Criminal, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court throws out Scott Peterson’s death sentence
By Tyler Pialet
A unanimous California Supreme Court ruled the trial was tainted by the exclusion of jurors who opposed the death penalty, but...
Government
A heated debate on state bill to decertify police officers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The biggest drama of the day was probably over a procedural vote on one of the year's most timely and controversial bills. SB ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Rights
LA county says only judicial order, not enforcement procedures, can get church to stop indoor services
By Nick Kipley
In its fourth attempt to get a restraining order against Grace Community Church the county said, notices, citations and fines ...
Los Angeles boutique Cohen Williams LLP announced Roya Ladan joined as counsel Monday. Ladan came from King & Spalding LLP...
Judges and Judiciary, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Signature Resolution grows federal judge roster with former chief magistrate
By Gina Kim
Walsh served for nearly two decades on the Central District of California, including as chief magistrate judge for the last fo...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
In a first, California accredits online-only law schools
By Kamila Knaudt
The Committee of Bar Examiners voted Friday to recognize Concord Law School at Purdue University Global, Northwestern Californ...
Constitutional Law
Religious learning institutions challenge closure orders
By Gina Kim
Teachers, parents and students of religious educational institutions filed a lawsuit against the state over school closures in...
Technology, Government, Civil Litigation
TikTok sues over Trump order, calls president’s decision political
By Winston Cho
While the president has long maintained the video app's Beijing-based parent company ByteDance shares Americans' personal data...
“The issue really is to what extent platforms like Craigslist or YouTube or any other social media sites that rely upon user g...
Real Estate/Development, Government, Civil Litigation
Surviving bill to head off eviction tsunami faces litigation wave if it passes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
If AB 1436 becomes law, Attorney General Xavier Becerra will quickly find himself having to defend its constitutionality in co...
Reeves Immigration Law Group devotes a case team to clients in difficult circumstances.
Immigration, Criminal
Labor contractor sentenced for selling US visas to Mexican farmworkers
By Jessica Mach
The defendant was convicted of traveling to Mexico to recruit farmworkers and charging them up to $3,000 for H-2A visas, in ad...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar gears up for a large number of test-takers who need a lower score to pass
By Craig Anderson
A resolution introduced in the Legislature last week calls upon the state Supreme Court to retroactively apply the newly-lower...
Government, Civil Rights
Protesters block LA courthouse to stop resumption of unlawful detainer proceedings
By Blaise Scemama
Protesters plan to demonstrate again in front of the courthouse beginning Sept. 2 and every day after that, which could lead t...
Orange County Superior Court to resume civil jury trials for certain cases, including aged cases, or those with preference pla...
U.S. judge asks Ruby Princess passengers to clarify exactly when they contracted COVID-19.
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel revives Oracle’s infringement suit against Hewlett Packard
By Winston Cho
Oracle alleged in 2016 that HPE and service support company Terix Computer illegally allowed customers to access Solaris opera...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Wildlife group wants to stop luxury project in fire zone
By Winston Cho
A wildlife protection organization has been challenging approval of a new luxury resort and residential development proposed i...
Labor/Employment, Government
Newspaper industry gets relief in bill headed to Senate floor
By Jessica Mach
The government-ordered shutdowns to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in more than a dozen California newspapers ...
Government
Bills’ fiscal hearings weren’t bloodbath lawmakers feared
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The fate of two measures designed to fend off a new wave of evictions and foreclosures was more muddled, however. The bills, A...
California Supreme Court
Supreme Court will continue video arguments until November 2021
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court will continue holding virtual oral arguments for the remainder of this year and does not plan to trave...
Signature Resolution neutral Roy L. Paul says litigants want to be heard and understood.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
JAMS unveils online case management portal
By Kamila Knaudt
JAMS this week launched an encrypted online case management platform that will allow attorneys and neutrals to access case inf...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LA County supervisors to pay $1.35M for misusing public funds on campaigns
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Under the terms of the settlement, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the state will each receive $600,000. The remai...
Law Practice
Phoenix’s Fennemore Craig merges with Fresno’s Dowling Aaron
By Kamila Knaudt
Fennemore Craig PC, a 135 year old firm with offices throughout the Mountain West, and Dowling Aaron Inc., a full service firm...
Civil Litigation
LA County fails 3rd time to stop church’s indoor services
By Nick Kipley
“The only order the county could argue the church was violating was a county health order, so contempt was not an appropriate ...
Abdallah Osseily was already facing federal charges for bank and immigration fraud. Federal prosecutors Thursday filed papers ...
Civil Litigation, Banking, Administrative/Regulatory
State prosecutors sue FDIC over rule allowing lenders to avoid state interest-rate caps
By Gina Kim
Xavier Becerra joined by seven attorneys general in Administrative Procedure Act complaint against the Federal Deposit Insuran...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Judge removes OC DA from rape prosecution for seeking dismissal of charges
By Winston Cho
Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory Jones ordered District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s prosecutors to turn over evidence to...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel grants one, tosses another habeas petition by convicted murderer
By Tyler Pialet
Martin James Kipp’s argument that his Orange County conviction was a result of erroneous evidence admitted at trial was found ...