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People involved in the selection process say one desire is to avoid embarrassing exchanges between nominees and U.S. Sen. John...


Technology


Irvine technology company wins $26M for breach of contract

Jul. 24, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Latham & Watkins was hired late in the litigation to try the case against the Taiwan-based defendant company.


U.S. Supreme Court


If approved by the state high court, the rules would require lawyers to annually affirm or reaffirm the oath when paying their...


“Granting applicants ‘full party’ status in this case … would only serve to delay the proceedings, unnecessarily complicate th...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The main change is that bar trustees must report foreseeable financial conflicts, rather than the current requirement to repor...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Council changes courthouse name policy

Jul. 24, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Courthouses may now be named for the living or recently deceased, opening up possibilities other than geographical designations.


Criminal


The judge said she had the “greatest respect” for criminal defense attorney Katherine T. Corrigan but wondered why her testimo...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Attorneys for Domino’s argued that the shipment of mushrooms, cheese and other pizza toppings was a two-step process that came...


Insurance


Orrick data breach affected dental insurer’s clients

Jul. 24, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“On March 13, 2023, Orrick detected that an unauthorized third party gained remote access to a portion of its network, includi...


Judges and Judiciary


With Friday’s ruling, Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff found that the requested meeting invitations do not constitute...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“These proposed changes will conform the code to the Political Reform Act, including by requiring trustees to report all finan...


The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the Center for American Liberty, said she has a constitutional right to make this...


Environmental & Energy


The plaintiffs argue that the Forest Service only prepared three Environmental Assessments and associated Findings of No Signi...


Civil Rights


The plaintiffs do not have standing because they could not show that the religious schools the children attend are “able and r...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar says yes, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted in a decision announced Friday that the question needs...


Judges and Judiciary


Clerks and officials were angry when Judge Tony R. Mallery was elected, a former court operations manager testified in his def...


Immigration


State to provide free legal services to farmworkers

Jul. 21, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Farmworkers are the backbone of our economy, and we won’t stand by as bad actors use the threat of deportation as a form of e...


Labor/Employment


The dispute between State Compensation Insurance Fund and ReadyLink Healthcare centered on whether premiums were owed for per ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Judge Kevin C. Brazile agreed that attorneys from De Castro Law Group PC would likely be witnesses at trial in a dispute among...


Civil Litigation


The San Francisco football team maintained it was not liable for negligence and breach of implied contract.


Criminal


Victims of synagogue shooting can sue gun shop

Jul. 21, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The circumstances surrounding the Chabad of Poway shooting brought to the California Legislature’s “attention that, unless cla...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“But the state-created danger exception finds no support in the text of the Constitution, the historical understanding of the ...


Technology


Google did not show that the plaintiff’s claims, which differed between his original and amended complaints, were made in bad ...


Intellectual Property


“We’re lovers, not fighters,” the president of Taco John’s said in a statement meant to call a truce to litigation filed by ot...


Intellectual Property


Attorneys at Keller/Anderle LLP and Umberg Zipser LLP, who successfully defended MGA Entertainment at trial in May, are asking...


Civil Rights


State civil rights attorneys seek $138,386 in sanctions against Activision for continued discovery attempts after a judge rule...


Obituaries


Andrew H. Struve, June 29, 1966 — July 14, 2023

Jul. 20, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Buchalter healthcare litigator was generous mentor and loyal friend


Counsel for OneTaste Inc. repeatedly questioned the legal basis for the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York to r...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Government


Two Santa Clara County deputy public defenders sued the state after they were warned against soliciting political contribution...


Sen. Tom Cotton wrote 51 law firms that their DEI initiatives might be illegal following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on ...