Criminal
Trump supporter convicted of living and voting in US without permission
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Mexican man was convicted in Sacramento on Friday of illegally living and voting in the United States for years.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Defense rests after justice forcefully defends actions
By Glenn Jeffers
The defense for 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson rested Friday after the longtime judicial officer and ...
Civil Litigation
Coffee defendants can use state regulation as defense
By Justin Kloczko
A state regulation declaring coffee doesn’t pose a cancer risk can be used by the defense in long-running litigation over prod...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
9th Circuit stays antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
By Gina Kim
A U.S. appeals court on Friday agreed to stay a trial judge’s order forcing chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. to change its business pr...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights
Limited Sacramento redlining suit against Wells Fargo to proceed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city of Sacramento can continue its housing discrimination case against Wells Fargo & Co. under a ruling issued by a f...
Law Practice, Corporate
Former GC Stephen Ballas joins DLA Piper’s corporate practice
By Nicole Tyau
Veteran general counsel Stephen Ballas is leaving the in-house world to join DLA Piper’s Los Angeles corporate practice as a p...
Tax, Government, Constitutional Law
Tax return requirement aimed at Trump may be doomed by 1972 state proposition
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An emergency petition to the California Supreme Court challenging Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s right to enforce a new law...
Judges and Judiciary
Tearful justice testifies he never meant to harass women
By Glenn Jeffers
In between periodic bouts of sobbing, an emotional Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson took the stand Thursday to defend himself agains...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LA city attorney’s deposition in billing case is confidential
By Justin Kloczko
The city attorney was deposed a few weeks after the FBI executed a search warrant of his office, looking for evidence of bribe...
Civil Litigation
Objections, sanctions pile up in FilmOn sex assault trial
By Steven Crighton
Nearly doubling the number of sanctions imposed against him Thursday, FilmOn Inc. executive Alki David might break records to ...
Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bid by Oregon Democratic senators to help pick a 9th Circuit judge viewed as unlikely
By Brian Cardile
Oregon’s Democratic senators have asked the White House to consider four candidates as nominees for the last existing vacancy ...
Securities, Civil Litigation
Judge OKs SEC deposition of defendant, denies his request to depose SEC
By Blaise Scemama
The defendant said he intends to invoke the Fifth Amendment in response to fraud allegations that he falsely claimed his compa...
Civil Litigation, Government, Constitutional Law
Would-be gun owners improperly denied firearms, judge says of California law
By Winston Cho
California is most likely improperly denying firearms to people whose felony convictions in other states were overturned, a fe...
Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs’ privacy threatened by discovery, but judge orders it anyway
By Blaise Scemama
Although a federal judge recognized it would be a serious invasion of privacy to allow Apple to conduct forensic imaging of cl...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Attorney says court leaders dismissed sex harassment concerns
By Carter Stoddard
An attorney whose 100-signature petition about sexual harassment in the 2nd District Court of Appeal spurred the investigation...
U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National injunction standard remains unclear after ruling
By Brian Cardile
The standard for what makes a case “extraordinary” enough to justify such an injunction is not clear, legal experts say.
Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge to decide in camera if emails in DWP case are privileged
By Justin Kloczko
The judge overseeing dual cases related to billing errors at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will review in came...
Government, Criminal
2 women make history as leaders of Los Angeles Police Commission
By Gina Kim
For the first time, two women — former federal prosecutor Eileen M. Decker and LGTBQ activist Shane Goldsmith Murphy — have be...
Government
Bill to protect debtors is headed to state Assembly vote
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill that would protect the last few dollars in a debtor’s bank account is headed to a vote in the full state Assembly.
Government, Environmental & Energy
Environmental groups sue over Endangered Species Act changes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A coalition of major environmental groups have sued to block changes to the Endangered Species Act announced last week by Pres...
Government, Criminal
Bill to allow felons to serve on juries to get more amendments
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A contentious bill to allow felons to serve on juries was pulled from a legislative committee on Wednesday to allow further ne...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar prosecutor receives support from unlikely source
By Lyle Moran
Bassem Banafa, whose federal lawsuit helped derail Steven Moawad’s 2018 bid to remain the State Bar’s chief trial counsel, has...
Civil Litigation, Immigration, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Suit alleges US gives inadequate health care to detained immigrants
By Blaise Scemama
Claiming the federal government failed to provide detained immigrants with appropriate medical and mental health care, the Sou...
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy
Navy knew of fraudulent toxic cleanup work and kept paying, Tetra Tech lawyer claims
By Winston Cho
The Navy contractor accused of widespread fraud in the cleanup of a toxic San Francisco shipyard argued it could not have defr...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Witness says he passed high school gossip to justice that spread around courthouse
By Carter Stoddard
An attorney testified Tuesday he was the source of information Justice Jeffrey Johnson spread around the 2nd District Court of...
Civil Litigation, Criminal, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge tosses $44 million antitrust verdict over newly charged criminal conduct
By Meghann Cuniff
The order for relief of judgment is U.S. District Judge James V. Selna’s second dismantling of the 2016 jury verdict
Criminal
Mexican citizen voted illegally, backed Trump, prosecutors say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Prosecutors mined an extensive paper trail in federal court on Tuesday as they sought to show a Mexican national lived illegal...
Civil Litigation
USC in legal tussle with on-campus restaurants
By Alexandra Applegate
The restaurants accuse USC of intentional misrepresentation and breach of contract over leases the plaintiffs say are above ma...
Government
Governor publicizes $331M legal services fund for state residents
By Alexandra Applegate
Gov. Gavin Newsom publicized his proposal to create a $331 million trust that would fund legal services for California residen...
Entertainment & Sports
Former US attorney hired to investigate allegations against Placido Domingo
By Glenn Jeffers
The Los Angeles Opera has hired Debra Wong Yang, a former U.S. attorney and chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's crisis mana...