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Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


No injunction against Meta in web tracker litigation

Dec. 28, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

“My decision to deny the pending motion is based on Meta’s evidence that it is doing all it can to minimize the problems raise...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Hanson Bridgett says air quality lawyer coached witness

Dec. 28, 2022
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Attorneys representing Baker Commodities said that the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s inspector looked at his c...


Legal Education, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


MALDEF awards 10 law students scholarships

Dec. 28, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The winners will receive between $2,500 and $10,000


Administrative/Regulatory


A gloomy recent forecast predicted that California’s struggles with legal marijuana could lead to “an extinction event” create...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson stated in his 22-page order granting full summary judgment that Park Assist, which provi...


The technology provides a host of benefits to lawyers and law firms, and current uses include conducting legal research and co...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Judge Shama H. Mesiwala to the Sacramento superior court in 2017. She was the first South Asian app...


Government, Civil Litigation


However, hundreds of lawsuits, many by the same serial plaintiffs, continue to be filed, and most of those don’t make it to co...


Heading into 2023, likely to be another year with more people working virtually, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati cybersec...


Obituaries


Ralph Astor Lombardi, 1945-2022

Dec. 27, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

He tried cases for clients, big and small, famous, and infamous. This included product liability cases for automakers, and com...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Appellate Practice


“Working remotely, in my opinion, has made employees less loyal to their employers, and employees less loyal to one another. T...


Real Estate/Development, Banking


“To go from an ocean-view, four-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Malibu to living in a trailer in Ventura,” said Douglas D. Sh...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The California State Bar’s analysis of what’s needed for a new exam aligns with the National Council of Bar Examiners’ assessm...


Technology, Data Privacy


If approved, this settlement would be the largest ever settlement of a privacy class action in the nation as well as the large...


Judges and Judiciary


Assemblyman Brian Maienschein, D-San Diego, switched his party affiliation to Democrat after winning his first two terms as a ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The court adopted the program in 2020 because the State Bar Exam was postponed due to COVID-19. Of 912 participants, 645 have ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


In the motion to dismiss the claims against the defendants, Kendall Brill & Kelly partner Janet I. Levine countered that t...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Siskiyou County sues Oregon power company over wildfire

Dec. 27, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint shows plaintiff’s attorneys are adjusting to a 2019 California Supreme Court ruling limiting the state’s inverse...


Government, California Supreme Court


“The officer knew that continued interrogation violated Miranda and that the statements would not be admissible at trial, but ...


Environmental & Energy


The Center for Biological Diversity remains committed to the cause of completely ceasing offshore drilling, and has filed mult...


Litigation & Arbitration, Class Action


The class counsel’s fee request is opposed by former goalkeeper Hope Solo, whose attorney, A.J. de Bartolomeo at Tadler Law LL...


Obituaries


Justice Richard David Fybel, 1946 - 2022

Dec. 23, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Prolific justice wrote opinion in priest abuse litigation


Litigation & Arbitration


Attorney Gary W. Gorski argued his client suffered a clear “chilling effect,” in that SB 1327 has prompted his co-counsel to t...


Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles County Judge Eric C. Taylor is credited for measures taken to keep the nation’s largest trial court system running...


Real Estate/Development, Litigation & Arbitration, Government


According to data from the Department of Housing & Community Development, 319 jurisdictions are past the deadline to have ...


Technology


The agency accused CEO and co-founder David Chin and former chief technology officer and co-founder Matthew Moravec of selling...



The Facilitator

Dec. 23, 2022

Jackson Lucky relies on broad experience and a light touch to resolve disputes.


Judges and Judiciary


The nominees, who have the usual mix of ethnic and professional backgrounds that the president has sought in his judicial pick...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice


Nicholas C. Rowley of Trial Lawyers for Justice said his firm cut a check for $250,000 to “bridge the gap” that was preventing...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


In his order granting Wells Fargo’s motion for summary judgment, Superior Court Judge Jeffrey S. Ross wrote that Wells Fargo h...