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Government, Real Estate/Development


Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature tucked a $5 billion rent relief plan and eviction moratorium into a 30,000-word bill.


Bankruptcy, Law Practice


Ronald N. Richards has “continued unabated in a jihad of extrajudicial statements, including social media posts and interviews...


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


County courts divided on masks as they reopen

Jun. 28, 2021
By Craig Anderson

In Los Angeles and San Francisco, for example, face coverings will still be required for all courthouse visitors regardless of...


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Ara Jabagchourian, a San Mateo personal injury attorney, filed a claim over the death of his clients’ daughter.


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


“Plaintiffs were trying to turn Affiliated Ute into an open-ended presumption that would apply in every case, since every misr...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Rights


“The strong federal policy and the public interest in enforcing the nation’s disability related civil rights laws outweighs an...


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


If the high court declines to review the case, truckers would immediately be subject to Assembly Bill 5, the 9th Circuit ruled...


Environmental & Energy, Law Office Management, Law Practice


Laurie Edelstein, an experienced energy and complex commercial litigator, is the San Francisco office's second lateral hire si...


Law Office Management, Law Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions


Crowell has expanded on both U.S. coasts, in Europe and Asia since its launch 42 years ago. According to chair Philip T. Ingli...


Government, Labor/Employment


Wednesday’s decision in favor of the Sonoma County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association illustrates a potential impediment to the move...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


The players seek to overturn association-wide rules that limit how much money they can make from their names, images and liken...


Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Tax


U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips indicated she is leaning toward dismissing a taxpayer action but allowing a civil rights...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Litigation & Arbitration


Judge Michelle T. Friedland warned 20 months ago, when the decision was issued, that it might create chaos. Now other judges s...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Superior Court Judge Theresa M. Traber said that for the purposes of deciding on a demurrer she was required to accept as true...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


In the raid on U.S. Private Vaults on March 22, FBI agents seized property, some of it possibly from people who weren’t target...


Judges and Judiciary


Starting Sept. 15, Santa Clara County Superior Court Presiding Judge Theodore C. Zayner and Los Angeles Judge Rupert A. Byrdso...


The rule, issued under President Donald Trump’s administration, increased the minimum investment to apply for EB-5 visas from ...


Civil Litigation, Technology


“Plaintiff has adduced no evidence of classwide exposure to the alleged misrepresentations other than the mere existence of th...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Banking, Civil Litigation


Do bank loan denials affect property values?

Jun. 24, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Neal K. Katyal, a partner with Hogan Lovells US LLP, argued the city cannot prove a link, a proximate cause, between the alleg...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Judges and Judiciary


Although most of the hearing was inaccessible to remote listeners, the website regained functionality at the tail end.


Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court


Justice Elena Kagan’s opinion, though unanimous, was accompanied by several limited concurrences grouping different justices o...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


The plaintiffs sought $121 million in damages, according to a published news report. The jury took just one day to deliver a v...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


The request came in two motions filed by special litigation counsel Ronald N. Richards on Tuesday and Wednesday in the bankrup...


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


Under the Fifth and 14th Amendments, such a taking under a California agency regulation is unconstitutional if the property ow...


Environmental & Energy, Government


On Sunday, Penny Newman’s attorney submitted a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce se...


Appellate Practice, Obituaries


Charles A. Bird, 1947-2021

Jun. 23, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

Skilled, influential attorney was ‘institutional glue’ at Dentons and appellate law groups.


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


The California Trucking Association’s lawyers argued that AB 5 is preempted by the Federal Aviation and Administration Authori...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


The firm's third U.S. office was launched Tuesday with former Call & Jensen APC partners William P. Cole and Matthew R. Orr.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton found that it remains possible Proposition 22 wipes out all misclassification lawsuits ag...


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


Before the three-judge panel were three lawsuits alleging that Google, through YouTube, and Twitter and Facebook, through user...