Military Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
Bill: Bar must expand legal services to military personnel
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The State Bar must expand pro bono legal services to active duty military service members under a bill approved by the Legisla...
Labor/Employment, Government
Law professors urge state to codify Dynamex test in law
By Glenn Jeffers
Seventy-five law professors from across the nation signed a letter Monday calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to ...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Engineer stole self-driving car data, US prosecutors say
By Winston Cho
Anthony Levandwoski, the former Google Inc. engineer at the center of a high-stakes legal battle over proprietary self-driving...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Challenged cy pres award heads back to district court
By Blaise Scemama
After a trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, challenges to a settlement in which millions of class members received nothing but the...
Continuing a months-long battle against the court-appointed plaintiffs’ leadership in two Southern California fire litigations...
Seventy-five law professors from across the nation signed a letter Monday calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to ...
A conservative media company's claim that the First Amendment prevents Google LLC from limiting the reach of the group's YouTu...
Justice’s misconduct hearing winds down with testimony about his anger
By Carter Stoddard
During an investigation into whether state appellate court Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson was eligible for elevation on the federa...
Civil Rights
Limited Planned Parenthood suit against activists can go to trial
By Blaise Scemama
While U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick did not rule in Planned Parenthood’s favor on all 15 individual motions Friday but...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Justice’s former extern said he exposed his penis to her in chambers
By Carter Stoddard
A former extern of Justice Jeffrey Johnson testified Monday that he exposed his penis to her, stuck his tongue in her mouth wi...
Criminal
Judge sets May trial date in Avenatti’s California criminal case
By Meghann Cuniff
The scheduling comes after the rejection of defense motion to compel discovery
Civil Litigation
FilmOn executive yells at attorney throughout cross
By Steven Crighton
FilmOn Inc. executive Alki David says he isn't a bad guy -- he just plays one on TV.
Government, Education Law, Civil Rights
Christian group sues state agency over fine
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Christian group has sued the state Department of Social Services director, challenging her jurisdiction over religious schoo...
Extreme Networks general counsel Katy Motiey has been leading the company through massive growth over the years and navigating...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court
State high court reverses ruling in 'Brady list' case
By Craig Anderson
In a reversal of a Court of Appeal decision that restores the status quo, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforc...
Thomas E. Holliday, who pioneered the model for a successful white collar defense practice in large law firms, died Aug. 22. H...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial council prioritizes court construction projects
By Justin Kloczko
The Judicial Council has prioritized a list of 90 court construction projects to be considered by the Legislature in a report ...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Judge says medical device maker didn’t intentionally mislead investors
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco federal judge has dismissed a shareholder class action lawsuit against a medical device maker, finding it did ...
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers lambasted San Francisco officials for their inability to reach a settlement with th...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
District judge appointed to help determine PG&E wildfire liability
By Winston Cho
A San Francisco federal judge will assist in determining the extent of the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s wildfire liabili...
Criminal
Trump supporter convicted of living and voting in US without permission
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Mexican man was convicted in Sacramento on Friday of illegally living and voting in the United States for years.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Defense rests after justice forcefully defends actions
By Glenn Jeffers
The defense for 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson rested Friday after the longtime judicial officer and ...
Civil Litigation
Coffee defendants can use state regulation as defense
By Justin Kloczko
A state regulation declaring coffee doesn’t pose a cancer risk can be used by the defense in long-running litigation over prod...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
9th Circuit stays antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
By Gina Kim
A U.S. appeals court on Friday agreed to stay a trial judge’s order forcing chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. to change its business pr...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights
Limited Sacramento redlining suit against Wells Fargo to proceed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city of Sacramento can continue its housing discrimination case against Wells Fargo & Co. under a ruling issued by a f...
Law Practice, Corporate
Former GC Stephen Ballas joins DLA Piper’s corporate practice
By Nicole Tyau
Veteran general counsel Stephen Ballas is leaving the in-house world to join DLA Piper’s Los Angeles corporate practice as a p...
Tax, Government, Constitutional Law
Tax return requirement aimed at Trump may be doomed by 1972 state proposition
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An emergency petition to the California Supreme Court challenging Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s right to enforce a new law...
Judges and Judiciary
Tearful justice testifies he never meant to harass women
By Glenn Jeffers
In between periodic bouts of sobbing, an emotional Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson took the stand Thursday to defend himself agains...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LA city attorney’s deposition in billing case is confidential
By Justin Kloczko
The city attorney was deposed a few weeks after the FBI executed a search warrant of his office, looking for evidence of bribe...
Civil Litigation
Objections, sanctions pile up in FilmOn sex assault trial
By Steven Crighton
Nearly doubling the number of sanctions imposed against him Thursday, FilmOn Inc. executive Alki David might break records to ...