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Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Since the trial began in April, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson has made several comments expressing disconten...


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


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Kenneth K. Lee blasted the settlement as a giveaway to attorneys who did nothing for t...


Judges and Judiciary


The legislators, who represent constituents who lost homes, businesses and property in the fires, say they are dissatisfied wi...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion rejected the use of a “special rule in immigration disputes” by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“Remote exams create challenges for exam security and uniformity, and for this reason, we have consistently advocated for in-p...


Government, Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason M. Anderson challenged the authority of anyone outside a court of law reviewing ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The Legislature’s $4.5 billion budget plan for the judicial branch is slightly below Gov. Gavin Newsom’s number but much highe...



The Guide

Jun. 1, 2021

Commissioner Laura Cohen steers parties through restraining orders.


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The court, in a unanimous opinion Thursday, directed lower courts to omit a jury instruction that they should consider a witne...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News


In an effort to expand diversity on the bench, the governor’s judicial appointments secretary, Luis Céspedes, formed an execut...


Law Practice


Owen, Patterson & Owen LLP, a personal injury law firm in Los Angeles, filed the $25 million claim in Girardi Keese’s bank...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


Of the 20 summer associates participating in Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP’s nine-week program, 80% a...


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


U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney of the Central District of California dismissed defendant Dr. Jeffrey Olsen’s 34-count in...


Criminal


Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin will have to prove defendant Jesse Rodriguez intended to kill three people who...


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


The opinion by 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Patrick J. Bumatay concluded the former employee plaintiff lacked stand...


California Supreme Court


Petitioner Rehan Nazir was charged in 2019 by then DA Jackie Lacey, who filed dozens of criminal counts alleging he used his p...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Three hundred and seventy-seven former workers at Koji’s Japan, a now-shuttered restaurant chain, will recover the money.


Law Practice


U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell granted a request by trustee Elissa D. Miller to transfer 92 clients in litigation against...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, appointed the 1st District Court of Appeal justice on Thursday. Stre...


Criminal


DA Chesa Boudin who ran on a platform of reducing incarceration and cracking down on police misconduct is preparing four separ...


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


“PG&E’s violations put the health of many customers at risk and made an already stressful and fraught situation significan...


Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs in other cases said they remained anonymous because the government had indicated criminal investigations would comm...


Securities, Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal


The Department of Justice estimates that over $143 million in false billings were generated in the schemes they are investigat...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The minor league retired and current players are seeking damages for minimum wage and overtime pay violations.


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Howard Herships stated Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles failed to disclose a previous partnership wit...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


This does not mean the proposal is dead, but Gov. Gavin Newsom and the judicial branch will probably need to present a more de...


Thomas Girardi’s estate, now in bankruptcy, will collect 20% of any contingency fees earned, plus costs, stemming from the lit...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The Kincade fire was in 2019 and the Zogg fire was in 2020.


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Lawrence S. Middleton argued that because his title is “special prosecutor” and not “deputy district attorney,” the findings t...


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


"Faced with AliveCor's tenacity, Apple next resorted to behind-the-scenes acts of sabotage, consisting primarily of undocument...