July 26, 2016
The U.S. government on Tuesday accused Pacific Gas and Electric Co. engineers of willfully prioritizing profits over upholding federal safety standards in closing arguments of a California federal criminal trial over the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.
July 19, 2016
A California federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to strike government exhibits and testimony from a criminal trial over the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.
July 11, 2016
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Monday asked a California federal judge to toss out evidence prosecutors introduced in a criminal trial over the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion while questioning a former employee, who the company said admitted to having no firsthand knowledge of the documents.
July 06, 2016
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. challenged the government's attempts to introduce dozens of records in a criminal trial over the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion Tuesday, one day after the company accused prosecutors of trying to use a subpoena to reinvestigate an obstruction charge.
July 01, 2016
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. asked a California federal judge Friday to bar dozens of regulator records from its criminal trial over the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline blast, saying there's no witness with the authority to add the documents to the record.
June 29, 2016
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused a bid by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to block a swath of evidence from its criminal trial over claims it deliberately mishandled records of a San Bruno pipeline, leading to a deadly 2010 explosion, calling it premature and chastising the utility for seeking to revisit a prior order.
June 24, 2016
This year has been big on high-profile media and entertainment trials with plenty of courtroom drama. Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan drove a thriving new media company into bankruptcy over a sex tape, with the help of a Silicon Valley billionaire. Meanwhile, Led Zeppelin won a copyright suit over the opening guitar notes to "Stairway to Heaven." Here, Law360 takes a look at five of the most interesting trials we've seen so far in 2016.
June 22, 2016
Some federal safety regulations describing when natural gas pipes must be inspected are vague, the government's engineering expert conceded in a California federal court trial Wednesday as Pacific Gas & Electric Co. defended against criminal charges that it violated safety laws leading up to a fatal 2010 San Bruno gas line explosion.
June 21, 2016
A federal prosecutor launched day two of the California criminal jury trial of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. by calling a drilling engineering expert in a bid to show that the utility violated natural gas pipeline safety regulations leading up to the fatal 2010 San Bruno gas line explosion.
June 17, 2016
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately mishandled the maintenance records of a San Bruno pipeline, leading to a 2010 explosion that killed eight, injured 58 and damaged 108 homes, a federal prosecutor told a California federal jury during opening statements Friday in PG&E's criminal trial.