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Law Practice, Appellate Practice


San Fernando Valley firms merge, operate as Lagerlof LLP

Aug. 18, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The 42-lawyer law firm will provide estate planning, corporate and tax, public agency, elder law, litigation, private fiduciar...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam has discussed “a reduction of the subject matters covered on the exam...


Securities, Civil Litigation


“The registration statement was negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material facts or omitte...


Labor/Employment


PAGA review sought on separation of powers grounds

Aug. 18, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Nixon Peabody partner Richard J. Frey, who represents the California Business and Industrial Alliance, argues that the law vio...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The company’s alleged attempts to quell the fears of its investors and downplay the true magnitude of its losses in the beginn...


The more than 124,000 files purport to tell the story of how the company, under co-founder and former chief executive officer ...


Labor/Employment, Government


Nicola T. Hanna, who was the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California at the time the accusations were made, said:...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


PacifiCorp accused of causing McKinney Fire

Aug. 17, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“To date, four people have lost their lives in a fire that was entirely avoidable,” said plaintiffs’ lawyer Gerald Singleton.


Civil Litigation


$5M award for 92-year-old woman abused in nursing home

Aug. 17, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Arcelia Martinez was admitted to the facility in San Gabriel because her family couldn’t care for her after she developed Park...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


Conceptual artist Ryder Ripps asked a federal judge to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit against him, arguing that his ...


Civil Litigation


“I’m not sure why the court did not award us costs, but we’ll take the win,” wrote Robert Tyler of Tyler & Bursch LLP, who...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Data Privacy


Meta Pixel is used primarily to advertise, quietly watching users’ web browsing to more effectively sell products to them afte...


Technology, Data Privacy


Twitter’s alleged misuse of consumer data has been at the forefront of regulators’ minds for over a decade.


Government


The district attorney said he needs to do a better job communicating to county residents who are “legitimately scared.”


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Once one of the few non-unionized flight attendants groups in the airline industry, the plaintiffs said they were being paid l...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Christopher Chiou was a member of a nationwide task force charged with investigating ways in which the Department of Justice c...


San Bernardino drug court commissioner saved many lives, attorneys say


Intellectual Property


Bell Semiconductor alleges the tech companies are infringing on their patents when making video cards, video game consoles, sm...


Environmental & Energy


The U.S. Bureau of Land Management agreed to ensure that the wells in the Caliente Mountains at the western boundary of the mo...


“There is no evidence, let alone clear and convincing evidence that [Superior Court Judge Michael] Murray acted in bad faith,”...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Sen. Tom Umberg “and I met with the State Bar earlier this month to try and address their concerns with the bill, while still ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Court of Appeal justice will retire at end of October

Aug. 16, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I cannot think of a more rewarding and fulfilling career than my years as a deputy district attorney, a civil trial attorney,...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for the plaintiffs said their clients would not be able to leave the premises of their workplace for several minutes...


Civil Rights


“The First Amendment protects not only the right of free speech, but also ‘the right of the people peaceably to assemble,’” wr...


Data Privacy


The deal will be submitted to U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen on Aug. 23 for approval


Obituaries


Dennis P. Riordan, 1948 — 2022

Aug. 16, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Appeals specialist was master of criminal law


Securities, Labor/Employment


New regional director of SEC in San Francisco named

Aug. 16, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

Monique C. Winkler has been acting in the role since March and was associate regional director for enforcement since 2019.


The Recall DA George Gascon campaign put out a statement calling the recall’s apparent failure to qualify for the ballot “hear...


Judges and Judiciary


Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright said the city must pay plaintiffs’ attorneys $1.75 million. He dismissed a 2.0 multiplier s...



The Doctor is in

Aug. 15, 2022

The founder of Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates is an attorney and a licensed physician.