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Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


A superior court jury awarded $5.3 million to a former FedEx Corp. employee who accused the company of failing to adequately a...


Banking, Bankruptcy, Government


The judge overseeing the Pacific Gas and Electric Corp.’s bankruptcy approved the utility’s request to fully tap into $5.5 bil...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit weighs Arizona voter laws en banc

Mar. 28, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

An attorney for the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday urged an en banc 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to strike do...


Civil Litigation


Jury awards $80M in Monsanto cancer trial

Mar. 28, 2019
By Winston Cho

A unanimous federal jury awarded a 70-year-old man more than $80 million after finding Monsanto recklessly marketed and sold m...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Intellectual Property, International Law


Despite the judge’s warning he’s not interested, parties appear to be relitigating a copyright infringement case in a trial ov...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


Senate confirms Trump’s fourth 9th Circuit pick

Mar. 27, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to an Arizona seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...


Government, Labor/Employment


The unanimous jury verdict underscores a trial marked by an unusual amount of evidence for gender discrimination cases, despit...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy


9th Circuit sits en banc to mull EPA pesticide challenge

Mar. 27, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc Tuesday appeared concerned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...


Entertainment & Sports, Government


Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, is on the West Coast promoting a new book.


Criminal, Government


Members of the state Senate Public Safety Committee provided a display of bipartisanship in the money bail debate on Tuesday, ...


Intellectual Property, International Law


The European Union's Copyright Directive endured no small measure of criticism on its way to passage. But it's given content c...


The wire and bank fraud charges in California could be overshadowed by an expected forthcoming grand jury indictment.


Coming up on JAMS’ 40th anniversary, the alternative dispute resolution provider is expanding its international arbitration ca...


Civil Litigation


The family of a mentally ill woman fatally shot by two Long Beach Police officers on Jan. 15, 2017 won a $9M verdict on Friday...


Government, Civil Litigation


3rd attorney for LA resigns

Mar. 26, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

The head of the Los Angeles ity attorney’s civil division and a key figure in the water and power billing fiasco has resigned,...


Civil Litigation


DOJ pursues more charges against arrested Avenatti

Mar. 26, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

Monday’s charges followmultiple civil court allegations that he misappropriated client funds, and authorities said they’re con...



Government


Warning: No goals for $75M worth of pretrial reviews

Mar. 26, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California is poised to spend $75 million on pretrial assessment pilot projects without a clearly defined set of goals, the st...


Entertainment & Sports


NCAA to appeal paid athletes ruling

Mar. 26, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

The decision handed down by a federal judge in Oakland decided the practice of not paying collegiate athletes beyond the limit...


Law Practice


Emerging dental technology company Sonendo Inc. enlisted industry veteran Jacqueline Collins as the company’s first general co...


Government


Monsanto says it conducted every required test

Mar. 26, 2019
By Winston Cho

Key Monsanto executives said Monday the company conducted every test demanded by regulatory agencies as the second stage of th...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Immigration


The family of a woman shot and killed by an immigrant living in the United States illegally lost its latest bid to hold the Ci...


A family law attorney has been charged in connection with a fatal car crash, the Ventura County district attorney's office con...


Civil Rights


The plaintiff’s attorney said the case is about civil rights but the lawyer for the city of Baldwin Park said it’s about money.


Civil Litigation


In what is believed to be the largest award in a wrongful death suit in Ventura County history, a jury awarded $30 million Mon...


Banking, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Michael J. Avenatti was charged in Los Angeles Monday with federal bank and wire fraud for allegedly embezzling a client's $1....


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court


It’s en banc week at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but one case previously set for oral argument in San Francisco is ...


Criminal, Entertainment & Sports, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Many high profile Los Angeles attorneys found themselves caught up in Pellicano’s wiretap orbit, not all by choice.


Environmental & Energy, Government


Gov. Gavin newsom said he is suspending regulatory and environmental regulations to expedite 35 priority projects designed to...


Law Practice


Fox Corp. taps GM deputy GC to be chief litigator

Mar. 25, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

Fox Corp. hired Jeff A. Taylor as executive vice president and chief litigation officer, the company said in a statement Friday.