Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit Trump appointee blasts SF district judge in immigration case
By Brian Cardile
A lively oral argument session Wednesday morning before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Pasadena elicited contras...
Corporate
El Pollo Loco appoints Jason Weintraub as first chief legal officer
By Nicole Tyau
Veteran in-house attorney Jason Weintraub is El Pollo Loco's latest addition to its expanding list of c-suite executives.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
CHP officer says justice propositioned her repeatedly
By Carter Stoddard
A California Highway Patrol officer tearfully testified Tuesday that Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson propositioned her for sex and ...
Immigration, Government
2 California counties sue to block new federal public charge rule
By Malcolm Maclachlan
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties have sued to block the Trump administration's new "public charge" rule.
Civil Litigation, Government
Wildfire funding suit shouldn’t be linked to PG&E probation, state argues
By Gina Kim
In court filings, state officials said it would be inappropriate to relate a lawsuit challenging a wildfire funding bill to a ...
The lawsuitby hundreds of California plaintiffs who have sued drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. for allegedly selling a toxic ve...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NFL’s satellite broadcast arrangement may violate antitrust law
By Brian Cardile
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the National Football League may be violating antitrust law by effect...
Two groups, including some unlikely allies, formed Tuesday at a hearing to discuss whether a bankruptcy judge should open the ...
Government
Bill to make discovery changes passes state Legislature easily
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Keeping track of documents delivered in the process of discovery should become easier under a new bill headed to Gov. Gavin Ne...
Law Practice, Government, Criminal
Central District defender moving to Larson O’Brien
By Blaise Scemama
Less than two months after her reappointment as the Central District’s federal public defender, Hilary Lee Potashner announced...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alan Friedman leaving Munger Tolles for Signature Resolution
By Gina Kim
After half a century with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP as an employment and labor law attorney, Alan V. Friedman will be joi...
Corporate
HDI Global Insurance’s new GC has extensive background in the field
By Nicole Tyau
HDI Global Insurance Company has announced the appointment of Patricia Ryan as its new general counsel.
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Immigration
Immigration judge union move likely to fail, some say
By Glenn Jeffers
Last week's petition by the U.S. Department of Justice to decertify a federal immigration judges' union will most likely fail ...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Investigation of Justice Johnson began with a petition to the court
By Carter Stoddard
An investigation into the behavior of Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson began with a petition bearing 100 names that asked for a work...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
Plaintiff’s attorneys appeal overturned $417M talc verdict
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys representing the plaintiff in an overturned $417 million talc verdict filed a petition with the state Supreme Court ...
Civil Litigation
Despite trial losses, Bayer may find success at the US Supreme Court
By Winston Cho
Bayer AG, which owns Monsanto, has consistently maintained the Environmental Protection Agency’s position that its Roundup wee...
Civil Litigation
Two proposed class actions alleging California’s public universities unfairly punish students accused of sexual misconduct wil...
Civil Litigation
Wildfire lawsuit against Boeing should be in state court, judge rules
By Gina Kim
A lawsuit against the Boeing Co. over a 2018 wildfire in Southern California should be heard in state court, a federal judge t...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge says prima facie fraud has been shown in LA water billing case
By Justin Kloczko
A judge ordered the city of Los Angeles Monday to turn over documents related to a controversial $67 million water billing set...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Student-athletes not NCAA, conference employees
By Brian Cardile
Student-athletes are not employees of the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the Pac-12 Conference, a U.S. 9th Circui...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
State high court rules attorney has standing to sue credit company
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An attorney has the right to sue a credit card processing company for discrimination even though he never signed up for its se...
Labor/Employment, Government
Labor legislation faces stiff Senate Appropriations Committee inspection
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Numerous bills with widespread Democratic support are in limbo after Senate Appropriations Committee examination
Securities, Criminal
Ex-baseball star sentenced to 8 months of home detention for insider trading
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge on Monday ordered a retired professional baseball player to spend eight months on home detention for insider t...
Ron Dwyer, longtime trial attorney and founding member of Dwyer, Daly, Brotzen & Bruno, LLP, died late last month.
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Epic Games can’t force minor into arbitration, US judge says
By Steven Crighton
So long as he keeps his hands off "Fortnite," Epic Games can't force a minor leading a putative class action against them into...
Corporate, Constitutional Law
Suit claims law requiring companies to have a women director is unconstitutional
By Glenn Jeffers
A lawsuit seeks to halt SB 826, the 2018 law signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown that requires all publicly-traded companies headq...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
Lawyer vows appeal after retired judges’ age discrimination suit is dismissed
By Meghann Cuniff
An attorney challenging new limits on the state retired judges program said Friday he’ll appeal a San Francisco County Superio...
Tax, Civil Litigation
State sued over not collecting sales taxes from Amazon
By Blaise Scemama
A Fresno-based small business owner is suing the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and its director for alle...
Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
Sacramento couple gets appellate win in loan case against Wells Fargo
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Sacramento-area couple has received a lifeline in their long-running loan case against Wells Fargo, thanks to the 3rd Distri...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
California Lawyers Association forms own ethics committee
By Lyle Moran
The California Lawyers Association panel will issue advisory ethics opinions, provide educational programming.