Legal Education, Civil Rights
USC law school becomes first to mandate course on racism
By Henrik Nilsson
The course will focus on how the law and lawyers play a role in shaping legal doctrines that can appear race-neutral but are not.
Longest serving public defender in state’s history was gentle and tough
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
After $107M damages were tossed, Sacramento mining dispute not over
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case involves a more than 80-year-old mine outside of Sacramento. It began more than a decade ago when the mine’s operator...
Responding to inquiries about the DA’s pledge to bring justice to the family of a man shot to death by officers, spokeswoman R...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Wilson Sonsini renewable energy team joins Vinson & Elkins’ new LA office
By Kamila Knaudt
Partners Sean M. Moran, Michael P. Joyce and Lauren A. Collins, with counsels Josh Heidman and Trevor Shelton, joined the firm...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US Labor Department now won’t take sides in lawsuit to halt CalSavers
By Craig Anderson
President Donald Trump's administration had argued the program is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of ...
Labor/Employment, Covid Court Ops
Grocers close, may cut hours in response to ‘hazard pay’ ordinances
By Winston Cho
The California Grocers Association sued Oakland and Montebello on Wednesday for passing such ordinances, highlighting growing ...
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy trustee threatens to remove Girardi from home
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for Chapter 7 Trustee Jason M. Rund filed a motion Tuesday asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell to compel Gira...
Government, Criminal
Bill aims to allow resentencing of murder accomplices who got life
By Tyler Pialet
SB 300, written by state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-Silicon Valley, would repeal portions of Proposition 115, a 1990 voter-approved ...
Labor/Employment
2nd proposed class sues BofA over unemployment benefit fraud reaction
By Jessica Mach
The federal lawsuit filed Thursday claims the bank, which has an exclusive contract with California's Employment Development D...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
LADWP sued over gas leak in San Fernando Valley
By Gina Kim
San Fernando Valley area communities file class action in LA Superior Court against city’s Department of Water and Power over ...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
Largest counties get most of extra backlog clearance funds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The money seems to go toward three main types of expenditure: staff, technology and protective gear.
Government
LA city attorney says judge can't usurp elected officials' role
By Blaise Scemama
LA City Attorney Mike Feuer told U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, "You've asked, 'Is it really appropriate for a court to ...
Legal Education
JAMS founder joins faculty at Pepperdine’s Straus Institute
By Kamila Knaudt
Daniel Weinstein will teach advanced mediation at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Caruso ...
Criminal
LA sheriff’s officers will attend parole hearings if DAs won’t
By Tyler Pialet
Prosecutors say Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s decision to send his investigators to appear in their absence is unprecedented.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup suggests “it was reckless, maybe criminally reckless” for the utility to have not cut down a...
State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court
Supreme Court again tells State Bar to look at bias against Black male attorneys
By Henrik Nilsson
Gregory Harper is challenging his disbarment citing two studies that show Black male attorneys in California are more likely t...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
$2B Roundup settlement modeled on other major cases
By Craig Anderson
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, a San Francisco-based partner with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, filed the deal Wednesday...
While employers are being forced to grapple with and interpret yet another set of shifting rules -- some of which attorneys sa...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court won’t hear unions challenge to Proposition 22
By Jessica Mach
The high court indicated the plaintiffs could refile the petition "in an appropriate court."
Real Estate/Development, Government, Civil Litigation
Former judge fights state’s rental properties lockdown
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Former judge Steven C. Bailey and San Diego attorney Martha E. Romero represent Mammoth Lakes vacation property owners who sue...
“Congress can give us direct penalty authority to deter deception aimed at workers in the Internet-enabled gig economy and rul...
Government, Criminal
Governor reverses parole for murderer granted clemency
By Tyler Pialet
Gov. Gavin Newsom reviewed the convict’s parole hearing testimony and the objections of a board member who had voted against r...
Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation
LA DA’s counsel argues in court against his deputies
By Blaise Scemama
With 400 people listening in, Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant heard arguments for and against a preliminary injunction ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
California’s new US senator assigned to Judiciary Committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Alex Padilla is not a lawyer, but is no stranger to litigation. As California’s secretary of state from 2015 until last month,...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights
US judge considers drastic steps to address LA homelessness
By Gina Kim
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ordered attorneys to submit papers outlining the limit of his power to remedy the problems...
Labor/Employment
United pilots, attendants get lawsuit revived over home base
By Craig Anderson
United Airlines persuaded two district judges to dismiss the employees' lawsuits, but a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pane...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Law firm can’t solicit Girardi Keese gas leak clients
By Jessica Mach
Frantz Law Group APLC, which previously worked with Girardi Keese in the Porter Ranch class action, will proceed with the case...
Labor/Employment
Union gets 1st virus injunction against meat processing plant
By Jessica Mach
The tentative ruling issued Jan. 29 by Merced County Superior Court Judge Brian L. McCabe said new variants of the COVID-19 vi...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice
Judicial Council report shows 3rd District lags in resources and issued opinions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Workload issues in the appellate courts may partially mirror similar problems seen in the superior courts. According to the Ju...