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Government


Counties ‘lack urgency’ on homelessness, Newsom says

Dec. 18, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Over the past month, almost every county in the state has voted to wait to enforce a key piece of legislation designed to supp...


Litigation & Arbitration


Google’s attorneys, who are from Perkins Coie LLP, asserted that absent members of the class agreed to arbitrate their claims ...


“Real Party is a private attorney working for a Los Angeles limited liability law partnership, which provides a broad range of...


Torts/Personal Injury


$17.5M verdict reached over disabled man’s death

Dec. 18, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“Following Decedent’s injuries, [Driver] Juarez refused to offer any assistance to Decedent, leaving Decedent’s family members...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The county has an agreement with the San Mateo County Bar Association’s Private Defender Program where private attorneys repre...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“The Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California, Rule 5.225(D), permit the State Bar to file an application after it ha...


Real Estate/Development


MV Reality signed at least 1,443 Homeowner Benefit Agreements with California residents and recorded illegal liens on most of ...


Civil Rights


Federal judge warns VA to settle case over homeless veterans

Dec. 18, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I think this is the most important legal victory for veterans in our nation’s history,” Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel said.


Civil Rights


“California remains deeply committed to promoting and enforcing the civil rights of women in the workplace,” said Kevin Kish o...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Attorneys for the State Bar said they anticipate a protective order to be necessary during the discovery process of a class ac...


Corporate


Judge unlikely to bar SEC’s subpoena of Musk

Dec. 15, 2023
By Jonathan Lo

“I recognize it’s rare to deny enforcement of an SEC subpoena but … the SEC has to be reasonable. The SEC has crossed the line...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The lawsuit attorney John H. Gomez filed in San Diego County Superior Court mentions some big names in the Southern California...


Civil Litigation


A judge allowed plaintiffs to file claims against a Brink’s employee, saying she concealed facts when telling them what amount...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The state is appealing a September ruling by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of San Jose, granting a preliminary injun...


Intellectual Property


“The jury’s verdict … holds broader societal significance for all creatives by affirming the gravity with which the law will t...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Attorneys for the plaintiffs, Michael Kent and Emily Pincin, partners at Kent Pincin in Redondo Beach, said in an interview Th...



Let Them Talk

Dec. 15, 2023

Neutral Charles Margines wants disputing litigants to know he's heard them.


Civil Litigation


On appeal, the plaintiff contended the delayed discovery rule “postponed accrual of her claims until 2020, when she joined a s...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Environmental organizations and groups representing farmworkers sued, arguing that the EPA’s registration of streptomycin sulf...


Environmental & Energy


Justices question CPUC’s right to change its decisions

Dec. 14, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A coalition of environmental groups challenged the California Public Utilities Commission’s 2022 decision to reduce the rates ...


Litigation & Arbitration


The plaintiffs’ attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.


Intellectual Property


Rearden accused Disney and other movie makers of partnering with another company, Digital Domain 3.0 (DD3), which a court foun...


Community News



Judges and Judiciary


Judge Howard H. Shore, who has never been challenged in an election since his elevation to the Superior Court in 2000, stipula...


Civil Litigation


The parties filed the ex parte application without prior notice because they all agreed to a continuance, and they do not want...


State Bar & Bar Associations


David R. Lira, who has been fighting with State Bar prosecutors since September in an effort to pause a proceeding that could ...


Intellectual Property


San Francisco Judge Richard B. Ulmer took the defendant’s “amended demurrers’ off calendar in a lawsuit over alleged infringem...


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports


Sam Fernandez, longtime Dodgers general counsel, joins JAMS

Dec. 14, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I’ve been a Dodger fan since I picked the Dodgers in the ‘63 World Series. I not only got to meet Sandy Koufax, I got to work...


Labor/Employment


“In our constitutional system, the electorate has broad power to enact legislation by initiative on virtually any subject, inc...


Civil Litigation


“Nobody in their wild imagination thought Brink’s would leave the jewelry and nothing between the jewelry and the thieves but ...