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Criminal, Law Practice


The family of a man killed in a robbery seeks to disqualify a former public defender and special adviser to LA County DA Georg...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward said U.S. prosecutors in Los Angeles lifted portions of a brief U. S. prosecutors in San Franci...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law


The en banc 9th Circuit panel, which was dominated by judges appointed by Democratic presidents, seemed inclined to overturn a...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The judge on Tuesday tentatively kept in place a false imprisonment action filed against then-District Attorney Jackie Lacey ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Kirsten Hicks Spira, a partner at Jenner & Block, will become chair of the committee on July 1.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government


Assembly candidate Janani Ramachandran stated her opponent Mia Bonta should either return donations from gambling and insuranc...


Judges and Judiciary, Litigation & Arbitration


Similar to the in-person program, Resolve Law LA will be staffed by volunteer attorneys from bar associations in the county.


Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court


The court majority, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., concluded administrative patent judges were im...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


The high court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, sided with former college athletes in a decision that question...


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Unvaccinated people have to keep wearing masks. Kostas Kalaitzidis, public information officer for the court, said the court w...


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


The three-judge panel, in an opinion by Judge Sandra S. Ikuta, reversed a district judge's dismissal for lack of standing.


Civil Litigation


“What began as a healthy concern about the free rider problem seems to have evolved into an obsession,” wrote U.S. District Ju...



No Theatrics

Jun. 21, 2021

The Peter Law Group employs discipline and structure that leads to practical results.


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


“It’s an activist lawsuit filed by people who are trying to change the law,” Cody Wilson, co-founder of Texas-based Ghost Gunn...


The measure, passed by 57% percent of the voters, prohibited using the money on law enforcement agencies, including the Los An...


Covid Court Ops


Mike Belote, president of California Advocates Inc., told the California Judges Association the second year of the pandemic ha...


Labor/Employment


Employees at Sonoma Lab Works -- who include scientists, engineers, assistants, and office staff -- unanimously voted to join ...


Appellate Practice, California Supreme Court


The high court emailed the survey to assess attorneys’ feelings about arguing through video conference calls, and whether they...


Criminal


Pat Harris helped represent Scott Peterson during his original trial, when he was convicted of murdering his wife and their un...


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


The reason for the letter, and the urgency, is fear — especially about the four vacancies on the 9th Circuit, 3 of which are C...


Bankruptcy


Wife owes millions to Girardi firm, lawyer says

Jun. 21, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

Ronald Richards, who was hired by the bankruptcy trustee, says Erika Girardi has multiple bank accounts.


Real Estate/Development


As workers on a crane removed the words “Girardi Keese” from the front of the rust-colored building on Wilshire Boulevard on F...



Fast on Facts

Jun. 18, 2021
By David Houston

Neutral Gerald Rosenberg likes to work with lawyers and numbers.


Government, Law Practice


Scott will be a partner on the firm’s special matters and government investigations team, and will work in the San Francisco a...


Bankruptcy, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


Anthony J. Kassas of San Francisco sought a determination to discharge the debt he owed to the bar’s Client Security Fund afte...


Pornhub responded that it has safeguards to prevent unlawful activity, including bans on uploads from unverified users.


Civil Litigation


U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco found that E*Trade never promised users access to trading servi...


Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Labor/Employment


As a result of the Cal/OSHA board vote, workers are generally not required to wear masks outdoors, regardless of vaccination s...


Civil Litigation


The jury unanimously found that [24]7.ai, a San Jose software and services company, stole and misappropriated all 15 trade sec...


U.S. Supreme Court


The decision is a victory for chocolate makers Nestle USA Inc. and Cargill Inc., which persuaded the high court — by an 8-1 ma...