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Judges and Judiciary


A Tailored Approach

Oct. 8, 2020

Judge Rita Lin says she tries to craft solutions based on the interests of the parties.


Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory


The agency's interpretation of the Back Pay Act has not seen changes this big since 1981, the agency said.


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


A group of baseball fans purchased tickets for the 2020 season and filed a lawsuit earlier this spring, alleging violations of...


Community News


More than 2,500 people turned up online Tuesday night to celebrate the work of the venerable public interest law firm and cont...


U.S. Supreme Court, Technology, Intellectual Property



Insurance


The pandemic is dragging on too long and there is too much uncertainty, they say.


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Amazon and Dropbox were accused in 2011 of infringing on PersonalWeb's data processing system patents. It related to Amazon's ...


Judges and Judiciary


LA court selects assistant presiding judge

Oct. 8, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

Samantha P. Jessner will serve with Presiding Judge-elect Eric C. Taylor, who was elected by the court's bench last month.


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The rarely granted post-dismissal sanctions were sought by defendant PricewaterhouseCoopers, known as PwC, represented by New ...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


The defendants have 30 days from Sept. 24 to reconsider advance refund payments to prisoners who are entitled to checks based ...


Civil Litigation


Kramer Vineyard Properties LLC filed its eminent domain challenge Oct. 1 in the Central District of California, alleging viola...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


Bar exam takers have fewer problems on 2nd day

Oct. 7, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

Some schools, such as California Western School of Law, have provided accommodations for test-takers who can’t take the exam a...


Obituaries


Nott died Saturday at 80 after a 10-year battle with Parkinson's disease.


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


Budget woes prompt 7 state courts to reduce operations

Oct. 7, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Judicial Council website shows seven counties have posted notices of reduced services for a 60-day public comment period, ...


Technology, Intellectual Property


The motion sets up a classic clash between big technology companies, which are often defendants in patent infringement lawsuit...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


"Our experience is broadly consistent with the national data that indicates the overwhelming majority of test-takers entered t...


Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit accuses Pfizer and BioNTech of working together to develop their BNT162 vaccine by using Allele's technology witho...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


If confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, Jenkins will replace Justice Ming W. Chin, who retired Aug. 31. Jenki...


U.S. Supreme Court, Entertainment & Sports


The case involving classes of plaintiffs from across the nation will return to U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero of ...


Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


The complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco on Friday accused Noom of employing FullStory to collect sensitive data,...


Immigration, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a published opinion, the panel ruled the 1997 Flores agreement requires the government transfer minors to a licensed progra...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation allowed more limited actions against insurance companies in California, Mi...


Government, Criminal


The two candidates accused each other of allowing violent crime and not being aggressive in prosecuting police.


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Aside from the fact the case involves Led Zeppelin as a defendant, it was closely watched in the music industry, which has see...


Labor/Employment, Corporate


Assembly Bill 979 requires publicly-held companies that are headquartered in California to have at least one member on their b...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


If confirmed, Jenkins will replace Justice Ming W. Chin, who retired Aug. 31. Jenkins, who is Black, would also be the court's...



Doing the work

Oct. 5, 2020

Margolis & Margolis helps traumatized lawyers get through the bar discipline procedure


Law Office Management, Appellate Practice


Jean-Claude "J.C." André will handle commercial litigation and co-lead the appellate and supreme court group alongside partner...


Legal Education


“Obviously, we’re really proud of the ranking, but I think more than that we’re proud of the skills that it represents,” said ...


Labor/Employment, Immigration


U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White's ruling only applies to organizations that sued President Donald Trump's administration ove...