Attorneys at estate planning firm Weinstock Manion take great satisfaction from helping others.
Judge Alexander Martinez has twin loves: criminal law and the Star Wars' franchise.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gun rights group wins one California case, but loses another
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California continues to be an epicenter of firearms law litigation, with a state affiliate of the National Rifle Association w...
Data Privacy
Final rules for California’s landmark privacy law get OK
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Consumer Privacy Act officially went into effect on Jan. 1. Becerra submitted the proposed regulations on June ...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
With lawsuit, Epic Games seeks to exploit tech giant’s congressional woes
By Winston Cho
Seizing upon bipartisan interest to reign in the tech giants, Epic Games advanced narratives raised in the investigation conce...
Immigration, Civil Litigation
Counsel praise Chief Judge Larry Burns’s handling of first federal jury trial post-shutdown
By Gina Kim
Southern District of California jury sides with former ICE agent in civil rights case against the DOJ
Criminal
Acquittal in San Francisco’s first Covid-era state criminal trial
By Tyler Pialet
A jury found defendant David Brown not guilty of felony burglary after he spent more than a year in jail -- five months of whi...
Government, Education Law
Schools must rely more heavily on legal counsel to navigate new Title IX rules
By Jessica Mach
The new Title IX regulations that went into effect at the end of last week preempts state laws that protect individuals from s...
Government
Committee moves bills on privacy issues with contact tracing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a pair of bills on Thursday designed to protect people’s privacy when government authori...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar dues would fall under annual bill passed by Senate Judiciary Committee
By Henrik Nilsson
The bill authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scott’s Valley, also would require the bar to have open meetings when discussin...
San Bernardino Judge John Pacheco will not let attorneys frighten jurors into a verdict.
Real Estate/Development, Government
Judicial Council ends bans on foreclosures and evictions as of Sept 1
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The temporary rules were put in place in April after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pande...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
State appeal court revives product liability suit against Amazon
By Craig Anderson
Breaking ranks with other courts across the nation, a state appellate panel on Thursday revived a product liability lawsuit ag...
David Lacey’s defense lawyer says Xavier Becerra has no authority to file misdemeanor charges in connection with the March 2 i...
California Supreme Court
Social media may have to comply with subpoenas
By Winston Cho
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye dismissed arguments that Facebook can use the Stored Communications Act as a shie...
Civil Litigation
Church, LA County sue each other over indoor services
By Justin Kloczko
A San Fernando Valley church and Los Angeles County are suing each other over pandemic government shutdowns, the latest in a b...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge walks out as Uber and Lyft lawyers seek answer
By Jessica Mach
Judge Ethan P. Schulman left the telephonic hearing while Rohit K. Singla, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and Lyf...
Civil Rights
Demand has increased for cities to hire law firms to investigate police shootings
By Tyler Pialet
Attorneys familiar with the practice of cities tapping private firms to do these investigations say there is a long precedent ...
Criminal
Judge likely to order new protections for disabled prisoners
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case concerns the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, which houses one of the largest concentrations ...
Real Estate/Development, Government, Civil Litigation
Assembly Judiciary Committee passes bill on evictions and foreclosures, but it will be amended
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 1410 seeks to create a process to help replace two emergency rules put in place by the Judicial Council in April blocking u...
Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
FedArb launches multidistrict litigation advisory board
By Gina Kim
Federal Arbitration has officially launched an advisory board Wednesday with multidistrict litigation experts, former Article ...
Labor/Employment
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin seeks to enjoin DoorDash from misclassifying its delivery workers
By Gina Kim
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin seeks to enjoin DoorDash from misclassifying its delivery workers
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Ex-employees of Pinterest, Wells Fargo file gender discrimination suits
By Jessica Mach
Former employees at Pinterest and Wells Fargo have filed gender discrimination lawsuits alleging the companies' public proclam...
Appellate Practice
LA trial court begins remote appearances for appellate division
By Kamila Knaudt
Remote oral argument appearances using Webex are now available for the Los Angeles County Superior Court's appellate division....
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Justice ‘baffled’ and ‘stunned’ over San Quentin outbreak
By Tyler Pialet
A state appellate justice on Wednesday said a convicted Orange County murderer who contracted the coronavirus at San Quentin S...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Attorney sues bar in federal court over discipline for criticizing jurists’ competence
By Henrik Nilsson
The bar alleged attorney Benjamin Pavone’s use of the word “succubistic” in an appeal was a case of gender bias against the co...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Bill to curb civil backlogs now and in the future passes committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Assembly Judiciary Committee analysis stated the bill would accelerate a preexisting trend "to digitize many aspects of th...
Civil Litigation
Citing diversity concerns about the choice of a monitor, judge delays Sutter Health settlement approval
By Craig Anderson
Preliminary approval of a major antitrust settlement between state and private plaintiffs with Sutter Health was postponed Wed...
Labor/Employment
Uber CEO’s benefits plan models worker-administered ones
By Jessica Mach
A benefits fund for gig workers proposed by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi echoes a model that already exists in union contexts, b...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Judge won’t let state prisons manage own virus testing
By Winston Cho
After months of sparring over the issue, plaintiffs' attorneys seek a court order to force the agency to modify its plan. They...