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Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The Federal Arbitration Act prevents the government officials from pursuing the claim on behalf of Uber and Lyft drivers, mot...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The program will bring international students to Pepperdine for a certificate or master’s degree in dispute resolution. Prefer...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


California Chief Justice Tani G. Sakauye — writing for the majority — rejected the writ but directed Superior Court Judge Davi...


Judges and Judiciary


Several presiding judges throughout the state have put of criminal trials until at least August.


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Judge Andre Birotte allows comedienne Mo'Nique's pay discrimination lawsuit to proceed.


Judges and Judiciary


The Sacramento County Court pro per coordinator had a level of discretion more appropriate to a judicial officer, the appellat...


San Diego partner Peter Klee of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, who defends insurance companies, said, "It was a ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Thomas A. Delaney said he would continue efforts such as responding to unfair criticism of judges, ethics education for ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


ACLU, First Amendment Coalition praised the modified court access order.


Government


Wiener’s bill would change existing laws governing jury pool selection to include state tax filers in the list of sources coun...


Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


The privacy lawsuit is the second filed by Boies Schiller Flexner LLP against the Alphabet-owned company since June.


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


Coffee industry sees wins in fight over labeling

Jul. 16, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle denied the first three motions by the plaintiff, ruling the coffee defe...


Civil Litigation


Women class action attorneys on Wednesday praised a federal judge's refusal to approve the appointment of an all-male team of ...


Labor/Employment, Education Law


Negotiations over how public schools can accommodate teachers who are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 symptoms have been co...


The decision comes after Police Chief Michel Moore permanently withdrew his department’s participation in the CalGang system o...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Harley-Davidson Inc. is entitled to defend a putative class action alleging false advertising in federal court, a 9th U.S. Cir...


Government


“Has the governor issued any more proclamations?” U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez asked, referring to state orders changing...


Intellectual Property


The moves appear to serve a dual purpose of shielding Juul’s business while also showing the San Francisco company is taking a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In his bid to overturn or reduce a punitive damages award in a class verdict against Kimberly-Clark Corp., Gibson, Dunn & ...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A resigned outside counsel for the LA city attorney’s office is cooperating with the federal government’s investigation into t...


Mergers & Acquisitions


OneJustice, a legal nonprofit with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, appointed Phil Hwang its chief executive officer,...


Labor/Employment


A tension exists between public health efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus on the one hand, and employee privacy rig...


Immigration, Government


Attorneys wary of turnabout on student visas

Jul. 15, 2020
By Winston Cho

The Trump administration's 11th hour withdrawal of a policy that would have forced international students to leave the country...


Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs failed to show they were in a zone of danger. Nor did they show any physical manifestation of their emotional d...



Lee R. Feldman

Jul. 15, 2020
By Lisa Churchill



Tamara S. Freeze

Jul. 15, 2020
By Lisa Churchill


Legal Education, Immigration, Education Law


The rule had been eased at the outset of the coronavirus, but last week U.S. immigration authorities said students would have ...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The 1967 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Treaty was invoked, which says foreign nationals arrested abroad must be advi...


Law Practice


Murphy & McGonigle open first West Coast office

Jul. 14, 2020
By Kamila Knaudt

Financial services law firm Murphy & McGonigle PC opened its first West Coast office in San Francisco on Tuesday.


Obituaries, Constitutional Law


Marc Angelucci, 52, was found unresponsive from gunshot wounds at his San Bernardino County home Saturday evening and the sher...