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Criminal


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


By most accounts a $67 million class action settlement over water misbilling by the city of Los Angeles resolved quickly and q...


Government, Immigration


A San Francisco federal judge has once again dismissed the Trump Administration’s attempts to withhold law enforcement funds f...


Criminal, Law Practice


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


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


The U.S. Supreme Court ordered software giant Oracle Corp., which won a copyright infringement case against competitor Rimini ...


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


Attorneys say a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday requiring copyright owners to await registration before filing claims should ...


Community News



Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment


The board ruled Friday that lobbying costs are not representational and that Beck objectors are entitled to third party verifi...


Securities


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


The voices calling for antitrust action to break up powerful technology companies are growing louder in the legislative and ex...


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


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


If Kanye West hoped a lawsuit against his publisher EMI would cajole them into handing over the publishing rights to his music...


Civil Litigation


A federal jury on Friday heard Monsanto attorneys question a statistician prominently involved in lobbying international regul...


Corporate, Law Practice


After 20 years as general counsel, Arthur Block is retiring from his position as Comcast Corp.'s chief legal officer. His repl...


Obituaries


William W. Godward, 1913-2019

Mar. 4, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The former name partner of the international white shoe firm known today as Cooley LLP has died. He was 105.


Intellectual Property


Judge rejects forfeiture of Mongols trademarks

Mar. 1, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter’s order calls the govenrment’s arguments ‘disingenuous,’ warns of potential ‘chilling effe...


Corporate, Criminal, Government


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


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


A state appellate panel has reversed on First Amendment grounds part of a domestic violence restraining order by a Los Angeles...


Obituaries


Andrew S. Albert, 1950-2019

Mar. 1, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

Colleagues and friends remember Andrew S. Albert as a calm and collected mediator.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a civil rights lawsuit filed against the Federal Bureau of Investigation in ...


Education Law


Argosy University, Western State College of Law's parent school, has been kicked out of federal financial aid programs followi...


Law Office Management


CBS Chief Legal Officer Lawrence Tu retires

Mar. 1, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

CBS Chief Legal Officer Lawrence Tu is retiring this week. Assistant General Counsel Laura Franco will take over the position.


Community News


Reed Smith, Major, Lindsey & Africa and the Diversity Lab co-hosted an event on Feb. 7 celebrating law firms who achieved ...


The employee-independent contractor dichotomy does not fit many workers, not only in the gig economy but many other sectors, s...


A federal judge overseeing a series of cases arguing Monsanto’s weedkiller causes cancer sanctioned the plaintiff’s lead attor...


Criminal, Government


Some attorneys say the two roles are essential for someone who might permanently fill the position of the only elected public ...