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Judges and Judiciary


During his 25 years on the bench Espinoza found “About 30% of my caseload involved cases with people with a serious mental ill...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Administrative/Regulatory


The court cited a 2020 appellate ruling in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that the San Diego company’s conduct was le...


Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment


Some student players are employees, NLRB says

Sep. 30, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

Under the new guidance, the board could prosecute universities that misclassify players as "student athletes."


Administrative/Regulatory, Government


Custodio & Dubey LLP is seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Gerber to properly label its products or ...


Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


31% of July bar exam takers had technical problems

Sep. 29, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Although the data show that only a small percentage of applicants lost time or answer content, we are troubled by the extent ...


Civil Litigation, Civil Rights


“Because it is impossible to comply with both federal law and plaintiff’s interpretation of state law, her state law claims .....


Criminal, Health Care & Hospital Law


The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation disagreed with the court’s findings, arguing it has embraced vacci...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Susan Soong, who will start in her new position on Oct. 11, will report directly to Chief Circuit Judge Sidney R. Thomas and s...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Banking, Tax, Real Estate/Development


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel found that the connections between missed tax revenue and the bank’s lendi...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Corporate, Government


Enacted as Senate Bill 826 in 2018, the law requires California’s publicly traded corporations to have at least one and possib...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


Also subject to court approval is an agreement involving settlements with class members separate from the $1.8 billion individ...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


San Francisco DA joins others in adding hate crime allegations to felony robbery charges.


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice, Real Estate/Development


No Judge or court staff will see discussions between the parties, and the only document that will become part of a case file ...


Criminal, Government


LA County has dismissed 124K cannabis convictions

Sep. 28, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

From Sacramento to San Diego, many DAs are dismissing tens of thousands of convictions.


Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


US judge says intervenors invaded her privacy

Sep. 28, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the Eastern District of California said intervenors included “extensive personal details ab...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


SoCalGas to pay $1.8B for leak, denies wrongdoing

Sep. 28, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

After nearly six years of litigation and $5.7 million in discovery sanctions against SoCalGas and Sempra, plaintiffs' attorney...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Government


Oil companies sued over toxic waste in Solano County

Sep. 28, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The companies that sent the waste are now responsible for long-term monitoring to protect groundwater and surrounding soils, w...


Entertainment & Sports, Law Office Management, Law Practice


Grant Maxwell has joined as a principal in the commercial litigation practice group.


Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, Labor/Employment


The Department of Fair Employment and Housing has accused the gaming giant of tolerating a “bro culture.”


Government, Labor/Employment


Wage theft bill might see employers in prison

Sep. 28, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Amendments included clarification that prosecutors charging employers with grand theft under the legislation would have to pro...


Bankruptcy, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Girardi Keese and Frantz represented the most clients of all the firms involved in the litigation. According to bankruptcy doc...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


The law prohibits the annual pension payments for a legislator or judge “from exceeding the federal limits on annual defined b...


Criminal, Judges and Judiciary


Bailiff’s gun discharged in court

Sep. 27, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

The discharged bullet ricocheted off a wall and hit another bailiff, according to Rebecca Brown, a legal fellow with the Natio...


Criminal, Government


The governor had signed about 350 bills as of Friday afternoon, with nearly 500 more still on his desk. Newsom signed just 372...


Community News, Legal Education


Sept. 30 is the deadline to apply for the program that lets students network with attorneys through mentoring sessions and moc...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Government


The Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups sued in January 2020 alleging that the Bureau of Land Manage...


Criminal, Judges and Judiciary


Alejandro Toledo is one of dozens of politicians caught in a sweeping corruption probe into construction giant Odebrecht, now ...


Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Government


California to appeal Purdue Pharma settlement

Sep. 27, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

“We’re appealing the bankruptcy plan because the Sackler family must be held accountable for its role in creating and fueling ...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Kevin P.B. Johnson scored a win for his defendant client, Sunnyvale based Ju...


Criminal, Environmental & Energy


PG&E accepts responsibility for its line causing the deadly Zogg fire, but denies criminal acts.