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Civil Litigation


U.S. judge Cathy A. Bencivengo of the Southern District of California has tossed a SeaWorld passholder's proposed putative con...


Law Office Management


Alex G. Romain, who previously was at Irell & Manella LLP, focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar defense...


Insurance, Entertainment & Sports


Chubb National Insurance responded that there is no contractual right to a policy extension on the same terms.


Criminal


Reimagining his role as a crime preventer as opposed to strictly a crime fighter has allowed his office to reduce its annual c...


Judges and Judiciary


Juvenile delinquency suspects who normally go from arrest to hearing within 24 or 48 hours now must wait a week, according to ...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer found there is no immunity from alleged violations of state law based on federal health care ...


Civil Litigation


Retailers located inside a Torrance shopping center sued Los Angeles County in federal court, claiming the order allowing only...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


The Justice Department said the campaign finance violations had to do with the 2016 presidential race and several other contes...


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna will decide whether to order the defendant back behind bars later this month or, as an alte...


Obituaries


Irving A. Kanarek, 1920-2020

Sep. 11, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Charles Manson lawyer's career soared, then crumbled.


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Johnson, who was sworn in Aug. 24, fills the vacancy created when Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed then-Commissioner Brooke A. Blec...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The Sino-U.S. International Commercial Co-Mediation Panel is comprised of 22 mediators from China and the United States.


Government, Criminal


The ballot measure aims to expand the list of felonies and sentence enhancements that are considered violent, including hate c...


Civil Litigation


The judge enjoined the 7,500-member church, its pastor, congregations and employees from participating in any indoor worship s...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge William Shubb in Sacramento found there’s not enough evidence to require the Bayer-owned company to includ...


Government


AB 2445 will allow legal guardians of a minor to sue for wrongful death if the child is an orphan. It was passed on an urgency...


Hallie M. Hoffman, chief of the criminal division at the Northern District U.S. attorney's office, dismissed the complaint for...


Since insurance companies and policyholders are often located in different states, insurers have been able to remove actions t...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Utility customers have taken their challenge to Assembly Bill 1054’s wildfire fund up to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...


California Supreme Court


Laura Dougherty of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association said the California high court wants "another case with other facts"...


Cal/OSHA's standards board will consider a recommendation for an emergency rule that would give certain protections to employe...


Judges and Judiciary


No announcement was made about the election of the next assistant presiding judge, which usually take place at the same time.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Real Estate/Development


The Legislature in 2014 weighed in on the bar's real estate holdings and the money the bar could save if it moved to a more af...


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


1st District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline said he wasn’t convinced he can order the prisons department t...


The Orange County district attorney accused the deputy of taking a suspect's debit card, putting it in her shirt pocket and gi...


Intellectual Property, Criminal, Civil Litigation


Judge Jesus G. Bernal, of the Central District of California, ordered the defendant to pay $1.25 million for copyright infring...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County court elects new leadership

Sep. 10, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

Two-year terms begin Jan. 1, 2021 for Presiding Judge-elect Erick L. Larsh and Assistant Presiding Judge-elect Maria D. Hernan...


Civil Litigation, Admiralty/Maritime


The proposed class action accuses Princess of exposing passengers on the Grand Princess while withholding critical information...


Immigration


Kendall Brill & Kelly secured a bond hearing for Javier De Santiago Perez, an immigrant detainee housed at Adelanto who wa...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia, writing for panel, issued a split opinion that one of Sampson's attorneys, Duane R. Folke o...