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Government, Judges and Judiciary


The appointment of Luis Cespedes, 68, won praise from judges who have known him for years, several of whom said he’s had an ey...


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary


Judges without courtrooms are still working every day, helping in some counties with back office work, search warrants and fam...


California Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


Chief justice optimistic about next budget

Dec. 10, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye is now 10 years into her 12-year term. She recently turned 61. She declined to say whethe...


Covid Court Ops, Criminal


"We need the trials to keep happening. But having said that, we want the trials to happen in a more fair and complete way. And...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Corporate, Technology


While Facebook has long maintained its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were not anticompetitive, a coalition of 48 stat...


Constitutional Law, Labor/Employment


The Department of Labor rule makes it harder for employees to make discrimination claims against religiously affiliated employ...


Corporate


The El Segundo based toy maker announced the appointment of Jonathan Anschell on Tuesday.


Criminal, Government, Judges and Judiciary


Since a directive went into effect Tuesday to withdraw sentencing enhancements, at least three prosecutors in DA George Gascon...


Community News, Law Office Management, Law Practice


Morrow said the pro bono firm “would be best served by having new leadership that can bring fresh eyes to the many challenges ...


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary



Constitutional Law, Health Care & Hospital Law


While Judge James Chalfant enjoined the county’s order, restaurants in California will still be precluded from offering outdoo...


Civil Litigation, Securities, Technology


In a countersuit against Disruptive Technology Associates founder Alexander Davis, Kenneth Rickel alleged he was cheated out o...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


San Diego County Judge Truc T. Do would become the first Vietnamese-American on the 4th District Court of Appeal if she is con...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


David A. Mason resigned from the bench Oct. 31 and agreed not to serve in a judicial capacity ever again, according to a commi...


Real Estate/Development, Government


The tumultuous events of 2020 will set the agenda, at least in the early going. For Republicans, that will mean trying to conv...


One bill would eliminate the discretion of superior court presiding judges in setting bail schedules for their counties and in...


Government, Labor/Employment


The bills were introduced the same day the Bank of America, which has contracted with the Employment Development Department to...


Government, Legal Education


In a letter to law enforcement members on Monday, Gascón announced he would convene a Use of Force Review Board composed of po...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Alice Stebbins, former executive director of the California Public Utilities Commission, alleged the commissioners resisted he...


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


In a very brief order, the appeals court denied an injunction sought by a Chula Vista church but sent the case back to the dis...


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary


The courts closed to the public with exceptions for criminal preliminary hearing witnesses, and attorneys and defendants in ma...


Criminal, Government


Literally dozens of names of members of Congress, the California Legislature and local officials in the state immediately sta...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


While coordinating the move of 100 attorneys and 75 other employees into an 85,000 square foot office at the Century City Plaz...


Civil Litigation, Technology


The lawsuit challenged Uber’s alleged failure to address serious safety problems and claimed they were intentionally neglected...


Criminal, Government


Beginning Tuesday, DA George Gascón said his prosecutors will decline to file charges in most low-level misdemeanor cases, end...


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


Two circuit judges appointed by President Bill Clinton peppered Andrew J. Pincus, a partner with Mayer Brown LLP, with skeptic...



Trust Issues

Dec. 7, 2020
By David Houston

Injury firm Peacock Law has worked hard to earn confidence in the safety personnel community.


Gascón said he wants to build bridges with prosecutors in his office who oppose his views on the criminal legal system.


Judges and Judiciary


Amid a surge in infections and the unconfirmed revelation that seven judges at the Stanley Mosk courthouse and three at the Me...


Bankruptcy, Government, Real Estate/Development


AB 1885 came together in just a few days in late August, near the end of the legislative year, and it will increase the so-cal...