9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights
Ventura County should not have closed gun shops, circuit panel says
By Craig Anderson
Judge Lawrence VanDyke wrote the opinion and a concurrence that included a whithering critic of his liberal colleagues for uph...
Civil Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions
2 firms named to lead suit over GW Pharmaceuticals merger
By Jonathan Lo
Federal Judge Cynthia Bashant appointed Monteverde & Associates and Kahn Swick & Foti as colead counsel for a securiti...
Judges and Judiciary
Challenge to lifetime temporary judges cap meets skepticism
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Seven retired judges, all over 70 and over the cap, said the court system is unfairly denying them the ability to serve as tem...
Judges and Judiciary
Biden nominates judges for Fresno and San Diego
By Craig Anderson
Judges in the Eastern District and Southern District have pleaded with the president to fill vacancies to ease their workload.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Intellectual Property, Technology
Broadcom suit against Netflix moved from Texas to California
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a decision by Chief Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern Distr...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary
New bankruptcy judge worked for low-income debtors
By Kamila Knaudt
Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux was sworn in as the first Latina bankruptcy judge in the Central District of California.
Civil Litigation, Covid Court Ops, Criminal, Judges and Judiciary
Some courts are set to resume trials next week
By Blaise Scemama
Federal and state courts in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and other counties have paused all jury trials amid the sur...
Law Practice, Technology
Wilson Sonsini hires top privacy attorney from FTC
By Jonathan Lo
Maneesha Mithal most recently was associate director of the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protec...
LA family law judge has criminal and health care experience.
Judge David Swift’s challenge: moving cases while letting parties speak
By David Houston
LA judge, ex- entertainment lawyer, handles family law
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Armored car company sues over seizure of cannabis clients’ cash
By Kamila Knaudt
The Institute for Justice, which is representing Empyreal Enterprises, announced the lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of...
Law Practice
Two longtime San Francisco attorneys join forces to form new complex civil litigation firm overlooking the Embarcadero
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary
Justice of 3rd District with lagging caseload may be nearing exit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Justice William J. Murray Jr. has written no opinions, published or unpublished, since Dec. 8. He turns 65 on Jan. 27, making ...
Civil Litigation, Criminal, Technology
Manslaughter prosecution of Tesla driver appears to be first
By Craig Anderson
The criminal and civil litigation raise a host of issues involving liability both for attorneys representing victims, drivers ...
Civil Litigation, Criminal
Tentative denial for DAs to stop conduct credits scheme
By Kamila Knaudt
Last month, a different judge temporarily barred the prisons department from enacting the rule change, which would increase go...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology
What becomes of Activision’s workplace woes following deal?
By Blaise Scemama
The Santa Monica game creator is under a federal consent decree and faces a state lawsuit over allegations of a discriminatory...
Attorneys at Hudock Employment Law Group routinely help businesses out of sticky situations.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary
9th Circuit questions attorneys on judge’s dismissal of $44M jury verdict
By Craig Anderson
The case involves a long-running antitrust complaint by Trendsettah USA Inc. against tobacco manufacturer Swisher Internationa...
Civil Litigation, Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government
Deputy DAs suit over George Gascón’s hiring of public defenders moves forward
By Kamila Knaudt
“The more public defenders there are, the less available remedy there is, if at all. The district attorney has made no indicat...
Civil Litigation, Real Estate/Development
Suit to stop Tejon Ranch development over fire risks can proceed
By Blaise Scemama
Developers failed to account for the wildfire risks from surrounding lands, Judge Mitchell Beckloff said.
Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment
Judicial Council won’t say how much it’s paying firm
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Daily Journal obtained an email showing the agency has denied a request for "judicial administrative records showing the a...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Technology
California, other states appeal dismissal of Facebook antitrust case
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In June, U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg in Washington, D.C. ruled the state attorneys general had waited too long...
Civil Litigation, Technology
Apple to pay $14.8M for misleading iCloud storage claims
By Jonathan Lo
“Apple lacked the necessary infrastructure to provide this service at the time it sold it. Unbeknownst to plaintiffs and the p...
Government, Intellectual Property, Judges and Judiciary
California attorney wins US Senate Committee OK as patent office chief nominee
By Craig Anderson
Four Republican senators said they were satisfied Katherine “Kathi” Vidal, a Winston & Strawn LLP partner in Menlo Park, w...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
PAC to help challenged LA judges says it has $300,000 for 2022 elections
By Blaise Scemama
The group of 300 judges said if a judge is ever challenged in either a judicial election or a recall attempt, the PAC will pro...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal
Suspension of Speedy Trial Act may go to US Supreme Court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The effort points at a larger question: at what point must federal courts start dismissing charges because the ongoing COVID p...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment
Covid longhauler sues over denial of disability benefits
By Blaise Scemama
Of the 40 million Americans who have been diagnosed with Covid, one in four have developed long term ailments, according to a ...
Family, Law Practice
Men’s divorce specialists Cordell & Cordell opens Newport Beach office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I was galvanized by guys who were my clients and trying to get primary custody of their children. Even though they were the b...
Civil Litigation
Avenatti files $94M claim saying imprisonment was retaliation
By Kamila Knaudt
The claim alleges the government is liable for the actions of its employees including alleged intentional and negligent inflic...
Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Public defender says DAs’ fentanyl murder warnings are illegal
By Kamila Knaudt
The warnings are used to prove implied malice in a subsequent murder charge and are similar to a “Watson” advisory for convict...
