The bench ruling from U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer marks the first bench trial to find Walgreens liable for public nuisance claims in the nationwide multidistrict litigation stemming from the ongoing opioid epidemic, according to San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu.

Judge Frank Roesch said that language in the voter-approved ballot measure illegally infringes on the Legislature's role of overseeing the state's workers' compensation system.

In this week's episode, business of law reporter Patrick Smith and McDermott Will & Emery chairman Ira Coleman discuss how to change the current law firm model to emphasize personal and professional fulfillment.

California's Second District Court of Appeal found that a trial judge offered good reasons for capping attorneys fees in the case, including the plaintiffs' "incivility."

Law enforcement officials and privacy experts dissect the question of who may be legally at fault for cybersecurity breaches during the Capitol siege.

The requested temporary restraining order would have required Uber to inform all California drivers that it would not use any information it had gathered about how drivers plan to vote on Proposition 22 against them.

"The People counter, correctly, that a party suffers no grave or irreparable harm by being prohibited from violating the law and that defendants' financial burdens do not rise to the level of irreparable harm," wrote Associate Justice Jon Streeter of California's First District Court of Appeal.

The delivery service is the latest gig economy company facing an injunction brought by California officials to reclassify workers as employees.