Government
San Francisco, Santa Clara end suit over public charge rule
By Wisdom Howell
The City and County of San Francisco were the first to challenge the August 2019 amendment that said immigration status could ...
Environmental & Energy
Dueling water sharing proposals might draw in US government
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
What the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation got from its water users this week was two vastly different proposals: The first was submi...
Criminal
Charges dropped against 2 men accused of killing Jack Palladino
By Jonathan Lo
A key witness admitted under oath that he didn’t see the incident that preceded the death of the famed private investigator.
Government, Data Privacy
Judge tells San Francisco sheriff to prepare to end collection of electronic monitor geodata
By Jonathan Lo
The ACLU and a putative class say the sheriff is violating individual’s privacy rights
No one is voiceless if someone listens, LA County commissioner says.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Bartko law firm opens LA office and names new leaders
By Wisdom Howell
An Nguyen Ruda joins Robert H. Bunzel as comanaging principal of San Francisco based Bartko, Zankel, Bunzel & Miller PC. K...
Securities
SEC enforcement chief wants cases resolved appropriately, quickly
By Craig Anderson
Penalties must exceed business cost, Gurbir Grewal tells conference.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Armstrong Teasdale opens first office in California
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Labor and employment attorney Julie O’Dell joined the partnership and will sit in the new Orange County office.
Consumer Law
Judgment less than offer doesn't imply Subaru bad faith, panel rules
By Skyler Romero
"They really only started to contend that the offer was improper once they realized that they didn't beat it at trial, because...
Judges and Judiciary
Election lawsuits must face high bar for fee recovery, state Supreme Court says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"The decision recognizes both the importance of the Political Reform Act and that it is critical to encourage (rather than det...
Class Action
Bail bond loan signers to get $21.5M in payments canceled
By Wisdom Howell
According to a motion for preliminary approval filed by plaintiffs’ lead counsel Julian Hammond of Hammond Law PC in Seattle, ...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
LA courts offer range of perks to retain court reporters
By Devon Belcher
"Without a change to our current trajectory, the future is clear: As early as next year, the court will not have enough court ...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
3 new partners join Seyfarth Shaw in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
San Francisco office managing partner Christian Rowley said, "We continue to expand our offerings to service a growing group o...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Winston & Strawn bolster the San Francisco office by adding two new partners
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Managing partner Thomas P. Fitzgerald said the firm decided to strengthen its San Francisco office to mirror the strength it c...
The federal indictment in Los Angeles accuses Thomas V. Girardi and Christopher Kamon, the former chief financial officer of t...
Former plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer Thomas V. Girardi was indicted Wednesday in separate federal cases in Los Angeles an...
Judges and Judiciary
4 nominated to seats on courts of appeal; 10 named to superior courts
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Tracie L. Brown was nominated for presiding justice of the 1st District Court of Appeal, Division 4. Judge Tari Cody o...
Noting it had been 20 years since President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in the wake of a series of co...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Lawmaker wants emissions anywhere to be disclosed to California regulators
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 253, a bill proposed by state Sen. Scott Wiener, would require companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenues who d...
Civil Litigation
Attorney fees slashed 34.3% after insurance suit victory
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Superior Court Judge Ruth A. Kwan slashed the hourly rates sought by Shegerian & Associates by 25% to 64% across the board...
Labor/Employment
McDonald’s CEO need not sit for deposition in bias case
By Skyler Romero
U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria A. Audero found Monday that the plaintiffs’ subpoena to CEO Chris Kemnczinski to produce documents...
Environmental & Energy
Judge to decide if fireworks violate Clean Water Act
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Amy C. Johnsgard of Coast Law Group LLP said in her opening statement that Long Beach’s annual 4th of July fireworks have stip...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Retired Court of Appeal justice joins ADR Services Inc.
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Justice Thomas L. Willhite Jr. spent 30 years as a jurist and authored more than 2,000 opinions.
Technology, Securities
Plaintiffs’ experts testify about market influence of Musk tweet
By Jonathan Lo
Investors who said they suffered billions of dollars in losses because of Elon Musk’s Aug. 7, 2018 tweet stating he was consid...
Legal Education, Communications Law
Southwestern to host symposium on speech in international conflict
By Devon Belcher
On Saturday, Southwestern Law School’s Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law and the Armenian Bar Association w...
Judges and Judiciary
Committee says CJP should have more power, larger budget
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The committee’s report urged against wholesale structural changes to the state’s judicial disciplinary body.
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Cost of insuring California judges for misconduct cases rises
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Including taxes and fees, the Judicial Performance Defense Insurance program cost about $970,000 during the 2017-18 fiscal ye...
California Supreme Court
Chief Justice names supervising attorney for Supreme Court
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Kyle Graham has been the court’s assistant chief supervising attorney since 2017. He succeeds Jake Dear, who retired in December.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Former federal prosecutor joins Willkie Farr in LA
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Marina A. Torres worked in the Obama administration on the Department of Homeland Security’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arr...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Greenberg Traurig opens Del Mar office, its 6th in California
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Greenberg Traurig’s office will be staffed by more than 10 shareholders, of counsel, associates, and other legal experts from ...
