in 3 races
By Winston Cho
Campaigning in part on increasing diversity in the legal community, Criminal defense attorney Elena Condes said voters recogni...
Criminal, Government
George Gascon has comfortable lead over incumbent LA DA Jackie Lacey
By Craig Anderson
Lacey, the county’s first Black and first woman district attorney, was trailing with 46.19% of the vote.
Civil Litigation
United Airlines faces age discrimination class action by flyers who said they missed out on a 10% discount offered only to tho...
Law Practice, Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations
Required clinic credit hours produce more competent lawyers, say some
By Henrik Nilsson
The American Bar Association in 2014 released standards that included a requirement that students in ABA-accredited schools co...