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Judge M. Margaret McKeown spent five years in research institutions across the country to write “Citizen Justice: The Environm...


Bankruptcy


In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 218. The law opened up a three-year window for people to file cases between 2020 and 2022...


Environmental & Energy, Admiralty/Maritime, Administrative/Regulatory


U.S. District Judge James Donato, in his order, found the sablefish pot fishery, with its 2-mile long strings of pots to harve...


Technology, State Bar & Bar Associations


An artificial intelligence model created by OpenAI exceeded the 68% student average for multiple choice performance in the Uni...


Law Practice, Contracts, Appellate Practice


Expert in government contracts joins BakerHostetler in LA

Mar. 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Todd brings a unique perspective as it relates to how the government prosecutes debarment cases,” firm business practice chai...


Insurance


The unpublished ruling said that the lower court erred in concluding that Section 533 of the California Insurance Code did not...


Civil Litigation


Wednesday's proceeding in San Francisco Superior Court regarding the plaintiff's motion to compel discovery was the final cale...


Government, Criminal


U.S. District Judge John F. Walter paused the proceedings against former deputy mayor Raymond Chan last week after his lawyer,...


LA juvenile judge willing to listen to creative solutions


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Camille Vasquez, a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP shared how she copes with fame and recounted the legal strategy that led to th...


Labor/Employment


Proposition 22 ruling is not Dynamex 2.0, attorneys say

Mar. 15, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

"The issue this time around is whether Proposition 22, which is legislation adopted by the initiative process, violates the Ca...


Government, Civil Rights


Counsel for Calvary Chapel told Superior Court Judge Evette D. Pennypacker that the county violated the First and 14th amendme...


Government, Banking


Fed board ousts Silicon Valley Bank executive

Mar. 15, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Silicon Valley Bank's CEO Greg Becker's role with the board that is supposed to be monitoring SVB might raise some eyebrows, b...


Obituaries


Judge Alfred Theodore “Ted” Goodwin, 1923–2022

Mar. 15, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Ruled schools could not require ‘under God’ in Pledge


Technology, Civil Litigation


"Social media companies have ignited a serious mental health crisis through their deployment of artificial intelligence algori...


Education Law


“To be eligible as a placement for a student with a disability, the CDE [California Department of Education] must ‘certify’ an...


Los Angeles Judge Stephen Goorvitch wants lawyers to care as much as he does, and get it right.


Judges and Judiciary


Attorneys for Altria, the largest investor in Juul Labs, met with the plaintiffs’ lawyers Friday to argue over motions to dism...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


50-member West Coast patent team moves to DLA

Mar. 14, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“For the past few years, we have doubled the size of our team and our revenue, so we decided it was time to reassess and rebal...


Government, Civil Rights


County Counsel James R. Williams asked the court to abide by the Younger abstention doctrine which he said articulates, “‘a st...


Criminal, Banking


Four days after a multibillion run on Silicon Valley Bank, a shareholder filed a proposed class action in federal court in San...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Criminal


“The main reason why we weren’t able to release the reports until Friday of last week was because we were cooperating with a l...


Labor/Employment


Monday’s decision written by Justice Tracie L. Brown will allow these companies to classify drivers and other gig workers as i...


Labor/Employment, Ediscovery, Class Action


Disney pay suit with tardy discovery gets more time

Mar. 14, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

In the last conference in October, Judge Elihu M. Berle chided the attorneys for not having settled the basics and wondered if...


Data Privacy, Criminal


Plaintiff Jose Licea alleged Cinmar violated California Penal Code Section 631 when it paid a third party to “eavesdrop” on an...


Yuba County Judge Melanie Bendorf emphasizes individual circumstances in each case.


Consumer Law


Earlier this year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that it was conducting a study into gas emissions fro...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The bar released two redacted reports detailing the agency’s handling of the Thomas V. Girardi matters, including a former Sta...


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


While the panel ruled against the plaintiff, attorney Rogan M. J. O’Handley, he might still have a claim under the state Const...


Torts/Personal Injury, Government


Gibson Dunn wins $375K for protester shot by rubber bullet

Mar. 13, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Jurors determined that Deon Jones’ 4th Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures had been violated by office...