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Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


An investigation into the behavior of Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson began with a petition bearing 100 names that asked for a work...


Civil Litigation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Attorneys representing the plaintiff in an overturned $417 million talc verdict filed a petition with the state Supreme Court ...


Civil Litigation


Bayer AG, which owns Monsanto, has consistently maintained the Environmental Protection Agency’s position that its Roundup wee...


Two proposed class actions alleging California’s public universities unfairly punish students accused of sexual misconduct wil...


A lawsuit against the Boeing Co. over a 2018 wildfire in Southern California should be heard in state court, a federal judge t...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A judge ordered the city of Los Angeles Monday to turn over documents related to a controversial $67 million water billing set...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Student-athletes not NCAA, conference employees

Aug. 13, 2019
By Brian Cardile

Student-athletes are not employees of the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the Pac-12 Conference, a U.S. 9th Circui...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


An attorney has the right to sue a credit card processing company for discrimination even though he never signed up for its se...


Labor/Employment, Government


Numerous bills with widespread Democratic support are in limbo after Senate Appropriations Committee examination


Securities, Criminal


A federal judge on Monday ordered a retired professional baseball player to spend eight months on home detention for insider t...


Obituaries


Trial attorney Ron Dwyer dies at 90

Aug. 13, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

Ron Dwyer, longtime trial attorney and founding member of Dwyer, Daly, Brotzen & Bruno, LLP, died late last month.


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


So long as he keeps his hands off "Fortnite," Epic Games can't force a minor leading a putative class action against them into...


Corporate, Constitutional Law


A lawsuit seeks to halt SB 826, the 2018 law signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown that requires all publicly-traded companies headq...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


An attorney challenging new limits on the state retired judges program said Friday he’ll appeal a San Francisco County Superio...


Tax, Civil Litigation


A Fresno-based small business owner is suing the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and its director for alle...


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


A Sacramento-area couple has received a lifeline in their long-running loan case against Wells Fargo, thanks to the 3rd Distri...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


The California Lawyers Association panel will issue advisory ethics opinions, provide educational programming.


Labor/Employment, Government, Environmental & Energy


The Division of Occupational Safety and Health of California last week approved a new emergency regulation to protect workers ...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Justice Jeffrey Johnson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal failed to show up for work a lot, turned in substandard decisions ...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board proposed changes to three rules that would affect how unions are used as worker representat...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal


The Judicial Council approved $68 million for pretrial detention pilot projects with a unanimous vote at its regular meeting o...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed class certification in a privacy lawsuit over Facebook Inc.’s facia...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge overseeing accusations of fraud against Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Thursday the patent attorney who initiate...


Apple Inc. was hit with a class action Wednesday over accusations Siri devices secretly record conversations.


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Director defeats lawsuit by film company

Aug. 9, 2019
By Steven Crighton

A five-year legal battle waged over two films starring the actor Danny Trejo ended this week with a victory for director Rober...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The head of civil litigation at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power testified recently that he knew about plans for ...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


The vast majority of women never report workplace harassment and that is especially true of women who work in highly prestigio...


Civil Litigation, Government


Legislators who didn’t show up to a meeting Wednesday on plans to transfer $2 billion to the state wildfire fund might face le...


California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a sharp inter-court rebuke, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday deemed “objectively unreasonable” a 23-year-o...


Government, California Supreme Court


The State Supreme Court recommended a pardon for Susan Burton for three felony convictions. Under Article V of the California ...