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Labor/Employment, Government


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

Aug. 22, 2018
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Alpine, was indicted Tuesday on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Federal prosecutors said ...


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

Aug. 22, 2018
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


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


More than 100 appellate court employees have signed a petition asking the Judicial Council to establish a working group to rev...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


Worker seat case settles on trial’s eve

Aug. 21, 2018
By Andy Serbe

Lawsuit over seating for Rite Aid cashiers settles on the day of trial.


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


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


A bill that will overhaul the current system of bail in California faced fierce opposition Monday, both from longtime opponent...


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

Aug. 21, 2018
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


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


A plaintiff’s witness who testified that racially polarized voting did not occur in a previous voting rights case testified Mo...


Law Practice


Archer Norris to dissolve in October

Aug. 20, 2018
By Erin Lee

Archer Norris announced it will dissolve by October, citing economic difficulties.


Law Practice, Civil Rights


Attorneys R. Rex Parris and Marcellus McRae have met before, facing off in the Santa Monica voter discrimination case, faced o...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


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


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


The school welcomes its largest ever first-year class to campus this fall


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


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


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


Several bills of importance to the #MeToo movement survived a legislative deadline in Sacramento last week. But potentially tr...


Civil Litigation


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a preliminary injunction Friday to a group of petitioners who allege the City...


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


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

Aug. 17, 2018
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


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


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

Aug. 17, 2018
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


Little by little, defense attorney Marcellus McRae has sought to reveal the information a plaintiff’s historian didn’t present.


State Bar & Bar Associations


James Fox will step down as a State Bar trustee to assume his new post.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


The question of whether employers are required to provide seating to a class of cashiers heads to trial for the first time on ...