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Discipline


November Discipline

Nov. 8, 2022



Tough Team

Nov. 7, 2022

Construction boutique Hunt Ortmann attorneys fight for clients and make each other look good.


Civil Litigation


The three-week trial between competing health care apparel companies continued after an attorney as a juror admitted his bias ...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Selman Breitman to close, dividing staff between 2 firms

Nov. 7, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Litigators will join Hawkins Parnell & Young. Insurance practice will form new firm.


Technology, Labor/Employment


First suits filed against Twitter layoffs, while Musk’s full strategy remains unclear.


Environmental & Energy


“It was really a focus on getting the fire chief to undertake what we thought was an obligation under the law,” said Byron J. ...


Technology, Intellectual Property, Class Action


The case is the first class action in the nation challenging the training and output of AI programs and could clarify the long...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“I was surprised that, historically, there had not been a method, practice or system in place to correlate complaints as to a ...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Attorney and human rights advocate Amal Clooney will headline Monday evening’s 25th annual awards gala of the Association of C...


ADR Services neutral wants protagonists to understand each other and get along.



The Humanizer

Nov. 4, 2022

Judge Carmen R. Luege draws out people’s stories, in criminal or family law


Entertainment & Sports, Ediscovery, Civil Litigation


The collegiate athletic association is accused by the widow of a former USC linebacker of having data linking football to chro...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Exxon Mobil has accused the board of supervisors of violating the takings and commerce clauses of the U.S. and California Cons...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation


The national settlement will have no bearing on San Francisco’s attempt to recoup $8 billion from the pharmacy chain after a j...


Technology, Judges and Judiciary


54 county courts said in a joint statement there should be a “statutory framework” for “taking advantage of emerging technolog...


Technology, Class Action


This amounts to 10% to 30% of a possible $178 million to $569 million in recovery estimated by plaintiffs’ experts for the lit...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The agency released the files in response to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper’s lawyer said the bar mus...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam provisionally recommended that the new exam include seven ...


Land Use, Judges and Judiciary, Government


“The trial court had discretion to tailor relief to redress harm to respondents,” the panel ruled. “It did not, however, have ...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The NCAA is facing a lawsuit brought by Alana Gee, who was married to former USC linebacker Matthew Gee until his death four y...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Ruling in a challenge to the policy of Miss United States of America, a divided panel said pageants are artistic expression.


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye said the new civil mediation program will rely on judges listed in the Temporary Assigned...


Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham granted summary judgment accepting the defense’s reliance on Privette ...


Civil Litigation


“In short, it is difficult to believe Griffin and Lira were unaware that Girardi was running a Ponzi scheme with client money,...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Five physicians suing the state over a law that says they could lose their license over giving patients’ “COVID-19 misinformat...


Government


A representative for Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is in a tight race for reelection next Tuesday, did not respond to a request...


“On balance, the coordination factors appear to support coordination, but petitioners need to provide supplemental bridging co...


Law Practice, Land Use, Environmental & Energy


“Tim’s comprehensive, yet nuanced experience in the environmental field on both the public and private side will add immediate...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The commission has been working for months to determine the feasibility of a non-exam pathway, after several low bar exam pass...


Jim Pappas, former chief judge of the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, tries to reach the best decision in the most cos...