Judges and Judiciary
Central District having a tough time hearing suit against legal nonprofit
By Ilan Isaacs
Federal judges are refusing to hear a lawsuit by a Pasadena Republican club against a small legal nonprofit for canceling an e...
San Diego firm Aguirre Severson LLP sues the state once again, this time for not releasing financial records related to the wi...
A dispute over $68 million in attorney fees is stalling final approval of the landmark $240 million settlement Wells Fargo &am...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lead water bill plaintiff files notice of claim against Los Angeles
By Justin Kloczko
The lead plaintiff in the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power settlement entangled in fraud allegations has filed a no...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Hair, nails, ice cubes listed as mitigating expenses for Katy Perry
By Steven Crighton
Jury hears testimony on the cost of Katy Perry’s promotional appearances as her attorneys seek to offset damages for infringin...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Jones Day faces lawsuit over allegedly botched job in pro bono eviction suit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Four current and former Jones Day attorneys in Irvine so mishandled a pro bono eviction case, the international law firm’s cli...
Law Practice, Civil Rights
San Francisco law firm helps transgender invidividuals get settlement with Lyft
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A group of drag performers and activists in San Francisco has reached a settlement with Lyft Inc. over reports of transgender ...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
PG&E responds to judge’s query about investigative report
By Winston Cho
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it “strongly disagrees” with a newspaper investigation suggesting that it prioritized lobbyi...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Appellate court orders San Diego County to vacate its approval of a map for the subdivision of the 1,400-acre Hosking’s Ranch ...
Government
Newsom signs a host of new laws, including one paying $27M in claims against the state
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved more than three dozen bills, ranging from a measure to protect prostitutes who report crimes to...
State Bar & Bar Associations
After bar exam question release, 500 test takers withdraw
By Erin Lee
More than 600 test takers withdrew from Tuesday’s bar exam after the State Bar revealed an accidental leak and released the es...
A Chinese company exported huge amounts of aluminum to the United States disguised as “pallets” to avoid customs duties of up ...
Intellectual Property
UC files patent suit against retailers over light bulbs
By Gina Kim
Retail giants Amazon, Target, Ikea and Walmart are targets of multiple patent infringement lawsuits filed in Los Angeles Tuesd...
Government
New law bars consideration of race, ethnicity and gender in damage award
By Brian Cardile
Judges and juries will no longer be able to consider a plaintiff’s race, ethnicity or gender when calculating civil damages fo...
A U.S. judge vacated the conviction and sentence of a terrorism suspect imprisoned for 14 years.
Civil Litigation, Corporate
Shareholders object to $68M attorney fees in Wells Fargo settlement
By Winston Cho
Some Wells Fargo & Co. shareholders who won a $320 million settlement over the fraudulent creation of millions of fake acc...
Civil Litigation
Venue for consolidated HIV drugs trial hotly debated
By Carter Stoddard
Alameda, San Francisco and Los Angeles counties were suggested as alternatives to Santa Clara County, where the defendant, Gil...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New law blocks State Bar’s access to mental health history
By Erin Lee
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday that prevents the State Bar from considering applicants’ mental health records during ...
Government
Tax return bill, aimed at President Donald Trump, faces court scrutiny
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing statement on a bill requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns was accompanied...
Civil Litigation
Appellate court orders San Diego County to vacate its approval of a map for the subdivision of the 1,400-acre Hosking’s Ranch ...
Hinerfeld is remembered as a principled, ethical attorney who believed in justice above all other things.
In damages hearing, Capitol Records claims little profit on Katy Perry hit
By Steven Crighton
While attorneys for Capitol Records Inc. said Tuesday they made only about $630,000 in profits from Katy Perry's 2013 hit "Dar...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
UC workers sue to end union dues in the middle of contract
By Glenn Jeffers
A pair of parking staff members at UC San Diego filed suit Tuesday against the school and a Teamsters union, claiming their Fi...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Man who plotted to kill judge granted new trial by 9th Circuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A Southern California man sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting to kill several officials including U.S. District Judge...
Civil Litigation, Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
State settles pay-to-delay antitrust claim with pharmaceutical companies
By Winston Cho
Three drugmakers reached a nearly $70 million settlement with California Monday over anticompetitive practices in which they p...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Jury rules Katy Perry and team infringed Christian rapper’s song
By Carter Stoddard
A federal jury ruled unanimously Monday that pop star Katy Perry’s song, “Dark Horse,” infringed a 16-second portion of a song...
U.S. Supreme Court
Regulator: Utility ratepayers shouldn’t pay for fire settlements
By Gina Kim
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. should not be allowed to pass on to ratepayers $379 million in settlements paid to victims of...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
State high court eases way for class action certification
By Ilan Isaacs
The state Supreme Court reversed an appellate court ruling Monday and made it easier for plaintiffs to obtain class certificat...
Labor/Employment, Government
Buttigieg wants to expand California’s gig worker law nationally
By Glenn Jeffers
In announcing his labor and employment policy platform last week, South Bend, Ind. Mayor and presidential candidate Pete Butti...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mediator in LA water bill settlement weighs in
By Justin Kloczko
The retired federal judge who mediated a settlement between the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and a class of ratep...