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Legal Education, Government


In a letter to law enforcement members on Monday, Gascón announced he would convene a Use of Force Review Board composed of po...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Alice Stebbins, former executive director of the California Public Utilities Commission, alleged the commissioners resisted he...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a very brief order, the appeals court denied an injunction sought by a Chula Vista church but sent the case back to the dis...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


The courts closed to the public with exceptions for criminal preliminary hearing witnesses, and attorneys and defendants in ma...


Government, Criminal


Literally dozens of names of members of Congress, the California Legislature and local officials in the state immediately sta...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


While coordinating the move of 100 attorneys and 75 other employees into an 85,000 square foot office at the Century City Plaz...


Technology, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit challenged Uber’s alleged failure to address serious safety problems and claimed they were intentionally neglected...


Government, Criminal


Beginning Tuesday, DA George Gascón said his prosecutors will decline to file charges in most low-level misdemeanor cases, end...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two circuit judges appointed by President Bill Clinton peppered Andrew J. Pincus, a partner with Mayer Brown LLP, with skeptic...



Trust Issues

Dec. 7, 2020
By David Houston

Injury firm Peacock Law has worked hard to earn confidence in the safety personnel community.


Gascón said he wants to build bridges with prosecutors in his office who oppose his views on the criminal legal system.


Judges and Judiciary


Amid a surge in infections and the unconfirmed revelation that seven judges at the Stanley Mosk courthouse and three at the Me...


Real Estate/Development, Government, Bankruptcy


AB 1885 came together in just a few days in late August, near the end of the legislative year, and it will increase the so-cal...


Technology, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Edward Davila found certain conditions likely locked people out of the $500 million settlement, leading to...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Lawyer mobility is a challenge for firms, bar

Dec. 7, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

According to Allison Martin Rhodes, partner and deputy general counsel at Sheppard Mullin, state-by-state licensing requiremen...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


Orange County lawyer arrested on fraud charge

Dec. 7, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Moses R. Luna, 73, is facing 20 felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly creating a translation and interpreting company...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Newsom appoints 2 new State Bar Board Trustees

Dec. 4, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

Melanie M. Shelby, managing director at Gray, Greer, Shelby & Vaughn, and Mark W. Toney, executive director at The Utility...


Government, Criminal


Nathan Ballard, who worked with Gov. Newsom while he was mayor of San Francisco, faces felony counts of spousal and child abuse.


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


The church's application for injunctive relief was treated as a writ of certiorari by the court and granted, instructing the 9...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


On the brink of bankruptcy as a result of business loss due to the pandemic and government closure orders, some business owner...


Labor/Employment


Filed Thursday with the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, the lawsuit follows an investigation the Departmen...


Law Practice, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The cigarillo maker prevailed in the matter involving a competitor.


Civil Litigation


>Seeking a temporary restraining order to enjoin the county from implementing the ban, the California Restaurant Associatio...


Criminal


The California Supreme Court will decide whether the state Constitution requires capital case juries to agree on the death pen...


Education Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


Harmeet K. Dhillon, who sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over his remote learning mandate, is now fighting for an injunction on behalf o...


U.S. District Judge Edward Davila has pressed for the trial to begin as soon as possible. It’s been rescheduled twice from Oct...


Immigration


9th Circuit blocks public charge immigration rule

Dec. 3, 2020
By Craig Anderson

The panel affirmed orders by district court judges in the Northern District of California and the Eastern District of Washingt...


Civil Litigation


Set to take effect Jan. 1, the ban would bar retailers from selling a “flavored tobacco product or a tobacco product flavor en...


Labor/Employment


Workers began detailing allegations of discrimination or harassment by their employers on social media. Complaints were filed,...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The complaint, filed Monday, follows employee unrest and the departure from Pinterest of one of the most high-profile executiv...