Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Bankruptcy
Judge who has blasted PG&E is possible candidate to help oversee bankruptcy
By Winston Cho
The federal judge handling the Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s criminal probation may enter the fray to help oversee the util...
Criminal
Former IRS analysts pleads guilty to leaking information about Trump attorney
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A now-former Internal Revenue Service analyst has pleaded guilty to illegally leaking information about former Donald Trump la...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Settlement on juvenile detainee conditions mandates basic hygiene and health items
By Brian Cardile
A 9th U.S. Circuit Ciourt of Appeals panel ordered the Trump administration to provide hygiene basic under the terms of a sett...
Insurance, California Supreme Court
Mercury Insurance Company must pay $27.6 million in civil penalties for overcharging California drivers for auto insurance aft...
Civil Litigation
Jury rejects lawyer’s retaliation complaint against former OC district attorney
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal jury in Orange County rejected a former deputy district attorney’s First Amendment lawsuit against her ex-boss this ...
The percentage would be the highest in five years if born out by a final report on the exam.
Civil Litigation, Government
Bill to shorten depositions in asbestos cases passes state Senate
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill designed to shorten depositions in asbestos-related cases is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk after the state Senate...
Civil Litigation
State gets extension to reply to wildfire funding bill challenge
By Gina Kim
A federal judge granted the state’s motion to extend its deadline to respond to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
US high court reply seeks to discredit lawyer’s arbitration claim
By Glenn Jeffers
In a reply to the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys for Winston & Strawn tried to discredit claims made by a former partner in...
Civil Litigation
Morgan Lewis, SoCalGas sanctioned $6,500 in gas leak case
By Gina Kim
LA Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl slapped SoCalGas’ lawyers from Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP in the Porter Ranch litigation...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Lawyers for fire victims accuse PG&E of seeking advantage
By Winston Cho
The committee representing wildfire victims on Wednesday accused Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. of using state legislation t...
Civil Litigation, Criminal, Civil Rights
Planned Parenthood seeks sanction of anti-abortion activists defending criminal charges
By Blaise Scemama
In a case steeped in confidentiality issues, Planned Parenthood asked a federal judge this week to sanction anti-abortion acti...
Civil Litigation
YouTube sued again, this time from the left, for allegedly violating free speech rights
By David Houston
Accusing YouTube LLC of discrimination, a class of LGBTQ content creators claims the popular video-sharing company censors the...
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
West fights to keep from moving East
By Steven Crighton
No one said litigating a case against Kanye West would be easy.
Environmental & Energy
SoCalGas has ten days to produce discovery, judge says
By Gina Kim
Southern California Gas Company has been ordered to produce documents containing their communications with AECOM Technology Co...
Tax, Native Americans, Government
US judge rejects tribe’s claim it is exempt from state tobacco taxes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A federal judge has dismissed a Native American tribe’s claim it is exempt from state tobacco taxes on the grounds that his co...
Insurance, Government
State seeks to buy fire insurance, but can California afford it?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A state bill that would buy a large wildfire reinsurance policy has hit a snag in the Legislature.
Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit Trump appointee blasts SF district judge in immigration case
By Brian Cardile
A lively oral argument session Wednesday morning before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Pasadena elicited contras...
Corporate
El Pollo Loco appoints Jason Weintraub as first chief legal officer
By Nicole Tyau
Veteran in-house attorney Jason Weintraub is El Pollo Loco's latest addition to its expanding list of c-suite executives.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
CHP officer says justice propositioned her repeatedly
By Carter Stoddard
A California Highway Patrol officer tearfully testified Tuesday that Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson propositioned her for sex and ...
Immigration, Government
2 California counties sue to block new federal public charge rule
By Malcolm Maclachlan
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties have sued to block the Trump administration's new "public charge" rule.
Civil Litigation, Government
Wildfire funding suit shouldn’t be linked to PG&E probation, state argues
By Gina Kim
In court filings, state officials said it would be inappropriate to relate a lawsuit challenging a wildfire funding bill to a ...
The lawsuitby hundreds of California plaintiffs who have sued drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. for allegedly selling a toxic ve...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NFL’s satellite broadcast arrangement may violate antitrust law
By Brian Cardile
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the National Football League may be violating antitrust law by effect...
Two groups, including some unlikely allies, formed Tuesday at a hearing to discuss whether a bankruptcy judge should open the ...
Government
Bill to make discovery changes passes state Legislature easily
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Keeping track of documents delivered in the process of discovery should become easier under a new bill headed to Gov. Gavin Ne...
Law Practice, Government, Criminal
Central District defender moving to Larson O’Brien
By Blaise Scemama
Less than two months after her reappointment as the Central District’s federal public defender, Hilary Lee Potashner announced...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alan Friedman leaving Munger Tolles for Signature Resolution
By Gina Kim
After half a century with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP as an employment and labor law attorney, Alan V. Friedman will be joi...
Corporate
HDI Global Insurance’s new GC has extensive background in the field
By Nicole Tyau
HDI Global Insurance Company has announced the appointment of Patricia Ryan as its new general counsel.
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Immigration
Immigration judge union move likely to fail, some say
By Glenn Jeffers
Last week's petition by the U.S. Department of Justice to decertify a federal immigration judges' union will most likely fail ...