June 14, 2016
A California federal judge Tuesday rejected Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s bid for sanctions against federal prosecutors for mishandling grand jury information in the case over events surrounding the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, ruling prosecutors did violate federal code but their mistake was harmless.
June 09, 2016
Federal prosecutors are battling Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s bid to exclude two key witnesses from the upcoming trial over events surrounding the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, telling a judge Wednesday that PG&E was notified of the witnesses in plenty of time and federal rules allow them to be present.
June 03, 2016
Federal prosecutors on Thursday pushed back at Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s assertion that the government lied to the grand jury that indicted the utility for events surrounding the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, arguing there is no basis for suppressing evidence or tossing the indictment.
May 27, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday largely denied Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s bid for certain documents in the government's suit over a deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, but said the government must hand over ministerial grand jury records.
May 25, 2016
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Tuesday told a California federal judge that prosecutors lied to the grand jury that indicted it for events surrounding the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion and asked that he toss the indictment, ahead of a trial set to begin next month.
May 12, 2016
Federal prosecutors urged a federal court Wednesday not to lift the privilege that is currently protecting thousands of "attorneys' eyes only" documents exchanged in the criminal trial against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. over events surrounding the deadly 2010 explosion of a gas pipeline in San Bruno, California.
April 19, 2016
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. cannot exclude evidence of a catastrophic 2010 pipeline explosion in California from its trial starting next week on charges that it flouted safety rules and blocked a federal investigation, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
March 08, 2016
U.S. District Judge Thelton E. Henderson on Monday vacated a March 22 date for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to go to trial on criminal charges stemming from a catastrophic 2010 pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, after counsel for the utility complained they had recently been buried under 30,000 pages of evidence.
March 07, 2016
From legal industry intrigue to Silicon Valley showdowns, this year's trials have a little something for everyone. Federal prosecutors will take their second shot at a pair of former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives in a slimmed-down criminal retrial, while Apple and Samsung enter a fourth trial in their sprawling war over smartphone patents. Here, Law360 takes a look at five of the most interesting trials that 2016 has to offer.
February 23, 2016
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. urged a California federal court Monday to exclude evidence in the federal government's criminal case against it over a 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people, saying the explosion is not an essential element of the charged offenses.