Mediator Greg Derin tries to learn litigants' goals and find alternative paths to meeting them.
Civil Litigation
Milbank partner sends demand letter to LA school district on behalf of special needs students
By Gina Kim
Milbank LLP sends a demand letter to Los Angeles Unified School District seeking specific plans for starting in-person instruc...
Criminal
San Diego DA tries to stop early release of man who killed 4, injured 7
By Tyler Pialet
In a letter sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Kathleen Allison, secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabili...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Federal judge dismisses 2 churches’ challenge to restrictions
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman found Santa Clara County’s directives were equally applied to secular and religious gather...
David L. Anderson, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, filed a complaint for forfeiture on Thursday.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Solar panel Ponzi investors sue legal advisers Nixon Peabody
By Blaise Scemama
Nixon Peabody LLP said it vigorously disputed the allegations and insisted its tax advice to the investors was correct.
Government, Criminal
Becerra intervenes for woman charged with murder in her fetus’ death
By Craig Anderson
Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in Thursday in a second case in which a woman was charged with murder for allegedly us...
Judges and Judiciary
Members of chief justice’s work group on bias are named
By Jessica Mach
Members of the Work Group to Enhance Administrative Standards Addressing Bias in Court Proceedings were announced Wednesday.
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
San Diego courts resume civil bench trials, jury trial expected in January
By Blaise Scemama
Three bench trials began in mid-October and additional trials are being scheduled through the end of the year, according to th...
Labor/Employment
Proposition 22 passage upended state’s labor landscape
By Jessica Mach
Labor and employment attorneys who have been watching the issue say a number of questions now loom large.
Judges and Judiciary
Northern Californians choose legally diverse judges in 3 races
By Winston Cho
Campaigning in part on increasing diversity in the legal community, Criminal defense attorney Elena Condes said voters recogni...
Government, Criminal
George Gascon has comfortable lead over incumbent LA DA Jackie Lacey
By Craig Anderson
Lacey, the county’s first Black and first woman district attorney, was trailing with 46.19% of the vote.
Civil Litigation
United Airlines faces age discrimination class action by flyers who said they missed out on a 10% discount offered only to tho...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Law Practice
Required clinic credit hours produce more competent lawyers, say some
By Henrik Nilsson
The American Bar Association in 2014 released standards that included a requirement that students in ABA-accredited schools co...
Judges and Judiciary
Prosecutors lead in 4 Southern California judge races
By Winston Cho
Deputy LA District Attorney David A. Berger said the tallies so far were vindicating prosecutors from recent criticism that th...
Government
State voters show conservative bent on propositions, but strengthen Democrat supermajority
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Voters rejected measures to restart affirmative action, allow 17-year-olds to vote and raise property taxes on businesses, acc...
Government, Criminal
Voters keep cash bail, allow felons to vote, reject Penal Code changes
By Tyler Pialet
Bay Area counties were mostly isolated in their support of upholding a 2018 law passed by the Legislature that sought to repla...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Neither side wanted to argue Dynamex retroactivity at state high court
By Jessica Mach
Attorneys for the defendant and the plaintiffs asked the high court to decertify the question of Dynamex's retroactivity in th...
Government, Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs’ lawyers ready to use new ruling to challenge Newsom’s orders
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The ruling in a challenge over the governor’s directive to send a vote-by-mail ballot to every registered voter in California ...
LA judge, 90, is remembered for his friendship and work ethic.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Buchalter launches appellate fellowship for new law graduates
By Kamila Knaudt
The Kaufman Appellate Fellowship honors Buchalter’s appellate practice founder, former California Supreme Court Justice Marcus...
Law Office Management
Gibson Dunn hire expands global finance and private equity practice in Bay Area
By Kamila Knaudt
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced the addition of Goodwin Procter's former West Coast debt finance group leader, Laura...
The state attorney general argued existing case law requires courts to give deference to the Legislature when considering whet...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
UK top court to expedite hearing on business interruption insurance
By Blaise Scemama
In an attempt to offer guidance to hundreds of thousands of policyholders seeking business interruption coverage in the U.K., ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Securities fraud suits revived after novel question is asked
By Craig Anderson
Both rulings reversed rulings by U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of San Diego dismissing shareholder suits against Axos ...
Environmental & Energy
PG&E acknowledges ‘process breakdown’ in checking high-risk fire areas
By Winston Cho
A report filed Tuesday was made in response to a demand for an explanation by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who oversees ...
Civil Litigation
Talc case against Johnson & Johnson ends in mistrial after plaintiff dies
By Craig Anderson
The trial, which had started last week and was due to be the first talc trial to be tried virtually, ended in a mistrial the d...
Judge Akemi Arakaki helps child sex trafficking victims find a new path.
Native Americans, Government
Tribes say governor negotiated in bad faith on casinos
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Every complaint made similar claims that the administration illegally sought to force tribes to enforce state labor, environme...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Record-setting personal injury lawyer joins Arash Khorsandi
By Kamila Knaudt
In addition to serving as head trial attorney, Joseph Low will train the firm’s litigators and help expand the firm’s team an...