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Government


Among the most important changes was Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who will head the Senate Budget Committee as the stat...


Real Estate/Development


According to his lawsuit, Shashikant Jogani used loans from his brothers to purchase and rehabilitate hundreds of apartment un...


Law Practice


Ivy A. Wang joined the firm as a shareholder, reunited with Thomas P. O'Brien, the former U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.



Client Whisperer

Feb. 9, 2024

Neutral Joseph Lovretovich draws on 40 years in employment law to connect with parties.


Real Estate/Development


Shashi Jogani used loans from his four brothers to purchase and rehabilitate hundreds of apartment units on their behalf, expe...


Torts/Personal Injury


Driver testified in a deposition that he was distracted by the DoorDash navigation app on his phone when he slammed into a Chi...


Government


"Who would like to tell me why I am wrong?" the judge said, opening a hearing on his tentative ruling. The moving attorney spo...


“It’s a living, breathing new tort that is not so new anymore,” William Shernoff said of bad faith insurance, which was born w...


Family, Community News


The nonprofit said Stacy Horth-Neubert’s background in pro bono legal service and equal justice advocacy positions her well to...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


AliveCor’s lawsuit challenged Apple’s ability to improve important capabilities of the Apple Watch that consumers and develope...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


“Clients seem to really appreciate the simplicity and transparency of ADR Services’ business model,” retired Judge Victoria Wo...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


LeRonne Armstrong’s attorneys accused the mayor of firing him after he publicly criticized an investigation led by federal mon...


Labor/Employment


“They’re not taking a percentage of the recovery and they’re, you know, not demanding that the legal expenses that they devote...


Judge Dena Coggins, who is presiding judge of juvenile court in Sacramento County, was picked to fill the position being vacat...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Gregory J. Elvine-Kreis has denied the Commission on Judicial Performance accusations. His attorney said most of them da...


Data Privacy


Companies may adopt policies that offer the option to override a Global Privacy Control signal or pay a subscription fee, acco...


Real Estate/Development


A Pasadena jury rendered a complete defense verdict for BASTA Inc. and its founder, Daniel J. Bramzon, in the lawsuit over a p...


A Pasadena jury rendered a complete defense verdict for BASTA Inc. and its founder, Daniel J. Bramzon, in the lawsuit over a p...


Obituaries


Rick S. Brown, 1942-2024

Feb. 7, 2024
By Laurinda Keys

Santa Barbara County judge kept working, even after 26 years on bench


Real Estate/Development


The office sector is not expected to fully recover until the end of 2026 as underperforming buildings are redeveloped. San Fra...


Technology, Data Privacy


“Simply put, defendants put their desire for revenue over their patients’ privacy rights,” John R. Parker Jr. of Almeida Law G...


Obituaries


Dan L. Burk, 1962 — 2024

Feb. 7, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

UC Irvine School of Law professor set standard for internet law scholarship


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


The Louis D. Brandeis Center sued the UC Regents and UC Berkeley last fall, claiming that various campus organizations have en...


California Supreme Court


Their complaint, filed by Dan Siegel with Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta in Oakland, demanded relief from involuntary servit...


Contracts, Constitutional Law


Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer issued a final order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend brought by attorneys f...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“Defendants’ federal contractor minimum wage imposes billions of dollars in new costs … all on the assertion that nebulous mo...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Lawsuit filed over recalled Medtronic insulin pumps

Feb. 7, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The company initiated a recall in October 2019 and replaced the pumps with versions that have more durable black retainer ring...


Corporate


Arcsoft accused of misleading shareholders about finances and planning to go public in China.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law


The 2-1 decision reverses, pending appeal, a decision by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez that the law is unconstit...


Litigation & Arbitration, Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Quinn wrote in his order that the plaintiff judges had failed to show that the time limit on pa...