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Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


“After being lured away from a lucrative sales role, Shawn O’Connell’s complaint depicts an all too familiar story of a highly...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A woman wants to sue an outside company hired to screen her health for a job application.



Walking the Walk

Mar. 18, 2022
By David Houston

Neutral Glenn E. Lerman’s career on both sides gives him perspective


Labor/Employment, Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Mark Quigley and Aaron Osten with Greene Broillet & Wheeler represented Dr. Timothy Ryan, who sued the county for whistleb...


Law Practice, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


To succeed on this claim, Avenatti was required to establish that the prosecution’s conduct giving rise to the motion was “int...


Judges and Judiciary


Former presiding judge particularly enjoyed helping parties reach agreements in sprawling litigation in the county’s complex c...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


“Plaintiffs’ scattershot naming of multiple defendant entities fails to provide any facts, as distinct from legal conclusions ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Weil Gotshal wins $44.9M false advertising case for CareDx

Mar. 17, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“I believe this is a case where a substantial punitive damage award was warranted — and I’m delighted the jury saw it the same...


Law Practice, International Law


The webpage, “Law Firms and Russian Profits,” was launched by faculty and research staff from Harvard, Stanford and Yale law s...


Technology, Law Practice, Discipline, Criminal


GC who stole $500k from her employer sentenced to prison

Mar. 17, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Brooke Campbell Solis, general counsel at Good Money, told the judge she was impaired by addiction.


Covid Court Ops, California Supreme Court


“We learned that people in collaborative courts, in mental health courts, or in drug courts, could still have their day in cou...


Government


5 new DAs, 32 incumbents elected unopposed

Mar. 17, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

In five counties, the incumbent DAs did not seek reelection but only one candidate sought each of those offices. In several ca...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Minor Leaguers are employers, jurist says

Mar. 17, 2022
By Jonathan Lo

Former MLB player and minor league pitcher Garrett R. Broshuis of Korein Tillery LLC, one of the plaintiffs’ counsel, argued i...


LA family law judge advocates ‘unbundling’ work for poorer clients.


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Retired LA Judge Susan Lopez-Giss joins ADR Services

Mar. 16, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I always said if I became a judge I wanted to do family law because I didn’t like what people did to their children going thr...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


A group of friends were assaulted on May 18, 2021 outside a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles, the complaint states.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Data Privacy


The accidental release of confidential attorney discipline records to a public case law search site includes more records than...


Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary


Gary D. Hoff, 1948 — 2022

Mar. 16, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

‘Historian’ of the Fresno Court founded numerous services.


Law Practice


Daphne M. Higgs and Teresa M.L. Tate came from Perkins Coie.


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California said Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate admitted he knew he was “an al...


Real Estate/Development, Land Use


Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 9 in September. When it went into effect Jan. 1, it required cities to allow two housing units on ...


“Their position was that after five years, he hadn’t had any surgery, that he wasn’t going to need any going into the future a...


Judges and Judiciary


Governor of California names 17 superior court judges

Mar. 15, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday the appointment of 17 judges to superior courts in Fresno, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, San...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Kaiser refused Covid vaccine to woman with MS, family says

Mar. 15, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The wrongful death and medical negligence lawsuit was filed in Orange County Superior Court, and claims medical workers made f...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Retired LA Judge Susan Lopez-Giss joins ADR Services

Mar. 15, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I always said if I became a judge I wanted to do family law because I didn’t like what people did to their children going thr...


Labor/Employment, Education Law, Civil Litigation


The University of San Francisco had already fired an associate head coach accused of committing assault.


Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Amazon must make Prop 65 disclosures, appeals court rules

Mar. 15, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“This case represents a continuation of the sea of change we are seeing in the law to finally reflect the reality of online ma...


Labor/Employment, Government, Criminal


Overwhelmed by a heavy workload, the public defenders say they are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation.



An Examined Life

Mar. 15, 2022

Yolo County Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg has written a biography that spans from his birth in post-Nazi Germany to hol...


Judge Katherine Chilton traded entertainment litigation for Zoom hearings