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Judges and Judiciary


Court reporters embrace ‘voice writing’ technology

Dec. 19, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The passage of AB 156 followed four decades of legislative efforts to codify a growing array of digital tools within the profe...


Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


“I would plan vacations months ahead of time because I just didn’t believe in continuing either motion or trial because I want...


Government


Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez, an appointee of President George W. Bush, granted the injunction sought by variou...


Litigation & Arbitration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The dispute involved a sweepstakes that awarded $1.2 million in Dogecoin, a digital exchange.


Neutral Sheridan Reed only uses a hammer and torch for her metalsmithing hobby.



Evolving

Dec. 16, 2022

Judge David L. Berry learns from attorneys and Court of Appeal justices


Criminal


Ahmad Abouammo was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $242,000. He passed along confidential and sensitiv...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment


The company is facing three class actions, all of which were filed by Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC in...


Labor/Employment


Thursday’s complaint is the latest sexual harassment lawsuit to be brought against the fast food company, whom the EEOC sued i...


Law Practice, Criminal


Andrew G. Watters was first approached by the victim’s family to file a petition for the conservatorship of her estate because...


Criminal


U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of Chicago ruled that there was a “clear nexus” between the lawsuit and the underlying...


Ensuring people are heard is personal for San Diego County Commissioner Lizbet Muñoz


Government, Civil Litigation


Hesperia and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department will pay under $1 million to residents affected by the ordinances ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


State Bar seeks feedback on proposed civility pledge

Dec. 15, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Lawyers licensed since June 2014 already have taken the civility pledge.


Technology, International Law


‘At the end of the day we are confident that we can demonstrate to a jury that, to borrow a phrase from its own employees, Met...


Constitutional Law


Bradley A. Benbrook, an attorney with the Benbrook Law Group who represents the plaintiffs fighting a gun restriction law the ...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez said the plaintiff’s attorneys, seeking a preliminary injunction against a law that allows ...


According to court documents, Sharief Deona McDowell, 57, used investors’ money to pay for her lavish lifestyle. T


Judges and Judiciary, Ediscovery


Counsel for the plaintiffs — Daniel S. Mason of Furth Salem Mason & Li LLP in San Francisco and Quentin L. Kopp, a former ...



The Mentor

Dec. 14, 2022

Butte County Commissioner Kurt Worley emphasizes research, communication


Litigation & Arbitration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The case comes to the nation’s highest court after Coinbase’s attempts to compel arbitration in two class actions alleging the...


Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal


Appeal court hears argument over gig worker referendum

Dec. 14, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“This case concerns unprecedented limitations on the initiative power, one of the most precious rights of our democratic proce...


Technology, California Supreme Court


“Because stocks are traded across the country, plaintiffs can pick whatever forum they like, and they will now pick only the 9...


Labor/Employment


Hollywood Foreign Press member beats anti-SLAPP motion

Dec. 14, 2022
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“It can be inferred for purposes of an anti-SLAPP analysis that the HFPA acted extremely and outrageously by issuing a press r...


Technology, Class Action


In one case, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland issued an order granting Google’s motion for summary judgme...


Labor/Employment


The former vice president of business operations of Skye Bioscience is suing the CEO of the company after the plaintiff said s...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Altshuler Berzon LLP partner P. Casey Pitts and U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Scho...


Health Care & Hospital Law


“Health Net had ample opportunities to step in and deliver the specialist services that are promised to plan members under the...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


Composers and producers Sean Hall and Nathan Butler sued singer Taylor Swift and her music label over her 2014 song, “Shake It...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


James S. Link, a sole practitioner from Pasadena who represented the defendant in the 9th Circuit case, said his victory again...