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Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government


A major law firm is trying to recuse a federal judge from a new homeless civil rights case in Orange County, arguing his 18-mo...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Attorneys for the National Collegiate Athletic Association called the $45 million bill by the student-athletes’ legal counsel ...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A disbarred British solicitor testified in superior court Tuesday that when he questioned a bill, attorneys at Edwards Wildman...


Obituaries


Knobbe Martens co-founder Don Martens is remembered as a principled attorney and a friend first.


Civil Litigation


Three iTunes customers claim Apple Inc. disclosed iTunes listening data to third parties without customers’ consent.


Labor/Employment, Government


SB 707 is opposed by business groups coordinated by the California Chamber of Commerce, which object to specifics of the bill,...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Commission on Judicial Performance has issued a severe public censure to a judge who tried to avoid responsibility for run...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down First Amendment claims advanced by an Alaskan partygoer who said police officers a...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


A team of Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah Inc. attorneys secured a $15 million settlement in binding arbitration ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


A split U.S. Supreme Court limited some defendants’ ability to remove class actions to federal court.


Legal observers praise attorney Kenneth R. Feinberg as “the perfect guy” to mediate settlement discussions in litigation betwe...


Labor/Employment, Government


Employers would be barred from firing a worker without cause within 90 days of a sexual harassment claim under a bill passed b...


Labor/Employment


On the third day of testimony in a wrongful termination case, the chair of the California Institute of Technology’s engineerin...


Intellectual Property, Government


A bill just passed by the Assembly takes aim at a pharmaceutical industry practice that some argue delays access to some lower...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


Any consequential, judicial-based changes to California’s pretrial detention system must wait for a futurecase, after the stat...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


Newsom must redo sealed clemency requests

May 28, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

Gov. Gavin Newsom has until June 5 to resubmit clemency requests for six twice-convicted felons whose criminal records were se...



Reality Check

May 28, 2019

Privacy is just one issue Courtney Greene-Power must navigate at the game creator Niantic


Civil Litigation, Criminal, California Supreme Court


The 2nd District Court of Appeal said Thursday it is inclined to allow victims in the Porter Ranch litigation a restitution he...


Law Practice, Government


Despite the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate funding to an organization providing legal aid to low-income American...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A disbarred British solicitor and an expert witness testified in support of certain aspects of the solicitor's malpractice su...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice


Plaintiff law firm opposes utility’s motion to disqualify them from Woolsey Fire case


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar licensing fee would rise from $315 to $460 annually under new legislative amendments introduced this week. The b...


Tax, Government, Criminal


An attorney known for making his living from lawsuits citing the Americans with Disabilities Act was indicted on three tax eva...


Intellectual Property, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The state Supreme Court has declined to address federal appellate court questions on public performance rights for pre-1972 so...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment


Two former Morrison & Foerster LLP associates have offered new details about allegations the firm provided negative refere...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee is seeking a limited remand from the 9th Circuit to finalize her decision


Bankruptcy


A bankruptcy judge approved Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s plan for a $105 million assistance program for wildfire victims...


Civil Litigation


Officials from the California Institute of Technology testified Thursday an in-house investigation found no evidence a researc...



Building Trust

May 24, 2019

Mediator Lesley Green’s bench experience and hard work help put parties at ease.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The Federal Trade Commission says its antitrust suit triumph against Qualcomm Inc.’s so-called “no license, no chips” model wi...