Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge testifies that he carried a gun to chambers because he feared his colleague
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lassen County Presiding Judge Mark R. Nareau spoke in Sacramento County Superior Court on the second day of the Commission on ...
Merrill Lynch to pay $12 million for failure to file suspicious activity reports
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The charges were brought but the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Activists accuse judge of ethics violation over letter regarding homeless
By David Houston
Sacramento County Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman told the mayor that homeless people encamped around the courthouse are an ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Gascon opponents want judge to certify recall signatures
By Craig Anderson
If the lawsuit is successful, a judge could order the recall election to be held sometime between this fall and March 2024, at...
Law Practice
Formal dress policy for attorneys reinstated in LA County courts
By Devon Belcher
“Attorneys appearing in court in person or by remote video should be dressed in accordance with current customs for appropriat...
“This settlement will compensate the public for the expense of fighting the Rey Fire and restoring these federal lands that ar...
Sacramento attorney fought for tort reforms
Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge is controlling and prickly, discipline hearing is told
By Malcolm Maclachlan
CJP hearing against Superior Court Judge Tony R. Mallery is expected to last into August.
Appellate Practice
Appellate panel affirms tribe’s nearly $20M award from attorney
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Unpublished decision is the latest turn in a legal dispute between the Gabrielino-Tongva tribe and Jonathan A. Stein of Santa ...
Judges and Judiciary
4 Court of Appeal justices receive confirmation Monday
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert administered the oath of office to all four ju...
Technology
Authors, comedian accuse OpenAI, Meta of copying to train models
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“As artificial intelligence continues to change every aspect of the modern world, it’s critical that we recognize and protect ...
Government
Government Claims Act doesn’t shield county from all suits
By Craig Anderson
The hospital plaintiffs “have alleged an implied-in-law contract claim based on the reimbursement provision of the Knox-Keene ...
Government
City attorney denies San Francisco is ignoring order on camping law
By Wisdom Howell
“Despite the superficial heft of plaintiffs’ nearly 400-page filing, their factual assertions fall apart under closer examinat...
“You could take one look at our client and know that he had a long and difficult road to recovery ahead of him,” said plaintif...
Litigation & Arbitration
"The Profit" wasn't cause of business' demise, arbitrator finds
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The trustee for the failed design company claimed that rather than helping the business, the TV show created a scam that false...
Retired judge Steven Kleifield served as the coordination judge for asbestos-related cases in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura ...
Government
Presiding judge and DA plead with Sacramento city leaders to do something about homeless
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In separate letters to a city councilmember and the mayor, they say employees of the court have been threatened and assaulted,...
Judges and Judiciary
Cantil-Sakauye’s name possible for new Sacramento courthouse
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman noted in a letter that Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, who stepped down as chief justice on Jan. 1, ...
Litigation & Arbitration, Class Action
OneTaste tries to stop US prosecutors intervening in suit
By Skyler Romero
Attorneys for OneTaste Inc. claimed that prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York seek to violate their client’s right ...
Litigation & Arbitration
City ready to settle beach bullying case after appeal loss?
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Now that the landscape and the state of the law regarding what can be pled against the city in regards to alleged violations ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel revives ‘aiding torture’ claims against Cisco
By Craig Anderson
“Plaintiffs’ allegations state a plausible claim that corporate defendant Cisco took actions domestically that aided and abett...
San Diego Superior Court Judge Richard S. Whitney found that “the evidence of fraud was, in this court’s opinion, very thin an...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Twitter says Wachtell must return $90 million in legal fees
By Devon Belcher
“Because Wachtell aided and abetted the breaches of fiduciary duty by Twitter’s former officers and directors, Plaintiff is en...
Government
Suit says LA Public Defender Ricardo Garcia is biased against Latinos
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff, who has been a deputy public defender since 1995, claims he has been passed over for a promotion to head deputy...
Litigation & Arbitration
Lawsuit filed over LAPD detonation of fireworks in 2021
By Jonathan Lo
They accused the bomb squad personnel of lacking training on disposal using the containment vessel as well as deliberate indif...
If the lawsuit is successful, a judge could order the recall election to be held sometime between this fall and March 2024, at...
For 100 years, Hill, Farrer & Burrill has made its mark on the city of Los Angeles.
Civil Rights
LA County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia is biased against Latinos, MALDEF claims
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff, who has been a deputy public defender since 1995, claims he has been passed over for a promotion to head deputy...
Government
Presiding judge, DA plead with Sacramento leaders to do something about homeless
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In separate letters to a city council member and the mayor, the officials said employees of the court have been threatened and...
Kirkland & Ellis and Disability Rights Legal Center challenged the ordinance they said was aimed at ridding the streets of...