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Building Rapport

Jun. 1, 2018

Mediator Jeane Struck makes a point of developing relationships with both sides early on.


Banking, Civil Litigation


A federal judge said he would approve the final settlement in a class action alleging Wells Fargo Bank NA employees offered re...


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


A federal jury correctly awarded nearly $1 million in damages to five Los Angeles county inmates who were beaten by sheriff's ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Lisa A. Novak for making impr...


Government, Civil Litigation


The family of a well-known entertainment lawyer who was killed when a distracted sheriff’s deputy ran into him has reached an ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has requested the court rehear en banc the famed “monkey selfie” case, indica...


Government


A crop of district attorney races across California have been defined by progressive challengers, including defense attorneys ...


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


A trial that could potentially cost Facebook Inc. billions of dollars in damages was postponed Tuesday after the 9th U.S. Circ...


Constitutional Law, Government, Civil Litigation


Attorney General Xavier Becerra is constitutionally ineligible to hold and run for the office, according to a lawsuit filed by...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Education Law


The embattled school is leaving the San Diego property that resulted in millions in debt.


Civil Litigation


Gamers angry about the Linux operating system being removed from their PlayStation 3 in 2010 are on the verge of receiving a p...


Government, Immigration


Temporary path for foreign entrepreneurs

May 29, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The Trump administration will rescind an Obama-era regulation allowing foreign entrepreneurs to temporarily work in the U.S. a...


Criminal, Government


After repeated attempts over the past decade, two bills aimed at addressing the timeliness of DNA analysis of rape kits as wel...


Judges and Judiciary


It appears that a candidate for San Bernardino County Superior Court judge is running against a judge who enforced a restraini...


Judges and Judiciary


The campaign to recall Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky may encourage judges to impose harsher sentences r...


Civil Litigation


Insurance commissioner sues Becerra over AG commercial

May 29, 2018
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Making good on a challenge issued days earlier, attorney general candidate Dave Jones has sued incumbent Xavier Becerra over h...


Government, International Law


As the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation law went into full effect Friday, many companies were not ready.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Following the levying of a $239,000 malpractice judgment against two attorneys, both sides have accused the other of varying d...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News


The organization partnered with Glaser Weil LLP to bring together a group of Muslim attorneys and business professionals for a...


Corporate


It is still unclear why Hillary Smith, who came to the mobile credit card payment company in late 2016 from Zenefits, stepped ...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Four deputy public defenders challenging San Francisco County judges claim their opponents have been complicit in a criminal j...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


The Judicial Council unanimously approved rules to allow public access to settlements for sexual harassment and discrimination...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


A San Jose federal jury ordered Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to pay $539 million Thursday for infringing five Apple Inc. paten...


Environmental & Energy


Attorneys representing titans of the oil industry made their bid to dismiss a novel nuisance case brought by the cities of Oak...


In Recess


Dedicated to the Homeless

May 25, 2018
By Skylar Dubelko

Attorney Melody Mosley quickly became a tireless leader at OC nonprofit Family Promise.


California Supreme Court, Criminal


In a case involving a criminal defendant’s right to subpoena social media communications of a victim or a witness, the state S...


Government, Immigration


A potential agreement with Mexico could help relieve a backlog of asylum cases pending in the United States but could also det...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


The ruling came in a legal challenge to the State Bar’s interpretation by an Alameda County court employee.


Government, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


A court of appeal has declined to stay a Riverside County judge’s order striking down California’s physician assisted suicide ...


Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Immigration, Civil Litigation


ACLU sues ICE over license plate information

May 24, 2018
By Chase DiFeliciantonio

The ACLU sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, demanding information about how the agency handles data p...