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The proposed plaintiffs’ class consists of about 1,000 Los Angeles residents who were allegedly subjected to misclassification...


Judges and Judiciary, Bankruptcy


Believing she was speaking off the record during a recess, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Catherine E. Bauer was overheard making dispa...


Obituaries


William F. Rylaarsdam, 1937-2020

Aug. 5, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Fearsome justice mentored generations of attorneys.


David Allan Lacey, who brandished his gun at activists that rang his doorbell and demanded to speak to District Attorney Jacki...


Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit Judge Kim M. Wardlaw, writing for the panel, ruled the government had no right to appeal a decision by U.S. Distri...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Standard 10.20 of the California Rules of Court, which has been in place since 1987, recommends courts establish local committ...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


The former Google engineer whose defection to Uber led to a high-stakes legal battle over proprietary self-driving car technol...


Tax, Government, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court ruling is a victory for other agencies — including water districts, cities and counties — to raise rat...


Civil Litigation


The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 31, argues the officers involved in three shootings were ill...


Law Practice


M.C. Sungaila spent the last five years as a partner at Haynes and Boone LLP, where she was appointed co-chair of the appellat...


Gun rights advocates have largely opposed the existing law, claiming a requirement to micro-stamp the make, model and serial n...


Government, Constitutional Law


“Virtually all provisions of Article IV of the California Constitution assume that the Legislature will act by means of physic...


Judge Elihu M. Berle, who is overseeing a $67 million Department of Water and Power settlement that is under investigation for...


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison were challenging their placement in so-called “security housing” based only on gang affili...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


Three students from Santa Clara University School of Law filed suit in federal court in San Jose seeking partial tuition refun...


Family, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Morrison & Foerster denied claims Monday it violated its ethical duties to former client and technology entrepreneur Allis...


Labor/Employment


EEOC to resume sending complainants documents

Aug. 4, 2020
By Jessica Mach

The commission hasn’t issued charge disclosure documents since March 21, except when complainants explicitly requested them. T...


Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ counsel asked Presiding Judge Kevin Brazile in a letter to suspend the enforcement of Judge Gregory W. Alarcon’s i...


Labor/Employment, Government


The order also requires federal agencies to audit themselves to determine whether contractors and subcontractors used temporar...


Judges and Judiciary


Leveraged Leniency

Aug. 3, 2020

Judge Jeffrey Cohen-Laurie gives defendants many chances, but asks for commitment.


Government


Of 12 initiatives on the November ballot, at least six are the subject of ballot language litigation.


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


The motion to stay, filed July 30 in Arizona, pertains to Paul O. Paradis, a New York attorney who resigned as private counsel...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The California Lawyers Association will host its annual Solo & Small Firm Summit virtually on Oct. 7 and 8.


The appointment capped weeks of back-and-forth arguments between Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams and Attorney G...


Assembly Bill 1552 would directly answer one of the central questions being posed in the multi-billion dollar business interru...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Bias committees are enigmas, attorneys say

Aug. 3, 2020
By Jessica Mach

In an effort to address discriminatory conduct by members of the judiciary, a handful of courts — including superior courts in...


Criminal


The discovery motion, filed by Elizabeth Holmes' lawyers and joined by attorneys for co-defendant Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, is t...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. The body also passed measures on wrongful death and workplace lawsuits during ...


Criminal


U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled Wednesday that federal trial prosecutors relied on false and misleading testimony ...


Ballot materials that Attorney General Xavier Becerra prepared for Proposition 22, whose gig economy backers he recently sued,...