Law Office Management
Employment litigator moves to Epstein Becker in LA
By Kamila Knaudt
Amy S. Ramsey joined a team of roughly a dozen members of the firm that make up the employment, labor and workforce management...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
Business interruption rulings on Covid appear to be in favor of insurers
By Blaise Scemama
While over 1,000 business interruption claims filed in the U.S. differ from policy to policy, the two most pertinent questions...
Hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends of the school attended one of the 20 breakout rooms over Zoom through...
Law Office Management
Patent litigator moves to Baker Botts from Sidley Austin
By Kamila Knaudt
Based in Palo Alto, Peter H. Kang will co-chair Baker Botts' Korea IP practice.
Civil Litigation
4 Mitsubishi mechanics sue over hostile workplace claims
By Winston Cho
The plaintiffs claimed they were segregated with other Black workers to perform menial cleaning tasks, targeted with racial sl...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Judge tells defendant to get another attorney
By Craig Anderson
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Vincent J. O'Neill declared a second mistrial in the commercial eviction case and ordered ...
Employees gathering with friends, expressing their political views and posting about these things on social media have created...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar tells attorneys it is investigating their dealings with lawyer referral service it has just approved
By Henrik Nilsson
The bar did not stop at the cease and desist letters. It started to notify attorneys in late July that it was investigating th...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
LA’s 1st trial since March ends with jurors having to fill out verdict forms 4 times
By Nick Kipley
Time after time, the jurors filled out the forms, waited for them to be reviewed, and were then called back to fill them out a...
Education Law, Civil Litigation
San Bernardino County charter school sues network over allocation of funds
By Winston Cho
Provenance, formerly known as Inspire Charter Schools, "caused various assets and personnel to be distributed among the school...
Obituaries, Criminal, Civil Litigation
Modesto attorney’s death won’t stop his legal fight with DA
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Frank C. Carson’s attorney said he was preparing a motion seeking to turn his civil rights and wrongful imprisonment case into...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Civil Litigation
Some judges don’t wear masks, igniting debate
By Craig Anderson
In a letter to Monterey County Presiding Judge Julie R. Culver and California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Salinas de...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar comes under fire for retracting job offer to Black woman
By Malcolm Maclachlan
At issue were allegations that Fredericka McGee, a longtime legislative attorney, was offered the job in July, only to have th...
Law Practice
California’s debate over legal paraprofessionals is reignited
By Blaise Scemama
Arizona plunges into legal paraprofessional system but some California attorneys are hesitant to follow.
Convening an emergency hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh considered whether to issue a temporary restraining order ...
Labor/Employment
Bill that loosened some AB 5 restrictions becomes immediate law
By Jessica Mach
The new law expands the types of business contracting relationships that will be subject to the Borello standard for determini...
Michael Jonsson mediates domestic violence disputes, an area of practice few want to handle.
Retired military officer Judge John Lonergan is known for thoroughly reviewing pleadings.
Law Practice
Securities litigator makes a move to Gibson Dunn from Irell
By Kamila Knaudt
Craig Varnen joined Gibson Dunn after 26 years at Irell & Manella LLP, where he chaired the securities litigation practice...
Criminal
Contra Costa DA says looting charge guidelines are misunderstood
By Tyler Pialet
The guidelines, implemented in June by DA Diana Becton, add a layer of scrutiny in deciding whether to upcharge theft or burgl...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief Justice names new voting and advisory members to Judicial Council
By Arin Mikailian
Supreme Court Justice Carol Corrigan and LA County Presiding Judge Kevin Brazile are the Judicial Council’s new voting members.
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
Defense wins 1st asbestos trial verdict by Zoom
By Craig Anderson
The sweeping win came after a trial that featured a host of objections by defense counsel, who raised concerns about comments ...
Education Law, Civil Litigation
All California schools sued over special needs education
By Gina Kim
Special needs students can’t learn properly online, says proposed class action filed in Central District.
Immigration
Immigration officials must do more to curb virus in lockups, lawyer says
By Winston Cho
Claiming the agency's proposal is too vague to even describe, let alone improve upon, plaintiffs' lawyer Emilou MacLean argued...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
EEOC tightens rules for suing employers over discrimination
By Jessica Mach
This new criteria is stricter than before, attorneys noted. Under Section 707 of Title VII, the EEOC can bring lawsuits agains...
Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation
Litigation likely against CDC’s nationwide eviction ban
By Blaise Scemama
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the ban under the Public Health Service Act to prevent the spread of dis...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar issues draft rules for temporary licensure program
By Henrik Nilsson
A California provisionally licensed lawyer would be allowed to appear before a court, draft legal documents, contracts or tran...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Conservatives object to ruling vacating conviction due to warrantless phone search
By Craig Anderson
Judge Mark J. Bennett, an appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote the court should have reheard the decision en banc.
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
In-person meet-and-confers no longer mandatory after attorneys raise concerns
By Gina Kim
Los Angeles County court suspends mandatory in-person informal discovery disputes.
Criminal
Spread-out jurors, faulty audio feed, shuffling seat assignments in LA’s 1st trial since March
By Nick Kipley
For the most part, the press and public were relegated to listening to an audio version of the trial in a courtroom several fl...