U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Conservatives dissent as 9th Circuit declines rehearing on state’s nonprofit donor disclosure law
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Conservative nonprofits seeking to strike down as unconstitutional California disclosure laws requiring them to share with the...
An Orange County judge handed opponents of California's Private Attorneys General Act a significant win in a tentative ruling ...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Apple, Qualcomm head for major battle
By Blaise Scemama
The trial will pit Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook and Qualcomm’s CEO Steve Mollenkopf in the witness box.
Wells Fargo & Co. General Counsel C. Allen Parker is filling in as the company’s interim chief executive officer following...
Government, Education Law
Lawmakers introduce legislation to close admissions loopholes
By Erin Lee
State lawmakers introduced a six-bill package they hope will close college admissions loopholes exploited in the recent scandal.
Labor/Employment
Following 9th Circuit ruling, judge reverses himself in collective certification bid
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge has certified a class of job applicants accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of age discrimination, reversing h...
Baker Marquart LLP is a family-oriented firm that tries high-profile cases.
Criminal, Community News
Preet Bharara knows what it is like to be Adam Levine
By Steven Crighton
Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara spoke last Thursday at a Beverly Hills Bar Associatio...
Government, Criminal
DAs seek state AG’s recusal in death penalty fight
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
District attorneys are taking the position that the state attorney general should recuse himself from a federal case involving...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs’ attorney urges state jury to join ‘historic fight’ in new Monsanto case
By Winston Cho
An attorney representing a couple arguing Monsanto’s massively popular weedkillers cause cancer urged the jury Thursday to joi...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court
Unconvicted appellants need counsel, state Supreme Court rules
By Steven Crighton
Someone’s legally responsible for representing non-convicted respondents on appeal, California Supreme Court justices determin...
Civil Litigation, Education Law
San Diego schools settle suit over anti-Islamophobia curriculum
By Carter Stoddard
The district has agreed to instruct teachers to treat all religions equally, not to promote one over the other and not to allo...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
CEO emotionally explains why he hasn’t paid attorney fees
By Blaise Scemama
While the current trial is supposed to determine whether Perfect 10 defrauded Giganews, for the CEO it seemed to be a platform...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NCAA appeals, while plaintiffs seek $45 million in attorney fees
By Carter Stoddard
Attorneys who won an injunction for Division I college athletes forcing the NCAA to drop some caps on its education-related co...
U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said California ammunition limits violate the Second Amendment.
Education Law, California Courts of Appeal
Appeals panel affirms expulsion of USC law student accused of cheating
By Erin Lee
A 2nd District Court of Appeal panel upheld the expulsion of a USC law student for plagiarizing a law journal application.
Lawyer's knowledge of trust and estate law helped him find deep meaning in his own history.
California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DOJ urges high court to keep in place Arpaio special prosecutor, but says 9th Circuit got law wrong
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Supreme Court should leave in place a federal appeals court order appointing a special prosecutor in former Maricopa ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Oil producers hope to revive their suit over drilling settlement
By Justin Kloczko
Oil producers who petitioned the California Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn an anti-SLAPP case on due process grounds said...
Government, Criminal
New Contra Costa DA under fire for redacted report on sex harassment in her office
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
District Attorney Diana Becton is under pressure after releasing a heavily redacted report last week outlining years of sexual...
Criminal
San Jose lawyer, staff indicted on immigration fraud charges
By Glenn Jeffers
A Federal grand jury indicted San Jose immigration lawyer Danhong "Jean" Chen and her ex-husband and office manager Jianyun "T...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced the appointment of Nick Podsiadly as general counsel and the promotion of ...
Labor/Employment
Bill will cause deluge of equal pay class actions as it passes US House, attorneys say
By Andy Serbe
The just-passed Paycheck Fairness Act which expands sex discrimination class actions, damages, and company reporting requireme...
The troubled attorney is no longer representing a company that he testified was paying him $35,000 monthly.
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
$5.3M for worker after FedEx failed to accomodate injury
By Gina Kim
A superior court jury awarded $5.3 million to a former FedEx Corp. employee who accused the company of failing to adequately a...
Government, Bankruptcy, Banking
U.S. judge grants PG&E access to $5.5B in financing
By Winston Cho
The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Corp.’s bankruptcy approved the utility’s request to fully tap into $5.5 bil...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit weighs Arizona voter laws en banc
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
An attorney for the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday urged an en banc 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to strike do...
A unanimous federal jury awarded a 70-year-old man more than $80 million after finding Monsanto recklessly marketed and sold m...
International Law, Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
In battle over attorney fees, counsel appear to be relitigating copyright infringement case
By Blaise Scemama
Despite the judge’s warning he’s not interested, parties appear to be relitigating a copyright infringement case in a trial ov...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate confirms Trump’s fourth 9th Circuit pick
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to an Arizona seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...