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Obituaries, U.S. Supreme Court


Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died late Friday of complications from metas...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Test-takers have reported problems with the software and getting customer support, while videos have been posted showing purpo...


Law Practice


As part of the leadership to manage operations, Col. Jesse Miller helped determine the only way to evacuate the campers was th...


Intellectual Property


Seven months after defeating a plaintiff’s lawsuit on venue grounds, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is allo...


Technology


In July, an iOS privacy feature revealed that Instagram activated iPhone cameras even when they were not being used, the lawsu...


Labor/Employment


The memo came after Democrats on the House Committee on Education and Labor issued a subpoena against the NLRB as part of an ...


Outlier plaintiffs in Missouri beat back dismissal of their business interruption insurance case by arguing the virus, not the...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


In August, several nonprofit firms wrote a letter to the State Bar, arguing that allowing unlicensed practitioners to represen...


The commission will evaluate available evidence in cases where an incarcerated person asserts they were wrongfully convicted a...


California Supreme Court, Education Law


A former member of the Trojan football team was expelled and not allowed to cross-examine witnesses during a disciplinary hear...


Ginsburg, an icon of America's judicial system, was the second woman appointed to the Court. She served for more than 27 years.



The Pioneer

Sep. 18, 2020

LA private judge Jill Robbins has made family law her specialty for 49 years.


Labor/Employment


Labor relations could see changes under Biden

Sep. 18, 2020
By Jessica Mach

Biden has voiced for legislation to amend the National Labor Relations Act and severe penalties for employers who illegally op...


Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government


Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 public health order states that “having dinner with extended family and friends to honor the Hig...


Government, Labor/Employment


SB 1159 would also create a disputable presumption that employees with the COVID virus contracted it during the course of empl...


Entertainment & Sports, Insurance


If production companies cannot secure insurance, financiers will not provide funding for a film or TV show. Until a solution i...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


Mock exams are revealing several technical problems with the software for the Oct. 5-6 bar exam, according to bar applicants.


Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


The signatories included 15 deans who asked the California Supreme court to consider making the exam easier to pass.


Civil Rights, Criminal


The county established a tip hotline at the beginning of the pandemic for members of the public to report non-essential busine...


Native Americans


The lawsuit claims Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to force the tribe to accept a wide range of state policies including environme...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Precedent in the circuit holds the errors in allowing or excluding expert testimony requires a new trial.


Civil Litigation


The suit claims the pharmaceutical giant is liable for negligence, failure to warn, fraud, medical malpractice and other claim...


Law Office Management, Securities


Litigators Susan S. and Kevin P. Muck shared their first day Tuesday in WilmerHale's San Francisco office after roughly 16 yea...


The California District Attorneys Association has asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto it AB3224, arguing diversion will be sought ...


Judges and Judiciary


Robinson will replace Marilyn L. Huff who took senior status in 2016. Among his high-profile cases was prosecution of three me...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


There is no law that makes it illegal for a male physician to use his sperm to impregnate his own patients.


Real Estate/Development, Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


With the funding secured, the law school is initiating the second phase in its plan to upgrade the campus and the surrounding ...


Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government


Coalition challenges order to keep fitness clubs closed

Sep. 16, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

State law provides more protections for individual rights than federal law and has a clear standard of judicial review, said S...


Criminal, Government


The state attorney general all but confirmed he would accept an appointment to the U.S. Senate by Gov. Gavin Newsom if Califor...


Constitutional Law, Government


Palo Alto sued for barring non-residents from park

Sep. 16, 2020
By Craig Anderson

The city of Palo Alto was sued Tuesday over its apparently unique policy of prohibiting non-residents from using Foothills Par...