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Judges and Judiciary


While policies requiring face masks in court have not been especially problematic during the limited in-person hearings, when ...


Proposed bills acknowledge the reality that the state is now filled with countless individuals and businesses that won’t be ab...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing in a lawsuit between the state prison system and attorneys representing a class of...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The Judicial Council established a working group of 22 judges and court executive officers Tuesday to compile and publish a gu...


Saying, "Such claims may be brought in the superior courts of appropriate counties," the state high court for the third time d...


Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation


A not-for-profit organization filed a complaint against California's Department of Human Resources on Tuesday, alleging the it...


Civil Litigation


Beauty salons, stylists and barbers statewide are waging a constitutional war against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s non-essential busine...


Orange County Trial Lawyers Association donates 1,000 masks to general public.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The workplan contains critical dates for when various steps should be met from now until the bar exam results are released Dec...


Civil Litigation


More than 10,000 workers who said they suffered psychological trauma monitoring sensitive content for Facebook agreed to a $52...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


An attorney not admitted to practice in California and representing more than a fifth of all wildfire victims might have had a...


Labor/Employment


Since layoffs and furloughs introduced labor shortages, some salaried employees who are exempt from state wage and hour laws h...


Zoom Video Communications dropped from third-party privacy class action, for now.


Real Estate/Development, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


A group of real estate agents filed an antitrust lawsuit Monday against the National Association of Realtors and its subsidiar...


There are 13 certiorari petitions concerning qualified immunity in Friday’s conference, indicating to several observers the ju...


State Bar & Bar Associations


AB 3362 would drop the annual active bar dues by $34, to $395. Inactive memberships would also drop $5.60 to $97.40. The bill ...


Judges and Judiciary


Prior to her appointment, Dashman handled insurance defense, personal injury and real estate at Haapala, Thompson & Abern ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


“We’re definitely concerned that less than 50% of graduates from law schools accredited by the American Bar Association would ...


Government, Civil Litigation, Banking


Accountants, attorneys, consultants and loan brokers are suing big banks for refusing to compensate for all of the work they p...


Government


Tesla disregarded an Alameda County stay-at-home order on Monday by reopening its Fremont factory in an escalating feud over w...


Government, Constitutional Law


A superior court judge overseeing the Orange County beach closure dispute held off on making a ruling Monday, saying it wasn’t...


Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court Judge Michael Harper succeeds Burlingame attorney Nanci Nishimura of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP as chai...


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


The 2015 settlement between the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Center for Constitutional Righ...


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


Judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel seemed likely to revive actor Ashley Judd’s sexual harassment claim agains...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


Just 26.8% of State Bar applicants passed the February exam, down from 31.4% last year, the bar announced Friday.



No Sugarcoating

May 11, 2020

From the website to the careful choice of clients, Farzad and Ochoa Family Law Attorneys LLP says it deal in facts, not false ...


Judges and Judiciary, Bankruptcy


Congress urged to name more bankruptcy judges

May 11, 2020
By Winston Cho

A group of bankruptcy and business professors is urging Congress to appoint temporary bankruptcy judges and increase court cap...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


A request by medical groups for an emergency legal immunity order is so broad it would nullify claims unrelated to Covid-19 an...


Fresno Superior Court to resume limited operations as two employees came into contact with a person who had COVID-19.


Constitutional Law


Gov. Gavin Newsom faces more constitutional challenges, this time from a handful of Californians who say some of their most im...