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State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court


The Times' petition asked the Supreme Court to force the State Bar to release details about investigations into Tom Girardi, a...



‘Tough Judge’

Sep. 1, 2021

Judge Michael Stern is a stickler for the rules, attorneys say.


Civil Litigation


Robert A. Naify owned the movie theater chain United Artists Theaters, and his family started fighting over the billion-dollar...


Anthony Werbin has represented Costco in 21 matters, but the relationship between these matters and the personal injury case i...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs are Jasmine Williams and Khalil White, who say they were wrongfully arrested in September 2020 while visiting R...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino recuses herself from tuna antitrust litigation, citing conflict


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


The proposed oversight committee would consist of 13 members responsible for making recommendations for or directly approving ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit was brought by chronic pain patients, people in nursing home care and people undergoing cancer treatment, alleging...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Pomona is attempting to recover $30 million in damages for the alleged contamination of its groundwater supply caused by the N...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Idaho State University Jun Yu’s attorney relied on expert testimony by Dr. Leslie Wade Zorwick, a psychology professor at Hend...


Judges and Judiciary, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Bigelow served on the appellate bench for 13 years before stepping down at the end of June.


Securities, Civil Litigation


In August 2020, investors of Genius Brands International Inc. sued the company for violating federal securities laws by making...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


The office is Fenwick’s second on the East Coast and will position the firm to advance the business strategies of its technolo...


Judges and Judiciary, Health Care & Hospital Law


The court issued a news release Monday saying people who plan to observe court proceedings at the Spring Street Courthouse wil...


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The appellate panel overturned a jury verdict and fees rulings made by U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila in 2019 and remand...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The justices remanded petitioner Jeffrey Walker’s case back to the Court of Appeal with instructions to remand the case to the...


Technology, Criminal


Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is expected to introduce evidence that psychological, emotional and sexual abuse by ex-boyfr...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Health Care & Hospital Law


Will courts mandate jurors receive COVID vaccines?

Aug. 31, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

For the moment, it appears few courts require prospective jurors to receive an inoculation. But rising COVID cases may tempt s...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


The group sworn in Monday include a Black former prosecutor from East Palo Alto, the daughter of Korean immigrants who worked ...


Labor/Employment


For some defense attorneys, the impact of the high court’s recent opinions is harder to pinpoint.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Sutter Health settles government lawsuits for $90M

Aug. 31, 2021
By Craig Anderson

The U.S. attorney’s office announced a $90 million settlement Monday with the health care provider over the alleged mischargin...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In two recent dissents in cases involving immigration and death penalty appeals, Judge Lawrence VanDyke fired away at Senior U...


Securities, Civil Litigation


The putative class alleges company execs took part in a fraudulent scheme to inflate stock prices.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Nano Banc relied on a one-page partnership agreement, signed only by Tom Girardi, according to attorneys for Robert M. Keese.


Government, Criminal


SB710 would have required an attorney general or a district attorney who accepts contributions from law enforcement to recuse ...


Government


Housing bills draw threats of lawsuits from opponents

Aug. 30, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Both SB 9 and SB 10 will destroy local control of use decisions guaranteed in the CA State Constitution,” according to a news...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar names new chief trial counsel

Aug. 30, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

George S. Cardona, a longtime federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, will lead the bar’s attorney discipline efforts starting Oct. 4.


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Some app developers were displeased, calling the deal a “sham settlement” and a “desperate attempt to avoid the judgment of co...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The settlement would require the jail to limit the use and duration of restrictive housing; significantly increase the amount ...


Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


A federal circuit scrapped Juno Therapeutics’ $1.2B cancer treatment patent victory against Kite Pharma.