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Labor/Employment


Who should be taking care of gig workers?

Mar. 30, 2020
By Jessica Mach

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act extended unemployment benefits to independent contractors when Presiden...


Law Practice


Michael V. Schafler will make the 11th lawyer at Cohen Williams, a Los Angeles firm that has grown steadily, increasing its at...


Civil Litigation


Awarded a fraction of what they were seeking, plaintiffs’ attorneys “now throw mud at a highly respected federal judge to try ...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


NRA sues governor, LA sheriff over gun store closures

Mar. 30, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Californians cannot exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms without such businesses,” the complaint argued.


California Supreme Court


A Long Beach toxic torts attorney said Los Angles County’s presiding judge closed the courts without making a constitutional f...


The policy, part of a pilot program to comply with the Los Angeles County presiding judge’s orders to conduct proceedings tele...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Monster Energy sues over REIGN trademark

Mar. 30, 2020
By Gina Kim

Monster Energy Co. sues small Orange County-based bottled water manufacturer for trademark infringement over popular REIGN brand


California Supreme Court, Government


City attorney Michael E. Gates said four charter cities -- Vernon, Gilroy, Needles and Marysville -- have submitted formal ami...


Insurance


Is virus property damage? Insurers ask

Mar. 27, 2020
By Nick Kipley

Insurers and businesses may have opposing views on virus coverage


Civil Rights, Criminal


The plaintiffs in a decades-old case over state prison mental health care filed an emergency motion Wednesday night seeking in...


Labor/Employment


In a letter sent to the governor Wednesday, the California Business and Industrial Alliance said 167 PAGA claims were filed la...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


“Ralphs didn’t want to settle,” Andre E. Jardini, who represented the cashier, said in an interview Thursday. “Most every othe...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Planners for the Lightning in a Bottle music festival, held annually in or around May, were forced like many to cancel due to ...


Bankruptcy, Health Care & Hospital Law


On Thursday, the Chapter 7 trustee in the bankruptcy of San Francisco-based uBiome Inc. received the green light to donate 40,...


Government, Law Practice


Lobbying groups representing both sides of California’s civil law bar have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to make three sweeping exe...


Under most state orders, those with essential jobs — doctors, grocery store workers, police and firefighters — have been allow...


Civil Rights


Judge David O. Carter has enlisted Judges André Birotte Jr. and Philip S. Gutierrez to help with his unusual approach


Bankruptcy, Health Care & Hospital Law, Law Practice


The ability of businesses (large and small alike) to weather this storm and rebound will depend on the severity and duration o...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Government


Antitrust attorneys are supporting federal enforcement agencies plan to ensure pro-competitive collaborations can take place t...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


Ventura judge stipulates to public censure for remarks

Mar. 26, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Most of Judge Bennett’s misconduct involved comments and remarks that are offensive, undignified, discourteous, dishonest, se...


Civil Litigation


A unanimous three-judge panel found that even though the client understood the fee arrangement, he did not sign the necessary ...


Stock makes up half of the $13.5 billion settlement PG&E agreed to pay wildfire victims to resolve their claims.


California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Government, Judges and Judiciary


Advocates for the media and other organizations sent a letter to California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on Wednesday ask...


Government


Cybersecurity attorneys say the most recent changes to the CCPA, released March 11, could be the final regulation revisions as...


Judges and Judiciary


Here are the winners of California judicial races in the March primary, following near-final ballot counts in most races.


The petitioners argue they should be allowed to complete their periodic registration remotely either over the phone or via tel...


Civil Litigation


Claims dismissed in decades-long dispute

Mar. 26, 2020
By Morgan Keith

U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley likely ended an 18-year legal battle between a rancher and Butte County.


Civil Litigation


Lawyers are concerned about the possibility of no trials until the summer and statutory deadlines.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. partially sided with Netflix Wednesday, dismissing two of Mo’Nique’s retaliation claims ...


Immigration


Immigration lawyers say lives at risk

Mar. 26, 2020
By Gina Kim

Some lawyers say they have become so frustrated that immigration courts have not closed during the coronavirus pandemic that t...