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


Federal law enforcement officers in California may soon be barred from obtaining search warrants in state court, depending on ...


U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes has recommended the 2006 terrorism conviction of a Lodi man be vacated.


Government, Immigration, Labor/Employment


A tweet from President Donald Trump regarding a much debated high-skill visa program likely referred to a proposed regulation ...


Corporate, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


A shareholder lawsuit against Google parent company Alphabet Inc. claimed its board of directors approved substantial payouts ...


Environmental & Energy, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether California labor laws can be applied to oil riggers working on ...


Entertainment & Sports


Whether a juror in the Todd McNair NCAA defamation trial whose employer Latham & Watkins LLP previously filed briefs for t...


Government, Education Law


A school for special needs children is fighting an order that it can no longer accept public funds after the death of an autis...



Out of the Box

Jan. 14, 2019
By Sean Kagan

Taylor & Patchen LLP draws top talent to its offices in San Francisco’s Ferry Building.



Positively Pleasant

Jan. 14, 2019

Attorneys say Judge Emma Smith's upbeat attitude will help in Riverside mental health


Criminal, Environmental & Energy


Plaintiffs’ attorneys praised a San Francisco federal judge’s proposals for imposing additional oversight as a part of the Pac...


Government


Newsom’s first budget is cheered by court officials

Jan. 11, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a courts-friendly budget Thursday, prompting praise from California’s chief justice and others.


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


Two previously deported unauthorized immigrants from Mexico who committed robbery are deportable, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...


Government, Labor/Employment


The city attorney, elected in 20014, said the plaintiffs were used to an office atmosphere of settling cases and low performance.


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a federal judge was wrong not to let an Arizona woman provide expert test...


Environmental & Energy, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos has taken over the nearly 300 coordinated cases filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court over the...


Labor/Employment


Developer accuses unions of ‘greenmail’

Jan. 11, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

Developers behind a $150 million project in Los Angeles have filed a federal lawsuit claiming labor unions attempted to blackm...


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Los Angeles County will no longer accept fax filings for complex civil cases beginning April 1, completing a phase into electr...


In Recess


The Big Picture

Jan. 11, 2019
By Skylar Dubelko

In law or behind the lens of a camera, David Altschul captures the full landscape of humanity.


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Actress Ashley Judd's sexual harassment claim against producer Harvey Weinstein brought under a state civil code protecting vi...


Growth in the Los Angeles market has been modest at best for the firm but that may be about to change, legal industry insiders...


California Courts of Appeal, Criminal


In a huge win for indigent defendants caught in the revolving cycle of poverty and court fees, a panel of state appellate judg...


Government, Labor/Employment


Core tenets of a #MeToo bill vetoed by the governor last fall have been reintroduced as separate bills, for consideration unde...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Gibson Dunn lawyers, defending Uber Technologies Inc. in an antitrust suit, claim Quinn Emanuel should be disqualified due to ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The state Supreme Court has approved an Orange County deputy district attorney’s six-month suspension for failing to disclose ...


Government, Civil Litigation


The state Senate has settled with a former staffer for $350,000, one of the largest payouts in the history of the Legislature.


Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


The Supreme Court decided unanimously on Tuesday that in the presence of a clear delegation clause, the arbitrability of a dis...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar is projecting an operating deficit for the third year in a row, and is proposing a 30 percent increase in attorn...


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


A federal law making it a crime for people who have entered the U.S. illegally to possess firearms is consistent with the Seco...


Judges and Judiciary, Obituaries


Alice A. Lytle, the first African-American woman to serve as a superior court judge in California history, died Dec. 21. She w...


The government has no “constitutional duty” to provide ongoing mental health treatment to families formerly separated at the U...