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Government, Criminal


San Diego DA Summer Stephan and Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert said they will not allow LA DA George Gascón to prosecute th...


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Rumble's lawsuit seeking over $2 billion from Google was filed the same day as social media site Parler sued Amazon for effect...


Real Estate/Development


Property owners dispute claims of eviction wave

Jan. 11, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

Despite government efforts to halt evictions, legal aid organizations say they have seen an uptick in what they term nuisance ...


Civil Litigation


The settlement agreement provides $2.38 million in attorney fees. The class was represented by Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, Medi...


Government


Request to depose Newsom over protest ban denied

Jan. 11, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney cited the “rationale of protecting highly visible public servants from becoming targe...


Law Practice, Government


Rodrigo Castro-Silva succeeded Mary Wickham, who was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court as a commissioner in N...


Government, Covid Court Ops


$4.1B state courts budget includes funds for backlogs

Jan. 11, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The budget includes $381.1 million in new funding, “including critical new investments to support the essential services provi...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Bar OKs provisional license for grads back to 2015

Jan. 11, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

The program allows 2020 law school graduates to practice under the supervision of an attorney. After two years, provisional at...


Government, Criminal


San Diego DA Summer Stephan filed a motion to revoke authorization for the LA DA George Gascón's office to prosecute a defenda...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Elissa D. Miller, a partner at SulmeyerKupetz APC who was appointed by the U.S. Trustee last week to handle Girardi Keese's fi...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


Attorneys for two conservative nonprofits argued disclosure of donors' identities violates their freedom of association under ...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


All courthouses in the Central District are closed to the public except for criminal matters, which can be conducted remotely ...


Technology, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Northern District of California court said Thursday in an emailed statement that it’s “working to update protocols for hig...


“Given the magnitude of the fraud within the state prisons, county jails, other detention facilities and in our communities, i...


Labor/Employment


While a handful of major jurisdictions issued ordinances last summer and in the early fall requiring certain employers to rehi...


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


California attorneys involved in vetting judges said the Democratic majority in the Senate, with the help of a tie-breaking vo...


Construction


The alliance will serve the construction and infrastructure industry's "need for multinational excellence in construction lega...


Government, Criminal


In a memo sent to all prosecutors in his office Monday, District Attorney Charles D. Eyster. He said it’s now office policy to...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


SoCalGas loses summary adjudication bid to toss out punitive damages in gas leak litigation


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


San Fernando Valley personal injury attorney Michael J. Libman was liaison counsel to the ratepayers class in its suit against...


Judges and Judiciary


Chief justice seeks vaccine priority for courts

Jan. 7, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye did not ask for priority over front-line medical workers, but that court staff be given pre...


Labor/Employment


The rule, which the Department of Labor finalized Wednesday, simplifies the test for determining whether a worker is an indepe...


Law Office Management, Appellate Practice


Heinke and Weisel joined the boutique as of counsel, moving from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where Heinke co-led t...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


The law requires manufacturers to report price increases of 16% or more over a two-year period, and to provide a 60-day notice...


Criminal, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


While he dismissed every other defendant, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar on Tuesday allowed claims against the American Sure...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court


The California Supreme Court’s decision in the Humphrey case could effectively eliminate cash bail schedules statewide,


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Russell issued an order late Tuesday afternoon authorizing the move, and said at the hearing he hoped the U.S. Trustee would a...


Technology, Judges and Judiciary


The district was among the first in the nation to begin remote proceedings following state government lockdown orders imposed ...


Government


Governor names new legal affair secretary

Jan. 5, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary Analea J. Patterson took over from Catherine E. Lhamon on New Year’s Eve.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Girardi is accused of stealing millions of dollars from several clients. The case discussed on Monday involved a victim of the...