Intellectual Property
Prosecutors revive forfeiture efforts against Mongols trademarks
By Meghann Cuniff
The federal government is reviving its forfeiture case against the Mongol Nation motorcycle club with a new request prosecutor...
Government
Judge blocks Trump administration ‘gag rule,’ but limits injunction to California
By Craig Anderson
A San Francisco federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing n...
Government
US Magistrate judge will end DeVos' delay of online universities rule
By Glenn Jeffers
A U.S. magistrate judge has indicated she will vacate a delay set by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her departmen...
Dicks & Workman fight for the downtrodden as partners in both law and marriage.
Government, Criminal
OC DA launches own probe, criticizes attorney general’s office
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
With radio silence from two state attorney generals regarding an investigation into prosecutors' alleged illegal use of inform...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
State auditor recommends major changes to judicial watchdog agency
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State Auditor Elaine Howle has found numerous problems with investigative processes at the Commission on Judicial Performance ...
No stranger to hip hop, Warriors’ legal chief David Kelly has rapped for years as Capital D.
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Pipeline fined $3.35M, instead of $1.25B requested, judge also denies prosecution demand for probation
By Blaise Scemama
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...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $150M settlement against investment bank Morgan Stanley for misleading ...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Slew of amendments carve out exemptions in online privacy bill
By Justin Kloczko
The definitive consumer privacy law whose implementation was delayed a year emerged in a different form this week after lawmak...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Government’s seizure of Avenatti jet prompts competing ownership claim
By Meghann Cuniff
Avenatti’s ex-wife and a former client each have stakes in the aircraft.
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Title IX whistleblower files lawsuit against LAUSD, magnet school for retaliation
By Nicole Tyau
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
State high court gives lawsuit against Giants a fresh at-bat
By Andy Serbe
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...
Civil Litigation
Judge’s apparent switch may make plaintiff’s verdict in Monsanto case vulnerable: expert
By Winston Cho
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
High court rules no class arbitration in ambiguous agreements
By Andy Serbe
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
Bill Cosby wants arbitration panel’s award to Quinn Emanuel reheard
By Glenn Jeffers
The imprisoned comedian has sued Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP after an arbitration panel award...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Legislative committee passes bill to curb e-scooter companies
By Steven Crighton
Nearly two years after e-scooters started swarming Santa Monica sidewalks, state legislators have taken their first steps towa...
Government, Civil Rights
LA sued over law requiring contractors to disclose NRA membership
By Carter Stoddard
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
9th Circuit panel questions government lawyer on asylum injunction
By Winston Cho
A government attorney argued Wednesday in a federal appeals court hearing that immigration officers have the discretion to det...
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
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
US Supreme Court dismisses securities case, leaving fight over tender offer litigation for another day
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
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
Plaintiffs’ lawyer in fire litigation faces possible sanctions
By Gina Kim
A superior court judge overseeing the consolidated Thomas Fire civil cases will decide next month whether to impose $4,500 in ...
Mark P. Wine died Saturday of complications from spinal surgery.
Government, Criminal
Bill to slash fees in criminal cases passes legislative committee vote
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill that would end the assessment and collection of administrative fees in criminal cases passed its first committee vote o...
Civil Litigation
Planned Parenthood seeks to hold anti-abortion activists’ attorneys in contempt
By Blaise Scemama
Planned Parenthood called on a federal judge to hold attorneys representing an anti-abortion group in contempt and order monet...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
UC Irvine surgeon wins $2 million for retaliation
By Andy Serbe
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 sues Comcast in a new patent infringement lawsuit
By Steven Crighton
Rovi Guides Inc., a company that holds the patent rights associated with the digital video recorder maker TiVo, claims Comcast...
Prominent cannabis investing group MedMen Enterprises Inc. said its general counsel and chief operating officer have resigned.
Law Practice
Sheppard Mullin adds two intellectual property experts
By Carter Stoddard
Jing Liu joined as a partner and Paul Chang joined as an associate in the firm’s nearly 130-strong intellectual property pract...