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The donations, filed late last week, illuminate a bitter race between two Democratic candidates who have largely criticized on...


Civil Litigation


After more than a week of deliberations, an Alameda County Superior Court jury found an insulation company liable for a retire...


Government


Bills on jury pools, new crimes signed by governor

Sep. 30, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

While California has taken many steps in recent years to incarcerate fewer people, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills crea...


Legal Education


Admitted law students will receive 50% tuition scholarships, plus five will get full tuition.


Labor/Employment, Government


The passage of Assembly Bill 2043, authored by Assemblymember Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, was viewed as a significant victory b...


Securities, Civil Litigation


The complaints alleged the tech giants have "one of the oldest and most egregious 'Old Boy's Club[s]" in Silicon Valley and fa...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


he couriers who filed the arbitration claims were required to sign the company's Fleet Agreement in order to work for the comp...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young said this week plaintiff’s counsel Vince W. Finaldi of Manly Stewart & Fina...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Stewards of the Mokelumne River want to force the department to address a problem that has plagued many areas of the state: ho...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


The injunctions will have civil and criminal consequences. Violations will result in up to a $6,000 fine and can also be crimi...


Judges and Judiciary


This means focusing on three things: the budget for the judiciary, changes in pension regulations, and a task force created in...


Government


One of the most likely targets for litigation may be SB 1079, a law designed to prevent large corporations from buying up larg...


State Bar & Bar Associations


New Board of Trustees Chair Sean M. SeLegue, a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, said hiccups are expected and ...


If Superior Court Judge David R. Zulfa grants the defense motion, it would fly in the face of long-standing federal and state ...


Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Newsom returned Senate Bill 179 on Friday, writing, "Expanding the right to arbitrate to state managers and supervisors will r...


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


US court shuts out virtual viewers, suit says

Sep. 29, 2020
By Winston Cho

The hearing concerned whether U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers should issue a preliminary injunction against Apple, ...



Collaborative Court

Sep. 29, 2020

Kern County presiding judge has included attorneys' ideas in her new policy decisions.


Defendants who would otherwise be prosecuted for these crimes will instead be diverted to community-based behavioral health se...


Judges and Judiciary


“I think it’s important that the courts develop a very specific report to the Legislature. I won’t be there to argue for it,” ...


The charges filed by more than 40 U.S. Attorneys range from arson and attempted murder to assaulting law enforcement officers ...


The court added a $100 annual subscription that promises new benefits, more convenience


Covid Court Ops


The court announces its plan to reopen in multiple phases starting Oct. 5.


Technology, Civil Litigation


Alphabet deal is a model, say plaintiffs’ lawyers

Sep. 28, 2020
By Craig Anderson

The agreement to resolve the shareholder derivative lawsuits was the product of several compromises, said attorneys involved i...


Under a shareholder's agreement, plaintiff Marian Price was entitled to her husband's shares of Oberman, Tivoli & Pickert ...


Real Estate/Development, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit alleges Los Angeles-based Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., known as CREXi, is attempting to build its own onl...


Civil Litigation


Proposed class says Doordash misleads

Sep. 28, 2020
By Winston Cho

As Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered a halt to indoor dining services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers have increasingl...



Lasting Relationships

Sep. 28, 2020

Novian & Novian’s founding partners are now representing their early clients’ grandchildren.


Real Estate/Development, Government


A successful challenge would likely focus on constitutional hurdles to government interference in contracts.


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


In an 11-page order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District of California held that plaint...


Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


The county had sought to stop most of Grace Community Church’s members from attending and to hold Pastor John MacArthur, 81, i...