An Oakland federal judge on Monday struck down San Francisco County’s use of money bail for those suspected of crimes but not ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Counsel admits attorneys represented both defendant and plaintiff
By Justin Kloczko
By most accounts a $67 million class action settlement over water misbilling by the city of Los Angeles resolved quickly and q...
Government, Immigration
Federal judge again blocks bid to withhold law enforcement funds from the state
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A San Francisco federal judge has once again dismissed the Trump Administration’s attempts to withhold law enforcement funds f...
Criminal, Law Practice
Former federal prosecutor joins Theranos defense team at Davis Wright Tremaine
By Meghann Cuniff
Stephen A. Cazares brings 14 years experience as a prosecutor with the U.S. attorney’s office to his new job.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar says more data needed before mandating malpractice insurance
By Erin Lee
The State Bar has been considering mandatory attorney malpractice insurance for nearly a year but needs more data to make the ...
Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
Kavanaugh opinion says “costs” means “costs,” not other expenses
By Blaise Scemama
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered software giant Oracle Corp., which won a copyright infringement case against competitor Rimini ...
Government
Anti-Trump vandals tag federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles
By Blaise Scemama
Graffiti containing the words "Fuck Trump" and an anarchist symbol,often seen on flags waved by self-proclaimed anti-fascists ...
Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
Copyright registration must precede filing of claims, court says
By Steven Crighton
Attorneys say a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday requiring copyright owners to await registration before filing claims should ...
Community News
Cyber threat experts gather at Daily Journal forum in Beverly Hills
By Skylar Dubelko
Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment
NLRB strikes another blow to union nonmember fees
By Andy Serbe
The board ruled Friday that lobbying costs are not representational and that Beck objectors are entitled to third party verifi...
San Francisco-based Lyft Inc., a popular rideshare app, filed an initial public offering estimated at $100 million on Friday w...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Government
Aggressive antitrust actions against tech companies face skepticism and judicial resistance
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The voices calling for antitrust action to break up powerful technology companies are growing louder in the legislative and ex...
Civil Litigation
LA Judge probes why class action settled so quickly, queries attorney fee kickback claim, lawyers representing both sides
By Justin Kloczko
A $67 million class action settlement in a dispute on over-billing for water in Los Angeles involved counsel for the city conc...
California Courts of Appeal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
Appeals panel files misconduct complaint against plaintiff’s attorney
By Erin Lee
A 4th District Court of Appeal panel has filed a misconduct complaint against a plaintiff’s attorney for referring to the ruli...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Kanye West’s publisher resisting singer’s suit seeking rights
By Steven Crighton
If Kanye West hoped a lawsuit against his publisher EMI would cajole them into handing over the publishing rights to his music...
Civil Litigation
Monsanto lawyers query expert witness on inconsistencies in studies
By Winston Cho
A federal jury on Friday heard Monsanto attorneys question a statistician prominently involved in lobbying international regul...
Corporate, Law Practice
Davis Polk managing partner Thomas Reid to be new Comcast general counsel
By Nicole Tyau
After 20 years as general counsel, Arthur Block is retiring from his position as Comcast Corp.'s chief legal officer. His repl...
The former name partner of the international white shoe firm known today as Cooley LLP has died. He was 105.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter’s order calls the govenrment’s arguments ‘disingenuous,’ warns of potential ‘chilling effe...
Corporate, Criminal, Government
PG&E says its equipment probably caused a major fire, but taxpayers could be on the hook.
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said in a financial disclosure filed Thursday that its equipment likely caused the devastating ...
California Courts of Appeal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary
Justice accused of drunken misbehavior at courthouse in new allegations
By Justin Kloczko
New details surrounding the alleged conduct of 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson claims he imbibed alcoh...
California Courts of Appeal, Civil Rights, Family
LA judge’s restraint on lawyer’s free speech reversed
By Blaise Scemama
A state appellate panel has reversed on First Amendment grounds part of a domestic violence restraining order by a Los Angeles...
Colleagues and friends remember Andrew S. Albert as a calm and collected mediator.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel revives lawsuit claiming FBI unconstitutionally surveilled Southern California Muslims
By Nicolas Sonnenburg
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a civil rights lawsuit filed against the Federal Bureau of Investigation in ...
Argosy University, Western State College of Law's parent school, has been kicked out of federal financial aid programs followi...
CBS Chief Legal Officer Lawrence Tu is retiring this week. Assistant General Counsel Laura Franco will take over the position.
Reed Smith, Major, Lindsey & Africa and the Diversity Lab co-hosted an event on Feb. 7 celebrating law firms who achieved ...
Labor/Employment
Could a 3rd category of worker resolve flexibility versus benefits disputes?
By Andy Serbe
The employee-independent contractor dichotomy does not fit many workers, not only in the gig economy but many other sectors, s...
Civil Litigation
Federal judge sanctions plaintiff’s lead lawyer, possibly others, in Monsanto trial
By Winston Cho
A federal judge overseeing a series of cases arguing Monsanto’s weedkiller causes cancer sanctioned the plaintiff’s lead attor...
Criminal, Government
Possible next San Francisco public defender’s career includes politics and law
By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Some attorneys say the two roles are essential for someone who might permanently fill the position of the only elected public ...