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Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology


Rumble's lawsuit seeking over $2 billion from Google was filed the same day as social media site Parler sued Amazon for effect...


Real Estate/Development


Property owners dispute claims of eviction wave

Jan. 11, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

Despite government efforts to halt evictions, legal aid organizations say they have seen an uptick in what they term nuisance ...


Civil Litigation


The settlement agreement provides $2.38 million in attorney fees. The class was represented by Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, Medi...


Government


Request to depose Newsom over protest ban denied

Jan. 11, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney cited the “rationale of protecting highly visible public servants from becoming targe...


Government, Law Practice


Rodrigo Castro-Silva succeeded Mary Wickham, who was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court as a commissioner in N...


Covid Court Ops, Government


$4.1B state courts budget includes funds for backlogs

Jan. 11, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The budget includes $381.1 million in new funding, “including critical new investments to support the essential services provi...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar OKs provisional license for grads back to 2015

Jan. 11, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

The program allows 2020 law school graduates to practice under the supervision of an attorney. After two years, provisional at...


Criminal, Government


San Diego DA Summer Stephan filed a motion to revoke authorization for the LA DA George Gascón's office to prosecute a defenda...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Elissa D. Miller, a partner at SulmeyerKupetz APC who was appointed by the U.S. Trustee last week to handle Girardi Keese's fi...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court


Attorneys for two conservative nonprofits argued disclosure of donors' identities violates their freedom of association under ...


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary


All courthouses in the Central District are closed to the public except for criminal matters, which can be conducted remotely ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary, Technology


The Northern District of California court said Thursday in an emailed statement that it’s “working to update protocols for hig...


“Given the magnitude of the fraud within the state prisons, county jails, other detention facilities and in our communities, i...


Labor/Employment


While a handful of major jurisdictions issued ordinances last summer and in the early fall requiring certain employers to rehi...


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


California attorneys involved in vetting judges said the Democratic majority in the Senate, with the help of a tie-breaking vo...


Construction


The alliance will serve the construction and infrastructure industry's "need for multinational excellence in construction lega...


Criminal, Government


In a memo sent to all prosecutors in his office Monday, District Attorney Charles D. Eyster. He said it’s now office policy to...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


SoCalGas loses summary adjudication bid to toss out punitive damages in gas leak litigation


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


San Fernando Valley personal injury attorney Michael J. Libman was liaison counsel to the ratepayers class in its suit against...


Judges and Judiciary


Chief justice seeks vaccine priority for courts

Jan. 7, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye did not ask for priority over front-line medical workers, but that court staff be given pre...


Labor/Employment


The rule, which the Department of Labor finalized Wednesday, simplifies the test for determining whether a worker is an indepe...


Appellate Practice, Law Office Management


Heinke and Weisel joined the boutique as of counsel, moving from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where Heinke co-led t...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Government, Health Care & Hospital Law


The law requires manufacturers to report price increases of 16% or more over a two-year period, and to provide a 60-day notice...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Criminal


While he dismissed every other defendant, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar on Tuesday allowed claims against the American Sure...


California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Criminal


The California Supreme Court’s decision in the Humphrey case could effectively eliminate cash bail schedules statewide,


Bankruptcy, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice


Russell issued an order late Tuesday afternoon authorizing the move, and said at the hearing he hoped the U.S. Trustee would a...


Judges and Judiciary, Technology


The district was among the first in the nation to begin remote proceedings following state government lockdown orders imposed ...


Government


Governor names new legal affair secretary

Jan. 5, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary Analea J. Patterson took over from Catherine E. Lhamon on New Year’s Eve.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Girardi is accused of stealing millions of dollars from several clients. The case discussed on Monday involved a victim of the...


Obituaries


Mary Jo Shartsis, 1942-2020

Jan. 5, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Litigator was elegant, tough and up to any challenge