Eastern District of California also allowed to suspend trials for a year.
Government, Criminal
Most virus-related prison releases are young inmates, convicted of crimes against persons or property
By Blaise Scemama
Of the 3,496 inmates released on expedited parole, more than 2,000 are between the ages of 25 and 39, while only 107 are 60 an...
Labor/Employment
Judge rules lifeguards don’t have to wait for similar union dispute decision pending in 9th Circuit
By Gina Kim
Southern District Judge Dana M. Sabraw refused to pause a lawsuit filed by a group of lifeguards suing the California State La...
Judges and Judiciary, Insurance
No more Woolsey Fire status conferences until July
By Gina Kim
Status conferences in the Woolsey Fire mass tort action in Los Angeles County Superior Court have been vacated until July 7 am...
Labor/Employment
Davis Wright continues California expansion with privacy litigator
By Nicole Tyau
The firm had been pursuing Persson for a while, said privacy security and technology practice co-chair Nancy C. Libin.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Limited Central District operations extended to June 1
By Gina Kim
Further measures have been taken for Central District court operations amid public health emergency, ceasing the majority of o...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
US judge postpones Theranos trial until October
By Winston Cho
“We need to make sure the environment is safe and ensure to our jurors that the court can ensure their safety such that they h...
Labor/Employment
After messy arbitration fight, CoreLogic settles labor suit for $6 million
By Meghann Cuniff
The case exemplifies what plaintiff attorneys say is a growing labor defense tactic aimed at hindering mass filings.
Government, Criminal
Some crime victim advocates call for responsible inmate releases
By Tyler Pialet
“When survivors are surveyed on what kind of priorities they want to see in the criminal justice system, the majority of victi...
Law Practice
Summer associate programs are shorter, but firms are committed to them
By Henrik Nilsson
Recalling the recession in 2008, when law firms canceled summer programs, leaving students without job offers or work experien...
Under the governor’s late Tuesday order all discharge hearings will be held via video conference “to minimize the youths’ and ...
Criminal
Advocates push for resource equity between prosecutors and public defenders
By Tyler Pialet
Faced with steep funding cuts and low staffing levels, indigent defendants’ attorneys are often overburdened with massive case...
Government
US judge seeks LA living in vehicles compromise in ‘real time’
By Meghann Cuniff
At a status conference Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter directed attorneys to work out a l...
The utility originally intended to use interest accrued in its $13.5 billion settlement with wildfire victims to pay the penal...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Oakland judge keeps antitrust case against bail bond industry alive
By Craig Anderson
An Oakland federal judge has kept alive an antitrust class action accusing California’s bail bond industry of a long-running c...
Labor/Employment
Plan to restart business provides relief and hurdles for employers
By Jessica Mach
The governor’s plan to require businesses to reshape their workspaces to give workers and customers more physical space betwee...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Bar group recommends changes in exam topics
By Henrik Nilsson
Administrative law and procedure might be a future topic, while professional responsibility, trusts, wills, community property...
Civil Rights
Churches’ suit against governor’s orders cites century-old precedents
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Supreme Court precedent and California precedent both hold you can’t quarantine people who aren’t sick or aren’t proven to be...
Civil Litigation
Last trial amid shutdown produced $1.7M plaintiff’s verdict
By Justin Kloczko
A jury trial that was on its seventh week in Santa Barbara County received permission from the chief justice to proceed as the...
Jeffrey D. Morton specializes in intellectual property in the life sciences space, and Steffi Gascón Hafen is a tax specialist.
Labor/Employment
Arbitration feud escalates between Postmates and couriers
By Jessica Mach
The couriers’ attorneys “could have filed arbitration demands promptly upon being retained, rather than strategically waiting ...
Labor/Employment
Amid Covid-19, workplace safety is an ongoing struggle, attorneys say
By Jessica Mach
Ongoing uncertainty around how the coronavirus spreads has made it necessary for employers to take extra precautions for emplo...
Environmental & Energy
Panel overturns decisions that infringed on Legislature’s water policy authority
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The cases concern the Legislature’s passage of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, which created the Delta St...
Government, Civil Rights
115-year-old case does heavy lifting on coronavirus constitutional questions, says Berkeley law dean
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A remnant from a time when smallpox still ravaged the country, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) has been successf...
Intellectual Property
Facebook, LinkedIn named in new Zoom privacy class action
By Gina Kim
Facebook and LinkedIn are targeted as co-defendants in a new privacy class action filed against Zoom Media Communications in t...
Education Law
Education Department agrees to settle with students in loan dispute
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit alleged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos damaged plaintiffs’ potential earnings and credit by illegally pausing the...
Michael Ward will be a part of the firm’s white-collar and government investigations practice.
Insurance
Attorneys sue Travelers, LA mayor over whether virus-caused shutdowns are covered in policies
By Carter Stoddard
The packet of complaints argue specific payment mechanisms in their insurance coverage plans were triggered when the Los Angel...
Civil Litigation
Litigators are worried about months-long delay in LA civil trials
By Justin Kloczko
LA courts won’t start ramping up until after June 22, attorneys were told in a telephonic briefing Friday and they should not ...
Data Privacy
9th Circuit Facebook ruling has wide implications for data privacy litigation
By Blaise Scemama
The panel noted California law recognizes a legal interest in unjustly earned profits, and therefore, “Plaintiffs have adequat...