Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Disbarred lawyer gets four years in prison
By Meghann Cuniff
A disbarred Orange County attorney was sentenced to 48 months in prison this week by a federal judge for a mortgage modificati...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Criminal
Executive pleads guilty in capacitor price-fixing scheme
By Meghann Cuniff
An official at a Japan-based manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors pleaded guilty Wednesday to price fixing in San Francisco...
Riverside County family law Judge Timothy Freer gives early tentatives to spur settlement.
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
Korematsu repudiation prompts praise and mixed feelings
By Meghann Cuniff
Nearly 75 years later, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday withdrew its stamp of approval from President Franklin Roosevelt’s in...
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court
US Supreme Court rejects state law requiring abortion disclosure
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
California’s law requiring anti-abortion pregnancy centers to provide information to patients about state-funded access to the...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Judge dismisses cities’ global warming case
By Joshua Sebold
A federal judge dismissed a case brought against the world’s five largest private oil companies by the Oakland and San Francis...
Constitutional Law, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
Presidential power affirmed on immigration in high court ruling, experts say
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban is a significant confirmation of executive ...
Government, Civil Litigation
Firm succeeds this time in $47.5 million tree falling settlement
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys from San Francisco law firm Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn have secured a $47.5 million settlement on behalf of a...
Criminal, Environmental & Energy, Law Practice
Judge dismisses juror for chatting with deputy attorney general
By Blaise Scemama
The court also heard that she spoke to another juror about the issue after she was questioned in camera and that the attorney ...
Government
Internet privacy bill approved by state Senate committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Senate Judiciary Committee approved an internet privacy bill on Tuesday that includes significant new powers fo...
The U.S. and California attorneys general disagreed over whether entering the country without legal documentation is the same ...
Government, Immigration
Public Counsel, Sidley Austin file intervention complaint for refugee mothers
By Matthew Sanderson
The complaint challenges the federal government’s policy of separating immigrant parents from their children.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy
Conviction of man who killed grizzly bear vacated
By Winston Cho
A Montana man charged with violating the Endangered Species Act for killing a grizzly bear and later misplacing the carcass wi...
California Courts of Appeal, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Lawyer says judge’s reduction of fees is unreasonable
By Andy Serbe
In appellate court, an attorney argued that a superior court judge abused his discretion with the gross reduction of fees earn...
Government, Immigration
Sessions challenges California immigration policies
By David Houston
Excerpted text of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ remarks to the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Los Angeles.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
High court to hear whether 9th Circuit violated federal procedure
By Justin Kloczko
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breached federal procedure law b...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court declines to hear judicial tweet case
By Joshua Sebold
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an unusual procedural case involving judicial tweeting Monday.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
9th Circuit: Lodestar supersedes local rule on default fees
By Andy Serbe
A federal appellate panel has ruled that the “lodestar” approach for calculating attorney fees should serve as the starting po...
Criminal, Environmental & Energy
Judge interviews juror who spoke with deputy attorney general
By Blaise Scemama
Monday’s proceedings in the criminal negligence trial over a 2015 oil spill on Refugio State Beach were marked by multiple ove...
Government, Law Practice
Attorneys say fast action is needed to address campaign ethics complaints
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Reporting one’s political opponent for an alleged ethical violation has become an increasingly common tactic in political camp...
Law Practice
Adobe Systems’ new general counsel has goals for the company
By Melanie Brisbon
Adobe Systems Inc. has named Dana Rao its next executive vice president and general counsel.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration
9th Circuit sides with immigration judge over board
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ordered that a Colombian seeking asylum have his case again reviewed by the Board of...
Government, Immigration
Judge weighs injunction to reunite immigrant families
By Lyle Moran
U.S. District Judge Dana M. Sabraw of San Diego is overseeing the high-profile case brought by the ACLU.
Criminal, Law Practice
Judge bars attorney from courtroom for speaking to juror
By Blaise Scemama
The deputy attorney general said the juror approached him and he did not want to be rude.
After closing arguments in a $109 million lawsuit over Beats headphones, it’s now the jury’s turn to sound off.
California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary
2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Sandy R. Kriegler to retire
By Andy Serbe
Veteran jurist Sandy R. Kriegler will retire this week from his post as a justice for the 2nd District Court of Appeal.
Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
Does high court cell data decision kill third-party doctrine?
By Lila Seidman
In a case seen as a bellwether for evolving digital privacy protections, a closely divided Supreme Court ruled police need a w...
California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation
Both sides claim victory in state appellate ruling on sanctions
By Justin Kloczko
Both sides are claiming victory following an appellate decision that affirmed sanctions against a real estate company found to...
Government, Immigration
Judge considers Trump administration decision to end protected status for some immigrants
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A federal judge voiced skepticism Friday that the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for thousa...
More than 500 legal, civic and business leaders gathered in Los Angeles for the Inner City Law Center’s 18th Annual Awards Lun...