Corporate
Former Twitter deputy general counsel to take over Mozilla’s top legal job
By Matthew Sanderson
Amy Keating will be overseeing all aspects of Mozilla’s legal work and affairs, including commercial contracts, licensing, pri...
Government, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
CJP and state auditor near settlement of legal dispute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The long-running legal dispute between the Commission on Judicial Performance and the state auditor could be nearing its concl...
Civil Litigation
San Jose judge trims attorney fees in Anthem class action settlement
By Blaise Scemama
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh blasted plaintiffs’ counsel during a June hearing for overbilling in the Anthem data breach cl...
Government, Civil Litigation
At Santa Monica voting rights trial, expert flips sides on key question
By Justin Kloczko
A plaintiff’s witness who testified that racially polarized voting did not occur in a previous voting rights case testified Mo...
Archer Norris announced it will dissolve by October, citing economic difficulties.
Civil Rights, Law Practice
Lawyers in voter rights trial have clashed before, on different sides
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys R. Rex Parris and Marcellus McRae have met before, facing off in the Santa Monica voter discrimination case, faced o...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Federal judge rules execution access lawsuit can move forward
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A lawsuit seeking an injunction to prevent the state from carrying out any executions until all aspects of the process are mad...
Criminal, Environmental & Energy
Prosecutors and defense spar to the finish line of oil spill trial
By Blaise Scemama
After two days of closing arguments, jurors will finally decide if Texas based oil company, Plains All American Pipeline, was ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
UC Irvine law school thrilled with successful first decade
By Lyle Moran
The school welcomes its largest ever first-year class to campus this fall
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation
John Steinbeck’s daughter-in-law wants 9th Circuit to review case
By Steven Crighton
Claiming litigation has forced her to live on a “pauper’s income,” the widow of John Steinbeck’s son indicated Thursday she’s ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal
9th Circuit reverses qualified immunity finding for detective who failed to disclose evidence
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday revived a lawsuit by a woman who was wrongly convicted and served 17 years...
Government, Labor/Employment
Bill to ban arbitration as an employment condition advances
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Several bills of importance to the #MeToo movement survived a legislative deadline in Sacramento last week. But potentially tr...
Civil Litigation
Judge denies preliminary injunction in case over Bell gravel terminal
By Matthew Sanderson
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a preliminary injunction Friday to a group of petitioners who allege the City...
Criminal, Environmental & Energy
Judge warns prosecutor in oil pipeline negligence trial closing
By Blaise Scemama
Not long into closing arguments in the trial of a pipeline company charged with criminal negligence in a 142,000-gallon oil sp...
California Supreme Court, Immigration
Court eases immigration of minors claiming abuse
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The state Supreme Court set limits Wednesday as to how far state courts must go in consulting parents of abused alien minors ...
Criminal, Government
Bill to ease access to police misconduct records clears hurdle
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A bill aimed at increasing the transparency of peace officer personnel files passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee Thur...
Administrative/Regulatory, California Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
State high court rejects Monsanto warning label challenge
By Winston Cho
The state Supreme Court rejected a challenge by Monsanto Co. to review California’s decision to list the main chemical in its ...
Government, Immigration
Sessions curtails continuances in immigration court
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigration judges must take into account if a case also proceeding outside of immigration courts is likely to succeed before ...
Civil Rights, Government
Defense presses witness for 5 days to get what it says is full story
By Justin Kloczko
Little by little, defense attorney Marcellus McRae has sought to reveal the information a plaintiff’s historian didn’t present.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Former State Bar president named chair of examiners’ panel
By Lyle Moran
James Fox will step down as a State Bar trustee to assume his new post.
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Lawsuit over providing seating to cashiers heads to trial
By Andy Serbe
The question of whether employers are required to provide seating to a class of cashiers heads to trial for the first time on ...
California Courts of Appeal, Government
Legislators hope to bypass court-ordered debt payment with new law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Can California legislate its way out of a $331 million court-ordered debt? That’s what plaintiffs in a long-running legal case...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit chief judge publishes dismissal of complaint against bench officers
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took the unusual step of publishing a judicial misconduct order recen...
David Ulich’s films examine controversial moments in the history of Olympic competition.
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Federal Circuit remands patent infringement award against Apple
By Steven Crighton
A U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals panel remanded a $7.3 million infringement award against Apple Inc. Thursday, finding ...
California Courts of Appeal, Family
Appellate court reverses divorcing lawyers’ support award based on erroneous math
By Erin Lee
An appellate court has determined that a trial court miscalculated an award of spousal support by improperly accounting for ta...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
9th Circuit considers claim that siblings can sue for constitutional violation over brother’s death
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A federal civil lawsuit seeking damages for the 2016 police shooting of a Sacramento man has evolved into a complicated standi...
Government, Immigration
Cambodian immigrants granted class status in deportation fight
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A judge granted class certification to nearly 2,000 Cambodians with criminal records who claim they were unfairly subjected to...
Civil Litigation
Federal judges’ skepticism on Monsanto claims may give company hope on appeal.
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco County Superior Court jury’s finding that Monsanto Co.’s massively popular weed killers caused a dying man’s c...
Criminal, Government
A Mendocino County Counsel attorney will oversee the public defender's office
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A county counsel attorney has been selected to provide oversight at the Mendocino public defender’s office, according to count...