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Civil Litigation


The complaint filed Monday by Christopher D. Hughes with Nossaman LLP in Sacramento and David E. Frulla with Kelley Drye &...


Government


Judge Michael J. O’Gara, a former prosecutor elected to the court in 2008, joined and became active on the “Recall George Gasc...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


Alison L. Anderson joined the firm as a partner after 10 years with the fraud section of the DOJ criminal division.


Civil Litigation, Torts/Personal Injury


The tort claimants committee, represented by Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, said there are serious flaws in the propos...


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


Telecom and cable companies are seeking a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of a 2018 state law, SB 822, which bars ...


Civil Litigation, Real Estate/Development


Suit says law targets 1 mobile home park in state

Sep. 15, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Although AB 978, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in July, does not mention FisherBroyles LLP partner Paul J. Beard’s client, an...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


“So you can’t point to someone who has died over the last three years as a direct result of Brett Kavanugh being confirmed, as...


Community News, Law Office Management


The new office is on the 33rd floor of City National Plaza in downtown Los Angeles, home to other major law firms including Jo...


Civil Litigation, Tax


Senior community seeks tax relief due to damage by COVID

Sep. 14, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Attorney Marty H. Dakessian of Los Angeles stated in a complaint Friday that Sacramento County improperly ignored state tax la...


Civil Litigation, Government


Lawyer says AG falsely blames virus for discovery delays

Sep. 14, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“The fact that most courts have conducted very few, if any, civil trials in the last year and a half and very few live hearing...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


The city should provide religious exemptions and a medical exemption for those with natural COVID antibodies gained after reco...


Civil Litigation, Legal Education


The China Initiative has “deviated significantly from its claimed mission,” and is fostering a hostile work environment for Ch...


California Courts of Appeal, Real Estate/Development


The appellate panel reversed San Mateo County Superior Court Judge George A. Miram, who rejected a writ petition and concluded...



Joint Legacy

Sep. 13, 2021

Bonjour, Thorman, Burns & Dahm combines criminal defense and personal injury.


Civil Litigation


Spencer R. Lucas and Nadine N. Khedry of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP sued EOS Fitness Center in Riverside, saying its attendan...


“Administering an injunction of this sort, on this scale, is patently incompatible with the procedural simplicity envisioned b...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


Daniel H. Bromberg, who was a founding member of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's appellate practice, joined Pillsb...


Criminal, Government


DAs may push own law after zero bail bill is withdrawn

Sep. 13, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“I think most DAs recognize bail is a regressive measure. But this bill was fatally flawed in our view. As we’ve noted, it had...


Government, Immigration


The Department of Homeland Security issued the regulation under President Donald Trump, and there should be weight placed on t...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology


The decision is a major blow to one of Apple’s core businesses in a $100 billion market.


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


According to the lawsuit, the issue started in 1927 when SQMNA shipped fertilizer used for citrus orchards to Pomona. The fert...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Shortly after a meeting, Consumer Law Experts began to grow its practice dramatically as it hired at least eight former Legal ...


Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republican challenger Larry Elder gained the support of very different parts of the legal community with...


Government, Labor/Employment


Employer wage theft criminal bill heads to governor

Sep. 10, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

If signed, AB 1003 would make it a category of grand theft, a potential felony punishable by up to three years in prison. In o...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar wrote that Qualcomm owed no duty to the plaintiff in a decision that faults the instruction...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Technology


U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. in Oakland questioned whether Rumble has an antitrust case against Google because i...



Criminal, Health Care & Hospital Law


Theranos chief's fraud trial delayed by juror COVID scare

Sep. 9, 2021
By Winston Cho, Craig Anderson

During an emergency hearing over whether to push back the second day of trial, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila informed pros...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb said the plaintiffs failed to establish that “irreparable harm … was likely,” if h...


Government, State Bar & Bar Associations


This year’s bill directs the state auditor to complete another report on the bar’s discipline program by next April 15, allowi...