Labor/Employment, Government
Bill to maintain more harassment records passes Legislature
By Andy Serbe
A bill requiring certain businesses to keep records of sexual harassment allegations for at least five years after the accuser...
Criminal
Congressman indicted on federal campaign finance charges
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Alpine, was indicted Tuesday on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Federal prosecutors said ...
Law Practice, Corporate
Longtime Fenwick & West corporate finance and securities leader leaving for Gunderson Dettmer
By Matthew Sanderson
A reason for Jeffrey Vetter’s departure from Fenwick & West, where he’s worked since 1995, has not been provided.
Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court rules for Twitter in speech case
By Justin Kloczko
A 1st District Court of Appeal panel has ruled that Twitter Inc. was protected by federal law when it banned the account of a ...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
After 9th Circuit ruling, VidAngel says film streaming doesn’t hurt studios
By Steven Crighton
With an adverse 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and a motion looming to end the stay forestalling further litigation,...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal
Employees push for review of state court harassment policy
By Winston Cho
More than 100 appellate court employees have signed a petition asking the Judicial Council to establish a working group to rev...
Lawsuit over seating for Rite Aid cashiers settles on the day of trial.
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit hands win to owners of pre-1972 sound recordings in ongoing copyright dispute
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a major copyright lawsuit against CBS Corp., adding new life to a closely-wa...
Government, Criminal
Bill to change bail system abandoned by liberal organziations
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A bill that will overhaul the current system of bail in California faced fierce opposition Monday, both from longtime opponent...
Corporate
Former Twitter deputy general counsel to take over Mozilla’s top legal job
By Matthew Sanderson
Amy Keating will be overseeing all aspects of Mozilla’s legal work and affairs, including commercial contracts, licensing, pri...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government
CJP and state auditor near settlement of legal dispute
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The long-running legal dispute between the Commission on Judicial Performance and the state auditor could be nearing its concl...
Civil Litigation
San Jose judge trims attorney fees in Anthem class action settlement
By Blaise Scemama
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh blasted plaintiffs’ counsel during a June hearing for overbilling in the Anthem data breach cl...
Civil Litigation, Government
At Santa Monica voting rights trial, expert flips sides on key question
By Justin Kloczko
A plaintiff’s witness who testified that racially polarized voting did not occur in a previous voting rights case testified Mo...
Archer Norris announced it will dissolve by October, citing economic difficulties.
Law Practice, Civil Rights
Lawyers in voter rights trial have clashed before, on different sides
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys R. Rex Parris and Marcellus McRae have met before, facing off in the Santa Monica voter discrimination case, faced o...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Federal judge rules execution access lawsuit can move forward
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A lawsuit seeking an injunction to prevent the state from carrying out any executions until all aspects of the process are mad...
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Prosecutors and defense spar to the finish line of oil spill trial
By Blaise Scemama
After two days of closing arguments, jurors will finally decide if Texas based oil company, Plains All American Pipeline, was ...
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
UC Irvine law school thrilled with successful first decade
By Lyle Moran
The school welcomes its largest ever first-year class to campus this fall
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Steinbeck’s daughter-in-law wants 9th Circuit to review case
By Steven Crighton
Claiming litigation has forced her to live on a “pauper’s income,” the widow of John Steinbeck’s son indicated Thursday she’s ...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit reverses qualified immunity finding for detective who failed to disclose evidence
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday revived a lawsuit by a woman who was wrongly convicted and served 17 years...
Labor/Employment, Government
Bill to ban arbitration as an employment condition advances
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Several bills of importance to the #MeToo movement survived a legislative deadline in Sacramento last week. But potentially tr...
Civil Litigation
Judge denies preliminary injunction in case over Bell gravel terminal
By Matthew Sanderson
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a preliminary injunction Friday to a group of petitioners who allege the City...
Environmental & Energy, Criminal
Judge warns prosecutor in oil pipeline negligence trial closing
By Blaise Scemama
Not long into closing arguments in the trial of a pipeline company charged with criminal negligence in a 142,000-gallon oil sp...
Immigration, California Supreme Court
Court eases immigration of minors claiming abuse
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
The state Supreme Court set limits Wednesday as to how far state courts must go in consulting parents of abused alien minors ...
Government, Criminal
Bill to ease access to police misconduct records clears hurdle
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
A bill aimed at increasing the transparency of peace officer personnel files passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee Thur...
Environmental & Energy, California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory
State high court rejects Monsanto warning label challenge
By Winston Cho
The state Supreme Court rejected a challenge by Monsanto Co. to review California’s decision to list the main chemical in its ...
Immigration, Government
Sessions curtails continuances in immigration court
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Immigration judges must take into account if a case also proceeding outside of immigration courts is likely to succeed before ...
Government, Civil Rights
Defense presses witness for 5 days to get what it says is full story
By Justin Kloczko
Little by little, defense attorney Marcellus McRae has sought to reveal the information a plaintiff’s historian didn’t present.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Former State Bar president named chair of examiners’ panel
By Lyle Moran
James Fox will step down as a State Bar trustee to assume his new post.
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Lawsuit over providing seating to cashiers heads to trial
By Andy Serbe
The question of whether employers are required to provide seating to a class of cashiers heads to trial for the first time on ...