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Criminal, Government, Civil Litigation


Plaintiff’s attorneys say they’ll appeal a judge’s ruling that gutted their nine-claim case against Orange County.


Contracts, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


If an arbitrator’s excoriating remarks directed at Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. executives for fraudulent self-dealing doesn’...


Civil Litigation


Class action seeks to block Tesla purchase

Feb. 28, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

Tesla Inc. bought energy-storage company Maxwell Technologies for $218 million, but a new class action by Maxwell’s shareholde...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government, Judges and Judiciary


Former attorney general candidate gets public censure

Feb. 28, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Citing “a broad spectrum of misconduct on and off the bench spanning the entire course of his career,” the Commission on Judic...


Civil Litigation


A wrongful death lawsuit filed against prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck claims a combination of race, class and high-flying ...


New allegations of prosecutorial misconduct concerning recorded calls between an Orange County jail inmate and his attorney ha...


Civil Rights, Government


A federal judge’s finding that male-exclusive military drafts are unconstitutional marks a substantial victory for a litigious...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government


Trump's 3rd successful nominee confirmed to 9th Circuit

Feb. 27, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg

The U.S. Senate voted along party lines to confirm President Donald J. Trump's third successful nominee to the 9th U.S. Circui...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment


Two former union members alleged that the union’s status as their exclusive bargainer violates their First Amendment rights.


Government, Education Law


While Western State College of Law and its parent, Argosy University, attempt to pull themselves out of debt, $13 million in f...


Labor/Employment, Law Practice


A female former shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC opposed an attempt by the firm to shunt her dis...


Civil Litigation


State ends its role in Porter Ranch litigation

Feb. 27, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

A Los Angeles judge has signed off on a $119.5 million settlement between Southern California Gas Company and state and local...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge on Tuesday told a cancer-stricken man arguing that exposure to Monsanto’s weedkiller caused his cancer to get ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Appellate Practice, U.S. Supreme Court


The unanimous decision is a win for defense counsel at Hueston Hennigan LLP of Los Angeles.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment


9th Circuit trims damages, but plaintiff declares victory

Feb. 27, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated $3 million of an $11 million whistleblower verdict on Tuesday, but upheld ot...


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


The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated a federal appeals court decision establishing that prior pay may not be used to justify sal...


The federal judge overseeing hundreds of cases arguing Monsanto’s weedkillers cause cancer wasted no time reining in an attorn...


Obituaries


There wasn't enough time in the day for San Francisco Public Defender Jeffrey G. Adachi. Adachi, who died Friday night at a S...


Government, Civil Litigation, Native Americans


Judge mulls how deep tribe’s water rights go

Feb. 26, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

A California Indian tribe and the state’s water agencies argued in federal court Monday in a case that may have wide-reaching ...


Government


Calling a consumer privacy law passed last year “just the beginning,” Attorney General Xavier Becerra and state Sen. Hannah-Be...


California Courts of Appeal, Labor/Employment


In the case decided Monday, Baker Electric argued that a trial court erred in holding the plaintiff’s PAGA claim could not be ...


A trial underway in Orange County is the first for a group of defendants arrested in a 2017 worker’s compensation fraud invest...


A judge overseeing the collective Thomas Fire lawsuits tentatively denied Monday Ventura County’s motion to quash access to ke...


Law Practice


Two Los Angeles attorneys, killed last week in a Kern County plane crash, were identified Monday by friends and colleagues as ...


Criminal, Government


The San Francisco District Attorney's office announced Monday it's now cleared a total of 9,362 marijuana-related convictions ...


Criminal, Government


As the only California county with an elected public defender, San Francisco has a long way to go before a sense of permanency...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor/Employment


Google is the first major employer to end forced arbitration in all employment cases.


Criminal, Government, U.S. Supreme Court


Funds from assets that are not paid to victims of crimes as restitution are normally fed back into the criminal justice system...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law


The fight over the American Bar Association’s passage standard is set to drag on at least until May, following a unanimous Fri...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco County jury found that Monsanto Co.’s signature weed killer caused a dying man’s cancer last year, but the con...