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Legal Education


“I chose LMU Loyola Law School as my professional home because of its mission. Its mission is to advance academic excellence, ...


Environmental & Energy


Justice warns CPUC over solar electricity rate policy

Dec. 21, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Last year, the commission greatly reduced the rebates owners of small rooftop solar arrays receive when they pump power back i...


Labor/Employment


Company must defend its noncompete clauses in California

Dec. 21, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The dispute could have far-reaching consequences in California, where the state’s Supreme Court just granted Lockton Companies...


Torts/Personal Injury


Man crushed in conveyor belt accident, widow sues

Dec. 21, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

“The last few moments of Mark’s life were terrifying. He was doing his job but the machine malfunctioned through no fault of h...


Constitutional Law


Federal judge enjoins state ban on handguns in certain public areas

Dec. 20, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar, Craig Anderson

Despite repeated inquiries from the U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, the Department of Justice attorney could not pinpoint h...


Judge aims to provide tools for people to solve problems


Judges and Judiciary


“On issue after issue, the jury sided with counsel, notwithstanding the evidence and this court’s instructions,” said the moti...


Labor/Employment


9th Circuit to rehear challenge to gig worker law

Dec. 20, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The question in the case is whether AB-5, written by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, targeted Uber and other gig-...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Epic criticized the settlement Google and the states. The company called it a one-time payout before trial with no true relief...


Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment


X’s attorneys argued that the plaintiff’s request “simply seeks to harass Musk, increase the burden and costs to defendants of...


Criminal


Panelists tell lawmakers retail theft is a problem

Dec. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

There is little agreement about how big the problem is, what caused it, and how to fight it.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Although the bar court abated two disciplinary cases against David R. Lira on self-incrimination grounds due to his pending pr...


Insurance


On Monday, Downey Brand LLP Partner William R. Warne filed a notice of settlement with the court. Attorneys for Orbital Scienc...


State Bar & Bar Associations


An attached chart said that of 2,814 comments submitted, 71% disagreed with its proposal. Among attorneys, the opposition was ...


Entertainment & Sports, Corporate


"We are pleased with the court's decision granting summary judgment in favor of our client, Endeavor, holding plaintiff's ide...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News


6 California judges honored by National Judicial College

Dec. 20, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Several judges were honored for adhering to the law and Constitution despite opposing public opinion, political pressure and p...


Criminal, Community News, California Supreme Court


The article "describes the extent to which the state's realignment legislation and the subsequent initiative measures in the p...


Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Home today to a roster of just over 100 neutrals and about 85 employees, Judicate West operates offices in Santa Ana, downtown...


Litigation & Arbitration


Plaintiffs’ attorney Sarah R. London of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP responded that because there was so much wo...


Insurance


“Defendants weaponized addiction and pushed relapse to prevent recovery,” the complaint reads. “Far from performing services f...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Henry Liu hailed the company’s decision as “a major win for the FTC as...


Constitutional Law


If the state is allowed to avoid an “adverse ruling” by “voluntary cessation” of a law that attempted to restrict doctors’ fre...


Intellectual Property


“Apple strongly disagrees with the order and is pursuing a range of legal and technical options to ensure that the Apple Watch...


Entertainment & Sports


Basketball player sues NCAA to play at USF

Dec. 19, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

The plaintiff’s attorneys — Jon T. King in Walnut Creek and Dawn Ceizler in Concord — argued in their motion that the NCAA’s d...


Environmental & Energy


“The oversized project for a private high school, with significant financial, organizational and availability of public use, w...


Entertainment & Sports


The plaintiff “does not allege that any University of San Diego coach, assistant, volunteer, or employee participated in the h...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Contaminated culture media killed embryos, lawsuit says

Dec. 19, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The complaint by Tracey B. Cowan of Clarkson Law Firm PC says that CooperSurgical did not sufficiently test the embryo culture...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediators’ weekly webinars aim at reducing global hunger

Dec. 19, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The idea for “New Possibilities Hour: Will Work for Food Project” was conceptualized by Natalie Armstrong-Motin. She and her h...


Labor/Employment


Sanders campaign settles employee discrimination suit

Dec. 19, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Sadly, he and his campaign failed to live up to not only her ideals but also the Senator’s own stated beliefs and policies he...


Corporate


Bleich fired as chief legal officer of embattled Cruise

Dec. 18, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Cruise fired nine executives in total and said it would lay off 900 workers following an investigation into an accident in San...