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Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger postpones Woolsey trial date to Oct. 26 to allow Southern California Edison to ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly dropped his threat after David R. Lira's attorney said she would file a revised reply ins...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission selected the grantees, which include Family Violence Law Center, Public Counsel, UC D...


Civil Litigation


The State Bar had filed motions to compel the production of documents several months ago, which would reveal the identities of...


Government


“If the court is persuaded to allow the Legislature to, at any time after the enactment of the budget, enact a budget junior b...


Community News, Judges and Judiciary


“I really want to be that group where our colleagues feel sane, scholarly and secure and that encompasses wellness and mental ...


Environmental & Energy, Government


New law speeds CEQA review, slows courts

May 24, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

The problem, according to the Judicial Council, is that the bill imposes a 270-day timeline for the review of potentially hund...


May 24, 2021, 2 p.m.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar ethics opinion comes as lawyers who worked at the Girardi Keese law firm have been accused of knowing that its f...


Civil Litigation


Roundup judge toys with nixing $2B deal

May 21, 2021
By Gina Kim

U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California said it would be awhile until he decides whether to prelimina...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The indictment, returned in late April, alleges Steven O. Mehr, a sole practitioner in Newport Beach, bought usage rights to “...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology


The dispute relates to a disagreement on whether users could make purchases inside of apps before the formal introduction of A...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


5 women accuse Amazon of discrimination

May 21, 2021
By Jessica Mach

Wednesday’s lawsuits were filed by three current and two former Amazon employees, all of whom are represented by New York base...


Criminal


Murder charges over stillbirth are dismissed

May 21, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

The Kings County judge did not rule on applicability of the murder statute to women who have a stillbirth, but found the prose...


Community News


Deputy District Attorney Marcus R. Garrett was named prosecutor of the year for his coordination work during the pandemic and ...


Civil Litigation, Technology


The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Woodland Hills sole practitioner Todd M. Friedman, and attorneys from Cera LLP, Duncan Firm...


Civil Litigation, Government


While U.S. District Judge William Alsup recognized that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cautioned “heads of government a...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


State’s expert admits bias against opioids

May 20, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

An attorney for opioid manufacturers on Wednesday played a recording of the state’s star witness acknowledging she was biased ...


California Supreme Court, Criminal


The case, which involves a petition that was denied by a superior court judge without granting the convicts’ request for legal...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


The firm’s other offices are in Atlanta, Denver, Knoxville, Minneapolis, New York and Washington, D.C.


Popular Japanese eatery Shibumi, owned by Za-Zen Enterprises, filed complaint against the popular food delivery service app in...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology


The figure was disclosed on the third day since Apple formally opened its defense in a trial over the App Store’s fees and pay...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Insurance brokerage Ames & Gough’s annual legal malpractice claims survey asked 11 insurance companies about their busines...


Civil Litigation, Torts/Personal Injury


State GOP pays $11M to settle car accident claim

May 20, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

The settlement, which was announced by plaintiffs’ counsel Aitken Aitken Cohn on Tuesday, ends five years of litigation.


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Legislative Analyst Anita Lee asked for more details and better legislative oversight. This applied to the $60 million in one-...


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


The decisions by Fletcher and other judges won’t change the makeup of the court, which is nearly evenly split between appointe...


Civil Litigation, Government, Labor/Employment


The motion, filed by San Francisco and Los Angeles county district attorneys, accuses the company of circumventing state law b...


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


Although U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh did not sign onto the arbitration agreement between the employer, Larry Browne, and ...


Administrative/Regulatory, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


Justice Douglas P. Miller of the 4th District Court of Appeal said the question regarding the commission and the council were ...


Criminal, Government


Alameda County DA won’t seek 4th term

May 19, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

The first female district attorney to serve Alameda County, O’Malley’s announcement clears the field somewhat for an election ...