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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday revived a whistleblower case against Gilead Sciences Inc. in which former empl...


California Courts of Appeal


The 3-0 decision from the 4th District Court of Appeal is not a full victory for the city of Santa Ana and its attorneys.,


California Bar


The agency’s deal with the California Department of Justice covers prospective lawyers who submitted their fingerprints on Jul...


After seven months of jury trial, the prosecution has rested in a corruption case alleging San Bernardino County officials acc...


Nicholas Howe, first year associate at Jones Day, is a two-time NCAA champion and the UC San Diego record holder in the javeli...


California Supreme Court


Some legal experts had been spoiling for a fight, hoping for a referendum on the powers of the California Coastal Commission a...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge George Wu issued a tentative ruling before Thursday’s hearing stating that he would likely grant a motion ...


A public defender trying to show the sheriff’s department can’t be trusted to turn over all evidence in a capital case rested ...


Civil Litigation


Union sues state agency for worker information

Jul. 7, 2017
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A 90,000-member, health care union has sued the California Department of Public Health to force the agency to share the contac...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


San Francisco County Superior Court judges are being asked to give up one day’s pay a month as part of the court’s efforts to ...


Labor/Employment, Media


A lawsuit that terminated cartoonist and blogger Ted Rall filed against the Los Angeles Times may soon go off the rails.


Labor/Employment, Media


A lawsuit that terminated cartoonist and blogger Ted Rall filed against the Los Angeles Times may soon go off the rails.


Labor/Employment, Media


A lawsuit that terminated cartoonist and blogger Ted Rall filed against the Los Angeles Times may soon go off the rails.


Obituaries


Dean J. Smith, 1962-2017

Jul. 7, 2017
By Shane Nelson

Taylor Blessey LLP partner Dean J. Smith, who specialized in medical malpractice defense cases for more than 25 years, died Ju...


Community News


Members of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices performed June 14 as the rock band ‘Attractive Nui...


Community News



Law Practice


Once combined, the new firm operating under the Clark Hill name will have 16 offices across the nation.


Civil Litigation


A putative class of Pasadena drivers has filed suit against the city council, demanding a refund of fees and fines collected p...


“I’m not going to sit here and say nobody may have violated something with respects to informants,” Sheriff Sandra Hutchens sa...


Depending on who is being asked, eviction defense nonprofit Basta is either a savior or an annoying racket that is clogging up...


Immigration


Immigration attorneys are split over the merits of a proposed Obama administration-era immigration rule that seems unlikely to...


A brake sensor failure in certain Nissan North America vehicles was triggered even when there wasn’t an issue, making matters ...


Law Practice


State Bar staff have proposed raising the law schools’ annual reporting and inspection fees to try to reduce a $279,000 struct...


Government, Immigration


‘Sanctuary state’ bill passes Assembly committee

Jul. 6, 2017
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

A bill that would limit cooperation between state and local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities moved closer ...


Law Practice


Covington has hired longtime O’Melveny white collar defense mainstay Carolyn Kubota, who will bring to her new firm an extensi...


Entertainment & Sports


A five-year legal battle over digital exploitation of "The Hobbit" franchise was laid to rest on Monday with a settlement betw...


Civil Litigation


Robert Yakushi said the vehicles at issue met external and internal safety standards.


California Supreme Court, Government


By a 4-3 vote, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that Proposition 47 does not affect judges’ broad discretion to deny resen...


Civil Litigation, Government, Judges and Judiciary


Lawyers for the Commission on Judicial Performance have filed an initial brief in a case challenging the state auditor’s autho...


California Supreme Court, Criminal


With its chief justice dissenting, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Riverside County prosecutor’s use of statements...