Law Practice, Community News
Orrick Herrington joins Legal Innovators to recruit diverse attorneys
By Henrik Nilsson
The two will collaborate on a pilot program allowing for two Legal Innovators lawyers to join Orrick's incoming class of law s...
Government
Court construction fund could be insolvent soon, report finds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Legislative Analyst’s Office repor argues the current system is based on a shaky funding source that one account could beg...
One bill would limit uncorroborated testimony from in-custody informants to misdemeanor prosecutions and finding facts in aggr...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal
US judge mulls orders on vaccine priority for state’s prisoners
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar did not rule out ordering California to immediately provide more vaccines to the California D...
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Girardi’s brother objects to trustee’s eviction motion
By Craig Anderson
Trustee Jason M. Rund was blocked from the property on Jan. 25, prompting his motion earlier this month to remove Thomas Girar...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Privacy lawyers move from Facebook, Apple to law firms
By Kamila Knaudt
S. Ashlie Beringer rejoined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Palo Alto as partner and co-chair of the privacy, cybersecurity...
The DOJ's position in early January had been "that the [California] regulation effects a per se taking of petitioners' propert...
Government, Criminal
Gascón says he quit DA assocation; they say he wasn't a member
By Tyler Pialet
El Dorado County DA Vern Pierson, president of the California District Attorneys Association, said George Gascón "has not been...
Government
Bill introduced to declare religious services essential
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lawmakers in Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia are also considering Religion is Essential Acts.
Government
Bill aims to make public amounts paid to settle suits against law officers
By Tyler Pialet
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, is trying to shine more light on this process with a proposed measure introduced l...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Covid Court Ops
Money for court case backlogs will likely leave them treading water
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Governor’s proposals not likely to lead to significant increase in service levels,” the agency warned in its analysis of Gov....
Securities, Health Care & Hospital Law
CEO of Sunnyvale lab settles SEC charges over COVID test
By Winston Cho
Rena Schena’s husband, the former president of Arrayit Corp., still faces regulatory and criminal charges that he misrepresent...
Composed of workers who already earn high wages and competitive benefits, the growing number of unions in the tech industry re...
Law Practice, Community News
Allen Matkins to support Black Impact Fund with legal and financial help
By Kamila Knaudt
“We decided that as a firm, we needed to take action to advance the causes of diversity and racial justice rather than simply ...
Judges and Judiciary
Court workers appear to have been bumped in priority for vaccination
By Blaise Scemama
While no one has taken credit for the change, a union representing public defenders along with several prominent judges, inclu...
Law Office Management, Community News
Senior partner celebrates 50 years with Murchison & Cumming
By Kamila Knaudt
Friedrich W. Seitz said his fondest memories include serving as managing partner for more than 20 years and participating in t...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court to clarify retaliation claim standard
By Jessica Mach
The case that prompted the 9th Circuit to seek clarification involves a former employee at PPG Architectural Finishes Inc., a ...
Mono County DA was intense, laughed easily, loved outdoors
Technology, Civil Litigation
Eavesdropping Siri claim of harm is speculative, US judge rules
By Winston Cho
Consumers have lodged similar complaints against Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa over the devices listening in on them wit...
Legislators are proposing bills to implement some of nearly a dozen recommendations included in an 89-page report released Tue...
Northern District chief prosecutor David L. Anderson is the latest U.S. attorney in California to resign following a request f...
Law Office Management, Community News, Civil Litigation
Brian Panish has millions of reasons to say, 'Don't be afraid of bench trials'
By Henrik Nilsson
The star plaintiffs' litigator has pushed for courts to get back to business. His big personal injury verdict this week might ...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit skeptical of objections to $13M cy pres award
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys objecting to a $13 million cy pres settlement of a lawsuit reached between class counsel and Alphabet-owned Google r...
Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
State appeals justices should be allowed to semi retire, some say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Appellate attorney Michael G. Colantuono, a former State Bar president, noted California already has a system for allowing app...
Labor/Employment
US to rescind rule on religious exemptions for contractors
By Jessica Mach
An assistant U.S. attorney unveiled the plan Tuesday in a memo asking a Southern District of New York judge to stay proceeding...
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden requested the resignations of nearly all of the nation's U.S. attorneys.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar threatened with lawsuit over facial recognition technology
By Henrik Nilsson
The technology is used as an anti-cheating device but some say it is disproportionally inaccurate in identifying people with d...
Labor/Employment, Government
State Labor chief tapped for Biden administration post despite critics
By Jessica Mach
If Wednesday's nomination is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Su would be second in command at the U.S. Department of Labor. Bide...
Deputy district attorneys said the judge’s injunction order was far more extensive than described by DA George Gascon in his n...
Civil Litigation
LA judge awards $23.7M to motorcyclist hit by truck
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The plaintiff and his wife were represented by a team lead by Brian J. Panish with Panish Shea & Boyle LLP in Los Angeles....
