Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
PG&E’s legal troubles likely to expand after Kincade fire
By Winston Cho
A group representing Kincade fire victims in Sonoma County might soon emerge in the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.'s bankrup...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Nike gains a new foothold in trademark fight with Skechers
By Steven Crighton
The marathon litigation dates back to 2014, when Nike subsidiary Converse Inc. claimed the Skechers "Twinkle Toes" shoe infrin...
Education Law
Ontario university officials consider law school closure
By Glenn Jeffers
University of La Verne’s board of trustees has tasked a committee to examine its law school’s “long-term viability.”
Labor/Employment
Public unions need not return past years’ fees, judge rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Public employee unions will not be forced to return years of “fair share fees” gathered from non-members, under a recent feder...
Santa Barbara County Judge Von T. Nguyen Deroian’s life story informs her treatment of defendants and witnesses.
Government, Criminal
San Francisco DA candidates criticize predecessor Gascon
By Jessica Mach
In the latest debate between candidates for San Francisco district attorney, exchanges occasionally became heated as they disc...
Labor/Employment, Corporate
Gig companies unveil ballot initiative to carve out their workers from new labor law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A group of gig economy companies unveiled their long-rumored challenge to AB 5 on Tuesday, setting up a multimillion-dollar 20...
Law Practice, Government, Criminal
George Gascon outlines plans for LA DA’s office
By Jessica Mach
Los Angeles County’s criminal justice system will likely follow examples set by San Francisco if George Gascon is elected dis...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
US judge won’t recuse himself from shipyard cleanup fraud case
By Winston Cho
The federal judge handling multiple lawsuits accusing a Navy contractor of engaging in massive fraud in the cleanup of a toxic...
Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Rights
Arguments paint dueling views of El Dorado public defender’s office
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorneys trying a wrongful termination case used their opening statements to paint very different pictures of the El Dorado C...
Patent attorney Jonathan Michael Lindsay returned Monday to his roots at Irell & Manella LLP in the firm's Orange County o...
Civil Litigation
Judge mulling $36 million attorney fee request in Wells Fargo MDL
By Meghann Cuniff
Seven states are objecting to class counsel's fee calculations.
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
As wildfires rage, PG&E bankruptcy inches toward end
By Winston Cho
The federal judge overseeing proceedings to estimate the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.'s liability for historically destruc...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
San Diego attorney files multiple suits against landlords for two clients
By Carter Stoddard
A raft of lawsuits filed by a San Diego tenants’ attorney on behalf of two plaintiffs allege landlords are violating a recent ...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
6 courthouses closed down because of PG&E power shut-offs
By Gina Kim
PG&E’s public safety power shutoffs, and the raging Kincade Fire in northern California impacted at least seven courthouse...
Judge Debre Katz Weintraub said in an email she would be “exploring opportunities in both the public and private sectors” and ...
Civil Litigation, Government
LA city, Pricewaterhouse fighting over sanctions
By Justin Kloczko
A fight over sanctions is playing out in litigation related to Los Angeles water billing after the city dropped its lawsuit ag...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Taylor Swift can’t shake off infringement lawsuit over song
By Steven Crighton
Taylor Swift can't shake off an infringement lawsuit over her song "Shake It Off," a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel r...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Merced court settles clerk’s sex harassment claim
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Merced County Superior Court has settled a sexual harassment claim with a clerk for $160,000 without any admissions of gui...
Judges and Judiciary
Governor names his first 11 judges, including 8 women
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The group is majority minority and all Democrats. It includes attorneys from a variety of public and private backgrounds, incl...
Intellectual Property, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Intel antitrust lawsuit against SoftBank subsidiary raises novel issues
By Craig Anderson
Intel Corp. is purusing a rare complaint against a SoftBank Group. Corp.-owned investment firm claiming it is violating antitr...
Government, Environmental & Energy
SEC is aiding companies in climate fights, activists say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The environmental group has been seeking information about “no action” letters to companies seeking to avoid shareholder votes...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, California Supreme Court
State high court de-publishes reversal of attorney’s conviction
By Justin Kloczko
The state Supreme Court de-published three opinions last week, including the reversal of an attorney’s criminal conviction tha...
Civil Litigation
Lawyer for conservative media company asks judge not to squelch suit against YouTube
By Craig Anderson
An attorney representing conversative media outlet Prager University tried to persuade a Santa Clara County judge Friday to ke...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Songwriters’ estates sue major online music distributors
By Blaise Scemama
Apple Inc. and Google LLC are “nothing more than modern tape pirates” according to amended complaint filed Friday in a Los Ang...
Judges and Judiciary, Community News
Women judges and lawyers toast two milestones
By Alexandra Applegate
The National Association of Women Judges hosted a reception during its annual conference to celebrate its 40th anniversary as ...
LA Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger, overseeing the Woolsey Fire litigation, has invited the California Public Utili...
Labor/Employment
Plaintiffs’ attorneys flood employers with arbitration cases
By Glenn Jeffers
As California employers and employees clash over settling disputes via arbitration, plaintiff-side employment attorneys are in...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
US jurist recuses herself in moribund Planned Parenthood dispute
By Blaise Scemama
A U.S. magistrate judge in Sacramento recused herself from a nearly-dead discovery dispute sprouting from a civil action broug...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Cheaters sometimes prosper too much, says lawsuit
By Steven Crighton
Filing suit against a business that helps its players cheat, a video game company claimed Wednesday the unfair interference is...