Immigrants' lawyers told US judge clients suffered 'severe harm'
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Unlikely bedfellows in the fight against qualified immunity
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Qualified immunity, for decades the bane of civil rights lawyers associated with liberal causes, is facing a new enemy: the le...
Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy
Waste disposal suits raise hackles among company defense lawyers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In the latest of a series of settlements between retailers and public sector attorneys in California over waste disposal that ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Entertainment & Sports
Arbitrator sides with filmmakers in Chinese heist movie dispute
By Steven Crighton
After a disappointing showing at the Chinese box office, the makers of the Orlando Bloom film “S.M.A.R.T. Chase” say they’re v...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
NCAA witnesses emphasize ‘purity’ of amateur athletics in antitrust trial
By Winston Cho
National Collegiate Athletic Association Vice President of Governance Kevin Lennon echoed prior testimony Thursday from defens...
Law Practice, Government, Civil Rights
Nonprofit aims to up youth voter turnout in California
By Erin Lee
The Civics Center promotes civics education among youth and voter preregistration.
UC Berkeley School of Law postdoctoral fellow Alexandra Havrylyshyn won this year’s Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Com...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Beverly Hills bar to induct 1st African-American woman president
By Steven Crighton
The Beverly Hills Bar Association will elevate tax attorney LaVonne D. Lawson as its new president at its annual Installation ...
Corporate
Former Cooley attorneys launch litigation boutique in Encinitas
By Matthew Sanderson
Founding partners Drew Koning and Blake Zollar left their jobs at Cooley on Aug. 17 and opened their new firm on Aug. 20. They...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Weil Lecture to cover blending of arbitration and mediation
By Erin Lee
The Western Justice Center will host a talk on the increasingly common hybridization of arbitration and mediation Sept. 27.
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Audit of judicial watchdog can start under settlement agreement
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Commission on Judicial Performance and the state auditor have reached a stipulated settlement in their nearly two-year leg...
Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government
Sessions makes another move to rein in immigration judges
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Judges and experts said the decision was not as impactful as others Sessions has come out with in recent months on immigration...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Contra Costa County judge’s attorney says complaints against him part of public defender’s campaign
By Blaise Scemama
The Commission on Judicial Performance has alleged a Contra Costa County judge sexually harassed multiple women and committed ...
Civil Litigation
Jurors shown images of filth flooding homes built on landfill
By Justin Kloczko
Opening statements began in a negligence trial alleging property owners have allowed homes to sink into the ground while the d...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Judge nixes punitive damages from Buchalter fraud trial
By Meghann Cuniff
Jurors in the fraud trial against Buchalter APC will no longer consider punitive damages when they deliberate next week, an Or...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit to review en banc whether minors in the US illegally are entitled to court appointed counsel
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has announced it will rehear an immigration case en banc testing whether minors who cros...
Judges and Judiciary
Longtime criminal defense lawyer sworn in as San Diego County commissioner
By Arin Mikailian
Victor Torres was sworn in Tuesday as San Diego County Superior Court’s newest commissioner following his election by local ju...
Civil Litigation
US judge tosses part of actress’ suit against Weinstein
By Steven Crighton
The briefness of Ashley Judd’s shared work history with Harvey Weinstein strengthened the case for her defamation claim agains...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Education Law
USC creates office to handle investigations, complaints
By Erin Lee
USC’s new Office of Professionalism and Ethics will oversee all complaints and investigations at the university.
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Immigrant was racially profiled on boat off shore, circuit rules
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in favor of an immigrant who it said faced deportation because of his race. Ex...
Monsanto Co. has requested that a $289 million jury verdict be thrown out in two post-trial motions claiming that the plaintif...
Nonprofit leader Elissa Barrett will succeed former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Judith Chirlin.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Brett London builds misdemeanor defendants' trust, attorneys say.
U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice
Kavanaugh’s lawyer in trial in Oakland as he prepares for possible Kavanaugh hearing
By Nicolas Sonnenburg, Winston Cho
While Judge Brent Kavanaugh is gearing up for perhaps the most crucial event of his career — an appearance Monday before the S...
Military Law, Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Rights
Federal judge declines to dissolve injunction blocking Trump’s transgender military ban
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle a series of injunctions blocking the president from implementing a ban on tran...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Pac-12 commissioner warns of an ‘arms race’ to signs players if NCAA model is struck down
By Winston Cho
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott warned of changing the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s compensation model Tuesday b...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Settlement allows audit of CJP to start
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Commission on Judicial Performance and the state auditor have reached a stipulated settlement in their nearly two-year leg...
Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate
Tesla says it is cooperating with DOJ inquiry
By Andy Serbe
Tesla Inc. and founder Elon Musk are facing scrutiny from the Department of Justice, in the latest round of fallout from the C...
Civil Litigation, Government, California Supreme Court
New state law limits risk for citizens filing public records act requests
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Citizens who file California Public Records Act requests will no longer risk owing huge legal fees to public agencies under a ...