Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Investigation of Justice Johnson began with a petition to the court
By Carter Stoddard
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
Plaintiff’s attorneys appeal overturned $417M talc verdict
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys representing the plaintiff in an overturned $417 million talc verdict filed a petition with the state Supreme Court ...
Civil Litigation
Despite trial losses, Bayer may find success at the US Supreme Court
By Winston Cho
Bayer AG, which owns Monsanto, has consistently maintained the Environmental Protection Agency’s position that its Roundup wee...
Civil Litigation
Two proposed class actions alleging California’s public universities unfairly punish students accused of sexual misconduct wil...
Civil Litigation
Wildfire lawsuit against Boeing should be in state court, judge rules
By Gina Kim
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
Judge says prima facie fraud has been shown in LA water billing case
By Justin Kloczko
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
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
State high court rules attorney has standing to sue credit company
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
Labor legislation faces stiff Senate Appropriations Committee inspection
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Numerous bills with widespread Democratic support are in limbo after Senate Appropriations Committee examination
Securities, Criminal
Ex-baseball star sentenced to 8 months of home detention for insider trading
By Meghann Cuniff
A federal judge on Monday ordered a retired professional baseball player to spend eight months on home detention for insider t...
Ron Dwyer, longtime trial attorney and founding member of Dwyer, Daly, Brotzen & Bruno, LLP, died late last month.
Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports
Epic Games can’t force minor into arbitration, US judge says
By Steven Crighton
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
Suit claims law requiring companies to have a women director is unconstitutional
By Glenn Jeffers
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
Lawyer vows appeal after retired judges’ age discrimination suit is dismissed
By Meghann Cuniff
An attorney challenging new limits on the state retired judges program said Friday he’ll appeal a San Francisco County Superio...
Tax, Civil Litigation
State sued over not collecting sales taxes from Amazon
By Blaise Scemama
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
Sacramento couple gets appellate win in loan case against Wells Fargo
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
California Lawyers Association forms own ethics committee
By Lyle Moran
The California Lawyers Association panel will issue advisory ethics opinions, provide educational programming.
Labor/Employment, Government, Environmental & Energy
State approves emergency wildfire smoke regulation
By Glenn Jeffers
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
Presiding justice criticizes Johnson’s work performance
By Carter Stoddard
Justice Jeffrey Johnson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal failed to show up for work a lot, turned in substandard decisions ...
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
Cash bail pilot grants awarded, but San Francisco officials oppose the funds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
9th Circuit affirms class certification in privacy lawsuit against Facebook
By Meghann Cuniff
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed class certification in a privacy lawsuit over Facebook Inc.’s facia...
A federal judge overseeing accusations of fraud against Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Thursday the patent attorney who initiate...
Civil Litigation
Siri tapes user calls and invades privacy, class action against Apple claims
By Winston Cho
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
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
LA utility’s attorney was apprised of incoming ratepayer suit
By Justin Kloczko
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
Most women don’t report harassment, discipline panel told
By Carter Stoddard
The vast majority of women never report workplace harassment and that is especially true of women who work in highly prestigio...
Civil Litigation, Government
Attorney accuses legislators of breaking the law to create ‘slush fund’
By Gina Kim
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
Death penalty reversed by 9th Circuit, 38 years after killer’s conviction
By Brian Cardile
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
Liu raises questions about state Supreme Court authority on pardons
By Ilan Isaacs
The State Supreme Court recommended a pardon for Susan Burton for three felony convictions. Under Article V of the California ...