Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Neither tenants nor landlords are completely happy with governor’s emergency orders
By Carter Stoddard
The definition of “moratorium” and “ban” are at issue as landlords groups say they are losing long-held rights to their proper...
Government
Quinn partner bests Munger partner in Pasadena City Council race
By Nick Kipley
Incumbent Steven G. Madison, a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, beat back a challenge from Tamerlin J. ...
Criminal
Former public defender’s relationship with law enforcement brings success in DA role
By Tyler Pialet
Modoc County DA Samuel Kyllo has secured 45 state prisons sentences in his first 15 months in office.
Family
Family law attorneys see increase in prenups, divorce filings and custody battles
By Nick Kipley
“What do you do as a parent when the courts are not open?” said B. Robert Farzad, founding partner of Farzad & Ochoa Famil...
Labor/Employment
NLRB rule change aimed at allowing employees more union freedom
By Jessica Mach
Attorneys differed on the significance of the action and whether it could end up hurting cooperation between workers and manag...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Hospitals likely to face protective gear lawsuits, attorneys say
By Winston Cho
Harry Nelson, a Los Angeles partner at Nelson Hardiman, predicted courts will “absolutely see some of those claims asserted,” ...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Latham gets defense win for German automakers in antitrust case
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys with Latham & Watkins LLP scored a defense victory Tuesday for five German automobile manfacturers accused of co...
“We’re getting inquiries from parties to pending M&A deals as to whether there’s a way out for the buyer,” said Richard E....
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
LA County sheriff, sued by National Rifle Association, reverses course, says gun stores are essential
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The move would appear to moot a legal challenge from the National Rifle Association, which claimed the sheriff’s move violated...
Legal Education
Former UC Hastings dean, Frank Wu, named president of Queens College in New York
By Henrik Nilsson
“To be associated with an institution where many students, even to date, pay nothing to receive a high-quality education, that...
As promised, immigration lawyers nationwide who called for immigration court closures have sued the Executive Office of Immigr...
Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
Zoom is sued over privacy failures company says it has fixed
By Justin Kloczko
Despite the changes, the lawsuit contended the damage has been done. It said the company did not go far enough in barring old ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Group tries again to win back non-member union fees paid before Janus decision
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A conservative organization is making another attempt in California to force the return of public employee union fees paid by ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar’s cut score diversity report continues the debate
By Henrik Nilsson
The legal community in California would see a big influx of minorities if the cut score to pass the bar exam is lowered, accor...
Labor/Employment
Rideshare companies begin submitting ballot measure signatures
By Jessica Mach
The initiative, funded by Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, proposes allowing some rideshare drivers to remain independent contractors...
Judges and Judiciary
Civil attorneys praise governor’s lifting of limits on electronic filing and remote video depositions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“What we have is statutes of limitations running during the time the courts are closed, we have trial dates coming and going, ...
Criminal
Video arraignments protect against virus, but provide no privacy
By Blaise Scemama
“I would say the biggest problem has been any degree of confidentiality of conversation between the client and the attorney. T...
Decisions by two federal judges allowing the release of detainees from a California immigration detention facility are prompti...
Law Practice, Corporate
Reed Smith slows partner cash distributions
By Carter Stoddard
The firm says it is taking a cautious approach in light of global events.
Judges and Judiciary
Defense bar ‘outraged’ over Judicial Council changes
By Meghann Cuniff
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye OKs extended deadlines for arraignments, preliminary hearings
The coronavirus pandemic has forced American businesses to a skidding halt. With nationwide quarantines and closures, COVID-19...
Jails could breed virus but officials don’t agree on course of action.
Health Care & Hospital Law
King & Spalding helps health care providers navigate concerns with Covid-19
By Steven Crighton
Hospitals struggling to find the space and supplies they need to treat an anticipated influx of COVID-19 sufferers understanda...
Cody Pfister filmed himself in a Missouri Wal-Mart on March 11 licking 10 containers of deodorant after making a statement abo...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
California attorneys wary of graduates practicing without bar exams during virus crisis
By Henrik Nilsson
“I believe the proposal ignores the basic purpose of a bar examination, which I believe to be the protection of the consuming ...
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act extended unemployment benefits to independent contractors when Presiden...
Law Practice
Criminal defense lawyer joins as partner at Cohen Williams
By Morgan Keith
Michael V. Schafler will make the 11th lawyer at Cohen Williams, a Los Angeles firm that has grown steadily, increasing its at...
Civil Litigation
Volkswagen lawyers say mistrial claims are last-ditch, baseless
By Winston Cho
Awarded a fraction of what they were seeking, plaintiffs’ attorneys “now throw mud at a highly respected federal judge to try ...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
NRA sues governor, LA sheriff over gun store closures
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Californians cannot exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms without such businesses,” the complaint argued.
California Supreme Court
State high court writ seeks partial overturn of LA County court closure
By Justin Kloczko
A Long Beach toxic torts attorney said Los Angles County’s presiding judge closed the courts without making a constitutional f...