The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would allocate $550 million for the Legal Services Corporation, a...
Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit decision denying ‘ministerial exception’ to Catholic schoolteacher will stand, despite conservatives’ dissent
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not revisit its decision allowing a Catholic school teacher to sue her former emplo...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
High court strikes down patent office’s standard of ‘immoral’
By Glenn Jeffers
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Monday that a Los Angeles-based clothing designer can register his apparel line, FUCT, with th...
Criminal
Former Sacramento Kings executive sentenced for wire fraud
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A former executive of the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise was sentenced to seven years in prison for wire fraud and identify th...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar judge allows cross examination in Avenatti’s law license hearing
By Meghann Cuniff
Michael J. Avenatti’s lawyer, Ellen A. Pansky, said inactivating his license is unwarranted because the underlying conduct isn...
Criminal
Deputy public defender charged with attacking wife, children
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Shasta County deputy public defender appeared in court Friday to face charges in a brutal attack on his own family.
Government, Criminal
San Francisco DA appears to consider run against LA County DA
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The likely entry of San Francisco’s district attorney into the Los Angeles County race for top prosecutor in 2020 has exposed ...
Government, Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar claims legislative barriers are keeping unaccredited law schools open
By Lyle Moran
The State Bar has not been successful in advancing a plan to force the state’s 19 unaccredited law schools to either secure ac...
Government
Amended bill would raise court reporter transcript fees by next year
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill to raise court reporter transcript fees by about a third was amended on Friday to go into effect all at once, rather th...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
In attempted murder case, state high court limits use of novel jury instruction
By Brian Cardile
The state Supreme Court decided Monday that a rule it adopted 17 years ago broadening attempted murder liability must be appli...
Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
How LA’s water bill suit became mired in controversy
By Justin Kloczko
The origin story of the $67 million ratepayer settlement was disclosed in 500 pages of transcripts, plus exhibits, from a rece...
Civil Litigation
Quinn Emanuel to keep advising clients while awaiting appeal of its fire lawsuit disqualification
By Gina Kim
Although barred from litigating the Woolsey Fire matters, Quinn Emanuel Urguhart & Sullivan LLP still plans to advise clie...
Civil Litigation, Government
Governor pushes insurance fund to shield utilities from wildfire liability
By Winston Cho
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to create a multi-billion dollar insurance fund to help shield the state’s major utilities from...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit issues new general orders on replacement of dead or retired judges
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Months after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court for issuing a landmark en banc decision two weeks after t...
Labor/Employment
Workers can’t get public employee union dues retroactively, judge rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In two separate cases last week, a federal judge ruled that workers cannot retroactively demand repayment of past public emplo...
Government, Civil Rights
Ruling allows gun shows to continue at Del Mar Fairgrounds
By Doug Sherwin
A federal judge in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction allowing gun shows to be held at the state-owned Del Mar Fairgrou...
Parker Mills handles legal malpractice cases for plaintiffs and defendants.
A plan to try proctoring next week’s baby bar with artificial intelligence has been pushed back to October.
International Law, Government, Criminal
‘Spin’ versus ‘theatrics’ in closings of banned microchip exports trial
By Blaise Scemama
An attorney representing an American electrical engineer accused of illegally exporting computer chips with missile-guidance c...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
US Supreme Court punts on whether FCC rule is law
By Carter Stoddard
The U.S. Supreme Court decided in a six-page opinion Thursday that a lower appellate court A must decide whether a 2006 ruling...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Moldex prevails in 8-year earplug brand litigation
By Gina Kim
A long-running battle between two earplug manufacturers in a trademark infringement dispute that spanned eight years, multiple...
Government, Criminal, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
Walmart settles bribery charges for $282M
By Glenn Jeffers
Walmart Inc, will pay more than $282 million to settle charges the global retail giant bribed government officials in Mexico, ...
Government, Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
State law barring minors’ prosecution as adults upheld
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An appellate court has upheld California's law barring prosecuting as adults minors younger than 16.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Trump's latest 9th Circuit pick survives procedural vote, despite California senators' opposition
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines Thursday to advance Daniel Aaron Bress to a California seat ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Criminal, Constitutional Law
Justices won’t curb Congress’ power to delegate to executive branch
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited answer to a case challenging Congress' authority to delegate to the attorney ge...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit grapples with an injunction of border wall
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
During a marathon oral argument session before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday, judges considered the federal g...
Tax, Government, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court reverses appellate ruling on San Francisco parking fees for state university lots
By Meghann Cuniff
San Francisco’s parking tax applies to state university lots, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, ending an eight-year bat...
Tragedies made Judge Juliet Boccone a better and more understanding jurist, she says
Here's a quick look at several law school commencement ceremonies from around the state.
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy
PG&E announces $1B wildfire settlement with municipalities
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The deal has left attorneys representing victims of those fires cautiously optimistic their own clients will see more than “pe...