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Civil Litigation, Admiralty/Maritime


U.S. Judge R. Gary Klausner of the Central District of California has refused to toss out claims asserted by Grand Princess pa...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Randall A. Miller, principal and legal malpractice expert at Miller LLP, said the efforts are important to improve California'...


Contracts, Civil Litigation


Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco refused to dismiss MRG Entertainment's lawsuit seeking to force Even...


Obituaries


Paul H. Coffee, 1932-2020

Nov. 23, 2020
By Arin Mikailian

2nd District Court of Appeal justice loved the sea and hated typos.


Labor/Employment


The California Office of Administrative Law has 10 days from the rule's approval last Thursday to review it.


Law Practice, Criminal


According to a civil complaint filed against the pair by the Menekshe Law Firm APC’s founding attorney, Ayhan M. Menekshe, the...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The core question addressed by the court of appeal's three-justice panel was whether the federal law preempts California's app...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Stackhouse, who specializes in plaintiffs’ personal injury, military and criminal defense matters, will be inducted in a virtu...


Government


Legislature names new top lawyer, Cara Jenkins

Nov. 20, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

After confirmation on Dec. 7, Jenkins will be the 11th leader in the legislative counsel’s 107-year history, and the second wo...


Government, Criminal


Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward said, “Our prosecutors are stressed out, and they’re overworked.”


Law Practice, Consumer Law


Deborah Chang to take helm of consumer attorneys group

Nov. 20, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The new president of Consumer Attorneys of California, to be sworn in Saturday, relishes her nickname: Changzilla.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel, both appointed by Democratic presidents, voiced skepticism about the ...


As the department’s backlog continues to grow, some attorneys say it has adopted an “all hands on deck” approach to make sure ...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Despite claims that “loot boxes” in online games are illegal since they mimic gambling, U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman in...


Labor/Employment


Uber and Lyft asked the 1st District Court of Appeal to reconsider a ruling requiring the companies to comply with Assembly Bi...


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


On Wednesday, attorneys for mortgage lender Nationwide Biweekly Administration Inc. argued a federal judge's decision imposing...


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The program is an unanticipated departure from the tech giant’s position that its fees, called exorbitant by some developers, ...


Defendant Enterprise Services agreed to enter a contract with NASA to provide information technology-related hardware, service...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Southern California Edison has been granted its request to bring in AT&T as a cross-defendant in Woolsey litigation. AT&am...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Judge Anne-Christine Massullo, a former federal prosecutor who currently serves in the complex litigation department, will ass...


Legal Education


State’s law schools see drop in foreign students

Nov. 18, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

According to a survey from the Institute of International Education released Monday, new international students enrolled at U....


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


The pandemic has sparked suits by insurers around the country that claim states are interfering with contracts through emergen...


Civil Litigation


Apple maintained that plaintiffs did not rely on misleading omissions and misrepresentations before purchasing their phones.


Civil Litigation


The University of California board of regents has reached a preliminary settlement of $73M with patients who said they were se...


Environmental & Energy


The California Public Utilities Commission aggressively investigates utility related wildfires and works to ensure that utilit...


Legal Education, Community News


Sixteen student teams from across the nation participated in a two-day mock wrongful death trial tournament sponsored by Loyol...


Real Estate/Development


Although monetary losses alone cannot, in this context, constitute irreparable harm, foreclosure theoretically could, U.S. Dis...


Government, Criminal


The Solano County Major Crimes Task Force will be led by a supervising investigator from the DA’s office and consist of seven ...


Law Practice, Criminal


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she will not impose an "arbitrary deadline" for defendants to submit reasons w...


Government, Civil Litigation


Assembly Judiciary Committee chair Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, says he is planning hearings for next year to address backlogs...