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Criminal, Government


The Justice Department is investigating allegations the company discriminated against a job candidate because of citizenship s...


The lawsuit alleged that now-defunct Paragon Coin violated securities laws during its 2017 initial coin offering of “PRG token...


Community News, Judges and Judiciary


“This mentor program supports our efforts to identify the best and brightest judicial candidates from throughout the state, co...


Civil Litigation, Government


Former U.S. acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, now a partner at Hogan Lovells LLP in Washington, D.C., has argued more than...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court


“I don’t think the world of campaign finance disclosure will come crashing down as a result of this decision,” said Sterling M...


California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Real Estate/Development


The plaintiffs’ attorneys, John D. Spurling and Betty M. Shumener of Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP, asked the state Supreme Cou...


Civil Litigation, Government


U.S. District Judge Susan Illston found that Facebook didn’t run afoul of free speech rights by labeling some of an anti-vacci...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


Dr. Douglas Tucker, seemingly to bolster its argument that previous addictive behavior in patients, not opioid marketing, was ...


Law Practice, Technology


California and other states are grappling with the role of alternative legal service providers.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


Biden nominates labor lawyer to 9th Circuit

Jul. 1, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Jennifer Sung, a former labor organizer who is a member of the Oregon Employment Relations Board, has a California background ...


Civil Litigation


In the agreement, Franco and his business partners denied fraud and sexual exploitation claims from two former students and ag...


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


Scott G. Stewart, a U.S. Department of Justice attorney, said DHS was following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention o...


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


Scott G. Stewart, a U.S. Department of Justice attorney, said DHS was following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention o...


Government


The error occurred when Gov. Gavin Newsom's legal team filed its answer to the recall in February 2020. Olson Remcho LLP ackno...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


David Reidy, former chief legal and compliance officer of financial technology startup Payactiv, also worked at McGuireWoods, ...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Tyler Skaggs died in a hotel room in 2019. A lawsuit by his estate was filed in Los Angles and one by his parents was filed in...


Government, Judges and Judiciary, Real Estate/Development


SB129 and other bills to relieve court backlogs were passed by the Legislature on Monday and would go into immediate effect wi...


Criminal, Government


Before the governor signed state law required the declaration of probable cause be made by a law enforcement officer.


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


Massive lawsuits in Orange County and New York name some of the same pharmaceutical company defendants and their outcomes will...


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


Jeffrey Hahn, counsel for U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, said the 9th Circuit’s April ruling “misconceived the concept of f...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


“This is by far the most difficult task I’ve undertaken,” said retired 4th District Court of Appeal justice John K. “Jack” Tro...


Education Law, Health Care & Hospital Law


3 Cal State students sue over COVID vaccine requirement

Jun. 29, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The students state that the requirement to have a COVID-19 vaccination to attend class under federal law policy deprives them ...


Government, Real Estate/Development


Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, the author of the bill, AB 832, began the hearing by noting the current eviction ban ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankruptcy, Judges and Judiciary


Since he joined the bench in 1993 he has handled some of the most complex and important cases in the history of the Northern D...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Government


The church had challenged the governor’s ban on singing and chanting during in-person services, claiming the state applied the...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


Drug companies open defense with opioid advocate

Jun. 29, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Four opioid manufacturers are accused by four California communities of false advertising and creating a public nuisance by al...


California Courts of Appeal, Criminal


The defendant, Phillip Dorsett, made headlines this spring when the California District Attorneys Association released a video...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court, Real Estate/Development


Jeffrey W. McCoy, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation who represents the plaintiffs, said the Fifth Amendment taking...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


Michael D. Weil’s arrival brings to 80 the number of labor and employment specialists in the firm’s five California offices.


Bankruptcy, Judges and Judiciary


Ernest M. Robles, who was first appointed in 1993, began his third 14-year term on June 12.