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Judges and Judiciary


Federal judges are refusing to hear a lawsuit by a Pasadena Republican club against a small legal nonprofit for canceling an e...


Government


San Diego firm Aguirre Severson LLP sues the state once again, this time for not releasing financial records related to the wi...


Civil Litigation


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


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


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


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


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


Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it “strongly disagrees” with a newspaper investigation suggesting that it prioritized lobbyi...


Appellate court orders San Diego County to vacate its approval of a map for the subdivision of the 1,400-acre Hosking’s Ranch ...


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


More than 600 test takers withdrew from Tuesday’s bar exam after the State Bar revealed an accidental leak and released the es...


Criminal


A Chinese company exported huge amounts of aluminum to the United States disguised as “pallets” to avoid customs duties of up ...


Intellectual Property


Retail giants Amazon, Target, Ikea and Walmart are targets of multiple patent infringement lawsuits filed in Los Angeles Tuesd...


Judges and juries will no longer be able to consider a plaintiff’s race, ethnicity or gender when calculating civil damages fo...


Criminal


US judge vacates terror suspect’s conviction

Jul. 31, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A U.S. judge vacated the conviction and sentence of a terrorism suspect imprisoned for 14 years.


Civil Litigation, Corporate


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

Jul. 31, 2019
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


Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday that prevents the State Bar from considering applicants’ mental health records during ...


Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing statement on a bill requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns was accompanied...


Appellate court orders San Diego County to vacate its approval of a map for the subdivision of the 1,400-acre Hosking’s Ranch ...


Obituaries


Hinerfeld is remembered as a principled, ethical attorney who believed in justice above all other things.


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


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


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.


Three drugmakers reached a nearly $70 million settlement with California Monday over anticompetitive practices in which they p...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


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


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


The state Supreme Court reversed an appellate court ruling Monday and made it easier for plaintiffs to obtain class certificat...


Labor/Employment, Government


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

Jul. 30, 2019
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...