Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Opioid MDL against McKinsey heads to San Francisco
By Blaise Scemama
McKinsey faces accusations that it contributed to an opioid crisis by advising drug manufacturers like Purdue Pharma which dec...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Legal Aid wants to make it easy for domestic violence victims to continue to testify remotely post pandemic
By Henrik Nilsson
Advocates say the prospect of testifying in the same room with an abuser can cause some victims not to come forward. But some ...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DOJ argues law against private prisons is preempted
By Craig Anderson
“Congress has expressly authorized the use of these privately operated facilities,” said Michael W. Kirk, an attorney with Coo...
Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory
Best to stick to Cal/OSHA’s old rules, employers’ attorneys say
By Jessica Mach
One of the easiest ways for employers to adjust to the new rules is to “keep your existing policies in place for the most part...
Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
Regulators accuse SoCalGas of misleading them
By Gina Kim
SoCalGas Co. faces possible new charges of misleading utility regulators in relation to the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak safety ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ann Park of Foley & Mansfield chosen LA County bar president-elect
By Henrik Nilsson
Just 1,580 of the 15,828 eligible members voted in the election, according to a news release. Park received 973 of the votes.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal
Panel’s confusing language may have stalled LA water bill case
By Blaise Scemama
New class counsel Brian Kabateck of Kabateck LLP said language in last week’s ruling from the 2nd District Court of Appeal den...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal
Prosecutors object to Theranos founder’s juror questions
By Craig Anderson
Prosecutors said a jury questionnaire proposed by Elizabeth Holmes’ attorneys was unprecedented in the Northern District of Ca...
Real Estate/Development
Tenants’ lawyers say delays in rent aid could mean more eviction cases
By Henrik Nilsson
A burdensome application process is causing delays and people are still waiting for money, some attorneys say.
Health Care & Hospital Law
4 pharma companies say state has not made its case in Orange County trial
By Blaise Scemama
After the state’s seven-week case in chief, four pharmaceutical companies including Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., the makers of t...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Senate passes bill to change court reporting rules to ease backlogs
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 241 would allow companies that are not considered “shorthand reporting corporations” under state law to offer court reporti...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Labor/Employment
Sacramento workplace investigation firm changes name, expands to San Diego
By Blaise Scemama
Van Dermyden Maddux has rebranded itself as Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation as a name partner prepares to retire and a new ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Monterey attorney gets 2 years in prison for loan fraud
By Henrik Nilsson
John Arthur Hudson will start serving his prison term on Sept. 13 and was also ordered to pay $828,521.52 in restitution.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins of the Northern District of California granted the U.S. attorney’s motion to presen...
Government, Criminal
Senate OKs bill to require recusal in police misconduct cases if DA got donations
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California District Attorneys Association and several law enforcement groups have called SB710 an unconstitutional limit o...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit conservatives try to tee up Miranda question for high court
By Craig Anderson
The appellate court affirmed a panel ruling Thursday reversing a civil trial defeat by a hospital worker who sued Los Angeles ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Allergan says there’s no false advertising if public never sees it
By Blaise Scemama
After a month and a half of plaintiffs’ evidence in an Orange County bench trial, one of four drug company-defendants accused ...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Until guilt determined, judge hesitant to give PG&E new probation conditions
By Winston Cho
The Sonoma County district attorney charged PG&E with five felonies and 28 misdemeanors in connection with the Kincade Fir...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Must jury be unanimous on aggravating evidence to impose death?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case before the state Supreme Court has garnered significant attention because it could vacate the death sentences of many...
Government, Community News
Hogan Lovells helps make police use of force nationwide map
By Kamila Knaudt
The map allows the public to learn about each state’s current and proposed laws on the subject and allows for comparison betwe...
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Girardi bankruptcy trustee defends special counsel
By Henrik Nilsson
Peter J. Mastan, who represents Erika Girardi, argued that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell should reject Ronald Richards’ ...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Title IX specialty firm opens in Palo Alto, anticipating rule changes
By Jessica Mach
It’s a natural move, said founding partner Andrew T. Miltenberg, since Nesenoff & Miltenberg LLP has spent the last three ...
Civil Litigation, Banking
BofA ordered to halt some fraud deterrents for unemployment payments
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria barred the bank from freezing accounts or denying claims of unauthorized transactions using...
Video company suing Kanye West for breaching business deals loses bid to depose the rapper and his apparel company top officia...
Tax, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit OKs Roth IRA corporate tax scheme
By Craig Anderson
The decision is the latest in a series of rulings by circuit courts around the nation against the IRS in its challenges to the...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Judge denies many untimely filed plaintiffs’ documents in opioid trial
By Blaise Scemama
Since the trial began in April, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson has made several comments expressing disconten...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit says ConAgra settlement ‘reeks of collusion’
By Craig Anderson
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Kenneth K. Lee blasted the settlement as a giveaway to attorneys who did nothing for t...
Judges and Judiciary
Fire Victim Trust head blasts call for investigation
By Craig Anderson
The legislators, who represent constituents who lost homes, businesses and property in the fires, say they are dissatisfied wi...
U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit’s ‘always believe the asylum claimant’ rule overturned
By Winston Cho
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion rejected the use of a “special rule in immigration disputes” by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...
State Bar & Bar Associations
National bar examiners say no remote testing next February
By Henrik Nilsson
“Remote exams create challenges for exam security and uniformity, and for this reason, we have consistently advocated for in-p...
