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State Bar & Bar Associations


A Sacramento judge appointed a receiver to unwind the practice of the late immigration and civil practice attorney Alex Gortin...


Civil Litigation


6 DAs settle deceptive ad case with Amazon

Mar. 26, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The case centered on the definition of terms including “list price” and “was.” The plaintiffs argued the company used these wo...


Government, Civil Litigation


Homeless advocates sue to recall Sacramento mayor

Mar. 26, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint says there is a dispute over how long an elected city official must be in office before a recall campaign can be...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


In the 29-page opinion, Supreme Court Justice Mariano Cuellar wrote that California’s current bail system, which conditions “f...


Technology, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Rule update: Lawyers must maintain tech competency

Mar. 26, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

With the change to Rule 1.1 that went into effect Monday, addressing competency, lawyers now must “keep abreast of the changes...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Newsom appoints 18 superior court judges

Mar. 26, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

More than half the new judges are Asian, Black or Latino. Three are in their 60s, six are in their 50s and one is under 40. Th...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


“At this point I don’t see how you can fix this,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said. “This is a wonderful thing for the...


Civil Litigation


USC to pay $842M to sex abuse plaintiffs

Mar. 26, 2021
By Jessica Mach

Each of the 702 plaintiffs will be entitled to an average of $1.2 million — about 12 times more than what thousands of other a...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


“If they’re willing to talk to the California attorney general and the attorneys general of several states trying to reach glo...


Criminal


Alameda County Assistant Public Defender Richard Foxall had filed a motion alleging at least seven prosecutors in the office h...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Exclusion from Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not result in antitrust violations, federal judge says.


Law Practice


The Utah Supreme Court made changes last year which resulted in a two-year regulatory sandbox that allows applicants to experi...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


While she found Genentech's failure to notify her of a case that weakened its position troubling, U.S. District Judge Janis L...


Civil Litigation


The case involved a $30 million loan the late Hong Kong billionaire Chen Din-Hwa made to his daughter through his investment c...


Technology, Labor/Employment


“Even in a state like California, which is pretty regulatory and generally employee friendly, there are really very few regula...


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


Circuit says open gun carry can be outlawed

Mar. 25, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

In a 7-4 decision by an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Jay S. Bybee, writing for the majority, ...


Government


Legislator Robert Bonta named new AG

Mar. 24, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The appointment followed a weekslong campaign by Asian American groups urging Newsom to choose an Asian American nominee. Bont...


Technology, Law Practice, Government


Bill to give public more court access moves forward

Mar. 24, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

AB716 adds “remote access” to the state’s definition of public access to the courts, bars courts using remote access to a part...


Law Office Management


The team formerly with Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP includes: Sharon R. Klein, office chair and chair of the privacy,...


Civil Litigation


“We dismissed the lawsuit because of the changed condition in the community’s spread of COVID-19 in LA County,” Public Counsel...


At the request of District Attorney George Gascon the board of supervisors appointed former federal prosecutor Lawrence S. Mid...


Caltech and a researcher are in court in a qui tam action over alleged misappropriated research grants in a solar energy proje...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


Caesars sues insurers for $2B in COVID losses

Mar. 24, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Attorneys for Caesars filed the lawsuit Friday, claiming it gave COVID-19 sick pay to more than 15,000 employees and had more ...


Technology, Labor/Employment


As workers across the nation continue to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and businesses continue to reopen, a new trend may be e...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Attorney David Lira cited California Labor Code Section 2802, which requires an employer to “indemnify his or her employee for...


Law Office Management


Jenner & Block launches San Francisco office

Mar. 23, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

The firm announced that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Ann O’Leary, will become co-chair of the government controv...


Civil Litigation


Eric V. Traut, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, said Monday the complaint was prompted by findings from a four-month USA Gymnas...


Government


Anticipation heats up for name of new attorney general

Mar. 23, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Many predict it will be an Asian American, but there are several candidates that have been discussed over the past few weeks.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Board of Governors voted March 18 to strip Girardi of his Hall of Fame title...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law


The rule gives a limited number of organizers access to farm property during nonwork hours for three hours a day, for as many ...