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Law Practice


The departure of longtime Irell & Manella LLP partner Andrei Iancu, along with a former U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fede...


Criminal


In response to the overdose crisis, several prosecutors have vowed to bring murder charges against dealers, but the cases may ...


Technology, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge Jacqueline S. Corley refused the FTC’s request to delay the merger while the agency completes an antitrust...


Litigation & Arbitration


Judge may drop Boston archdiocese case

Jul. 12, 2023
By Skyler Romero

In a tentative ruling and subsequent hearing, Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III said he was inclined to quash a sub...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“The Supreme Court has the ability to raise fees should they decide to do so, but this is our attempt to provide for greater a...


Law Practice


The team defends creditors, finance companies, debt buyers, law firms, and collection agencies against individual and class cl...


California Supreme Court


"I had a 30-year career in law, 25 of which was in the state appellate court system, and I really missed practicing law on a d...


Lassen County Presiding Judge Mark R. Nareau spoke in Sacramento County Superior Court on the second day of the Commission on ...


The charges were brought but the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sacramento County Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman told the mayor that homeless people encamped around the courthouse are an ...


Litigation & Arbitration


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


“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...


Obituaries


Fred James Hiestand, 1943 - 2023

Jul. 11, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Sacramento attorney fought for tort reforms


Judges and Judiciary


CJP hearing against Superior Court Judge Tony R. Mallery is expected to last into August.


Appellate Practice


Unpublished decision is the latest turn in a legal dispute between the Gabrielino-Tongva tribe and Jonathan A. Stein of Santa ...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

Jul. 11, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert administered the oath of office to all four ju...


Technology


“As artificial intelligence continues to change every aspect of the modern world, it’s critical that we recognize and protect ...


Government


The hospital plaintiffs “have alleged an implied-in-law contract claim based on the reimbursement provision of the Knox-Keene ...


“Despite the superficial heft of plaintiffs’ nearly 400-page filing, their factual assertions fall apart under closer examinat...


Insurance


Plaintiff wins $8.9M after drunken driver flees

Jul. 11, 2023
By Skyler Romero

“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 trustee for the failed design company claimed that rather than helping the business, the TV show created a scam that false...


Law Practice


Retired LA County judge joins ADR Services

Jul. 10, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Retired judge Steven Kleifield served as the coordination judge for asbestos-related cases in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura ...


In separate letters to a city councilmember and the mayor, they say employees of the court have been threatened and assaulted,...


Judges and Judiciary


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


Attorneys for OneTaste Inc. claimed that prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York seek to violate their client’s right ...


Litigation & Arbitration


“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


“Plaintiffs’ allegations state a plausible claim that corporate defendant Cisco took actions domestically that aided and abett...


Litigation & Arbitration


Damages slashed in judgment notwithstanding

Jul. 10, 2023
By Jonathan Lo

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


“Because Wachtell aided and abetted the breaches of fiduciary duty by Twitter’s former officers and directors, Plaintiff is en...