Civil Rights, California Courts of Appeal
City appeals ruling it must hold district-based elections
By Justin Kloczko
In a matter of first impression, the city of Santa Monica is arguing on appeal that a trial judge incorrectly ruled its at-lar...
Civil Litigation, Government
Group seeking warning labels on coffee wants to intervene in another case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A nonprofit group that has been fighting for years for cancer warning labels on coffee has filed a motion to intervene in a ca...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judges not believin’ in anti-SLAPP challenge of Journey
By Steven Crighton
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel indicated Friday that Steve Perry had taken an unnecessary journey.
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Avenatti pleads 5th to questions over alleged artwork scheme
By Meghann Cuniff
The indicted attorney answered questions Friday about his finances as debt collection efforts continue.
Community News
Judges weigh in on diversity at Federal Bar Association confab
By Steven Crighton
A panel comprised entirely of judges discussed the importance of judicial diversity at an event hosted by the Inland Empire ch...
JML Law is set up so its attorney teams don't get bogged down by motions to compel.
Civil Litigation
San Francisco denies it harmed NRA by declaring it a terrorist organization
By Winston Cho
The San Francisco City Attorney's Office argued the National Rifle Association's lawsuit challenging the Board of Supervisor's...
The lawsuit challenging wildfire funding bill AB 1054 has officially been re-assigned from U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen ...
Civil Litigation
Kabateck’s decade-old donation to city attorney comes up in water billing case
By Justin Kloczko
On the eve of a hearing Friday, counsel for parties in the case accused the well-known litigator of not disclosing prior to hi...
U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Future of consumer protection bureau is in high court’s hands
By Craig Anderson
The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided Friday to acc...
Criminal
Technical argument gets fetal tissue video before jury in Planned Parenthood civil case
By Blaise Scemama
A controversy-sparking video which has led to antiabortionist outrage and investigations into Planned Parenthood was played to...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Class action alleges Apple slowed down older iPhones
By Gina Kim
A class action filed Wednesday in San Jose federal court against Apple Inc. claims an iOS feature ruined plaintiffs’ older mod...
California Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Supreme Court will meet with deans about bar exam
By Lyle Moran
The passing score and early release of test topics are among issues to be discussed.
Civil Litigation, Government, Education Law
Women’s groups oppose Title IX ‘non-binding’ changes
By Winston Cho
The U.S. Department of Education did not explain why it changed guidelines on how colleges handle cases of sexual violence, an...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk doubled down Thursday on a free speech argument to support his bid to defeat a defamation lawsuit filed by...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar struggles to review complaints in a timely manner
By Lyle Moran
The agency says allowing the filing of online complaints and launching a new case management system has created challenges.
Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal
Doctor convicted of $12M Medicare fraud in LA federal court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Temecula doctor has been found guilty after a six-day trial in federal court in Los Angeles for $12 million in fraudulent bi...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
En banc denial leaves immunity for police stealing decision in place
By Carter Stoddard
The Thursday denial of a request for rehearing en banc by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal confirmed a three-judge panel d...
Securities, Corporate
SEC filing for cannabis company gets mixed reactions
By Blaise Scemama
A Santa Cruz cannabis company may have found a way to make legal stock offerings in the U.S., some experts said, while others ...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment
DLA Piper suspends partner who accused colleague of sexual assault
By Meghann Cuniff
The firm said the move is unrelated to her accusations, but her lawyers decried it as 'barbaric'.
Government, Criminal
Judge, witness in tense prisoner mental health hearing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
At a tense hearing Wednesday, attorneys for prisoners sought to show state corrections department officials tried to mislead ...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Same 9th Circuit panel to hear appeal of pesticide ruling
By Brian Cardile
New challenges to an Environmental Protection Agency decision allowing continued use of a potentially harmful pesticide will b...
Civil Litigation
Drug company ordered to arbitrate dispute over cancer treatment
By Blaise Scemama
A Los Angeles judge granted a San Diego pharmaceutical company’s motion to compel arbitration in a dispute involving an accusa...
Civil Litigation
Facebook seeks standing ruling in data privacy dispute
By Winston Cho
Facebook asked the judge overseeing the lawsuit about the Cambridge Analytica scandal to grant a rare appeal that may pause th...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Sutter Health and plaintiffs call off antitrust showdown and reach a deal
By Craig Anderson
On the eve of trial, Sutter Health reached a settlement with a coaltion of plaintiffs and California Attorney General Xavier B...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts statewide use different tactics to tackle clogged caseloads
By Justin Kloczko
Judges and attorneys work together to settle cases, using a range of methods throughout the state.
Transportation, Civil Litigation
Class complaint against Bird scooters dismissed by federal court judge
By Blaise Scemama
A federal judge granted a Bird Rides Inc. motion Tuesday to dismiss a class action complaint alleging the scooter company viol...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Women judges, lawyers groups celebrate women’s progress in law at annual conference
By Nicole Tyau
The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the National Association of Women Judges are hosting a joint conference this ...
Einat Meisel joins Fenwick’s Mountain View office from O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Joshua D. Geffon, formerly of Stradling Y...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Witnesses testify about alleged misleading data in case against state prisons
By Craig Anderson
A Sacramento federal judge opened an evidentiary hearing Tuesday to determine how and why the state corrections department mis...