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Circuit judge ‘makes it clear what the sticking point is and communicates it.’


U.S. Supreme Court, Technology, Administrative/Regulatory


Conservatives on the Supreme Court have expressed deep misgivings about the powers of federal administrative agencies.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Halpern May Ybarra Gelbert LLP will do the investigation. “We have been proactively doing everything in our power to learn fro...


Sid Fohrman has worked on deals that expanded the use of music in exercise, social media and gaming.


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Government


Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned against using Fulgent Genetics’ services because they might stare DNA information with China, t...


Torts/Personal Injury, Government, Civil Litigation


Cost of signature collecting dooms some propositions

Jan. 25, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Civil Justice Association of California said last week it was reevaluating three proposed initiatives that would cap attor...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Brian Danitz of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, part of the team representing the plaintiffs, said, “This case demonstrate...


Judge helps divorcing couples ‘make the right decision,’ lawyers say.



Targeted Approach

Jan. 24, 2022

Los Angeles boutique Mancini Shenk’s wager on cannabis industry litigation has paid off.


San Joaquin County judge says civil attorneys should be social engineers.


Technology, Civil Litigation


Plaintiff Tammy Rodriguez, represented by Jennie L. Anderson of Andrus Anderson LLP in San Francisco, claims her daughter Sele...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Judge Burke E. Strunsky, who was elected to a six-year term on the bench in 2016, said Friday he has taken a leave of absence ...


Judges and Judiciary


“I remain committed to the judiciary’s role in securing equal justice under the law and will continue to render substantial ju...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Council budget proposes 23 new judges

Jan. 24, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

According to the Judicial Council’s 2020 Judicial Needs Assessment, the courts with the greatest needs remain Riverside and Sa...


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


“There is no emergency here,” wrote U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns, noting that there are safeguards in place to prevent r...


Torts/Personal Injury, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A spokesperson for a business group that sought to place the measure on the November ballot refused to confirm the effort is a...



In the blood

Jan. 21, 2022
By David Houston

Mediator Gretchen Taylor devoted career to family law


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


The nomination of Judge Holly A. Thomas, who was on the Los Angeles County court, cleared the Senate on a partyline vote Thurs...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


“From my perspective, this is a fallback position that says, ‘Even if we can’t get all the way in the door, at least we can ge...


LA judge went from graphic design and printing to prosecutor


Technology, Civil Litigation


Santa Monica attorneys Jonas B. Jacobson and Simon C. Franzini of Dovel & Luner LLP filed the consumer protection lawsuit ...


Judges and Judiciary, Discipline


Budget grows for defending judges accused of misconduct

Jan. 21, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The current year spending amounts to more than $700 for every superior court judge and commissioner and appellate court justic...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal


“It’s getting kids closer to home rather than sending them far away to have rehabilitative intervention,” said Katherine Lucer...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Judge Lawrence VanDyke wrote the opinion and a concurrence that included a whithering critic of his liberal colleagues for uph...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Civil Litigation


Federal Judge Cynthia Bashant appointed Monteverde & Associates and Kahn Swick & Foti as colead counsel for a securiti...


Judges and Judiciary


Seven retired judges, all over 70 and over the cap, said the court system is unfairly denying them the ability to serve as tem...


Judges and Judiciary


Biden nominates judges for Fresno and San Diego

Jan. 20, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Judges in the Eastern District and Southern District have pleaded with the president to fill vacancies to ease their workload.


Technology, Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a decision by Chief Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern Distr...


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


Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux was sworn in as the first Latina bankruptcy judge in the Central District of California.


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Covid Court Ops, Civil Litigation


Some courts are set to resume trials next week

Jan. 20, 2022
By Blaise Scemama

Federal and state courts in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and other counties have paused all jury trials amid the sur...