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Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Trent Wayne Thompson and Quinton Ray Swanson of the Law Offices of Thompson & Swanson LC were charged with identity theft,...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology


“One problem with limiting competition is that you don’t get innovation,” U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said duri...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger, who is presiding over the litigation, has stayed until the fall trials and dis...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Sheppard Mullin partner Nicholas Van Brunt, who represents Robert Girardi in his brother’s probate case, told the State Bar la...


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


The lawsuit by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association was the first to challenge a program like CalSavers on ERISA preemption...


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary


The El Centro Courthouse will continue screenings and visitors will be asked if they have been exposed to someone who has test...


Native Americans


The tribes’ attorneys rejected the state’s arguments that a stay would preserve the status quo while litigation plays out, not...


Civil Litigation, Government


The plaintiffs allege they were demoted and denied opportunities for growth after Diana Becton was elected district attorney i...


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


“The county saw the district court’s ‘evidence’ and learned about its novel legal arguments for the first time on April 20, 20...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Anita Lee, principal fiscal and policy analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office, said, “The Legislature may want to consi...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Rights, Technology


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will decide whether Apple maintains a monopoly over its App Store, and if so, the r...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


The California Supreme Court ethics committee opinion advised judges to explain to family members that they are prohibited fro...


Administrative/Regulatory, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney said the Public Utility Commission’s rule requiring certain service plans be available t...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Data Privacy


The complaint says Google LLC, while selling advertising space in its proprietary auction process, shares personal information...


Civil Litigation, Land Use


Under a California law that aims to protect coastal natural resources and enhance public access, actions that impact how coast...


Civil Litigation, Corporate


While a lodestar could be adjusted to increase a fee award, U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz of the Southern District of Ca...


California Courts of Appeal


“The 3rd District Court of Appeal rejected Governor Newsom’s attempt to dismiss our case as moot, recognizing that it raises ‘...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Responding to a request from federal prosecutors to reconsider her April 28 order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesda...


Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment


The rule streamlined the test for classifying workers as either independent contractors or employees.


Civil Litigation, Technology


The defense strategy aimed to impugn the credibility of Xbox Game Studio’s parent company, which failed to secure approval fro...


Civil Litigation


In cross-examination of the state’s analytical expert, the defense brought out her admission that her calculations of billions...


Administrative/Regulatory, Civil Litigation, Tax


The latest order is part of a wider effort to catch people who hide transactions using virtual currencies such as Bitcoin.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


The famed plaintiffs’ lawyer is accused of stealing millions of dollars from clients. Neither he nor any representative has re...


California Courts of Appeal, Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment


During oral arguments, the justices appeared skeptical of an Orange County hospital’s argument that the statute can be used to...


The attorney for Chris Kamon says his client is concerned about legal exposure in a federal investigation of the Girardi firm ...


Criminal


More than a dozen district attorneys have partnered with the Oakland nonprofit For the People over the last year to evaluate c...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The parents of the two teens killed in a crash sued Snap, saying the speed filter is what caused their children to drive at hi...


Civil Litigation


"There is quite literally nothing I could anticipate from this witness that could authenticate this material," Orange County S...


Criminal, Government


The direction from the county board of supervisors comes four months after the board asked Public Defender Ricardo Garcia to p...


Government, State Bar & Bar Associations


“The State Bar has been in active recruitment for both the executive director and the chief trial counsel,” Interim Executive ...