Commissioner Chandra Reid aims to instill confidence in the judicial system
California Courts of Appeal
Report: 3rd District Court of Appeal has slashed case backlog
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Between July 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2022, the court reduced its backlog of fully briefed cases awaiting decision from 814 to 2...
Newsom's supplemental brief was filed by his attorneys with Olson Remcho LLP after Attorney General Rob Bonta refused to defen...
Government, Class Action
Class of inmates say jailhouse in San Bruno is too crowded
By Jonathan Lo
The class representatives are pretrial detainees who have been waiting for their day in court for more than five years. They s...
Entertainment & Sports
$24M women’s soccer deal OK’d except for attorney fees
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Attorneys for Hope Solo, former goalkeeper for the Women’s National Soccer Team, raised an objection over $2 million in attorn...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
UK partner moves to Osborne Clarke’s San Francisco office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Ray Berg’s relocation to the United States won’t be the last, according to the firm’s CEO.
San Joaquin County court Commissioner Michael Rasmussen learned from watching judges during long career
GVM Law, advisors to Napa Valley families and their businesses for 50 years, is expanding
Government, Education Law
State sued over fees for outsourced summer school classes
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit, filed by Public Counsel in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accuses school districts of using summer school pro...
“The withdrawal liability provisions of ERISA are structured to impose liability on controlled groups and we were pleased that...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Final judge election results in California
By Christer Schmidt
Final results from the November elections are not yet available but results are clear for judicial elections.
Technology
As Section 230 is debated, US judge cites courts’ consensus
By Wisdom Howell
Santa Clara County Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni cited Section 230 of Communications Decency Act — a law passed in 1996 that allows ...
Judges and Judiciary
Longtime patent litigator to join Northern District court as magistrate judge
By Jonathan Lo
Baker Botts LLP partner Peter H. Kang has served 17 times as trial counsel in federal courts nationwide, the U.S. Internationa...
Real Estate/Development, Government
San Diego dropped from lawsuit over unusable building
By Skyler Romero
Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil found that a taxpayer had no standing to sue the city over arrangements that led to the lease of a buil...
Government, Civil Rights
AG won’t defend state gun law similar to Texas abortion law he’s against
By Craig Anderson
Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping in to try to defend SB 1327, a law he signed last summer that uses the same legal mechanism as t...
John Zebrowski modifies his approach to best suit the dispute he’s mediating.
Judge Kenneth Fernandez known for good memory and diligent listening
State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Keker honored court historical societies for professionalism
By Wisdom Howell
The award — presented by the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society and the Northern District Historical Society — recogniz...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Central Coast hospitals pay $22.5M to resolve fraud claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Dignity Health, which operates several facilities, will pay $13.5 million to the federal government and $1.5 million to the st...
Entertainment & Sports, Banking
Tossing crypto action against celebrities, judge raises concerns
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The court acknowledges that this action raises legitimate concerns over celebrities’ ability to readily persuade millions of ...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Activision says agency is waging ‘media war’ to force deal on discrimination claims
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The California Civil Rights Department “orchestrated a comprehensive media campaign in an attempt to bullrush the company into...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Lawyer wins $100K defamation case against hip-hop mogul
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“Yet again, the judicial system has proven it will not tolerate Mr. Dash’s violations of the law. I will get every penny and t...
Native Americans, Government, Entertainment & Sports
Newsom’s battle with tribes over gaming compact nears end
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office this week stipulated to a judgment in favor of the Bishop Paiute tribe, one of more than a...
Government
Court challenge lodged against Fullerton’s ban on living in RVs
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The ordinance, which the city council passed unanimously in 2020, forbids RV parking on private and public streets citywide wi...
Technology, Health Care & Hospital Law
Neuralink’s problems may be beginning for AI medical device industry
By Jonathan Lo
Some major concerns are the reliability of the algorithms, privacy protection and unwanted third party interference, which are...
Civil Litigation
Asbestos case goes to jury as attorneys trade threats of a mistrial
By Skyler Romero
In the complaint filed in February, plaintiffs Rita-Ann Chapman and Gary Chapman claimed that asbestos found in cosmetic produ...
Technology, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
FTC sues to block Activision’s merger with Microsoft
By Craig Anderson
Microsoft CEO Brad Smith indicated in an email that the company planned to fight to complete the deal. “While we believed in g...
Commissioner Deborah Cumba finds policies and rules lead to right decisions
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Ramey Law merges with Encino firm ACTS Law
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
John F. Ramey and Christa Ramey, a husband and wife team, have held leadership positions in several professional associations ...
Technology, Government
Bonta joins fight against Section 230 internet protections
By Craig Anderson
He joined 25 other state attorneys general and the District of Columbia in an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to al...