Criminal
Criminal charges filed against Monterey County restaurant for offering dine-in service
By Gina Kim
“Defendants’ unlawful conduct gives them an unfair advantage over other similarly situated businesses who are complying with e...
Government
US judge denies bid to open drug treatment center’s thrift stores
By Winston Cho
A federal judge in San Francisco wasted no time denying a bid by a Sonoma County drug treatment facility to reopen amid stay-a...
Consumer Law, Civil Litigation
Ending talc sales unlikely to aid J&J defense, plaintiffs say
By Justin Kloczko
Attorneys involved in litigation against Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder applauded the decision to pull its product off th...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
San Diego County court announces cautious ‘resumption of service’ after being closed 2 months
By Craig Anderson
More than two months after shutting down San Diego County Superior Court due to the COVID-19 virus, Presiding Judge Lorna A. A...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Attorneys concerned adoption of new bar exam would lower standards while law deans support a change
By Henrik Nilsson
The bar announced May 15 it would consider adopting the Uniform Bar Exam, which is administered by the National Conference of ...
Labor/Employment
Bill aims to make farmworker safety guidelines mandatory
By Jessica Mach
State COVID-19 safety guidelines for agricultural employers have been recommended rather than made mandatory throughout the pa...
Labor/Employment
Bill aims to control quotas, hours for warehouse workers
By Jessica Mach
A bill that Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez said would stop Amazon from giving warehouse workers unmanageable quotas passed the ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
San Diego bar forms law and motion resolution program
By Gina Kim
San Diego bar members form pro bono program to resolve civil cases backlogged in courts.
Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pastors vow mass defiance of Newsom’s closure orders
By Malcolm Maclachlan
This latest move appears to show opponents of Gov. Gavin Newsom's emergency orders are increasingly willing to buck court ruli...
Judge Rohanee Zapanta has perfect demeanor for juvenile dependency, attorneys say.
California Courts of Appeal
Forgoing legal fees can’t be condition of intervention, panel says
By Tyler Pialet
While the Code of Civil Procedure authorizes an award of attorney fees to the prevailing party when a non-party intervenes in ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Did emergency orders skew Assembly primary election?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Stockton-based attorney N. Allen Sawyer said his clients are seeking a temporary restraining order preventing certification of...
Constitutional Law
Gym owner is the latest to challenge Newsom’s closure orders
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The plaintiff has lost numerous members and about $100,000 while many other types of businesses have been allowed to stay open...
Government
Bill to criminalize first responders taking unofficial photos of dead people clears Assembly committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Those convicted could face a year in prison and a $5,000 fine per violation. The bill would also place an expansive definition...
Litigation & Arbitration
Consolidation of business interruption cases decried by many plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys
By Justin Kloczko
Policyholders and insurance companies often disagree. But at least on a procedural level, many attorneys representing them agr...
Criminal defense attorney knew no strangers in the courts.
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation
Civil trials may not resume until 2021 in many counties, judges say
By Craig Anderson
While superior courts across the state have resumed civil law and motion and other pretrial hearings in recent days, or are pr...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Facebook wants high court to end dispute over subpoenas
By Winston Cho
Criminal defendants should be barred from subpoenaing social media companies for private user content without exhausting alte...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California considers adoption of Uniform Bar Exam, despite critics
By Henrik Nilsson
The Uniform Bar Exam has led to “training of lawyers on matters that bear little relation to the legal issues that they will ...
Labor/Employment
Bill would stop wage law violators from using new name
By Jessica Mach
A bill that aims to stop employers from committing wage theft by shutting down their business and reopening under a new name p...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar misled court in request for injunction of LegalMatch, judge says
By Henrik Nilsson
According to Diane L. Karpman, a legal ethics expert at Karpman and Associates in Los Angeles, the ruling is a big deal, becau...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation
Superior courts restart slowly, leaving civil lawyers unhappy
By Craig Anderson
Superior courts across the state are gradually opening up more courtrooms in the midst of the COVID-19 virus, but to the frust...
Civil Litigation
2 state prisons failed to protect inmates, lawsuit says
By Tyler Pialet
The Bureau of Prisons’ website says 1,780 inmates and staff at the two prisons have tested positive for the virus and 10 have ...
Government
State courthouse construction plans are suspended amid budget woes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Among the items that could be delayed are large court projects Alameda, Los Angeles and San Francisco counties.
Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday upheld a trial judge’s decision the NCAA can’t put a cap on education-rel...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Wildfire victims approve PG&E restructuring, company says
By Winston Cho
Wildfire victims overwhelmingly approved a plan by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to emerge from bankruptcy, the company annou...
A new U.S. Department of Labor rule that expands the list of retailers who can exempt their employees from overtime pay will b...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts must share in the fiscal pain but can still modernize, Judicial Council hears
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Administrative Director Martin Hoshino told the Judicial Council the courts are facing about a $255 million shortfall over the...
Pioneer in law opened doors for many women attorneys.
The U.S. attorney's office and the American Civil Liberties Union are battling over sealing applications in the government's u...