Nathaniel McGuire walked into the courthouse on Sept. 24, 2024, and threw a backpack containing an explosive device past a sec...
The group adds corporate, IP, litigation and employment capabilities, while strengthening the firm's technology, AI, life scie...
Federal prosecutors say the defendants paid people on Skid Row to use stolen voter identities to forge signatures on Californi...
Immigration
Fired immigration judge claims retaliation for ICE objections
By Laurinda Keys
Former San Francisco immigration judge Chloe Dillon sued federal officials, alleging she was fired for challenging an ICE-rela...
The former Buchalter partner recently helped secure an $80 million settlement with PG&E over damage caused by the 2022 Mos...
Insurance
The federal appeals court ruled the Korean automakers have sufficient ties to California to face claims by about 200 insurers ...
Education Law
Oakland schools defend compliance with state antisemitism directives
By Alicia Alvarez
Oakland schools and state education officials disputed whether the district has complied with mandated remedies for antisemiti...
Civil Procedure
Investors seek terminating sanctions in $35M Patten University fraud suit
By Daniel Schrager
Chinese investors represented by Boies Schiller say the defendants used false declarations and repeatedly defied discovery ord...
Civil Rights
9th Circuit won't reconsider landmark veterans housing ruling
By Skyler Romero
The court left intact a ruling requiring the VA to provide thousands of housing units for disabled homeless veterans in Los An...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Panel reverses disqualification of county attorney who concealed outside practice
By Laurinda Keys
An appeals court reversed the disqualification of an attorney who illegally maintained a private practice while working as an ...
Civil Procedure
WalkMe held liable after judge finds it intentionally destroyed evidence
By Daniel Schrager
A federal magistrate judge imposed terminating sanctions in an employment discrimination case, finding WalkMe repeatedly faile...
Former Loop Industries director convicted of securities fraud, witness tampering
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A federal jury convicted Donald Danks of using inside information to solicit more than $100 million in investments while conce...
An electrical contractor seeks nearly $1.9 million in costs tied to delays building the Lucas Museum, as contractors pursue re...
Technology
Newsom signs child online safety laws amid warnings of legal challenges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
New laws targeting social media platforms, companion chatbots and other online services used by children are drawing First Ame...
Education Law
DOJ says Berkeley Law discriminated by race in admissions
By Daniel Schrager
Federal investigators say Berkeley Law used race, essays and other measures to circumvent the Supreme Court's ban on race-cons...
Momeni wrongful death suit tests liability of uncharged family members
By Alicia Alvarez
Bob Lee's children allege Nima Momeni's relatives helped conceal evidence after his killing, raising questions about when fami...
Government
Counties move to bolster prosecutor funding, security
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Sacramento County restored nearly $3 million for its district attorney's office while Fresno County moved to allow prosecutors...
Torts/Personal Injury
Revival law opens path for decades-old Cesar Chavez assault claim
By Skyler Romero
A new California law allows an 86-year-old former farmworker movement volunteer to pursue claims stemming from an alleged 1973...
Civil Procedure
Appeals court tosses Dan Schneider defamation suit over 'Quiet on Set'
By Skyler Romero
The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that the Nickelodeon producer failed to show that the documentary or its trailer reason...
Law Practice
Real estate lawyer recalls race to keep Sidley running after 9/11 attacks
By Laurinda Keys
Alan S. Weil recalls how his real estate connections helped Sidley quickly secure emergency Manhattan office space after the S...
Slideshow, Law Practice
Trial lawyers united after 9/11 to help victims obtain compensation
By Laurinda Keys
David S. Casey Jr. recalls how more than 1,000 trial lawyers put litigation aside after Sept. 11 to help victims' families obt...
State Bar seizes files from Chula Vista immigration consultant
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Gabriel Luna de la Fuente is accused of taking more than $4,000 from a client, failing to file her daughter's immigration peti...
Insurance
9th Circuit asks state Supreme Court to resolve major Prop. 103 insurance dispute
By Craig Anderson
The 9th Circuit asked California's high court to decide whether USAA may charge enlisted servicemembers higher auto insurance ...
Labor/Employment
2nd District backs California civil rights probe of SpaceX
By David Houston
The Court of Appeal ruled SpaceX must comply with a Civil Rights Department subpoena investigating discrimination and retaliat...
Judges and Judiciary
Ocampo elected presiding judge of LA Superior Court
By Ricardo Pineda
Judge Ricardo R. Ocampo will succeed Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II, while Judge Yvette Verastegui will become assistant p...
Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit Judge Tung makes his mark with pointed dissents
By Craig Anderson
Less than a year after joining the 9th Circuit, Trump appointee Eric C. Tung has repeatedly challenged his colleagues in sharp...
Business Law
Nektar tells jury Lilly acquisition doomed drug partnership
By Daniel Schrager
Nektar CEO Howard Robin testified that Eli Lilly's interest in their autoimmune drug faded after it acquired a competing eczem...
Civil Procedure
Judge skeptical of Emrani bid to revisit Uber RICO ruling
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett questioned whether Jacob Emrani and other defendants had met the standard for recon...
Civil Procedure
Judge sets two new social media addiction trials for 2027
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge set two more social media addiction bellwether trials for 2027 as nearly 3,000 coordinated cases move forw...
Law Practice
Smith Gambrell adds 5 litigators in Los Angeles expansion
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The five-lawyer group from Turner Dhillon LLP boosts Smith Gambrell's class action and employment litigation practices and exp...