9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit mulls San Francisco homeless camp injunction opposition
By Craig Anderson
During arguments, the majority of the panel seemed less inclined to vacate entirely an injunction stopping San Francisco from ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Grubhub drivers file misclassification suit in LA
By Wisdom Howell
Grubhub has maintained that its drivers are independent contractor similar litigation.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Eastman surrenders in Georgia, State Bar case to resume
By Skyler Romero
“I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought. It represents a crossing of the Rubicon f...
Law Practice
San Francisco area attorney joins ADR Services panel of neutrals
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Robert P. Hamilton has been a lawyer and mediator for 40 years. He retired after 20 years as a partner at Goodman Neuman Hamil...
Law Practice
Hughes Hubbard bolsters China practice with new partner
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Geopolitical tensions have kept most law firms away from China. I wanted to join a firm that is hungry and committed to the r...
American Alliance for Equal Rights accused Morrison & Foerster LLP and Perkins Coie LLP of violating the Equal Rights Act ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Accusations of ‘greed’ and ‘revenge’ start trade secrets trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
All of the defendants have denied the allegations against them in the trade secrets misappropriation and racketeering trial th...
Litigation & Arbitration
Agency sued over letting 2 districts seek cheaper water
By Skyler Romero
The complaint claims that the San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission failed to substantially review the environmen...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Lawmakers take steps to overhaul mental health care
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Much of the impetus appears to be coming from a governor who has made these his signature issues and federal court decisions t...
Litigation & Arbitration
Workers want employer’s appeal declared frivolous
By Jonathan Lo
The company’s counsel argued that the workers signed written franchise agreements that had arbitration clauses to cover the cl...
The Grants Pass petition follows a hotly disputed 9th Circuit ruling — in which 13 active judges, all appointees of Republican...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit judge who said she supports ACLU won’t recuse in homeless litigation
By Craig Anderson
The city of San Francisco, fighting to remove homeless camps, posted a screenshot of an ACLU of Arizona webpage including Judg...
Community News, California Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court Historical Society bestows legal writer awards
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The top three writers represented UC Irvine School of Law and UC Berkeley School of Law. They read summaries of their papers t...
As the head of the third largest regional SEC office, Michele Wein Layne managed 180 attorneys, accountants and staffers in in...
“Evidence of his normal routine immediately leading up to the demise of Girardi Keese … demonstrates that his instant ‘symptom...
Environmental & Energy
PG&E says deal to close Diablo Canyon now ‘null and void’
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys for PG&E told a San Francisco judge that a deal with Friends of the Earth to shut the nuclear plant in 2022 was ...
Bankruptcy needed to handle 500 sex abuse suits, archdiocese says.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Contract employee screeners can be liable for queries
By Craig Anderson
The state Supreme Court ruling, if adopted by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that asked the question, would revive ...
“There is certainly no comparable case law to recite. But it would be perverse to find no duty based on the corporate defendan...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sacramento appeals order against clearing homeless camps
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The city asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review an order by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley extending the pr...
Health Care & Hospital Law
British COVID test maker accuses Innova of fraud
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Disruptive Nanotechnology Ltd. said that after Innova secured a $138 million deal to provide tests to the U.K. government, Inn...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Judge dismisses consumer antitrust claim against Google, Apple
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila wrote that the vague and conclusory allegations plaintiffs put forward are insufficient t...
"The court is willing to make certain changes in this week's trial schedule in order to accommodate Dr. Eastman's surrender in...
Join podcast host Sunidhi Sridhar and Dykema associate attorney Jasmina Aragon as they delve into California's meal and rest b...
In this episode, attorney David Schnider from Nolan Heimann chats with podcast host Sunidhi Sridhar about the intricacies of d...
DLA Piper employment law partner, Holly Lake, lends her expert insights into how the affirmative action ban shapes diversity i...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit must again consider homeless initiatives
By Craig Anderson
The case brings the homelessness crisis playing out in cities across the nation, particularly in the West, to the appellate co...
When the attorneys first broke away from Lewis Brisbois in May, they were known as Barber Ranen. However, that almost immediat...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sacramento residents sue to close homeless shelter, citing ballot initiative
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Voters passed Measure O in November with 52% of the vote. According to the law’s ballot title, it requires the city to build m...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Retired Los Angeles County judge joins Signature Resolution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“I loved being a lawyer. I love working with lawyers. I love being a judge, and I did that for 31 years, but at some point, as...