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Government, California Courts of Appeal


Can California legislate its way out of a $331 million court-ordered debt? That’s what plaintiffs in a long-running legal case...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took the unusual step of publishing a judicial misconduct order recen...


In Recess


Visual Aid

Aug. 17, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

David Ulich’s films examine controversial moments in the history of Olympic competition.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals panel remanded a $7.3 million infringement award against Apple Inc. Thursday, finding ...


Family, California Courts of Appeal


An appellate court has determined that a trial court miscalculated an award of spousal support by improperly accounting for ta...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A federal civil lawsuit seeking damages for the 2016 police shooting of a Sacramento man has evolved into a complicated standi...


Immigration, Government


A judge granted class certification to nearly 2,000 Cambodians with criminal records who claim they were unfairly subjected to...


A San Francisco County Superior Court jury’s finding that Monsanto Co.’s massively popular weed killers caused a dying man’s c...


Government, Criminal


A county counsel attorney has been selected to provide oversight at the Mendocino public defender’s office, according to count...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Assemblyman Mark Stone is worried law school deans have an outsized role in rule crafting


Government, Civil Rights


Attorneys in a rare bench trial over minority voting power are emerging with two different views of the California Voting Righ...


Civil Litigation


An entrepeneur has filed a $223.8 million lawsuit against AT&T for gross negligence, accusing the company of failing to pr...


Civil Litigation, Government


Former male legislator sues woman accuser

Aug. 16, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Former Assemblyman Matt Dababneh has filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman whose sexual harassment allegations forced h...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The court of appeal opinion rejected the Center for Biological Diversity’s argument that wells with disputed permits must be c...


Tax, Real Estate/Development, Government


Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would provide tax credits to people who spend more than 30 p...


Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate


Tesla shareholders have filed a proposed class action against the company and CEO Elon Musk, alleging that tweets he sent last...


Immigration, Government


DOJ increases scrutiny of successful naturalizations

Aug. 15, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Experts said that as more records and information have become digitally available there are more opportunities for prosecutors...


Probate, Law Practice


Loeb & Loeb opens San Francisco office

Aug. 15, 2018
By Erin Lee

Loeb & Loeb LLP opened a new San Francisco office housing a former Cooley trusts and estates team.


Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary


Sandra Ann Thompson, 1947-2018

Aug. 15, 2018
By Justin Kloczko

LA County Superior Court Judge Sandra Ann Thompson, who spent all of her 35 years as a bench officer in the South Bay, has die...


Tax, Civil Litigation, Law Practice


$5.4M fee settlement ends 40-year case

Aug. 15, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A key legislative committee has approved a $5.4 million settlement in a case that started when a man bought a used car in 1976.


Immigration, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two Americans who say federal officers deleted photographs they took of ports of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border while standin...


Immigration, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has extended a federal remedy available to plaintiffs seeking damages for constitutional...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Administrative/Regulatory


Vincent D. Howard, whom the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has accused along with other attorneys at Howard Law PC of co...


Probate, Civil Litigation, Law Practice


A plaintiff in a fraud lawsuit against Buchalter APC said Tuesday she was surprised to learn of a family patriarch’s business ...


Government, Criminal


Bill to make organized theft a felony advances

Aug. 15, 2018
By Lila Seidman

Lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make organized retail theft a felony offense, responding to what some have called a ...


Criminal


Prosecutor promises dead pelican won’t testify

Aug. 14, 2018
By Blaise Scemama

A frenzy broke out after the prosecution attempted to admit the carcass of a large pelican as evidence.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A Santa Clara County jury has awarded a $66 million verdict to a San Jose LED manufacturer in a trade secrets case involving a...


Immigration, Government


An internal memo instructs government attorneys to prioritize and pursue deportation cases that were indefinitely postponed an...


Government, Criminal


SB 923, introduced by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would require a statewide standardized set of procedures for law enforce...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


The song “Joyful Noise” has millions of views on YouTube, and it’s not wholly unreasonable to question whether pop star Katy P...