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Obituaries


Eric Yuhl, 1956-2021

Apr. 7, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Yuhl Carr co-founder known for zealous advocacy, warm personality


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Trustee details ‘mess’ of Girardi Keese cases

Apr. 7, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Elissa D. Miller of SulmeyerKupetz, who is handling the firm’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy, said during a hearing she and other attor...


Criminal, Environmental & Energy


DA Jill Ravitch charged PG&E with five felonies, including recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, recklessly ...


Civil Litigation, Education Law


A federal judge also awarded class counsel fees of nearly $4 million, 24.5% of the total settlement, along with $78,634 in lit...


U.S. Supreme Court


The U.S. Department of Justice did an about-face on the two related cases. President Donald Trump’s administration agreed with...


Banking, Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs’ claims were filed earlier this year, after law enforcement and state agency reports revealed that billions of ...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


With the addition of Can Cui, formerly with Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Steven Green, previously with Latham & Watkin...


Civil Litigation


An attorney for a woman who says Alki David sexually assaulted her says the businessman is dodging service, but his counsel sa...


Administrative/Regulatory, Technology


The data includes the phone numbers, email addresses, biographical details and more that was the subject of the FTC’s $5 billi...


Law Practice, Technology


Robert Van Nest’s argument, made in 2012 and again in a 2016 retrial, was the decisive factor in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-2 ...


Civil Litigation


Western Growers Association, California Fresh Fruit Association and Growing Coachella Valley seek an injunction against a Coac...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


U.S. District Judge William Alsup held the plaintiff has legal standing to bring claims alleging three City of Pinole police o...


Law Practice


Law jobs drop seen as sign of consolidation

Apr. 5, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

The report does not breakdown what positions are being scaled back, but according to legal recruiters, it is likely office sta...


Banking, Civil Litigation


In a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement, plaintiffs’ attorneys at Stevens LC and Haffner Law PC emphasized the ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Responding to the lawsuit filed by New York based electronic discovery company JJ Shea’s, former outside counsel to the city ...


Intellectual Property, Law Office Management, Law Practice


With the experience he has gained leading the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and as undersecretary of commerce for intellect...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Abir Cohen Treyzon and Salo LLP, which is also known as ACTS, entered into an agreement to assume responsibility for thousands...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


The Commission on Judicial Performance admonished Judge Patrick E. Connolly for behaving improperly to attorneys.


Native Americans


U.S. Senior Judge Anthony W. Ishii’s summary judgment order marks the first major break in a series of cases arguing Gov. Gavi...


Criminal, Government, Law Practice


LA DA slashes gang, narcotics divisions

Apr. 2, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

Prosecutors in the Hardcore Gang Unit and Major Narcotics Division attended virtual meetings Wednesday, when they were told bo...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


San Joaquin County judge appointed

Apr. 2, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The San Joaquin County Superior Court now has a full complement of judges.


Civil Litigation, Technology


U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman directed the lawyers “back to the drawing board to work something else out” on who will se...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


LA courts ramp up in-person civil jury trials

Apr. 2, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Presiding Judge Eric Taylor laid out several factors each judge must now address before a civil case is deemed ready for a cou...


Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment


Acting General Counsel Peter S. Ohr said the board will also clarify what types of conduct is protected by federal law.


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


High court OKs Facebook texts to non-customer

Apr. 2, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Attorneys familiar with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act say the high court’s Thursday ruling will limit lawsuits — commo...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Thomas V. Girardi’s national stature allowed the alleged wrongdoing to penetrate into popular culture in a way most attorney s...


Admiralty/Maritime, Judges and Judiciary


Plaintiffs removed the previous LA County judge from the Conception case on a peremptory challenge.


Criminal, Government


Newsom wins 16th clemency OK from high court

Apr. 1, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

The approval Tuesday comes as the high court is working through a backlog of nearly 20 other requests, the most recent of whic...


Civil Litigation, Civil Rights


“Nowhere in the operative complaint does plaintiff identify the product she purchased,” U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz wr...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


The mass tort litigation team will be the foundation of Husch Blackwell’s two new offices in California.