Labor/Employment
UPS drivers file class action as wage claims gain steam
By Philip Johnsonn
A class action filed by delivery drivers accusing United Parcel Service Inc. of wage and hour violations delve into a legally ...
Litigation
Southwest Airlines hit with wrongful death suit over response to fatally ill man
By Philip Johnsonn
A wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in Alameda County Superior Court alleges Southwest Airlines flight attendants left a ...
Litigation
Los Angeles County deals with legal trouble over new seal
By Kibkabe Arayan
Religious leaders are crying foul of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors breaking an agreement to stop using its revam...
Litigation
Class action filed against Chiquita for allegedly misleading consumers
By America Hernandez
The banana company faces a consumer class action complaint in California for misrepresentations of its growing practices in Gu...
Ventura County Judge Bruce Young sticks to the facts and the law but sometimes loses sleep.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Government
Judge rejects claim of prosecution fraud in fire damage case
By Craig Andersonn
Two logging companies lost their bid Friday to throw out a $122 million settlement with the federal government over damage cau...
A recent column complains that the hopes of foreign-trained attorneys are often dashed as a result of a profession that is una...
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Federal Circuit was right in its holding on whether a good-faith belief th...
The number and success of patentability challenges has increased since the U.S. handed down its decision in Alice Corp. v. ...
This past year has seen an uptick in the number of class actions brought for alleged false claims of "Made in the USA" on reta...
Environmental
Seeking early settlements in multi-party CERCLA actions
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent 9th Circuit decision clarifies the "rules of the road" for courts when reviewing settlements that have the effect of ...
Judges and Judiciary
New magistrate judge chosen in the Northern District
By Philip Johnsonn
Sallie Kim, a litigation partner at GCA Law Partners LLP, has been selected to fill a new magistrate judgeship in the Northern...
Government
Civil liberties lawyers criticize 'no-fly list' adjustments as insufficient
By Craig Andersonn
Civil liberties attorneys say the federal government's recent decision to inform U.S. citizens if they are on the no-fly list,...
Vowing further legal action against company, lawyer claims that American Apparel did not give employees proper notification be...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel reverses murder conviction, cites judicial misconduct
By America Hernandez
An appellate panel found Riverside County Superior Court Judge W. Charles Morgan to have bolstered the prosecution and belitt...
Litigation
Lynne Hermle hired to defend another gender discrimination lawsuit
By Phil Johnson
Twitter Inc. has hired the same defense team that successfully represented venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &...
The state Judicial Council made difficult decisions Friday, cutting $10.8 from its court improvement and modernization fund an...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Orange County Judge Gastelum appreciates an accurate report of what happens in his courtroom.
Ventura County Judge Tari Cody adheres to authority and takes time to ensure a correct outcome.
Holland & Knight lawyers argue that city's latest worker friendly law wades too far into labor-management relations. ...
With changes in the past several years to standards for proving willful infringement, some people have questioned whether obta...
The Federal Circuit recently had the opportunity to decide whether to harmonize the claim construction standard in the Patent ...
Although debates over reasonable and nondiscriminatory (RAND) licensing are not new, the IEEE's move breaks with prior practic...
In the short time IPRs have been available, statistics significantly favor the patent challenger. By Anne Cappella, Brian Chan...
The number of associates on the move is increasing. For associates, this is welcomed, good news. By J. Randolph Evans, Shari K...
The Orange County district attorney's office on Thursday filed a notice of appeal challenging a judge's recent sentence that d...
Litigation
Jailed attorney's suit for legal fees and damages tossed
By America Hernandez
The attorney, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison and forced to pay $11.5 million to the SEC for manipulating stock prices...
A Los Angeles judge tossed out a $60 million defamation lawsuit Thursday against three major plaintiffs' firms accused of maki...