Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Hastings center honors prominent judge and attorneys
By Christer Schmidt
The honorees are Senior Judge William Fletcher of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, employment defense attorney Fred W. A...
Civil Litigation, Government, Legal Education
Hastings’ descendants sue to block name change, or be paid back
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Despite the college’s success as the state’s first public law school and its long history of educating lawyers and encouragin...
Civil Litigation, Government
Jury takes 15 minutes to acquit retired FBI agent of indecent exposure
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“While there was overwhelming evidence that he did not fit the description of the accused, he was nonetheless prosecuted for a...
Civil Litigation, Data Privacy, Government
Former Uber chief of security guilty of hiding a 2016 data breach from federal regulators
By Jonathan Lo
Joseph Sullivan’s trial was watched by lawyers in the cyber and security industries because he is the first corporate executiv...
When trial is over, defendants hear what Judge Jonathan B. Conklin thinks.
Civil Litigation, Government
Jury convicts former FBI agent of taking bribes from attorney
By Skyler Romero
“This sends a strong message that if there are any corrupt federal law enforcement agents who are engaging in bribery, we’re g...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
Plaintiffs’ appeal loss to Sutter Health, blast magistrate judge ‘errors’
By Craig Anderson
Constantine Cannon LLP partner Matthew L. Cantor argued in his opening brief to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that U.S...
Securities
SEC sues attorney related to 'billion-dollar' Ponzi scheme
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The FBI shut the company down in 2018 and its founders, Jeffrey and Paulette Carpoff, filed for bankruptcy and were convicted ...
Labor/Employment
US judge suggests less experienced attorneys be chosen for FedEx trial
By Jonathan Lo
During a pretrial conference, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland said he prefers “junior lawyers, lawyers who are wo...
Civil Litigation, Government
Judicial Watch sues state official for getting YouTube video removed
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Judicial Watch Inc. sued Secretary of State Shirley Weber in federal court last month, claiming her Office of Elections Cyber...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Fennemore Craig PC is extending its growth spurt in California
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“The addition of our Orange County office represents a significant step toward our strategic goal of developing dominant, cros...
Legal Education
Hastings professor hired to encourage more juvenile law attorneys
By Christer Schmidt
UC Hastings College of the Law professor John Myers’ project is meant to survey law schools about their course offerings on ju...
Entertainment & Sports, Law Practice
Firm that represents creators moves to L.A.’s West Adams area
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Donaldson Callif Perez LLP, which represents independent creators in film, television and web-based material with an emphasis ...
Discipline, Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge says discipline charges lack context
By Laurinda Keys
Judge Tony R. Mallery says in filing that the Commission on Judicial Performance is embroiled in a local dispute.
Legal Education
Golden Gate offers smaller classes, full tuition for 1st year
By Christer Schmidt
Other resources at the Golden Gate University School of Law are set to be expanded. These include law clinics, double the amou...
Government
Governor signs record 997 new laws, including major overhauls
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Among the coming changes are how the state addresses crime, homelessness, mental health, climate change, abortion and other is...
Civil Litigation, Family
Window for all ages to file child abuse suits closes soon
By Skyler Romero
“The window is about to close, probably forever, for many, many people to bring a civil claim,” Paul T. Llewellyn of Lewis &am...
Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court will hear challenge to platform content immunity
By Craig Anderson
"Anything that narrows the scope of Section 230 will change the internet," said Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara Unive...
Civil Litigation, State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar asks court to enforce subpoenas in Girardi probe
By Federico Lo Giudice
“The investigation is intended to identify actions by anyone with ties to the State Bar that may constitute malfeasance in how...
Administrative/Regulatory
Opinions clarify path for consumer protection cases in federal courts
By Jonathan Lo
Polaris Industries Inc. was sued by people injured while operating vehicles it sold that were allegedly misrepresented as foll...
Environmental & Energy, Judges and Judiciary
U.S. attorney names environmental justice coordinator for Central District
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Protecting the environment is critical to the work of this office and our Environmental Justice Coordinator will support our ...
“In any given day I can have 50 cases, possibly, mornings and afternoons, plus other matters: motions, probations violations. ...
Zweiback Fiset & Zalduendo founder fights cases like a tennis match
Appellate Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Native Americans
Late Indian law expert didn’t misrepresent himself, judge rules
By Federico Lo Giudice
U.S. District Judge Robert S. Huie addressed six motions in a case dealing with an alleged breach of attorney-client contract ...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Monster seeks punitives, injunctive relief after $293M Lanham Act verdict.
By Federico Lo Giudice
A federal jury in Riverside ruled in Monster Energy’s favor on false advertising and trade secrets claims over its claims abou...
Labor/Employment
Amazon biased against Asians, whites, Pacific Islanders, suit says
By Federico Lo Giudice
The proposed class action says Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners program offers extra $10,000 contracts to Black, Latino and ...
AB 759, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, moves district attorney and sheriff elections to presidential years. So those who won fou...
Civil Litigation, Government
LA water bill case continues, with those who say they were left out
By Skyler Romero
The water bill class members appeared Friday to present their cases for appeal against special master Barbara Barkovich’s fina...
“These funds will be used to satisfy the vast majority of outstanding fire victim claims held by certain federal agencies that...
Civil Litigation, Government
Jury is out on ex-FBI agent accused of taking bribes
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The defendant exploited his position as an FBI agent for his own personal profit and that’s what the evidence has shown,” Ass...