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Influential Dissents

Jul. 18, 2022

9th Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson has proven to be persuasive to US Supreme Court


Government


“This was always going to be close, but we are right in line with the verification rate we need to qualify according to the Re...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit considers another gun case following Bruen decision


Civil Litigation


The trial between Juul and the San Francisco Unified School District is set to begin on Nov. 4


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


“We negotiated to have his subpoena withdrawn because the executive branch has taken the position for decades that close advis...



Game Developer

Jul. 15, 2022

Former federal magistrate judge John Leo Wagner had developed fun exercises that he uses as tools to mediate disputes.


Data Privacy, Civil Rights


“The incident involved a public-facing platform that has nothing to do with sharing gun-violence data with qualified researche...


Criminal


The decision comes the same week that DA George Gascón dropped his opposition to the release.


Entertainment & Sports


But his colleagues in the courthouse might want a sidebar with Yungsheng Wang about why he missed one question.


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


“The court needs a farsighted leader, and the judicial branch needs an experienced administrator’s steady hand,” said David A....


Land Use, Civil Litigation


“What we saw in this master plan is that there was no clear vision,” Benjamin Harris, a lawyer with L.A. Waterkeeper said.


Judges and Judiciary


The president has yet to nominate anyone to fill seven other California district court vacancies, including three in the North...


Insurance, Civil Rights


The first-of-its-kind ordinance requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance and donate to a gun injury prevention non...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


‘Your honor, you were presented a picture of Walgreens that just doesn’t reflect the pharmacy that’s been servicing San Franci...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The money will be in addition to the more than $50.5 million in legal aid the agency expects to dole out in 2023 from interest...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


GOP grills 9th Circuit nominee on election cases

Jul. 14, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Roopali H. Desai has represented Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in defending that state’s election laws.


Government


Sacramento must help homeless escape heat, suit says

Jul. 14, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Plaintiffs want authorities to declare a state of emergency whenever temperatures reach 90 degrees, and open 20 cooling center...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Charanjit Brahma wants to get members into positions of power in law firms and on state and federal courts.


Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The fine stemmed from a dispute between Wofsy and Yves Sicre de Fontbrune, former director of French art journal Cahiers d’Art...


Law Practice, International Law


Cooper, White & Cooper in San Francisco merges with Womble

Jul. 14, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The London based firm now has more than 50 attorneys across four markets in California and a global platform of over 1,000 law...


California Supreme Court


“For more than 25 years, this Court has declined to provide a definitive answer on the question of whether the law violates th...



Analytical Approach

Jul. 13, 2022

Los Angeles Judge Alfred Coletta brings a scientist’s mind to the bench


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Panel debates if public members improve judical oversite

Jul. 13, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“This committee was poised to be stacked with more lawyers and judges and CJP employees than public members,” said Kathleen Ru...


Government


"The scope and extent of this matter is critical," Kathryn A. Eidmann of Public Counsel said in a phone call Tuesday. "The con...


Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs say DNA testing showed many other things in the sandwhich but rarely tuna.


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


“The public and the victim have the right to know and scrutinize the transcript as it related to the conduct of judicial offic...


Land Use, Government


Senior U.S. District Judge James V. Selna of Santa Ana, who has consistently ruled for the city’s attempts to regulate and lim...


Civil Litigation


They are part of an ongoing changes in Volta’s leadership following former chief executive officer Scott Mercer and former pre...


Government, Civil Litigation


The city has now negotiated $120 million in cash payments and aid from companies who settled out of the case. The others are P...


Judges and Judiciary


Knobbe Martens partner is president of Federal Circuit bar

Jul. 12, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Joseph M. Reisman, a partner in San Diego, says “The association has served as a pivotal voice in supporting and strengthening...