By Cheryl Miller | August 24, 2017
California's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 2016 voter-approved initiative aimed at speeding up the state's death penalty process. The five-member majority held, however, that Proposition 66's strict five-year deadline for courts handling appeals "must be deemed directive rather than mandatory."
By Cheryl Miller | August 22, 2017
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on Tuesday pushed back against criticism of her pleas to federal authorities to stop courthouse arrests of undocumented immigrants, telling a Sacramento gathering that she's challenging arrest policies, not immigration laws.
By Cheryl Miller | August 11, 2017
A retired judge temporarily blocked the gathering of signatures to force a vote on the Santa Clara judge who drew fire for leniency in Stanford swimmer's sexual assault case.
By Todd Cunningham | August 10, 2017
Attorney David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, has been particularly busy since U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Aug. 4 that the Department of Justice would be stepping up its enforcement and prosecution of laws against leaks and could expand the number and scope of subpoenas for journalists. But Snyder wasn't surprised by it. As a matter of fact, he predicted nearly all of it in a Jan. 4 blog titled "Leaks in the Age of Trump – The Coming Flood."
By Cogan Schneier | August 2, 2017
Democratic state attorneys general scored two wins in D.C. Circuit Court in 24 hours allowing them to defend Obama-era health care and environment policies under threat from Republicans and the Trump administration.
By Cogan Schneier | July 12, 2017
A group of prominent lawyers is behind a new lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of Democratic donors against President Donald Trump and Roger Stone, who has advised Trump in an informal capacity.
By Erin Mulvaney | July 10, 2017
Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, identified 49 former clients in a financial disclosure and said he would recuse himself, for up to a year, if any of the companies appear before the agency. Emanuel and fellow NLRB nominee Marvin Kaplan are set for confirmation hearings Thursday.
By Katelyn Polantz and Mike Scarcella | July 10, 2017
Christopher Wray, the King & Spalding white-collar partner who was nominated to replace fired FBI director James Comey, reported earning $9.2 million in his partnership share from 2016 and so far this year, according to financial documents made available Monday. Wray, a King & Spalding partner for nearly 12 years in the firm's Washington and Atlanta offices, also revealed numerous big-name clients in the required disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Wray is set to appear Wednesday for his confirmation hearing.
By Cheryl Miller | July 3, 2017
Dentons partner Jeffrey Bleich is criss-crossing California these days, introducing himself to voters who will decide next year whether he should be the state's next lieutenant governor. The Recorder recently caught up with the Democratic candidate before he took his campaign to Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 23, 2017
C.A. 2nd; B271620 The Second Appellate affirmed a judgment. The court held that a local initiative measure mandating voter approval of any permit application…
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