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Native Americans, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Lester J. Marston, representing the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, argued in Monday’s filing that Senior U.S. Dist...


Law Practice, Insurance, Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs’ firms are Frank Sims & Stolper LLP along with Franklin D. Azar & Associates and Philadelphia lawyer Ch...


Environmental & Energy, Contracts


While the deal was denied on procedural grounds, the decision has been lauded by groups, including tribal interests wary of t...


Immigration, Civil Litigation


Sacramento sheriff sued over alleged ICE cooperation

Nov. 17, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Senior officials instruct their subordinates how to contact ICE and as a result they are transferring inmates to ICE,” ACLU a...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Girardi’s wife must face lawsuit in Illinois

Nov. 17, 2021
By Craig Anderson

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell of Los Angeles granted a motion by a Chicago law firm for relief from a stay blocking its ...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“Counsel is reminded that the court does not typically award 33% of the gross settlement fund as fees and that any request for...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Bankruptcy


U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley issued a strongly worded order Tuesday, saying J&J more than forum shopped, it manufac...


Law Practice, Data Privacy


“Sometimes you get asked to do something and you can’t say no,” said George, who is a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law. “...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


“There is a genuine dispute as to whether defendant [Wendy] Magee had any valid, objective reason to deny company policy by le...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The July exam was the last to be administered remotely, and was again plagued by technical issues with the test vendor, ExamSo...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


Former presiding judge Catherine Purcell spent 13years on the bar court. Judge W. Kearse McGill has been appointed acting pres...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Dean R. Lueders, represented by Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta in Oakland, was a staff attorney for the regulatory agency fr...


Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


“Absent any evidence of meaningful action on the Supreme Court’s recommendation for an investigation of decisional delay in th...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


Jacob Nalbandyan of Levin & Nalbandyan LLP in Los Angeles and James A. Clark of Tower Legal Group in Sacramento told the j...


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


The prize will be awarded on March 18 at a ceremony in San Diego. Wallace has been a federal judge for 50 years, first on the ...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


“Walmart sells the infringing shoes in its thousands of retail stores across the United States and through its online website,...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Contra Costa County Court names commissioners

Nov. 16, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Commissioner Palvir Shoker, assigned to the Pittsburg courthouse, will preside over the newly established Department 50 and Co...


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


The court will consider a review by the California Trucking Association of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that s...


Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted Monday a request from JAMS neutral Daniel Garrie to be exempted from PACER user fee...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman agreed with the petitioner’s counsel’s argument that the government body ...


Consumer Law


Consumer attorneys group leader sees challenges ahead

Nov. 16, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Craig M. Peters will ascend to the presidency of the Consumer Attorneys of California at the organization’s 60th annual conven...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


New Tuolumne County Courthouse opens Monday

Nov. 15, 2021
By Skyler Romero

The new $70 million courthouse, located just outside the Sonora city limits, provides services that were precluded by space re...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Oracle sued HPE in 2016 for allegedly joining with service support company Terix to offer patches of its Solaris operating sys...


Family, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Britney Spears’ lawyer says fans helped free her

Nov. 15, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

“You were essential in terms of the suspension of Jamie P. Spears ... and you were also essential in regards to what happened ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Lissa D. Miller, a partner with SulmeyerKupetz who is handling the Girardi Keese law firm bankruptcy, withdrew her opposition ...


Real Estate/Development, Judges and Judiciary


The meeting follows a report issued by California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye’s Work Group on Homelessness, which pro...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediation is her identity, says Mary McLain, a specialist in the practice Mediation is her identity, says Mary McLain, a speci...



Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


Ronald Richards said “the Trustee and I jointly determined that a change in counsel is in the best interests of the estate,” A...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit accuses lemon law firm Consumer Law Experts PC of poaching attorneys, marketing staff, secretaries, trade secrets ...