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Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Weighing the potential harms of the vaccine mandate, Judge Mary Strobel said even if all 789 unvaccinated fire department empl...


Insurance, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Civil Litigation


The issue in contention is a decision by the state of California to change some of Medi-Cal's dental policies, including but n...


Obituaries


Dennis B. Franks, 1957-2021

Dec. 3, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Business, entertainment attorney killed by falling tree


Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


After Iowa pork producers sued to block enforcement of Proposition 12 on constitutional grounds, supporters of the law have su...


Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory


The proposed vertical deal between Nvidia and Arm would give one of the largest chip companies control over the computing tech...


Law Practice, California Supreme Court


Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Jeff H. Rubin, who represented the district attorneys association, said Thursday t...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The four California district court nominees who were approved by the committee passed by narrow margins, usually with U.S. Sen...


District Attorney Chesa Boudin said the charges represented the second homicide prosecution against an on-duty officer in San ...


Corporate, Civil Litigation


Despite the wording of the statute that lists requirements for certain numbers of women on boards, and references to penalties...


Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The city’s lawsuit argued the league and the Raiders acted as a cartel by creating artificial scarcity in the number of NFL te...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The class is made up of 67 members, all of whom worked for dating app Coffee Meets Bagel from May 2015 to May 2019 and were cl...


Government, California Courts of Appeal


Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl was nominated only Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom for the vacant seat on the 3...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Suspended attorney Thomas V. Girardi’s default in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy opens all his assets to creditors.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


National Family Solutions operated offices in Goleta, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and offered legal services to self-represe...


Intellectual Property, Government


Also Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, a Biden nominee for a Northern District of California vacancy, ...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Due to the jury’s finding of willful infringement in the DNA sequencing infringement case, Illumina could pursue treble damages.


Law Practice, Government, Criminal


AG discusses retail mob burglaries, hate crimes

Dec. 2, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Attorney General Rob Bonta addressed a wide range of topics at the Sacramento Press Club Wednesday, including oral arguments i...


Corporate, Civil Litigation


The law required corporations to have at least one female director on their boards by the end of 2019. By the end of this year...


Law Practice


ArentFox Schiff will consist of more than 600 legal professionals focusing on finance and corporate litigation for clients in ...


Labor/Employment


The Agricultural Labor Relations Board asked a Monterey County court to enforce its subpoena of communications between the Uni...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


“It’s obviously a bankruptcy filed in bad faith. J&J is worth over $400 billion, … yet they are using the bankruptcy court...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Judge Laurie Earl could help 3rd District catch up, lawyers say


Law Practice, Constitutional Law


“We have this outpouring of support from news publishers, journalists and First Amendment scholars who have come out in force ...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


“Should plaintiff ultimately prevail on the merits, plaintiff will be entitled to final injunctive relief. Moreover, if the co...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


“The bottom line is, the kickbacks and bribes are obviously horrible for the image of the city and not to mention that someone...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


A new $5.2 million settlement was reached in September between the class members and Tinder, an amount plaintiffs’ counsel P. ...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Attorneys from Pearson, Simon & Warshaw LLP of Sherman Oaks and Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP of Minneapolis “invested mass...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The outcome was not a surprise as the 9th Circuit en banc panel’s outnumbered conservatives filed dissents aimed at the U.S. S...


Law Practice, Government, Criminal


Paul O. Paradis, of the New York law firm Paradis Law Group, admitted to additional bribery schemes involving high-level Depar...


Corporate, Civil Rights


Several lawsuits in the Eastern District of California and the Los Angeles County Superior Court are challenging state laws th...