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Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


The Commission on Judicial Performance has issued a severe public censure to a judge who tried to avoid responsibility for run...


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


The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down First Amendment claims advanced by an Alaskan partygoer who said police officers a...


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


A team of Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah Inc. attorneys secured a $15 million settlement in binding arbitration ...


Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court


A split U.S. Supreme Court limited some defendants’ ability to remove class actions to federal court.


Legal observers praise attorney Kenneth R. Feinberg as “the perfect guy” to mediate settlement discussions in litigation betwe...


Government, Labor/Employment


Employers would be barred from firing a worker without cause within 90 days of a sexual harassment claim under a bill passed b...


Labor/Employment


On the third day of testimony in a wrongful termination case, the chair of the California Institute of Technology’s engineerin...


Government, Intellectual Property


A bill just passed by the Assembly takes aim at a pharmaceutical industry practice that some argue delays access to some lower...


California Supreme Court, Criminal


Any consequential, judicial-based changes to California’s pretrial detention system must wait for a futurecase, after the stat...


California Supreme Court, Criminal


Newsom must redo sealed clemency requests

May 28, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

Gov. Gavin Newsom has until June 5 to resubmit clemency requests for six twice-convicted felons whose criminal records were se...



Reality Check

May 28, 2019

Privacy is just one issue Courtney Greene-Power must navigate at the game creator Niantic


California Supreme Court, Criminal, Civil Litigation


The 2nd District Court of Appeal said Thursday it is inclined to allow victims in the Porter Ranch litigation a restitution he...


Government, Law Practice


Despite the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate funding to an organization providing legal aid to low-income American...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A disbarred British solicitor and an expert witness testified in support of certain aspects of the solicitor's malpractice su...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Plaintiff law firm opposes utility’s motion to disqualify them from Woolsey Fire case


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar licensing fee would rise from $315 to $460 annually under new legislative amendments introduced this week. The b...


Criminal, Government, Tax


An attorney known for making his living from lawsuits citing the Americans with Disabilities Act was indicted on three tax eva...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, California Supreme Court, Intellectual Property


The state Supreme Court has declined to address federal appellate court questions on public performance rights for pre-1972 so...


Labor/Employment, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Two former Morrison & Foerster LLP associates have offered new details about allegations the firm provided negative refere...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee is seeking a limited remand from the 9th Circuit to finalize her decision


Bankruptcy


A bankruptcy judge approved Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s plan for a $105 million assistance program for wildfire victims...


Civil Litigation


Officials from the California Institute of Technology testified Thursday an in-house investigation found no evidence a researc...



Building Trust

May 24, 2019

Mediator Lesley Green’s bench experience and hard work help put parties at ease.


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Government, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


The Federal Trade Commission says its antitrust suit triumph against Qualcomm Inc.’s so-called “no license, no chips” model wi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Declining multiple defense motions to instruct the jury on how to interpret a lawyer’s testimony on law firms’ duty to their c...


Criminal


All felons in Los Angeles county who believe they were wrongly convicted can now apply to have the district attorney’s office ...


Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal


For nearly two decades, the 82-year-old Sacramentan Jerome H. Sprague has fought regulatory agencies in court. Dozens of state...


Law Practice


Knobbe Martens partner opens boutique IP firm

May 23, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

A longtime partner at Knobbe Martens has started her own firm, hoping to seize on an intellectual property law landscape she s...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The jurisprudential tapestry left behind by late 9th Circuit liberal stalwart Judge Stephen Reinhardt continues to unravel, as...


Government, Labor/Employment


The state Assembly has approved a bill that would bar employers from requiring an arbitration agreement as a condition of empl...