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Judges and Judiciary


AB 3366 passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee only after multiple amendments, perhaps illustrating the nervousness many legi...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy, Government


The 9th Circuit panel affirmed U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria’s decision the city violated its contract with a developer t...


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


This latest challenge comes as Gov. Gavin Newsom faces opposition on several fronts to his policies to combat the coronavirus ...


Contra Costa County also reopened its courthouses for the first time in more than two months on Tuesday, with temperature chec...


Criminal, Government


With just over six months to prepare for the initial phase of the shift, leaders in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties are...


U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Victoria S. Kaufman was reappointed to a second 14-year term, effective May 2.


Bankruptcy, Environmental & Energy


U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali will scrutinize the vote when he considers whether to confirm PG&E’s plan in proceedi...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental & Energy


California cities and counties that have sued a host of energy companies for hiding the impact of climate change on their comm...


Real Estate/Development, Government


Ban on evictions, fines for landlords clears committee

May 26, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB939 aims to bar evictions of commercial tenants while Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency orders relating to the pandemic remain i...


Criminal, Government


Bill aims to curb some juror challenges

May 26, 2020
By Tyler Pialet

The law would significantly change that process of juror challenges in an unprecedented way, said Robert Weisberg, professor o...


Criminal, Family


“Coercive control describes an ongoing and multi-pronged strategy, with tactics that include manipulation, humiliation, isolat...


Law Practice


Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP brought on two litigators to bolster its automotive practice.


Civil Litigation


Two food stamp recipients accused the U.S. Department of Agriculture of unlawfully withholding extra emergency food relief to ...


The ACLU was denied their request to access the government’s application to hide certain spy data from public access in a sout...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Courts and attorneys are historically resistant to change, and that’s true even in the midst of a pandemic.


Constitutional Law, Government, U.S. Supreme Court


Although lower federal and state courts in California have ruled First Amendment rights are not absolute, especially when weig...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


A pipeline company criminally convicted for the 2015 Refugio oil spill in Santa Barbara County lost all its motions for decert...


Judges and Judiciary


Legislature begins approving court funding cuts

May 22, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Legislature has been attempting to evaluate the probable historic reductions without knowing the full picture of state tax...


A $1 million COVID-19 emergency response fund for California's incarcerated has been established by the Horowitz Family Founda...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The family of a man who died of Covid-19 complications filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his nursing home Thursday, alleg...


The restaurateur argues public health objectives in Monterey County have been met and there is no longer a crisis requiring co...


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Government


The Northern District of California delayed criminal trials until July and postponed civil trials until October due to the COV...


Environmental & Energy, Litigation & Arbitration


Pacific Gas & Electric Co. teamed up with the committee representing wildfire victims Thursday to defend a $13.5 billion s...


Legal Education, Technology


Company matches students with mentoring firms

May 22, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

The company has been in touch with several universities who are still unsure whether they will have people on campus by fall, ...


Judges and Judiciary


Deputy DA is new San Joaquin County commissioner

May 22, 2020
By Arin Mikailian

Michael Rasmussen, a local prosecutor since 1998, succeeds Judge Jayne Lee, who was elevated by Gov. Gavin Newsom in December.


The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. presented Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. and the joint venture partners with a Nat...


Real Estate/Development, Government, International Law


The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has been reviewing transactions for years, but had never required fees for fil...


Law Practice


Businesses confronting new workplace regulations can get help to renegotiate commercial leases, apply for government relief pr...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy


With their class action hopes dashed for now and no indication they will receive restitution in the Santa Barbara criminal cas...


Bankruptcy, Corporate


Hahn & Hahn adds bankruptcy practice

May 21, 2020
By Kamila Knaudt

Hahn & Hahn LLP in Pasadena launched a bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice when it added two new attorneys thi...