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Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory


The 50-47 vote confirming Julie A. Su as the next deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor follows a heated congressi...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


“The county had taken these young girls into their care,” the plaintiffs’ attorney, Justin H. King of Rancho Cucamonga, said i...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


H. Dean Steward of Newport Beach, Michael J. Avenatti’s attorney, complained about media coverage of his client’s sentencing i...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


“Spears’ right to select an attorney is not only a basic tenet of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, but also consistent wi...


Technology, Civil Litigation


“We are moving to a digital world and that doesn’t mean causes of action go away. That just means they morph and change and co...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


City Attorney Mike Feuer was not named as a bad actor in the report by a special master who investigated the water billing lit...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge James C. Chalfant, whose previous decisions favored holding indoor religious ceremonies and lifting an outdoor dining ba...


Civil Litigation


Environmentalists sue to save Capitol Annex

Jul. 13, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint says the plan to destroy and replace the 70-year-old Capitol Annex approved by the Legislature violates the Cali...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna ruled that the plaintiffs will be unable to state a claim for relief against Reddit because...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Laurentius Marais of Compass Lexecon in Chicago testified the sale of three prescription drugs made by Janssen Pharmaceuticals...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes of the Southern District of California announces semi retirement as of Aug. 1.


Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation


The prisons department and Sacramento attorney Janice M. Bellucci have tangled for years over what she said is a pattern of ig...


Government, Criminal


Deputy Public Defender Sajid A. Khan, who is best known for writing a pair of posts denouncing the criminal justice system in ...


Government, Civil Rights


Newsom loses bid to have party name on recall ballot

Jul. 13, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The governor’s campaign attorneys inadvertently left his party off paperwork they filed last year with the secretary of state’...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The federal charges he faces in Santa Ana starting this week stem from alleged thefts of client money, which the jury and judg...



Innovative

Jul. 12, 2021
By David Houston

Judge Vedica Puri, the first Indian-American judge appointed to the San Francisco County bench, as a jurist for the first time...


Government, Civil Litigation


Newsom’s law firm, Olson Remcho LLP, filed the petition after its attorneys discovered they had left Newsom’s party off campai...


Obituaries, Bankruptcy


Lei Lei Wang-Ekvall, 1965-2021

Jul. 12, 2021
By Jessica Mach

Bankruptcy specialist was a generous guide and mentor


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Bankruptcy law tries to diversify

Jul. 12, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

Both the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum recently launched initiatives to increase diversit...


Judges and Judiciary


The council also allocated $72.2 million in ongoing funding for trial courts to address inflationary cost increases. Courts no...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


Advocates of the proposal argue that Apple, Alphabet Inc.-owned Google and Microsoft Corp., among other tech giants, force cus...


Judges and Judiciary


The majority of the 23 nominees and appointees are people of color and women. On July 1, Newsom announced a statewide judicial...


Government, Criminal


The council votes express dissatisfaction but are unlikely to change the way the 19 cities interact with District Attorney Geo...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Chaka Patterson, former senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Adtalem Global Education Inc., join...


California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice


Attorney says client harmed by 3rd District delay

Jul. 9, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

C. Athena Roussos of Elk Grove said, “The attorney general conceded in their brief that the case should be remanded to determi...


Government, Criminal


“When a department publishes a suspect’s mug shot ... without waiting for a conviction or even for charges to be formally file...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


“A variance is also necessary due to Mark Geragos. He was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator. He suffered no consequence,”...


Law Office Management, Entertainment & Sports


“Over the time that Shawn has worked at our firm, she has built and maintained an impressive roster of clients,” said Lawrence...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ attorney Caren P. Sencer, a partner at Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld in Emeryville, said the recovery for nearly ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


California is joined by eight other states and the District of Columbia in opposing the deal, which was reached after the medi...