Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Charter measure to ‘clarify law’ stirs Huntington Beach legal arguments
By Ricardo Pineda
The reaction to what the judge had decided produced more disagreement when Lee K. Fink, who represented the voter challenging ...
Obituaries
Founder of Irell & Manella litigation practice was a proud member of Nixon’s enemies list
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Dick Borow grew the firm's litigation practice to more than 150 lawyers, with a formidable reputation.
Labor/Employment, Government
Focus on fast food workers has long history — and may have dramatic future
By Malcolm Maclachlan
On Labor Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 257. a law that will create a Fast Food Council, under the umbrella of the Departmen...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation
Christian doctors win injunction on assisted suicide law
By Craig Anderson
The law “exceeds merely managing medical records — it imposes an affirmative documentation requirement,” wrote U.S. District J...
Civil Litigation
Monster subpoenas expert witness it wanted to block after Vital withdraws him
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Vital, known also as VPX, says Monster is wasting the court’s time because the testimony of Guillermo Escalante, an associate ...
Technology, Ediscovery
New law on electronic service takes effect in 2024.
By Wisdom Howell
AB2961 will allow judges to compel parties to accept electronic service of documents that would otherwise have been deliverabl...
Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
Prosecution of former Uber security chief closely watched
By Jonathan Lo
Cybersecurity lawyers say they will be closely watching the trial to see if it lays out a roadmap for prosecuting other securi...
A longtime forensic auditor in the DA's office and husband of former DA Jackie Lacey, David Lacey was charged with brandishing...
Government, California Supreme Court
State high court review could bring changes to 3 strikes law
By Skyler Romero
Legal experts are divided over whether the court could interpret the law differently than before, without changing it.
Judge Roberto Longoria gets defendants to tell what's going on in their lives and ensures attorneys behave.
Representing Gooding County and Camas County in Idaho, Salvatore C. Badala, partner at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC in New York, claim...
Government
Judge removes 3 Mission Viejo City Council members for overstaying terms
By Ricardo Pineda
“How can a city attorney act adequately and fairly represent the interest of the city while defending council members who are ...
California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court Historical Society announced the winners of the 2022 Writing Competition
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“When I jumped on the Zoom call, and I saw the California Supreme Court Chief Justice along with several other esteemed member...
The case began a decade ago when the city challenged the agency’s findings on what the city should be required to do to clean...
Civil Litigation
Avenatti asks delay in sentence, says he can’t prepare
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Avenatti argued in the application filed Thursday that because of COVID-19 restrictions at the federal detention center where ...
The three attorneys — Curtis L. Briggs of San Francisco, Robert Canny of Burlingame and Matthew Murrillo of Redlands — allege ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
It’s OK for judges to coach teams with attorneys’ kids, ethics panel says
By Ricardo Pineda
The formal opinion, now part of the Code of Judicial Ethics and the California Code of Civil Procedure, says judges “are encou...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Montana professor named to 9th Circuit, Altshuler Berzon partner to Northern District
By Craig Anderson
Altshuler Berzon LLP partner P. Casey Pitts, who represents workers, labor unions and public interest groups, to fill a vacan...
Mediator Barry Appell follows up right away and repeatedly to resolve disputes.
Mediator Barry Appell follows up right away and repeatedly to resolve disputes.
Earthjustice had contended the wells were idle and nonproductive and emit fumes harmful to nearby residents. It sought to forc...
“The widespread distribution of Leire’s false statements has tarnished Enochian’s reputation and caused Enochian to suffer sub...
“Strategic growth into different jurisdictions is important in the firm’s expansion,” firm director Rodney S. Diggs stated.
The complaint alleges that Cisco’s board “deceived stockholders and the market by repeatedly lying about the company’s commitm...
“To recuse the district attorney and the entire district attorney’s office without clear evidence of an actual conflict that r...
Andrew Coldicutt, a sole practitioner in San Diego, declined to comment on the charges. According to his website, Coldicutt fo...
Amid a heat wave and threatened power outages, the Legislature approved new emissions targets and limits on oil and gas drilli...
Katten Muchin Rosenman and partner Carol A. Johnston have denied all allegations in the lawsuit over an estate plan and allege...
Special litigation counsel Larry W. Gabriel wrote in lawsuit that the funders had “actual knowledge” the clients weren’t getti...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Buchalter creates Franchise Law Group, adds 3 attorneys
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Thomas M. O’Connell, Jennifer Misetich and Natalie Bryans joined the firm from Best Best & Krieger.