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Civil Rights, California Courts of Appeal


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


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


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel indicated Friday that Steve Perry had taken an unnecessary journey.


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


The indicted attorney answered questions Friday about his finances as debt collection efforts continue.


Community News


A panel comprised entirely of judges discussed the importance of judicial diversity at an event hosted by the Inland Empire ch...



Fighting the Paper

Oct. 21, 2019

JML Law is set up so its attorney teams don't get bogged down by motions to compel.


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 ...


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


The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided Friday to acc...


A controversy-sparking video which has led to antiabortionist outrage and investigations into Planned Parenthood was played to...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


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


The passing score and early release of test topics are among issues to be discussed.


Civil Litigation, Government, Education Law


The U.S. Department of Education did not explain why it changed guidelines on how colleges handle cases of sexual violence, an...


Civil Litigation


Musk doubles down in defending defamation lawsuit

Oct. 18, 2019
By Steven Crighton

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


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


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


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


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


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

Oct. 17, 2019
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


New challenges to an Environmental Protection Agency decision allowing continued use of a potentially harmful pesticide will b...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles judge granted a San Diego pharmaceutical company’s motion to compel arbitration in a dispute involving an accusa...


Civil Litigation


Facebook asked the judge overseeing the lawsuit about the Cambridge Analytica scandal to grant a rare appeal that may pause th...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


On the eve of trial, Sutter Health reached a settlement with a coaltion of plaintiffs and California Attorney General Xavier B...


Judges and Judiciary


Judges and attorneys work together to settle cases, using a range of methods throughout the state.


Transportation, Civil Litigation


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


The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the National Association of Women Judges are hosting a joint conference this ...


Law Practice


Fenwick adds Mountain View, Santa Monica partners

Oct. 16, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

Einat Meisel joins Fenwick’s Mountain View office from O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Joshua D. Geffon, formerly of Stradling Y...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


A Sacramento federal judge opened an evidentiary hearing Tuesday to determine how and why the state corrections department mis...