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Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


An attorney has the right to sue a credit card processing company for discrimination even though he never signed up for its se...


Labor/Employment, Government


Numerous bills with widespread Democratic support are in limbo after Senate Appropriations Committee examination


Securities, Criminal


A federal judge on Monday ordered a retired professional baseball player to spend eight months on home detention for insider t...


Obituaries


Trial attorney Ron Dwyer dies at 90

Aug. 13, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

Ron Dwyer, longtime trial attorney and founding member of Dwyer, Daly, Brotzen & Bruno, LLP, died late last month.


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


So long as he keeps his hands off "Fortnite," Epic Games can't force a minor leading a putative class action against them into...


Corporate, Constitutional Law


A lawsuit seeks to halt SB 826, the 2018 law signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown that requires all publicly-traded companies headq...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


An attorney challenging new limits on the state retired judges program said Friday he’ll appeal a San Francisco County Superio...


Tax, Civil Litigation


A Fresno-based small business owner is suing the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and its director for alle...


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


A Sacramento-area couple has received a lifeline in their long-running loan case against Wells Fargo, thanks to the 3rd Distri...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


The California Lawyers Association panel will issue advisory ethics opinions, provide educational programming.


Labor/Employment, Government, Environmental & Energy


The Division of Occupational Safety and Health of California last week approved a new emergency regulation to protect workers ...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Justice Jeffrey Johnson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal failed to show up for work a lot, turned in substandard decisions ...


Labor/Employment


The National Labor Relations Board proposed changes to three rules that would affect how unions are used as worker representat...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal


The Judicial Council approved $68 million for pretrial detention pilot projects with a unanimous vote at its regular meeting o...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed class certification in a privacy lawsuit over Facebook Inc.’s facia...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge overseeing accusations of fraud against Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Thursday the patent attorney who initiate...


Apple Inc. was hit with a class action Wednesday over accusations Siri devices secretly record conversations.


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Director defeats lawsuit by film company

Aug. 9, 2019
By Steven Crighton

A five-year legal battle waged over two films starring the actor Danny Trejo ended this week with a victory for director Rober...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The head of civil litigation at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power testified recently that he knew about plans for ...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


The vast majority of women never report workplace harassment and that is especially true of women who work in highly prestigio...


Civil Litigation, Government


Legislators who didn’t show up to a meeting Wednesday on plans to transfer $2 billion to the state wildfire fund might face le...


California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a sharp inter-court rebuke, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday deemed “objectively unreasonable” a 23-year-o...


Government, California Supreme Court


The State Supreme Court recommended a pardon for Susan Burton for three felony convictions. Under Article V of the California ...


Government, Criminal


U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson’s first large-scale initiative as the Northern District’s top prosecutor will prioritize the f...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Jack Landskroner, an Ohio attorney who filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles that was drafted by his opponents, has ...


Government, California Courts of Appeal


The California Department of Managed Healthcare acted properly when it sent a letter to health insurers telling them they must...


Civil Litigation


As lawyers for drug companies decry a seven-week timeline for the opioid bellwether trial in Ohio, a federal judge is consider...


N. Edward Denton served Mono County as district attorney, county counsel and judge.


Civil Litigation


The Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Tuesday the Regents and campus supervisors failed to take immediate and appro...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Justice Victoria Chaney of the 2nd District Court of Appeal spent Wednesday testifying that her colleague, Justice Jeffrey W. ...