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San Diego federal judge Cathy A. Bencivengo has thrown out another COVID-19 related business interruption insurance complaint ...


Education Law, Civil Litigation


Educational malpractice doctrine provides claims regarding quality of instruction is not identifiable under settled California...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The signatories to the letter included 15 deans from ABA-accredited schools who said many students have struggled to prepare f...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that courts have no authority to review the President Donald ...


Criminal


Although he did not yet authorize the government to prosecute the expanded charges, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila found on...


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


Six judges dissented from the rejection of review, arguing a three-judge panel got it wrong when concluding the union violated...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


Santa Ana federal courthouse opens today

Sep. 14, 2020
By Gina Kim

Central District of California's Southern Division reopens today.


Law Practice, Law Office Management


The team advises multinational clients on matters such as large-scale employment strategies and projects, global acquisition a...


Civil Litigation


U.S. judge Cathy A. Bencivengo of the Southern District of California has tossed a SeaWorld passholder's proposed putative con...


Law Office Management


Alex G. Romain, who previously was at Irell & Manella LLP, focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar defense...


Insurance, Entertainment & Sports


Chubb National Insurance responded that there is no contractual right to a policy extension on the same terms.


Criminal


Reimagining his role as a crime preventer as opposed to strictly a crime fighter has allowed his office to reduce its annual c...


Judges and Judiciary


Juvenile delinquency suspects who normally go from arrest to hearing within 24 or 48 hours now must wait a week, according to ...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer found there is no immunity from alleged violations of state law based on federal health care ...


Civil Litigation


Retailers located inside a Torrance shopping center sued Los Angeles County in federal court, claiming the order allowing only...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The Justice Department said the campaign finance violations had to do with the 2016 presidential race and several other contes...


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna will decide whether to order the defendant back behind bars later this month or, as an alte...


Obituaries


Irving A. Kanarek, 1920-2020

Sep. 11, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Charles Manson lawyer's career soared, then crumbled.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Johnson, who was sworn in Aug. 24, fills the vacancy created when Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed then-Commissioner Brooke A. Blec...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The Sino-U.S. International Commercial Co-Mediation Panel is comprised of 22 mediators from China and the United States.


Government, Criminal


The ballot measure aims to expand the list of felonies and sentence enhancements that are considered violent, including hate c...


Civil Litigation


The judge enjoined the 7,500-member church, its pastor, congregations and employees from participating in any indoor worship s...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge William Shubb in Sacramento found there’s not enough evidence to require the Bayer-owned company to includ...


Government


AB 2445 will allow legal guardians of a minor to sue for wrongful death if the child is an orphan. It was passed on an urgency...


Hallie M. Hoffman, chief of the criminal division at the Northern District U.S. attorney's office, dismissed the complaint for...


Since insurance companies and policyholders are often located in different states, insurers have been able to remove actions t...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Utility customers have taken their challenge to Assembly Bill 1054’s wildfire fund up to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...


California Supreme Court


Laura Dougherty of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association said the California high court wants "another case with other facts"...


Cal/OSHA's standards board will consider a recommendation for an emergency rule that would give certain protections to employe...


Judges and Judiciary


No announcement was made about the election of the next assistant presiding judge, which usually take place at the same time.