A retired Contra Costa County deputy district attorney lost his effort to press claims his former bosses engaged in malicious prosecution on charges he raped a colleague. Michael Gressett sued the county and nearly a dozen individuals in 2012 alleging…
A state appeals court revived a controversial plan to build a desalination plant on San Francisco Bay in Marin County Wednesday. The First District Court of Appeals found the environmental impact report for the project was adequate, overturning a lower…
A federal prosecutor in Northern California has been tapped for a spot on the San Francisco Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracie Brown, 42, will replace Judge Kevin McCarthy. Brown was one of three lawyers picked…
An antiwar website sued the FBI Tuesday claiming the agency spied on their online magazine, Antiwar.com, and the Libertarian editors of the site. The lawsuit demands the FBI produce records under the Freedom of Information Act and halt surveillance of…
Arizona’s law barring abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy was struck down as unconstitutional Tuesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The unanimous panel held states cannot narrow the terms of the 1973 case Roe v. Wade, which…
Bargain-hunting consumers scored a big victory Tuesday. A company that overstates original prices to falsely claim a “sale” discount may be sued by consumers for false advertising, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Judge Stephen Reinhardt led the…
The cities of Palo Alto and Richmond, California last week accused seven of the world’s largest makers of Lithium Ion rechargeable batteries of conspiracy to fix prices on the batteries used in laptop computers, smart phones and other devices. The…
A federal judge Monday refused to release $28 million of $47 million in attorney fees to Joseph M. Alioto in the mega-lawyer-fee battle between Alioto and a company that lent him money to press on with a major antitrust case. …
The U.S. Senate confirmed by a voice vote Monday the nomination of Michael J. McShane, an Oregon state court judge with a criminal defense background, to a federal judgeship in Oregon. McShane, 52, has served on Oregons death penalty panel…