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Intellectual Property


The federal government is reviving its forfeiture case against the Mongol Nation motorcycle club with a new request prosecutor...


A San Francisco federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing n...


A U.S. magistrate judge has indicated she will vacate a delay set by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her departmen...



Mom-and-Pop Shop

Apr. 29, 2019
By Doug Sherwin

Dicks & Workman fight for the downtrodden as partners in both law and marriage.


Government, Criminal


With radio silence from two state attorney generals regarding an investigation into prosecutors' alleged illegal use of inform...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


State Auditor Elaine Howle has found numerous problems with investigative processes at the Commission on Judicial Performance ...


In Recess


Chief Emcee

Apr. 26, 2019
By Shane Nelson

No stranger to hip hop, Warriors’ legal chief David Kelly has rapped for years as Capital D.


A superior court judge ordered an oil pipeline company Thursday to pay a fine of $3.25 million, a tiny fraction of the $1.25 b...


Civil Litigation


California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $150M settlement against investment bank Morgan Stanley for misleading ...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


The definitive consumer privacy law whose implementation was delayed a year emerged in a different form this week after lawmak...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


Avenatti’s ex-wife and a former client each have stakes in the aircraft.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


A former baseball coach for LAUSD magnet school LACES said in a lawsuit filed Thursday the district fired him for assisting co...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


A lawsuit against the San Francisco Giants brought by guards at the team’s park will return to the plate in state court with t...


A state court judge who oversaw a trial over accusations that Monsanto’s weed killers cause cancer may have left the San Franc...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act bars class arbitration, even when the agreement is ambiguous...


Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The imprisoned comedian has sued Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP after an arbitration panel award...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


Nearly two years after e-scooters started swarming Santa Monica sidewalks, state legislators have taken their first steps towa...


Government, Civil Rights


The National Rifle Association filed suit against the City of Los Angeles on Wednesday arguing a new ordinance requiring city ...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A government attorney argued Wednesday in a federal appeals court hearing that immigration officers have the discretion to det...


Civil Litigation


A man left quadriplegic after riding his bike into an unmarked open construction trench on a popular bike path in San Diego ob...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar probes average 6 months

Apr. 25, 2019
By Erin Lee

Michael J. Avenatti faces charges of extortion and fraud but continues to represent clients, raising the question of what the ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday punted a securities case testing the standard of liability for companies charged with mislea...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


A superior court judge overseeing the consolidated Thomas Fire civil cases will decide next month whether to impose $4,500 in ...


Obituaries


Orrick mourns death of prominent IP partner

Apr. 24, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

Mark P. Wine died Saturday of complications from spinal surgery.


Government, Criminal


A bill that would end the assessment and collection of administrative fees in criminal cases passed its first committee vote o...


Planned Parenthood called on a federal judge to hold attorneys representing an anti-abortion group in contempt and order monet...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


A Santa Ana jury awarded $2 million to a UC Irvine neurosurgeon who claims he was forced out of the department for complaining...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Rovi Guides Inc., a company that holds the patent rights associated with the digital video recorder maker TiVo, claims Comcast...


Law Practice


Prominent cannabis investing group MedMen Enterprises Inc. said its general counsel and chief operating officer have resigned.


Law Practice


Jing Liu joined as a partner and Paul Chang joined as an associate in the firm’s nearly 130-strong intellectual property pract...