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Good Counsel

Aug. 17, 2020

Attorneys at estate planning firm Weinstock Manion take great satisfaction from helping others.



Devotee

Aug. 17, 2020

Judge Alexander Martinez has twin loves: criminal law and the Star Wars' franchise.


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


California continues to be an epicenter of firearms law litigation, with a state affiliate of the National Rifle Association w...


Data Privacy


The California Consumer Privacy Act officially went into effect on Jan. 1. Becerra submitted the proposed regulations on June ...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Seizing upon bipartisan interest to reign in the tech giants, Epic Games advanced narratives raised in the investigation conce...


Southern District of California jury sides with former ICE agent in civil rights case against the DOJ


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


The new Title IX regulations that went into effect at the end of last week preempts state laws that protect individuals from s...


Government


The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a pair of bills on Thursday designed to protect people’s privacy when government authori...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The bill authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scott’s Valley, also would require the bar to have open meetings when discussin...



Zeal yes, terror no

Aug. 14, 2020

San Bernardino Judge John Pacheco will not let attorneys frighten jurors into a verdict.


Real Estate/Development, Government


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


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

Aug. 14, 2020
By Winston Cho

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye dismissed arguments that Facebook can use the Stored Communications Act as a shie...


Civil Litigation


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 Ethan P. Schulman left the telephonic hearing while Rohit K. Singla, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and Lyf...


Attorneys familiar with the practice of cities tapping private firms to do these investigations say there is a long precedent ...


Criminal


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


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


Federal Arbitration has officially launched an advisory board Wednesday with multidistrict litigation experts, former Article ...


San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin seeks to enjoin DoorDash from misclassifying its delivery workers


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Former employees at Pinterest and Wells Fargo have filed gender discrimination lawsuits alleging the companies' public proclam...


Appellate Practice


Remote oral argument appearances using Webex are now available for the Los Angeles County Superior Court's appellate division....


Criminal, Constitutional Law


A state appellate justice on Wednesday said a convicted Orange County murderer who contracted the coronavirus at San Quentin S...


State Bar & Bar Associations


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


The Assembly Judiciary Committee analysis stated the bill would accelerate a preexisting trend "to digitize many aspects of th...


Preliminary approval of a major antitrust settlement between state and private plaintiffs with Sutter Health was postponed Wed...


Labor/Employment


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


After months of sparring over the issue, plaintiffs' attorneys seek a court order to force the agency to modify its plan. They...