Immigration
USC will file brief in support of challenge to foreign student rule
By Henrik Nilsson
USC’s president said it will join an amicus brief supporting Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
Civil Litigation
Bayer joins opponents in withdrawing from part of Roundup settlement
By Blaise Scemama
Bayer said Wednesday it agrees with opposing counsel's decision to withdraw part of a $10.9 billion settlement of the Roundup ...
Civil Litigation
Yolo County jury delivers $10.5M verdict after trial postponed by shutdowns
By Malcolm Maclachlan
It’s a sign of the times that the most surprising aspect of the case is not the large award but that a jury delivered a civil ...
Criminal
Last San Franciscan on death row gets possibility of parole in resenting deal
By Tyler Pialet
District Attorney Chesa Boudin agreed to the deal and said his office will not seek the death penalty for any case it prosecutes.
Nestle says class action uses consumer protection law to attack companies for alleged third-party labor practices.
Administrative/Regulatory, Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
Challenges to patent office rulings may be headed to high court
By Craig Anderson
Raising further legal questions about the America Invents Act patent law, a federal appellate court on Tuesday vacated a decis...
The judge handling the first federal trial to resume in California slammed prosecutors Tuesday for reconvening a pool of anxio...
Immigration, Legal Education
ICE rule on international students sends law deans scrambling
By Henrik Nilsson
In its statement Monday, ICE said students in the U.S. on F-1 or M-1 visas, enrolled in schools that offer a combination of in...
California Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Pressure mounts on governor to name LGBTQ justice to state high court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom intends to announce his nominee within the next few months.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar pushing October remote exam, say deans; agency says it’s up to the court
By Henrik Nilsson
An assessment this Friday of the online “baby bar” for first-year students in non-accredited schools is expected to provide ne...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Pay settlement for air medics also makes new law
By Tyler Pialet
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Y. Smith issued decisions on several questions of first impression in the wage an...
The first federal trial in the Northern District of California resumed Monday despite concerns from some jurors who said they ...
Civil Litigation, Real Estate/Development
If tenant groups can intervene in suit so can landlords, say attorneys
By Blaise Scemama
The apartment association suing Los Angeles over its eviction ban said if a judge allows tenants’ groups to intervene, other l...
Civil Litigation, Government, Health Care & Hospital Law
Contact tracing orders present dilemma for businesses
By Gina Kim
Restaurants already crippled by pandemic closures now face a new hurdle as governments seek to enlist them in contact tracing ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration
9th Circuit decision against Trump rules limiting asylum likely headed to high court
By Craig Anderson
Setting the stage for a likely showdown before the U.S. Supreme Court, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday aff...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Health Care & Hospital Law, Judges and Judiciary
Privacy concerns prevented positive COVID test from being reported to court
By Tyler Pialet
While the courtrooms where the infected prosecutor appeared were identified informally among attorneys, San Mateo County court...
The country added 7,500 legal services jobs in June, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Situation report r...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar files amended complaint to halt LegalMatch services
By Henrik Nilsson
According to the recent complaint, LegalMatch has continued to operate despite the bar’s demands it cease operations until its...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, International Law, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court
High court to reconsider whether domestic companies can be sued over slavery overseas
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear two cases deciding whether two corporations can be sued for allegedly funding s...
Law Practice
Private equity partner returns to Latham in Silicon Valley
By Kamila Knaudt
Latham & Watkins LLP welcomed back private equity and M&A transactional attorney Eric J. Schwartzman in its Bay Area o...
Criminal
Judge denies motion to disqualify Orange County DA in sex offender prosecutions
By Tyler Pialet
The motion sought recusal of District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s prosecutors because he publicly condemned a court commissioner’s...
Judges and Judiciary
Legal community’s John Prine fans form a song circle
By Kamila Knaudt
The death of country folk singer and songwriter John Prine from complications related to COVID-19 in April struck a chord with...
Judges and Judiciary
22 counties not complying with bias committee recommendation
By Jessica Mach
At least 22 of 58 superior courts are not complying with a decade-old California Judicial Council recommendation that they est...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
US judge orders access to Kern County courts
By Craig Anderson
A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order to allow criminal defendants' family members and others to at...
Civil Litigation, Consumer Law
Telemarketing suits should be tossed, companies say
By Winston Cho
Attorneys representing companies accused of illegal telemarketing urged a judge to dismiss the case because federal law only p...
Government, Land Use, Real Estate/Development
Property owners fight city ordinances banning evictions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
These ordinances build on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March 16 executive order, which he this week extended through Sept. 30.
California Supreme Court, Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations
Deans will ask high court to license graduates without bar exam
By Henrik Nilsson
Many attorneys oppose the idea as risky and a way for the schools to continue making money for educational services without pr...
Intellectual Property, Law Practice
With additions, Procopio has 50 IP attorneys firmwide
By Kamila Knaudt
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP added seven intellectual property attorneys from Arent Fox LLP.
Much Shelist PC doubled the size of its Newport Beach office by combining with business litigation firm Zfaty Burns.
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Santa Clara Superior Court imposes furloughs, mulls layoffs to bridge budget deficit
By Tyler Pialet
The county court is the first in California to announce a reduction of staff to make ends meet following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s s...