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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two of the three 9th Circuit panelists expressed doubt about whether the district court judge approvingly quoted the dissentin...


Labor/Employment


Security guard files PAGA complaint against Live Nation

Sep. 12, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Aa security guard says he was required to remain on-call when clocked out, attend company meetings off the clock, and to compl...


Wills, Estates & Trusts


Katherine Feinstein — who claims to have procured power of attorney over her mother’s affairs on July 23 — first initiated lit...


Los Angeles County Judge Anne Hwang disagreed that the DA’s decision not to allege prior strikes led to a convict being releas...


Labor/Employment


The deal will increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour with an annual consumer price index increase in April, a compromise com...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Immigration


“I don’t think they would be held responsible for monetary damages … Bar employees and the State Bar itself have immunity from...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The problem appears to be greater than too few judge positions. There are currently 100 vacant trial court positions in Califo...


Tax


“Numerous, widely distributed advertisements for TurboTax expressly or impliedly represented that the consumer-viewer would be...


Immigration, Government


Pro bono counsel from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and the National Immigrant Justice Center stated in the complaint that the asyl...


“In this case it’s killed the real estate market. Lenders are not lending here. Investors not investing in multiunit housing. ...


Immigration


The Trump policies, adopted in December 2020, were intended to speed up deportation proceedings and give more control to the h...


Government


The company formerly known as Twitter seeks to invalidate the state law under the First Amendment, the federal Constitution’s ...


Litigation & Arbitration


There are questions of fact about whether some delays were caused by the public defenders’ legitimate decisions on how to best...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Ex-Wisconsin justice testifies of voter fraud

Sep. 11, 2023
By Skyler Romero

State Bar court Judge Yvette Roland repeatedly accused defense attorney Randall Miller of leading his witness, including one i...


Obituaries


Christopher Brandon Noyes, 1982 -- 2023

Sep. 8, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

‘Brilliant lawyer’ balanced practice, raising young sons


Class Action


Attorneys for Grubhub want to limit the scope to drivers employed during the lead plaintiff’s four-month employment from 2015-...


Real Estate/Development


Mobile home park owners can challenge rent control law

Sep. 8, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Mobile home parks have long been considered one of the few lower-cost housing options in the state, and one disproportionately...


Judges and Judiciary


Parties argue significance of US judge’s bail ruling

Sep. 8, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“The Sheriff and the Attorney General are now prohibited from enforcing the bail schedule or any variation thereof,” Equal Jus...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Retired Santa Cruz County judge joins ADR services

Sep. 8, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Paul Burdick was presiding judge of the court from 2018 to 2020.


Class Action


Plaintiffs' colead counsel Derek W. Loeser of Keller Rohrback LLP and Lesley E. Weaver of Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP said ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“Very simply, a number of people in the University of Colorado were suggesting my speech caused the riots at the Capitol,” Joh...


Data Privacy


Google’s counsel, Zachary P Hutton of Paul Hastings LLP, argued the request is too broad because it constitutes 77,000 employe...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Maker of surgical robot sued over right to repair

Sep. 8, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Consolidated litigation claims Intuitive unlawfully monopolized the market for minimally invasive surgical robots and their se...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Challenge to gun open carry penalties can proceed

Sep. 8, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The opinion favorably quotes other circuit court opinions that make it sound as if California will have a difficult time justi...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


“Ye’s musical composition, with its distinctive arrangement and unique elements, constitutes a trade secret due to its economi...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Rights


MoFo drops race, sex requirements for fellowships

Sep. 8, 2023
By Craig Anderson

Perkins Coie LLP, which faces a nearly identical complaint filed Aug. 22 in the Northern District of Texas, has retained the l...



Tailored Approach

Sep. 8, 2023

JAMS mediator Elizabeth Laporte applies a bespoke method to each dispute resolution.


Litigation & Arbitration


The car owners' attorneys responded that Tesla failed to show that their clients clearly and unmistakably agreed to arbitratio...


Judges and Judiciary


LA judge admonished for incivility and absences

Sep. 7, 2023
By Devon Belcher

Superior Court judge Emily T. Spear stated she did not know that judges were expected to be at the courthouse during court hou...


Real Estate/Development


Goodkin APC partner Michael A. Shakouri accused one of the Regus LLC tenants of transferring their assets and interests to oth...