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Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Coranavirus raises discussion of vaccinations

Mar. 16, 2020
By Nick Kipley

What would be the legal implications of requiring children to be vaccinated against a disease that might not hit them until ol...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Criminal


A coalition of more than 20 California organizations sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday imploring him to release prison...


Environmental & Energy


In an unexpected move, U.S. District Judge James Donato has opted not to dismiss the lawsuit challenging Assembly Bill 1054 an...


Law Practice


Kevin C. Mayer joined the firm’s products, pharmaceutical, medical and mass tort practice group.


Law Practice


Legal industry facing down pandemic pandemonium

Mar. 13, 2020
By Steven Crighton

Larry Watanabe of legal placement firm Watanabe LLC said the fiscal year’s going to severely sting throughout the legal market...


Labor/Employment, Government


Non-compete provisions, which prevent employees from working for their employer’s competitor or starting a similar trade, inhi...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


The victorious petitioner had warned the case could end PAGA litigation in California


Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb said the deal shouldn’t be considered a treaty in the constitutional sense and thu...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A task force comprised of local and national officials was organized this week by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts...


Legal Education


California’s law schools are taking precautionary measures because of the coronavirus outbreak, ranging from ending bonus poin...


Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on the coronavirus response at a lightly attended press conference conducted large...


Legal Education


Students used to classrooms will have to adapt to learning in front of a screen, although some educators expressed concerns a...


Judges and Judiciary


Second Innings

Mar. 12, 2020

Judge Jacob Blea had 2 careers, 2 shots at law school and 23 years on the bench.


Legal Education


Chapman University Fowler School of Law announced Wednesday that classes will be moved online starting Thursday. According to...


Criminal


In a motion filed by LA prosecutors in January, a woman identified only as a “female acquaintance” of one of Weinstein’s alleg...


Legal Education


Samuel Mirejovsky and Ashley M. Watkins of Sam & Ash LLP, who graduated from the school in 2014, were honored with the nam...


Judges and Judiciary


Plaintiffs’ attorney Kelli D. Burritt said she hopes the lawsuit will help “whoever’s making decisions” understand embattled J...


Judges and Judiciary


2 longtime San Diego County judges retire

Mar. 12, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

Judge Gale E. Kaneshiro, who presided over criminal and appellate cases, has retired after 30 years. Judge Louis R. Hanoian, w...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Three former student-athletes filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA, its Board of Governors and track coach John Remba...


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


In a one-page decision issued Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the preliminary injunction against the policy.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Government


According to 2014 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, attorneys had the fourth highest suicide rate of a...


Judges and Judiciary


In vast but sparsely populated Inyo County, judicial races are sometimes won by razor thin margins of less than 100 votes. On...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


"The first thing we're trying to do is look at innovative ways to make sure these policies aren't something that sit on a shel...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


In another recent address providing a clear contrast to many she gave during the Great Recession decrying funding cuts to the ...


Law Practice, Government


State attorney general seeks to raise staff salaries

Mar. 11, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Attorney General Xavier Becerra says he needs to raise the salaries of some key, hard-to-recruit staff, including those tasked...


The firm moved one block over Monday to the 26th floor of the Century Plaza Towers development, a space Greenberg leadership s...


Law Practice


Joselle Albracht, who is joining the firm's Orange County office, previously served as the assistant attorney general for the ...


One of the largest private prison companies in the United States filed a lawsuit against California, alleging a new law that p...


Civil Litigation


Princess Cruise faces legal action over coronavirus outbreak on ship


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The State Bar does not have a test site in San Diego for the July bar exam for the first time in 30 years and did not make the...