A special master is being sought to review a potentially illegal recording organized by a prosecutor in conjunction with law e...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
In echo of Trump suit, Democratic legislator sued for blocking dissenters on Twitter
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, has been sued by a pair of anti-vaccine activists who say he should not be allowed to bl...
Civil Litigation
Two firms sue food company over Marine Corps E. coli outbreak
By Meghann Cuniff
Two plaintiffs’ firms specializing in foodborne illnesses have teamed up in a lawsuit against a food service company blamed fo...
Civil Litigation
Defense expert says there is no connection between Roundup and cancer
By Winston Cho
A cancer epidemiologist, testifying for the defense, told a jury Tuesday that a mounting body of evidence suggests there is no...
With judges, court staff, attorneys and litigants forced to evacuate, courts have closed in Shasta, Lake and Trinity counties.
Environmental & Energy, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court will not weigh in on climate change suit, for now
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Children and young adults suing the federal government for allegedly failing to act on knowledge of threats posed by climate c...
Labor/Employment
Judge grapples with ageism cases targeting tech companies
By Joshua Sebold
Amazon.com Inc. and Google LLC are both facing putative class actions involving large numbers of technology workers who claim ...
Ventura County jurist Kevin DeNoce posts everything attorneys need to know on his website.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation
Nazi-looted art to stay in Pasadena, 9th Circuit rules in third appeal in case
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Two 16th century oil paintings depicting Adam and Eve will remain at a Pasadena art museum, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
Civil Litigation
Dairy family settles with some law firms, attorney defendants
By Meghann Cuniff
Berger Khan LLP on Monday settled a civil RICO case that accused the firm of conspiring with two attorneys to defraud the heir...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
Rosenstein to give keynote address at ABA’s annual meeting
By Lyle Moran
The U.S. deputy attorney general, best known for overseeing the special counsel's Russia probe, will speak Thursday in Chicago.
California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary
Justice Gail Feuer confirmed to appellate court
By Blaise Scemama
The Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmed Superior Court Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer as a justice of the 2nd District Co...
Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos allowed key claims alleged by plaintiff Dewayne Johnson Monday as the defense began its c...
Firms are increasingly relying on technology for marketing and business development, and complex metrics and analytics systems...
Civil Litigation
Judge considers decertification of Ford consumer classes
By Joshua Sebold
Attorneys defending Ford Motor Co. tried to convince a judge Monday to decertify several large subclasses in litigation regard...
California Supreme Court, Criminal
Some felony enhancements can be stricken under Prop. 47, state Supreme Court rules
By Andy Serbe
A 2014 ballot measure that reduced some nonviolent crimes to misdemeanors also requires the striking of felony sentencing enha...
Civil Rights, Government, Military Law
US judge sets trial date for transgender military policy case
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A tentative trial date was set for a case challenging a 2017 presidential order banning transgender individuals from the milit...
Government, Immigration
Judge forbids immigration detention of minors suspected of some crimes
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the government to release minors who have admitted or are suspected of gang activity or...
Corporate
Facebook’s general counsel to resign at the end of the year
By Matthew Sanderson
Colin Stretch has served as Facebook’s top lawyer since 2010.
Dean Holter is settling in as the first general counsel for Ziyen Inc., with the focus and strategy to disrupt the U.S. energy...
Corporate
Legal video deposition service StoryCloud hires general counsel
By Matthew Sanderson
Tony R. Skogen, partner at Rowe Mullen LLP, will help StoryCloud on strategic and tactical business development.
Synthetic Genomics general counsel Rob Cutler safeguards a trove of biotech innovation.
Immigration
Judge will name monitor to check compliance with Flores Settlement
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The monitor would investigate conditions at detention centers for minors brought across the U.S. border illegally.
Bankruptcy, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Judge seems poised to reject Cohen gag order against Avenatti
By Steven Crighton
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos told jurors Friday morning to disregard portions of testimony given ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation
9th Circuit grants en banc review of case that could affect national class action settlements
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal will rehear en banc an appeal testing the soundness of a $210 million settlement between ...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Papa John’s founder sues for ouster documents
By Andy Serbe
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter has sued the company for documents related to his ouster following his alleged use of a rac...
Government, Intellectual Property
Federal Circuit: patent applicants don’t have to pay agency’s fees
By Joshua Sebold
A federal appellate court on Friday rejected the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s attempt to reinterpret a 170-year-old stat...
Civil Litigation
Panish Shea partners named co-lead counsel in SoCal fires litigation
By Blaise Scemama
Brian Panish and Rahul Ravipudi, partners at Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, have been named as individual plaintiffs’ co-lead co...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal, Civil Litigation
Court rejects qualified immunity for San Jose police in Trump rally case
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Plaintiffs who say they were attacked while attending a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally in 2016 may continue with the...