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Data Privacy, Administrative/Regulatory


Under her leadership, the FTC could take an even more aggressive stance in policing Facebook, Google and Amazon.


Labor/Employment


Since his inauguration Wednesday, Biden has made several moves that appear to deliver on his promise of taking a more labor-fr...


The change would allow prosecutors to charge prior hate crime convictions as strikes when prosecuting people accused of violen...


Litigation & Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Bauer, who sat on the Central District of California bankruptcy court, will specialize in bankruptcy, real estate, business, c...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Covid Court Ops


State Sen. Thomas J. Umberg, D-Santa Ana, has also introduced SB 211, a placeholder bill on annual bar fees, and SB 212, desig...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


After allegations that Thomas V. Girardi stole settlement money from the families of the passengers who died in a Boeing jet c...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


“There will be larger de-energization events than would have otherwise occurred under PG&E’s current standards,” company a...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The pardons, issued early Wednesday before Trump’s term ended at noon, mean Anthony Levandowski, the former self-driving car e...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The city’s current outside counsel, Eric George of Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP argued in court in Octo...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The rift emerged slowly over decades, said Michael G. Colantuono, the old State Bar's last elected president--the job title we...


Litigation & Arbitration


California lawyers have struggled for a decade to deal with the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's strong backing for arbit...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Variations on litigation finance have included settlement-advance companies attempting to cash in on the #MeToo movement by of...


Judges and Judiciary


The state approved the money in July to help courts cope with additional costs associated with the shutdowns and protecting ag...


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


The U.S. high court ruled nearly two months ago that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s limits on in-person services violated the Fi...


Government, Criminal


DA George Gascon said in his response to a lawsuit by many of his prosecutors that it’s their job to conform to the directives...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


“This was a misunderstanding and both Mr. and Mrs. [Joshua] Schiller have made clear to me that he did not physically harm her...


Civil Litigation


The Wine Country Coalition for Safe Reopening based their four causes of action on state law and the California Constitution. ...


Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen challenged a central argument from plaintiffs that Google misled users about the scope ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Biden expected to quickly fill judicial vacancies

Jan. 20, 2021
By Craig Anderson

After he takes the oath of office Wednesday, President-elect Joe Biden plans to move quickly to fill existing judicial vacanci...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Constitutional Law


Criminal case dismissed with prejudice by federal judge due to violations of the Speedy Trial Act


Plains All American Pipeline argues that it is immune from service interruption claims under the public utility doctrine, and ...


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


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that requiring long haul truckers to follow state laws already covered by fede...


Government


AB 2542, which went into effect Jan. 1, added evidence of racial discrimination to factors defense counsel could cite. AB 256,...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


Meanwhile, U.S. policyholders continue individually fighting their insurers in state and federal court, with only one case in ...


Civil Litigation, Banking


The lawsuit filed on Thursday in federal court in San Francisco argues that insecure standards led to rampant fraud that the b...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


The emails appear to reveal that nine to 15 coronavirus cases a day were reported in LA courts over four consecutive days in J...


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Thomas V. Girardi and Girardi Keese are facing a host of lawsuits filed by creditors who allege the attorney and his firm owe ...


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


Is Newsom’s ban on indoor churches narrowly tailored?


Judges and Judiciary


San Diego Judge Truc Do confirmed to appeal court

Jan. 15, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

The three-member panel of the Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously approved Gov. Gavin Newsom's nomination of Do. S...


Judges and Judiciary


The latest judicial branch procurement report looked at Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, Orange, and San Bernardino counties. The ...