Native Americans, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediator necessary to complete tribe’s compact with governor, report says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
3 firms get $23.1M in fees in Wells Fargo class action deal
By Craig Anderson
The plaintiffs’ firms are Frank Sims & Stolper LLP along with Franklin D. Azar & Associates and Philadelphia lawyer Ch...
Environmental & Energy, Contracts
Central Valley water contract struck down, tribes, environmentalists cheer
By Skyler Romero
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
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
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.
Preliminary OK for $100M Apple deal with developers
By Winston Cho
“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
J&J bankruptcy must be heard in New Jersey, judge rules
By Blaise Scemama
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
Security law expert Beth George rejoins Wilson Sonsini from DOD
By Jonathan Lo
“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
Dispute over $12 basketball can move to trial, US judge rules
By Gina Kim
“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
July bar exam pass rate drops 7.8% from October 2020
By Nicole Tyau
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
State Bar Court presiding judge leaves for Board of Parole Hearings
By Nicole Tyau
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
Ex state beverage control attorney loses whistleblower suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
Mixed reaction to Judicial Council’s letter to appellate lawyers academy
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“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
Sutter County ex-deputy wins $10M for wrongful termination
By Doug Sherwin
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
9th Circuit judge to receive 2022 Susan and Carl Bolch Jr. Prize
By David Houston
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 makes Vans shoe knockoffs, suit says
By Gina Kim
“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
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
High court seeks US brief on California trucking labor laws
By Craig Anderson
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
Facebook executives emails subject to discovery, says special master
By Winston Cho
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
Elderly advocates win tentative ruling against Department of Public Health
By Jonathan Lo
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
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
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 v HP proprietary software trial delayed until May
By Winston Cho
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
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
Trustee won’t stand in way of pursuit of Girardi wife’s assets
By Craig Anderson
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
Judicial Council to livestream conference on increasing access
By Blaise Scemama
The meeting follows a report issued by California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye’s Work Group on Homelessness, which pro...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mary McLain describes herself as an expert in mediation
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
Lawyer in Girardi bankruptcy out after stormy tenure
By Craig Anderson
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
Firm accused of poaching lawyers calls suit ‘embarrassment’
By Blaise Scemama
The lawsuit accuses lemon law firm Consumer Law Experts PC of poaching attorneys, marketing staff, secretaries, trade secrets ...