Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge engaged in misconduct, special masters find
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The report doesn't make a specific recommendation of removal or other punishment for Judge Tony R. Mallery.
McGeorge law professor was influential voice for legal education
Litigation & Arbitration
McKinsey’s $230M opioid settlement gets judicial OK
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The settlements also include attorney fees of $31 million for lawyers representing the government plaintiffs and $2.3 million ...
Labor/Employment
Lawsuit: Fake court interpreters use real interpreters' identities
By Skyler Romero
A lawsuit has been filed against One Call Corporation, a health care network management company, by the Association of Indepen...
Labor/Employment
Fanatics executive fights DraftKings’ noncompete in California
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Fanatics VIP President Michael Z. Hermalyn is challenging noncompete agreements he signed with his former employer, DraftKings...
The City and County of San Francisco have asked a judge to allow their attorneys to depose Rodrigo Santos, the founder of Sant...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge delays decision on Uber's request to pause sex assault MDL
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer indicated during the hearing that he was unsure of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
The ballot measure would require majority votes on any state proposals that raise taxes, requiring legislative approval for in...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lawsuit over homeless conditions in Orange County returns to state court
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a decision by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter to hear the case in federal co...
Deputy Federal Public Defender Seema Ahmad urged U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland to consider a second competency analysis ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sublime band sues attorneys over business deal losses
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit says the firm did not disclose a conflict before representing the band and their one-time manager in the same tran...
Health Care & Hospital Law
US News: San Francisco can’t dig into hospital rankings
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The San Francisco city attorney is using his position “to engage in viewpoint discrimination and … is proceeding as though he ...
Education Law
McGeorge School of Law at 100: The overlooked powerhouse
By Malcolm Maclachlan
McGeorge has a large and growing list of successful alumni. In addition to dozens of other prominent people around the state C...
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP partner Adam B. Powell argued Apple seeks to unnecessarily further delay Masimo’s patent c...
Litigation & Arbitration
Lawsuit claims Stanley drink cups risk lead exposure
By Skyler Romero
The lawsuit, filed by John Rushing and Ryan McCarl of Rushing McCarl LLP, targets Pacific Market International LLC, which make...
Real Estate/Development
Real estate firm failed to include breach protections in lease, lawsuit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Park Place was concerned that tenant was ‘judgment proof,’” Jennifer L. Keller of Keller/Anderle LLP wrote in the complaint.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Biden administration sides with state on gig worker law
By Craig Anderson
A 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals en banc panel is reconsidering a March ruling by a three-judge panel that ordered U.S. District ...
Environmental & Energy, Government
25 counties settle hazardous waste suit against Tesla for $1.5M
By Wisdom Howell
In the complaint, San Joaquin County District Attorney Ronald J. Freitas detailed California’s “cradle to grave” legal struc...
Zela Claiborne excels at disputes where parties must work together in the future, lawyers say.
The dinner was postponed last year because of a hotel union strike.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole already had an office in Orange County.
The aging courthouse has been closed to the public for most of January because of burst water pipes.
Government
US and California square off over whether federal rule on 'ghost guns' is stringent enough
By Craig Anderson
Senior U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen, in describing the dispute, said the statute left unregulated many products that can...
Class Action
Shock Doctor says demurrer will end case, asks discovery stay
By Wisdom Howell
"I know all defense counsel thinks their demurrer is dispositive but if it is then it ends the case and we don't need to go t...
About 1,000 people attended the event that honored David Rudorfer of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP, Los Angeles County Presid...
Civil Litigation
Marine, tort litigator is new president of defense counsel group
By Wisdom Howell
Marine Corps instilled his leadership traits, said Edward Tugade, new president of the 700-member Association of Defense Couns...
Judges and Judiciary
US Senate confirms Kirk Sherriff as federal judge in Fresno
By Craig Anderson
The 54-45 vote for the assistant U.S. attorney brings the regularly short-staffed Eastern District court back to its full stre...
Litigation & Arbitration
Woman who accused horse trainer of rape wins $9M
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“It was some vindication for her to have a judge actually say this man raped her. In a small way, it could help her begin heal...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
Judge: Background check for each bullet buy is unconstitutional
By Craig Anderson
“This law, like most of California’s gun control laws, has not made anyone safer. But it has made it much more difficult and e...
Environmental & Energy
Whittier hasn’t recorded oil field easement deed, suit says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“While the city has never explicitly refused to record the conservation easement deed, at some point the delay must be seen as...