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State Bar & Bar Associations


Assemblyman Mark Stone is worried law school deans have an outsized role in rule crafting


Civil Rights, Government


Attorneys in a rare bench trial over minority voting power are emerging with two different views of the California Voting Righ...


Civil Litigation


An entrepeneur has filed a $223.8 million lawsuit against AT&T for gross negligence, accusing the company of failing to pr...


Government, Civil Litigation


Former male legislator sues woman accuser

Aug. 16, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Former Assemblyman Matt Dababneh has filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman whose sexual harassment allegations forced h...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The court of appeal opinion rejected the Center for Biological Diversity’s argument that wells with disputed permits must be c...


Government, Tax, Real Estate/Development


Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would provide tax credits to people who spend more than 30 p...


Corporate, Civil Litigation, Securities


Tesla shareholders have filed a proposed class action against the company and CEO Elon Musk, alleging that tweets he sent last...


Government, Immigration


DOJ increases scrutiny of successful naturalizations

Aug. 15, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Experts said that as more records and information have become digitally available there are more opportunities for prosecutors...


Law Practice, Probate


Loeb & Loeb opens San Francisco office

Aug. 15, 2018
By Erin Lee

Loeb & Loeb LLP opened a new San Francisco office housing a former Cooley trusts and estates team.


Judges and Judiciary, Obituaries


Sandra Ann Thompson, 1947-2018

Aug. 15, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

LA County Superior Court Judge Sandra Ann Thompson, who spent all of her 35 years as a bench officer in the South Bay, has die...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Tax


$5.4M fee settlement ends 40-year case

Aug. 15, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A key legislative committee has approved a $5.4 million settlement in a case that started when a man bought a used car in 1976.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration


Two Americans who say federal officers deleted photographs they took of ports of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border while standin...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has extended a federal remedy available to plaintiffs seeking damages for constitutional...


Administrative/Regulatory, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Vincent D. Howard, whom the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has accused along with other attorneys at Howard Law PC of co...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Probate


A plaintiff in a fraud lawsuit against Buchalter APC said Tuesday she was surprised to learn of a family patriarch’s business ...


Criminal, Government


Bill to make organized theft a felony advances

Aug. 15, 2018
By Lila Seidman

Lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make organized retail theft a felony offense, responding to what some have called a ...


Criminal


Prosecutor promises dead pelican won’t testify

Aug. 14, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

A frenzy broke out after the prosecution attempted to admit the carcass of a large pelican corpse as evidence.


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


A Santa Clara County jury has awarded a $66 million verdict to a San Jose LED manufacturer in a trade secrets case involving a...


Government, Immigration


An internal memo instructs government attorneys to prioritize and pursue deportation cases that were indefinitely postponed an...


Criminal, Government


SB 923, introduced by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would require a statewide standardized set of procedures for law enforce...


Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


The song “Joyful Noise” has millions of views on YouTube, and it’s not wholly unreasonable to question whether pop star Katy P...


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs allege they were abused by USC’s long-time gynecologist.


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


Starbucks attorneys asked the court to look at minimum paid off-clock minutes where the work is rare or irregular.


Government, Civil Litigation, Education Law


School boards sue state over budgetary changes

Aug. 14, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California School Boards Association has sued the state for allegedly making illegal changes to Proposition 98 in this yea...


California Supreme Court, Government


The state Supreme Court has declined to hear a complaint challenging Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s eligibility to hold the...


Civil Litigation


A recent dismissal in federal court may make it more difficult for plaintiffs to bring claims against food and beverage manufa...


Corporate, Law Practice


Moshe J. Kupietzky has more than 40 years of experience representing clients in the music and film industries.


Intellectual Property, Law Practice


Squire Patton Boggs announced the acquisition of intellectual property firm Singularity LLP.


Corporate


Adtech software company appoints new general counsel

Aug. 14, 2018
By Matthew Sanderson

Prior to joining Redwood City-based PubMatic, Thomas Chow led the adtech and measurement legal group at Snap Inc. and was the ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The nonprofit group’s inaugural gathering will be in San Diego next month.