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Criminal


A federal asset seizure of $120 million, the largest ever in the Eastern District of California, was announced by U.S. Attorne...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Securities


The high court will consider in March whether to uphold a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals holding that both disgorgement — t...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


Telling a packed courtroom Friday that she had a narrow appellate mandate, a superior court judge ruled those affected by the ...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Jordan Belfort claims in a new Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint he was convinced to provide the rights to his liken...


Constitutional Law, Government


However, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley School of Law, said, “There is no express preemption provision. As for implied...


Constitutional Law, Government


The ACLU is seeking to submit an amicus brief in a southern Lebanese Muslim defendant’s fight to find out why the government h...


Legal Education


The university said $56,000 would be split into smaller amounts to expand the coverage of artificial intelligence in the curri...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Education Law


The largest teachers union in the state and its national affiliate sued the U.S. Department of Education, alleging it illegall...


California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


In an opening brief, plaintiffs’ attorneys argued Dynamex should be retroactively applied in wage-and-hour violations as well ...


Bankruptcy, Environmental & Energy


Despite "clear guidance" from his office, Gov. Gavin Newsom argued PG&E has "yet to make a single modification" to its pla...


Prosecutors say Katherine Mogal, Jawbone’s former director of customer insights, violated the law by taking valuable user and ...


Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations


The Los Angeles County Bar Association has released its evaluations for upcoming judicial elections, rating most candidates as...


Civil Litigation


Tauler Smith in dispute with former bookkeeper

Jan. 24, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

The firm accuses him of holding its financial records and bank account information in an effort to extort them firm into payin...


California Supreme Court, Criminal


The court overturned the 2nd District Court of Appeal, which upheld four felony counts of accessory after the fact to murder a...


California Supreme Court, Probate


The state Supreme Court on Thursday reversed an appellate ruling many trust attorneys found shocking, and confirmed probate co...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation


Defunct ride-hailing pioneer Sidecar Technologies, Inc. cannot sue the ride-hailing giant for antitrust violations because it ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment


The discount retailer’s attorneys said the 9th Circuit’s ruling contradicted both itself and the state Supreme Court when it a...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Deborah Dugan alleges Joel Katz, a longtime outside counsel for the Academy and a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP, made s...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Defense attorneys at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP called the new complaint unnecessary and ‘extortionate’


A justice helping to lead the effort testified that union relationships demand the state courts be granted flexibility in dete...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The companies’ allegations AB 5 violates equal protection clauses in both the U.S. and California Constitutions fail “because ...


Criminal, Government


“From this point forward, pretrial detention will be based on public safety, not on wealth,” District Attorney Chesa Boudin sa...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal


The court granted a new trial to an African American man convicted of murder in 1991 by a San Bernardino court, but one judge ...


Environmental & Energy, Government


San Diego lawyers call for new amendments to stop utility-caused wildfires


California Supreme Court, Criminal


The First Amendment Coalition asked the state Supreme Court to issue sanctions against Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, citing his...


Attorneys William S. Veatch and Catherine Y. Hagerty joined Jan. 9 from Reed Smith.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court


After a U.S. Supreme Court certiorari denial Tuesday, social media giant Facebook Inc. must continue defending against a class...


California Courts of Appeal, Government, Judges and Judiciary


Teri L. Jackson was confirmed Tuesday as a justice on the 1st District Court of Appeal after a career as a San Francisco Count...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation


A federal judge in San Diego rejected a $6.5 million settlement between commercial food preparers and Chicken of the Sea over ...


Corporate, Civil Litigation


Investors settle suit over Snapchat’s IPO

Jan. 22, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

The lawsuit accused Snapchat of falsely downplaying the negative effect Facebook Inc.’s Instagram stories were having on Snapc...