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Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


FBI agent accused of taking monthly bribes to search DOJ database for mentions of false attorney testifies that he was just ga...


Securities, Entertainment & Sports


Pasadena Video game maker conducted Ponzi scheme, SEC says

Sep. 29, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“When raising that money, defendants represented that proceeds from the sale of Pebblekick’s notes would be used to finance th...


Environmental & Energy


The platform owner, Amplify Energy Corp., and the U.S. Coast Guard have blamed the spill on ships that allegedly tore the ocea...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Meeting with reporters last fall, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye warned of a coming "wave of retirements in 2022." That ...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice


"I have no problem with website accessibility lawsuits. . . . I just think it has to be brought forth by a suitable plaintiff,...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court


Public Policy Institute of California began in 1994 with a $70 million endowment from Hewlett-Packard Co. The San Francisco-ba...


Technology, Data Privacy


The trade secrets case has been embroiled in discovery disputes with each side filing several motions and replies to conceal a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Joseph W. Cotchett, a founding partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who represents the class, downplayed the signific...


Law Practice, Environmental & Energy, Appellate Practice


Sacramento environmental boutique will join Downey Brand

Sep. 29, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Thomas Law Group is well-known across the state for its expertise in representing clients in matters of land use law, entitlem...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Some 560 people gathered at the Beverly Wilshire to celebrate those who had worked for passage of AB35, signed by Gov. Gavin N...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Beverly Hills Bar honors 2 at litigation dinner

Sep. 28, 2022
By David Houston

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan and Mathew S. Rosengart, a partner at Greenberg Traurig LLP, were honored.


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Land Use, Government


The lawsuit filed by the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund takes aim at rezoning regulations that the plain...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Sanford Heisler Sharp opens Palo Alto office

Sep. 28, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

"Sanford Heisler Sharp is the first national plaintiff-side litigation firm that has a practice group specifically dedicated t...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Southern District of California, argues the statute, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, “singles ou...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


“I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” said Henrik M. Mosesi of Glendale. He reiter...


Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law


“The Affordable Care Act does not compel plans to cover everything that might fall under the broad rubric of rehabilitative or...


Technology, Data Privacy


A statement from Meta denied the allegations and said, “We have carefully designed our in-app browser to respect users’ privac...


Civil Litigation


Both men denied they misused any of these funds. Brian S. Kabateck is a well-known plaintiffs' lawyer and former president of ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Education Law


Professor misconduct case remains in complex court

Sep. 27, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Several women allege that professor David Iyam engaged in sexual misconduct throughout his 17-year tenure at Whittier College.


Government, Civil Litigation


The claims stem from a case involving U.S. Private Vault, a Beverly Hills facility that provided safety deposit boxes to anony...


Civil Litigation


Angela Chuang — a federal public defender and counsel for the defendant, Ahmad Abouammo — argued that a whistleblower’s claims...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar approves new client trust account rules

Sep. 27, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

The initial phase of the program, which is expected to be implemented for the 2023 license renewal cycle that begins Dec. 1, w...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


“We anticipate that tens of thousands of Californians, more than the 7,000 to 12,000 estimated, will qualify for this court an...


Constitutional Law


California’s law was sponsored by Attorney General Rob Bonta when he was a state legislator and signed into law by Gov. Gavin ...


Government


Defense attorney Steven F. Gruel has mainly tried to tarnish the credibility of the government’s chief witness, Edgar Sargsyan...



A Happy Sisyphus

Sep. 27, 2022

Orange County Judge Megan L. Wagner 'pushes the boulder up the hill every day'.


Government, Civil Rights


The case will serve as a test of whether California gun laws can survive under the new Supreme Court standard, which focuses o...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Republicans silent on Northern District nominee

Sep. 26, 2022
By Craig Anderson

The GOP members on the committee often focus less on district court nominees, and Democrats have decided to prioritize Araceli...


Civil Litigation


Los Angeles Judge Theresa A. Beaudet indicated that she would grant a preliminary injunction against Caruso Management Co., st...


Civil Litigation


Derek W. Loeser of Keller Rohrback LLP and Lesley E. Weaver of Bleichmar, Fonti & Auld say forcing Gibson Dunn to pay as o...