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Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The reaction to what the judge had decided produced more disagreement when Lee K. Fink, who represented the voter challenging ...


Dick Borow grew the firm's litigation practice to more than 150 lawyers, with a formidable reputation.


Labor/Employment, Government


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


The law “exceeds merely managing medical records — it imposes an affirmative documentation requirement,” wrote U.S. District J...


Vital, known also as VPX, says Monster is wasting the court’s time because the testimony of Guillermo Escalante, an associate ...


Technology, Ediscovery


AB2961 will allow judges to compel parties to accept electronic service of documents that would otherwise have been deliverabl...


Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


Cybersecurity lawyers say they will be closely watching the trial to see if it lays out a roadmap for prosecuting other securi...


Obituaries


David Allan Lacey, 1954 – 2022

Sep. 7, 2022
By David Houston

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


Legal experts are divided over whether the court could interpret the law differently than before, without changing it.



'Peeling an onion'

Sep. 6, 2022

Judge Roberto Longoria gets defendants to tell what's going on in their lives and ensures attorneys behave.


Civil Litigation


Idaho counties join McKinsey opioid promotion MDL

Sep. 6, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Representing Gooding County and Camas County in Idaho, Salvatore C. Badala, partner at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC in New York, claim...


“How can a city attorney act adequately and fairly represent the interest of the city while defending council members who are ...


“When I jumped on the Zoom call, and I saw the California Supreme Court Chief Justice along with several other esteemed member...


Environmental & Energy


‘Forget it, Jake, it’s LADWP v CARB’

Sep. 6, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

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 argued in the application filed Thursday that because of COVID-19 restrictions at the federal detention center where ...


Data Privacy


The three attorneys — Curtis L. Briggs of San Francisco, Robert Canny of Burlingame and Matthew Murrillo of Redlands — allege ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


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


Altshuler Berzon LLP partner P. Casey Pitts, who represents workers, labor unions and public interest groups, to fill a vacan...



Diligent and Eager

Sep. 2, 2022

Mediator Barry Appell follows up right away and repeatedly to resolve disputes.



Diligent and Eager

Sep. 2, 2022

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...



McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs opens office in Las Vegas

Sep. 2, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“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...



Legislature's climate bills are likely headed to court

Sep. 2, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

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

Sep. 1, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Thomas M. O’Connell, Jennifer Misetich and Natalie Bryans joined the firm from Best Best & Krieger.