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Judges and Judiciary


Deputy LA District Attorney David A. Berger said the tallies so far were vindicating prosecutors from recent criticism that th...


Voters rejected measures to restart affirmative action, allow 17-year-olds to vote and raise property taxes on businesses, acc...


Criminal, Government


Bay Area counties were mostly isolated in their support of upholding a 2018 law passed by the Legislature that sought to repla...


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


Attorneys for the defendant and the plaintiffs asked the high court to decertify the question of Dynamex's retroactivity in th...


Civil Litigation, Government


The ruling in a challenge over the governor’s directive to send a vote-by-mail ballot to every registered voter in California ...


Obituaries


Victor E. Chavez, 1930-2020

Nov. 4, 2020
By Arin Mikailian

LA judge, 90, is remembered for his friendship and work ethic.


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


The Kaufman Appellate Fellowship honors Buchalter’s appellate practice founder, former California Supreme Court Justice Marcus...


Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced the addition of Goodwin Procter's former West Coast debt finance group leader, Laura...


Criminal


The state attorney general argued existing case law requires courts to give deference to the Legislature when considering whet...


Civil Litigation, Insurance


In an attempt to offer guidance to hundreds of thousands of policyholders seeking business interruption coverage in the U.K., ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Both rulings reversed rulings by U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of San Diego dismissing shareholder suits against Axos ...


Environmental & Energy


A report filed Tuesday was made in response to a demand for an explanation by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who oversees ...


Civil Litigation


The trial, which had started last week and was due to be the first talc trial to be tried virtually, ended in a mistrial the d...



Changing the Dialogue

Nov. 3, 2020
By David Houston

Judge Akemi Arakaki helps child sex trafficking victims find a new path.


Government, Native Americans


Tribes say governor negotiated in bad faith on casinos

Nov. 3, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Every complaint made similar claims that the administration illegally sought to force tribes to enforce state labor, environme...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


In addition to serving as head trial attorney, Joseph Low will train the firm’s litigators and help expand the firm’s team an...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The executive committee appointed 18 members to the Closing the Justice Gap Working Group tasked with developing recommendatio...


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


Judge M. Margaret McKeown, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, asked San Francisco attorney Richard R. Wiebe -- representi...


The plaintiffs are the states of California, Maryland, Minnesota, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, an...


Constitutional Law, Technology


Regardless of whether the disputed videos should have been removed on the grounds of inciting violence, U.S. District Judge Be...


Constitutional Law, Government


While the order won’t affect today’s election, unless overturned on appeal it might limit the governor’s options in the future.


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


Judge Ronald Gould of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote the 3-0 decision last week that Congress’ authority over imm...


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


The decision, filed last week, is a small tweak in a Sept. 2 ruling that had been a victory for workers, reversing a summary j...


Lyft cannot enforce a provision in its arbitration agreement that bans drivers from bringing state Private Attorney General Ac...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


The issue has taken on new resonance in California at a time when people are fleeing the state to escape rising housing costs,...


Constitutional Law


Defense attorney Robert Tyler, of Tyler & Bursch in Murrieta, said Friday, “Unjustified emergencies do not support the sus...


The longstanding tradition by the U.S. Justice Department commences on Election Day.


California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation


A 1st District Court of Appeal panel agreed Thursday with Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman, who blocked the U...


Law Office Management, Law Practice


The three come from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP, continuing the Mintz Levin recent expansion push, with 19 new partners a...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


The complaint argues that under the terms of California Environmental Quality Act, the state should have produced an environme...