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Judges and Judiciary


The Appropriations Committee will next take up the bill, introduced by Assembly Member Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia), who said th...


"For many years, the city and county of San Francisco has refused to cooperate with ICE, much to their own detriment," ICE San...


Corporate


Southern California Edison promoted to general counsel the lawyer overseeing its wildfire litigation defense.


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


An en banc panel affirmed a jury’s June 2016 verdict rejecting claims Zeppelin ripped off the song “Taurus” by the band Spirit...


The moves reflect the continuing strength of the San Francisco legal market, analysts, law firm recruiters, and members of the...


Immigration, Criminal


KXTV, a Sacramento ABC affiliate, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for “all immigration files, photos, annotations a...


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs get $100K in punitive damages against VW

Mar. 10, 2020
By Craig Anderson

A San Francisco federal jury on Monday awarded $100,000 in punitive damages to the drivers of four vehicles who refused to acc...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Monday it had canceled en banc hearings and all non-case related meetings sche...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Office managing partner Paul S. Hunter said as advancing technology has caused a shift from paper documents to digital files, ...


Civil Litigation


Lloyd’s is seeking to avoid paying out on insurance policies sold to the club covering the years 2006 to 2012. The club is nam...


Federal judge rules government can’t detain Cambodians for removal without notice.


Civil Litigation


Coronavirus likely to spread litigation epidemic

Mar. 9, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

The coronavirus outbreak will cause ripple effects from class actions to complex matters involving the disruption of the globa...


Law Practice


Focus on Flexible

Mar. 9, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

Litigation boutique Everett Dorey LLP says serving employees as well as clients leads to winning.


Legal Education, Law Practice


It’s the second year students from the New Los Angeles Middle School have participated in Mintz Levin’s program.


Law Practice


The 8,000-square-foot office has been open since last fall, but the firm wanted to wait on making the announcement until renov...


Left Out, an unincorporated, nonprofit, parent association, is suing the Los Angeles Unified School District on the grounds th...


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


A preliminary injunction stopping the federal government from barring asylum seekers from entering the United States at ports ...


Labor/Employment, Government


AB 3123 would also allow employees to use earned sick days for childcare if their child’s school is shut down due to a public ...


Intellectual Property, Criminal, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


The former Google LLC engineer whose defection to Uber Technologies Inc. prompted civil litigation by his former employer and ...


Judges and Judiciary


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna says he wants to focus on patent and antitrust cases.


Securities, Civil Litigation


According to the original complaint filed in March 2019, Lyft offered 32.5 million shares in its initial public offering at $7...


Judge Ethan P. Schulman questioned in hearing earlier this week whether a balancing test should be conducted to decide whether...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Attorneys who do pro bono work said information is key in providing access to legal help.


Civil Litigation


U.S. Northern District Judge William H. Orrick gave $2.6 million of the $10.2 million settlement to a trio of firms who repres...


U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson dismisses Tulsi Gabbard’s censorship lawsuit against Google, finding the company wasn’t ...


Judges and Judiciary


Ventura County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey G. Bennett also stands accused of making a variety of sexist, racist and otherwise...


Judges and Judiciary


Candidates backed by a large contingent of San Francisco County Superior Court judges for open seats appeared to be going down...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court Wednesday claims the packaging on the chips “hides references to its artific...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The American Bar Association announced Wednesday that its white collar crime section meeting scheduled for March 11-13 has bee...


Criminal, Civil Rights


After guards did not check the cell overnight, the complaint asserts, the next morning, “Mr. Romero was found decapitated, and...