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Education Law, Government


Suit over remote schooling moot, state argues

Jun. 9, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Distance learning is ending at the end of this school year, which is imminent. Students will be back to in-person instruction...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Insurance


In its complaint filed in the Northern District of California, Foster Farms said it paid Everest National Insurance Company hu...


Civil Litigation, Technology


The lawsuit accused Apple of “degrading device performance ahead of product launches” to “drum up demand for faster phones wit...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Office Management


Elissa D. Miller, an attorney with SulmeyerKupetz and the trustee for the defunct law firm Girardi Keese, wanted to hire Ronal...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


An amicus brief filed by The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica and The Alliance of Santa Monica Latino and Black Voters o...


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


The decision, made on a motion by the state attorney general for rehearing, was an unusual example of an appellate court rethi...


California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary


Justice Patricia Benke said she anticipates continued involvement with the 4th District Court of Appeal to some degree.


The covert operation by the FBI’s San Diego division targeted organized crime and led to more than 800 arrests worldwide and s...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Data Privacy


Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, the lead plaintiffs’ counsel, blasted the settlement’s two objectors, but the panel conc...


Civil Litigation, Government


Theodore J. Boutrous and Michael H. Dore, partners with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, want access to three d...


Criminal, Government


“Many of our positions are based on nuanced issues with the bill,” Morse said. “It isn’t that we’re opposed to the policy; it’...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


McKinsey faces accusations that it contributed to an opioid crisis by advising drug manufacturers like Purdue Pharma which dec...


Advocates say the prospect of testifying in the same room with an abuser can cause some victims not to come forward. But some ...


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


“Congress has expressly authorized the use of these privately operated facilities,” said Michael W. Kirk, an attorney with Coo...


Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment


One of the easiest ways for employers to adjust to the new rules is to “keep your existing policies in place for the most part...


Administrative/Regulatory, Environmental & Energy


SoCalGas Co. faces possible new charges of misleading utility regulators in relation to the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak safety ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Just 1,580 of the 15,828 eligible members voted in the election, according to a news release. Park received 973 of the votes.


California Courts of Appeal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


New class counsel Brian Kabateck of Kabateck LLP said language in last week’s ruling from the 2nd District Court of Appeal den...


Criminal, Health Care & Hospital Law


Prosecutors said a jury questionnaire proposed by Elizabeth Holmes’ attorneys was unprecedented in the Northern District of Ca...


Real Estate/Development


A burdensome application process is causing delays and people are still waiting for money, some attorneys say.


Health Care & Hospital Law


After the state’s seven-week case in chief, four pharmaceutical companies including Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., the makers of t...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


SB 241 would allow companies that are not considered “shorthand reporting corporations” under state law to offer court reporti...


Labor/Employment, Law Office Management, Law Practice


Van Dermyden Maddux has rebranded itself as Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation as a name partner prepares to retire and a new ...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


John Arthur Hudson will start serving his prison term on Sept. 13 and was also ordered to pay $828,521.52 in restitution.


U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins of the Northern District of California granted the U.S. attorney’s motion to presen...


Criminal, Government


The California District Attorneys Association and several law enforcement groups have called SB710 an unconstitutional limit o...


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


The appellate court affirmed a panel ruling Thursday reversing a civil trial defeat by a hospital worker who sued Los Angeles ...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


After a month and a half of plaintiffs’ evidence in an Orange County bench trial, one of four drug company-defendants accused ...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The Sonoma County district attorney charged PG&E with five felonies and 28 misdemeanors in connection with the Kincade Fir...


California Supreme Court, Criminal


The case before the state Supreme Court has garnered significant attention because it could vacate the death sentences of many...