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Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Michelle Phan was the last of the five clients to testify in the trial. All of them told similar stories of being kept in the ...


Community News


The Singers in Law to perform at Dodger Stadium

Aug. 12, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

The Jazz vocal quartet of lawyers and a former court reporter will sing an a cappella arrangement of the national anthem.


Government, Health Care & Hospital Law


The city council unanimously voted to ask City Attorney Mike Feuer to prepare an ordinance to “require eligible individuals to...


Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court


Raymond A. Cardozo of Reed Smith LLP wrote that appellate attorney Jon B. Eisenberg failed to “demonstrate eligibility for rel...


Criminal, Health Care & Hospital Law


“I simply propose we take the day off. I simply prefer we be safe than sorry,” U.S. District Judge James V. Selna said. “If th...


Law Office Management, Law Practice, Real Estate/Development


Winston Strawn enhances real estate practice

Aug. 12, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

“Coming out of the pandemic, the real estate transaction market is more robust than I’ve ever seen, with an enormous amount of...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


9th Circuit law is at odds with 1st Circuit law, they argue.


California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


“The basis for our petition is the fact that Gov. Newsom’s own words and arguments in court establish that the conditions warr...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


The case centered around 20 statements George Clinton made in his 2014 autobiography, “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That ...


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


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel considered three appeals, two by California businesses and a third by minor league b...


Bankruptcy, Law Practice


"I find the motion totally without merit," U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell wrote in an order denying Erika Girardi's motio...


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


Malwarebytes’ characterization of Enigma Software Group USA’s competing product as a “threat,” “malicious,” and a “potentially...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Monday’s order by U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II in Los Angeles dismissed with prejudice the grocery association’s laws...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


“These do-it-yourself gun kits allow anyone — including those looking to do harm — to build deadly weapons at home with no que...


Criminal


Shortly after Attorney General Rob Bonta’s announcement, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin issued a news release...


California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation


“The enormity of the amounts awarded by the jury here — $52 million in noneconomic damages; $2 billion (!) in punitives — resu...


Government, Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment


Contractors and people in some public spaces would require proof of vaccine.


Data Privacy, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


In his lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday, Edward M. Lyman III claims Kaufman Dolowich Voluck LLP relea...


Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


The case is one of two in Illinois against Keith D. Griffin and David R. Lira stemming from the failure of Girardi Keese to pa...


Immigration, Labor/Employment


Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, whenever the agency receives an overabundance of H-1B applications, it is supposed ...


Government


Sacramento connections help 2 AG candidates raise money

Aug. 10, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Incumbent Attorney General Rob Bonta and Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert have raised more campaign fun...


Law Office Management, Law Practice, Technology


The bicoastal team includes Bay area partners Daren Orzechowski, Bijal V. Vakil, Noah Brumfield, Alex Touma and Eric Lancaster...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


“Any prosecutor that is concerned with ethics and integrity would see the clear conflict of interest,” said Kathleen M. Cady o...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The fires have destroyed the town of Greenville and had grown to an 765 square miles as of Sunday evening.


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


James Huntsman claims the church fraudulently used millions in tithes for commercial rather than charitable purposes. The chur...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


Apple senior counsel rejoins Ropes & Gray

Aug. 9, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Leslie A. Thornton, was Apple's senior counsel for health and privacy for 2 1/2 years, before coming home to Ropes & Gray ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Jeffrey Golden, the Chapter 7 trustee of the now defunct research and management firm Aletheia, said O’Melveny should not have...


Civil Litigation, Real Estate/Development


Rental unit owners sue state over new eviction ban

Aug. 9, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint, filed by attorney Paul J. Beard II of FisherBroyles LLP in Los Angeles, argues the ban violates the rights of l...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment


Even if a union agrees with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, employers still have challenges to navigate at the bargaining table — ...


Government, Immigration


Advocates of a more restrictive immigration policy are voicing concern that President Joe Biden’s plan would put the federal ...