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Government, Civil Litigation


Brian S. Kabateck of Kabateck LLP said in a statement the class action filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court is the first...


Real Estate/Development, Government, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs' lawyers say the ordinance was enacted hastily and disrupts the city's rental housing market. The ordinance, passed...


Criminal


Some judges, prosecutors defy new LA DA

Dec. 14, 2020
By Tyler Pialet

Some deputies have refused to withdraw sentence enhancements, as directed by DA George Gascón, while others said they are writ...


Real Estate/Development


Commercial tenants are scrambling to keep their businesses afloat after the state, county and city governments ordered them to...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Prominent plaintiffs’ attorney Joseph Cotchett, who anticipates a number of remaining judicial vacancies when Joe Biden takes ...


Education Law, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


Milbank LLP partner Alex Romain said he went directly to the state high court because the issues presented in the case are of ...


Government, California Courts of Appeal


Juror master list can be disclosed, panel rules

Dec. 14, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Marin County district attorney’s office and the jury commissioner argued releasing the lists would endanger jurors’ privat...


Community News


Each firm was partnered with a non-profit to donate time and legal services on a project basis to celebrate the 25th anniversa...


High risk inmates who refused to move to safer quarters were asked to sign a form stating they understood the risks, stated a ...


Government


AG has $2M in unspent campaign funds

Dec. 11, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The money sits in Xaviera Becerra’s Attorney General 2022 election account. If he’s confirmed as President-elect Joe Biden’s s...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Instead of creating challenges, the pandemic has provided new opportunities, especially in terms of growth, for California’s v...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


As the number of companies launching streaming services continue to rise, so has the demand for executives to run the operatio...


Technology, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Twitter executives made “vaguely optimistic statements” that should have...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The appointment of Luis Cespedes, 68, won praise from judges who have known him for years, several of whom said he’s had an ey...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


Judges without courtrooms are still working every day, helping in some counties with back office work, search warrants and fam...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


Chief justice optimistic about next budget

Dec. 10, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye is now 10 years into her 12-year term. She recently turned 61. She declined to say whethe...


Criminal, Covid Court Ops


"We need the trials to keep happening. But having said that, we want the trials to happen in a more fair and complete way. And...


Technology, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


While Facebook has long maintained its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were not anticompetitive, a coalition of 48 stat...


Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law


The Department of Labor rule makes it harder for employees to make discrimination claims against religiously affiliated employ...


Corporate


The El Segundo based toy maker announced the appointment of Jonathan Anschell on Tuesday.


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal


Since a directive went into effect Tuesday to withdraw sentencing enhancements, at least three prosecutors in DA George Gascon...


Law Practice, Law Office Management, Community News


Morrow said the pro bono firm “would be best served by having new leadership that can bring fresh eyes to the many challenges ...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops



Health Care & Hospital Law, Constitutional Law


While Judge James Chalfant enjoined the county’s order, restaurants in California will still be precluded from offering outdoo...


Technology, Securities, Civil Litigation


In a countersuit against Disruptive Technology Associates founder Alexander Davis, Kenneth Rickel alleged he was cheated out o...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


San Diego County Judge Truc T. Do would become the first Vietnamese-American on the 4th District Court of Appeal if she is con...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


David A. Mason resigned from the bench Oct. 31 and agreed not to serve in a judicial capacity ever again, according to a commi...


Real Estate/Development, Government


The tumultuous events of 2020 will set the agenda, at least in the early going. For Republicans, that will mean trying to conv...


One bill would eliminate the discretion of superior court presiding judges in setting bail schedules for their counties and in...


Labor/Employment, Government


The bills were introduced the same day the Bank of America, which has contracted with the Employment Development Department to...