Civil Litigation, Government
Legal experts question how much plaintiffs can get over Facebook breach
By Caroline Hart
Facebook Inc. may be facing a public relations nightmare over allegations of data mining by Cambridge Analytica, but legal obs...
Civil Litigation, Corporate
Kleiner Perkins defeats unique shareholder suit
By Joshua Sebold
Lawyers representing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers knocked out a lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged that the venture c...
Immigration, Government
City’s test of state sanctuary law has no enforcement mechanism, experts say
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Any effort to punish a small city in Orange County that is refusing to comply with California’s so-called sanctuary law could ...
Law Practice
Pepperdine School of Law loses ranking after reporting data error
By Lyle Moran
Some other California law schools also saw significant changes in their U.S. News ranking.
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
DA charges man with threatening OC judge
By Meghann Cuniff
A man accused of threatening an Orange County Superior Court judge during arraignment has been charged with a felony.
Government
Attorney general contenders attack absent Becerra at debate
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Three men who want to be California's next attorney general debated in the state capital on Wednesday. Notably absent was the ...
Law Practice
Latham leader resigns after disclosing sexual communications with woman
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that chairman William H. Voge has stepped down “effective immediately” after disclo...
Entertainment & Sports, Contracts
Law firms move ‘inclusion riders’ past concept stage
By Steven Crighton
Greenberg Glusker and Cohen Milstein have produced templates for other lawyers to follow.
Civil Litigation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Jury renders $68M against heart surgeon
By Justin Kloczko
A Kern County Superior Court jury in a medical malpractice case delivered $12.4 million in punitive damages Tuesday, rounding ...
The newly added entertainment attorneys will be based at the firm’s new Century City office.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
In its 12th year, no-fly list litigation proceeds before en banc 9th Circuit in attorney fee stage
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
Judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals repeatedly pressed the government Tuesday on its claim that it was justified i...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court weighs Prop. 57 definition of ‘nonviolent’
By L.J. Williamson
In a case that may more sharply define Proposition 57’s criteria for determining which inmates doing life might be eligible fo...
Immigration, Government
Lawyers may need to include more information in asylum petitions
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
Attorneys say that a recent decision by the U.S. attorney general to vacate an important decision on whether asylum seekers ar...
A Los Angeles County jury has awarded $30 million to the children of a worker who was killed by a rock crushing machine.
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, Civil Litigation
Supreme Court preserves state court securities class actions
By Joshua Sebold
A few securities litigation defendants hoping to avoid fighting class actions in state court saw those dreams dashed after the...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
LA couple accused of illegally converting rental apartments to hotel
By Lila Seidman
A Los Angeles couple has been accused of unlawfully converting tenants’ rent-controlled apartments into hotel units under the ...
Kate Kendell — who joined the organization in 1994 and has served as executive director since 1996 — will step down at the end...
Law Practice
Environmental, regulatory lawyer joins Greenberg Traurig in Sacramento
By Skylar Dubelko
Environmental and regulatory lawyer Timothy J. Swickard joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder in Sacramento, the firm ...
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney is unafraid of making controversial calls in criminal cases.
Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court
Chief justice thanks legislators for additional funding and asks for more
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye thanked the Legislature for increased funding for the courts in the...
Civil Litigation, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Parties file unopposed motion to move net neutrality appeals from 9th Circuit to D.C. Circuit
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
A week after a flood of appeals concerning the Federal Communications Commission's decision to rescind internet regulations kn...
Civil Litigation, Insurance
Secret federal settlement doesn’t bar claims in state class action, plaintiffs say
By Justin Kloczko
Plaintiffs’ counsel in a state court insurance class action argue the defense can’t get out of claims because a previous feder...
Government
Fate of state Senate’s contract with Covington, Holder uncertain
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The incoming leader of the state Senate won’t commit to continuing an arrangement her predecessor had with Covington & Bur...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Fired Walmart employee alleges inflated e-commerce sales figures
By Andy Serbe
The suit alleges that Walmart’s failure to tend to the inflated sales figures was partially motivated by the battle for market...
U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Arizona DACA dispute will not go before the U.S. Supreme Court
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case testing the limits of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Biotech company sues one rival, seeks injunction against another
By Caroline Hart
Biotechnology company Illumina Inc. has sued Natera Inc. for patent infringement over its use of a noninvasive prenatal test.
Corporate
South San Francisco pharmaceutical company hires general counsel
By Skylar Dubelko
South San Francisco-based Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. has appointed John B. Moriarty as executive vice president and general ...
Corporate
Quanergy Systems hires veteran Silicon Valley as top in-house lawyer
By Skylar Dubelko
Quanergy Systems Inc. has tapped Rick Arnold to be general counsel.
Civil Litigation
RICO suit against ADA plaintiff’s attorneys moves forward
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A federal judge is allowing a RICO case to go forward against a group of lawyers that unsuccessfully sued a San Jose restauran...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit grants quick briefing in DACA appeal, denies request for expedited decision
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The Department of Justice received a small victory recently in its ongoing effort to push swift U.S. Supreme Court review of a...