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Government, Civil Rights


San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow said the attorney violated the Code of Professional Conduct by disseminating ...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Audio cable company Monster Inc. and its chief executive officer Noel Lee, who owned part of the Beats by Dre headphones empir...


Technology, Administrative/Regulatory


The California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018 imposed net neutrality rules within the state that ...


Technology, Constitutional Law


“Under the court’s ruling ... the internet platforms may arbitrarily block users ... or just decide that they don’t like what ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


There have been numerous blunders over the course of antitrust history when the courts step into the market, warned Tad B. Lip...


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Prominent plaintiffs' attorney Thomas V. Girardi's son-in-law, David R. Lira, and Keith D. Griffin, have filed motions seeking...


Technology, Data Privacy


Accellion, the company that provided the platform, says it was a 20-year-old product nearing its discontinuation, and was targ...


Judges and Judiciary


OC judge will handle suit against LA County courts

Feb. 18, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Filed by Public Counsel last week, the lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, requesting Los Angeles County courthou...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Winston & Strawn announces expansion in Los Angeles

Feb. 18, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

Fifteen attorneys from boutique Scheper Kim & Harris LLP and three from Sidley Austin LLP join the firm.


The lawsuit concerns a policy with a $20 million limit of liability that ran from 2017 to 2018 just around the time allegation...


Law Practice, Community News


The two will collaborate on a pilot program allowing for two Legal Innovators lawyers to join Orrick's incoming class of law s...


Government


The Legislative Analyst’s Office repor argues the current system is based on a shaky funding source that one account could beg...


Criminal


One bill would limit uncorroborated testimony from in-custody informants to misdemeanor prosecutions and finding facts in aggr...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal


U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar did not rule out ordering California to immediately provide more vaccines to the California D...


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Trustee Jason M. Rund was blocked from the property on Jan. 25, prompting his motion earlier this month to remove Thomas Girar...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


S. Ashlie Beringer rejoined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Palo Alto as partner and co-chair of the privacy, cybersecurity...


Labor/Employment


DOJ reverses month-old union access position

Feb. 17, 2021
By Jessica Mach

The DOJ's position in early January had been "that the [California] regulation effects a per se taking of petitioners' propert...


Government, Criminal


El Dorado County DA Vern Pierson, president of the California District Attorneys Association, said George Gascón "has not been...


Government


Bill introduced to declare religious services essential

Feb. 16, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Lawmakers in Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia are also considering Religion is Essential Acts.


Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, is trying to shine more light on this process with a proposed measure introduced l...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Covid Court Ops


“Governor’s proposals not likely to lead to significant increase in service levels,” the agency warned in its analysis of Gov....


Securities, Health Care & Hospital Law


Rena Schena’s husband, the former president of Arrayit Corp., still faces regulatory and criminal charges that he misrepresent...


Labor/Employment


Unionizing tech workers want input on products

Feb. 16, 2021
By Jessica Mach

Composed of workers who already earn high wages and competitive benefits, the growing number of unions in the tech industry re...


Law Practice, Community News


“We decided that as a firm, we needed to take action to advance the causes of diversity and racial justice rather than simply ...


Judges and Judiciary


While no one has taken credit for the change, a union representing public defenders along with several prominent judges, inclu...


Law Office Management, Community News


Friedrich W. Seitz said his fondest memories include serving as managing partner for more than 20 years and participating in t...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


The case that prompted the 9th Circuit to seek clarification involves a former employee at PPG Architectural Finishes Inc., a ...


Obituaries


George E. Booth, 1947-2021

Feb. 12, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Mono County DA was intense, laughed easily, loved outdoors


Technology, Civil Litigation


Consumers have lodged similar complaints against Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa over the devices listening in on them wit...


Criminal


Plans for Penal Code changes are taking shape

Feb. 12, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

Legislators are proposing bills to implement some of nearly a dozen recommendations included in an 89-page report released Tue...