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State Bar & Bar Associations


The bar board is looking for ways to spot potential theft of client trust funds following withering criticism for its failure ...


Legal Education


Dean of Western State College of Law to retire

Oct. 7, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“After 44 years in legal education and with the great position Western State is in... , now is the time to step aside and let ...


Civil Litigation


Cannabis growers challenge fines in Humboldt County

Oct. 7, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“The accused then rarely ever get the chance to defend themselves because the County withholds hearings from those who fight t...


Orange County dependency judge, known for punctuality, uses a stare to keep lawyers in line.


Marking its 60th year, the California boutique has 300 attorneys and offers its clients and its attorneys an experience few fi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Prosecutors said in some cases Matthew Charles Elstein of Redondo Beach never initiated any legal actions on behalf of clients...


International Law, Civil Litigation


“Following 20 years of litigation, the settlement [came] on the eve of trial after a long and hard-fought litigation that invo...


U.S. Supreme Court, Torts/Personal Injury


“I couldn’t say whether idiosyncratic issues with this case caused the court to believe it was not a good vehicle or whether t...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Widower Matthew Hutchins’ “statements look very different from those originally put out by his attorneys, and I’m sure Alec Ba...


Technology, Civil Litigation


GM to appeal $102.6M verdict over engine defect claims

Oct. 6, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The federal jury in San Francisco resolved a 2016 lawsuit that claimed internal GM documents showed that the company was awar...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit, brought by Seattle based Social Media Victims Law Center, is one of a number of complaints pending in courts thro...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


Hastings center honors prominent judge and attorneys

Oct. 6, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

The honorees are Senior Judge William Fletcher of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, employment defense attorney Fred W. A...


Legal Education, Government, Civil Litigation


“Despite the college’s success as the state’s first public law school and its long history of educating lawyers and encouragin...


Government, Civil Litigation


“While there was overwhelming evidence that he did not fit the description of the accused, he was nonetheless prosecuted for a...


Government, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


Joseph Sullivan’s trial was watched by lawyers in the cyber and security industries because he is the first corporate executiv...



Keeping Perspective

Oct. 5, 2022

When trial is over, defendants hear what Judge Jonathan B. Conklin thinks.


Government, Civil Litigation


“This sends a strong message that if there are any corrupt federal law enforcement agents who are engaging in bribery, we’re g...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Constantine Cannon LLP partner Matthew L. Cantor argued in his opening brief to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that U.S...


Securities


The FBI shut the company down in 2018 and its founders, Jeffrey and Paulette Carpoff, filed for bankruptcy and were convicted ...


Labor/Employment


During a pretrial conference, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland said he prefers “junior lawyers, lawyers who are wo...


Government, Civil Litigation


Judicial Watch Inc. sued Secretary of State Shirley Weber in federal court last month, claiming her Office of Elections Cyber...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


“The addition of our Orange County office represents a significant step toward our strategic goal of developing dominant, cros...


Legal Education


UC Hastings College of the Law professor John Myers’ project is meant to survey law schools about their course offerings on ju...


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports


Donaldson Callif Perez LLP, which represents independent creators in film, television and web-based material with an emphasis ...


Judges and Judiciary, Discipline


Judge Tony R. Mallery says in filing that the Commission on Judicial Performance is embroiled in a local dispute.


Legal Education


Other resources at the Golden Gate University School of Law are set to be expanded. These include law clinics, double the amou...


Government


Among the coming changes are how the state addresses crime, homelessness, mental health, climate change, abortion and other is...


Family, Civil Litigation


“The window is about to close, probably forever, for many, many people to bring a civil claim,” Paul T. Llewellyn of Lewis &am...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights


"Anything that narrows the scope of Section 230 will change the internet," said Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara Unive...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Civil Litigation


“The investigation is intended to identify actions by anyone with ties to the State Bar that may constitute malfeasance in how...