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After first ruling California’s hate crime law allowed a suit by a former prison inmate to circumvent qualified immunity, a st...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker will depart as executive director on Sept. 7.


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Discovery judge unloads on Uber attorney

Aug. 10, 2017
By Joshua Sebold

The judge overseeing discovery battles in the trade secret litigation in which Waymo LLC accuses Uber of stealing the blueprin...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a mixed bag for plaintiffs suing under the Americans with Disabilities Act, ...


Law Practice


Lawyers get a high level of legal experience at a younger age at Miller Barondess LLP, allowing them to excel more quickly.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Two State Bar charges against a Riverside County deputy district attorney were recently dismissed.


The lawyer for the Google engineer and gender memo writer is likely to come outside of the ranks of California employment lawy...


Civil Litigation


Doctor cross-examined on talc cancer risks

Aug. 10, 2017
By Justin Kloczko

The debate over the science relied upon to determine whether talc use is linked to cancer turned heated during cross-examinati...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A Newport law firm accused of paying people to use their names in class action lawsuits scored a victory in its ongoing litiga...


Civil Litigation, Government


Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a bill ensuring that money judgments in tribal courts are enforceable in California courtrooms.


An appellate court reversed a probate court decision that disqualified Miller Barondess LLP from handling a case concerning a ...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for a medical device manufacturer argued that two former employees suing the company improperly included several do...


Criminal


Judge halts marijuana prosecution

Aug. 9, 2017
By L.J. Williamson

A judge granted a motion for temporary stay in the federal prosecution of a medical marijuana grower who was found to be actin...


Corporate, Health Care & Hospital Law


A federal jury on Tuesday faulted both sides in a contentious dispute over a failed marijuana-themed pharmaceutical venture.


Civil Rights, Labor/Employment


A Google Inc. software engineer who wrote a widely read memo that said biology may contribute to the lack of women in technolo...


Criminal


An attorney trying to get the death penalty dismissed for his client is again seeking to reopen a nearly two-month hearing.


Civil Litigation


Doctor of dying plaintiff testified in the Johnson & Johnson liability trial that she ruled out genetics a contributing fa...


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


A federal appellate panel grappled Tuesday with a case that could establish an unprecedented right that all children are entit...


Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment


An Orange County prosecutor has filed a $5 million claim against the district’s attorney’s office, saying retaliation followed...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Three cities hoping to sue Monsanto Co. for allegedly polluting their water systems had their cases placed on hold by a federa...


Community News, Government


Democratic trial attorneys — and former California attorney general Bill Lockyer — are lining up behind a former Republican wh...


Immigration


Attorneys see more US screening of entry-level visas

Aug. 8, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

Business immigration attorneys say they are receiving more requests for additional evidence from the government regarding cert...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel debated Monday afternoon whether former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul K. Tana...


Civil Litigation


The Johnson & Johnson defense team painted the disease expert as having formed his after being hired by plaintiff’s lawyer...


Corporate


Jennifer L. Kercher is the new general counsel and chief operating officer of former GV exec’s new venture capital firm Sectio...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge appeared unmoved by the arguments made by a group of drivers who are trying to prevent Hyundai Motor America I...


Civil Litigation


A potentially explosive eleventh hour plaintiff’s witness in the Johnson & Johnson talc liability trial was not admitted b...


Criminal


Attorneys for a group of defendants accused of perpetuating a $150 million Medicare fraud scheme asked a judge on Friday for t...


A judge overseeing an unprecedented evidence hearing in a capital case declined Friday to reopen the hearing to more witnesses...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


U.S. District Judge William Alsup recommended that bar lawyer Suzanne Grandt be investigated.