U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rules for state in First Amendment challenge to alcohol sale law
By Kevin Lee
California laws that prohibit alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers from exerting influence over retail stores are lawful regu...
Stanislaus County Judge Ann Ameral says she has 'about 780' kids in dependency court.
By narrowing the scope of the court's injunction in an infringement dispute over actor Dan Aykroyd's vodka line, District Judg...
Government
State budget deal includes more money for dependency counsel, legal aid
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislative leaders announced a budget deal on Tuesday morning that adds funding for courts and leg...
Cloud computing company VMware Inc. defeated a $110 million intellectual property case brought by Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Judge says LA County bar violated its bylaws
By Justin Kloczko
A superior court judge said Tuesday that the Los Angeles County Bar Association violated its bylaws but he won't grant a preli...
Attorneys for a retired professional baseball player facing federal prison for insider trading believe misconduct and irregula...
Lawmakers said they were troubled that the agency failed to arrange for notifications when attorneys are arrested or to conduc...
Litigation
Toxicology company, but not its owner, must pay $14.6M, judge rules
By Eli Wolfe
The owner of a toxicology company will not be personally liable for damages owed to a medical factoring company after a judge ...
Criminal
OC grand jury disputes judge's jailhouse informant focus
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Orange County's Grand Jury called a judge's ongoing evidence hearing in a capital case a "witch hunt" in a report released Tue...
Amidst a management shuffle, Herbalife International Of America Inc. confirmed last week that Mark J. Friedman, the company's ...
Judges and Judiciary
Admonished judge takes his case against CJP to US Supreme Court
By Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke Jr., who said he's been wrongly admonished by the Commission on Judic...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges who will, judges who won't
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP
In Louie Castoria's June 9 article, he posits that there are two types of people on the Supreme Court and in law firms as well...
An attorney for a Milpitas-based technology company asked a jury Monday for $110 million in damages from cloud computer giant ...
The case against Pupil Transportation Cooperative was headed for trial next week.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit blocks Trump travel ban, citing a different rationale
By Chase DiFeliciantonio
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck another blow against the Trump administration's travel ban Monday, following ...
A marketing company's battle for a share of the profits derived from a diamond-shaped flash drive came up short after a Santa ...
Litigation
Brazilian nonprofit can seek punitive damages from Google, judge rules
By James Getz
A Santa Clara County judge who in February struck a small Brazilian nonprofit's bid for punitive damages against Alphabet Inc....
A roundup of recent transactions and the lawyers involved.
Labor/Employment
McDonald's able to substantially minimize its damages in overtime trial
By Matthew Blake
What was often a very confusing bench trial regarding McDonald's Corp. and overtime allegations under the state's Private Atto...
Perspective
There is no double standard for Trump
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP
Most of us lawyers have understood since at least our first year of law school that an actor's intent is often the difference ...
Attorney moves and promotions and new firms from around the state.
Daily Journal Staff Writer A Santa Monica developer's attempt to ward off a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RI...
Public Interest
Haynes and Boone honored for pro bono work in Orange County
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP
Haynes and Boone LLP will be honored as pro bono law firm of the year by Orange County's Public Law Center at the Volunteers f...
Government
Courts, legal advocates score more state budget money — for now
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The state Legislature has approved new funding for dependency counsel and legal aid, as well as four new judges for Riverside ...
Kirtee Kapoor, a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner known for handling complex and cross border deals, died in a train acci...
Retired U.S. magistrate judge Stephen J. Hillman, who sat on the Central District bench for 22 years, died June 5.
A Santa Clara County judge has granted preliminary approval for a $7.5 million settlement in a securities class action against...
San Joaquin County Judge Ronald Northup says lawyers should be able to rely on his decisions.