Government, Constitutional Law
Palo Alto sued for barring non-residents from park
By Craig Anderson
The city of Palo Alto was sued Tuesday over its apparently unique policy of prohibiting non-residents from using Foothills Par...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Government
Progressive DAs launch alternative to DA association
By Tyler Pialet
The nascent Prosecutors Alliance of California, consisting of three current progressive DAs, said they want to challenge the p...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
LA courts attorney portal aims at giving more access for a fee
By Nick Kipley
The Advanced Attorney Portal went live on Monday and some attorneys have found it saves times.
Judges and Judiciary
US Senate confirms 3 federal judges for Central District of California
By Gina Kim
New federal judges were confirmed for the Central and Southern Districts of California by the Senate Judiciary committee on Tu...
Insurance
UK appeal court gives business insurance policyholders a win
By Blaise Scemama
While it does not provide binding precedent in the U.S., plaintiffs' attorneys said the ruling could strengthen their position...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Law enforcement sues Navy over toxic shipyard at Hunters Point
By Winston Cho
The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was named a Superfund site in 1989 because it was polluted with various hazardous substances ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Civil Litigation
3 claim State Bar isn’t accommodating disabled in online exam
By Winston Cho
The State Bar is offering an online exam for most test takers this year but is excluding those who cannot stay in front of the...
Criminal
LA County public defender revamps 700-lawyer office
By Laurinda Keys, Nick Kipley
Instead of producing a new strategic plan with just his leadership team, Public Defender Ricardo Garcia set up a county-wide c...
Labor/Employment
Are Covid-related labor lawsuits moneymakers or a gamble?
By Jessica Mach
Defense attorneys have started to understand COVID-19 employment lawsuits as a newly lucrative product for plaintiffs' attorne...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court
Governor signs bill expanding chief justice's emergency power
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 3366 addresses a bind encountered by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye when as she sought to limit court operations during ...
Education Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Parents sue governor to get schools reopened
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint claims distance learning is harming the children’s constitutional right to a quality public education. It could ...
Criminal
DA seeks funds to recheck forensics in thousands of prosecutions
By Tyler Pialet
District Attorney Chesa Boudin has asked the county and city for nearly half a million dollars to help him review cases that m...
In 2001 at age 15, Barnes was tried as an adult and convicted of two counts of attempted murder and one count of assault. He w...
Insurance
US judge sides with insurer in business interruption case filed by barber
By Gina Kim
San Diego federal judge Cathy A. Bencivengo has thrown out another COVID-19 related business interruption insurance complaint ...
Education Law, Civil Litigation
USC fights back against students who sued over online learning
By Gina Kim
Educational malpractice doctrine provides claims regarding quality of instruction is not identifiable under settled California...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Law deans seek open-book, no proctoring October bar exam
By Henrik Nilsson
The signatories to the letter included 15 deans from ABA-accredited schools who said many students have struggled to prepare f...
Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judges can’t review refugee decision, circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
A sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that courts have no authority to review the President Donald ...
Although he did not yet authorize the government to prosecute the expanded charges, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila found on...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit upholds labor board’s action against union, over bipartisan dissents
By Craig Anderson
Six judges dissented from the rejection of review, arguing a three-judge panel got it wrong when concluding the union violated...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
Santa Ana federal courthouse opens today
By Gina Kim
Central District of California's Southern Division reopens today.
Law Practice, Law Office Management
3 partners launch global human practice at King & Spalding
By Kamila Knaudt
The team advises multinational clients on matters such as large-scale employment strategies and projects, global acquisition a...
Civil Litigation
SeaWorld couldn’t have predicted pandemic, federal judge rules
By Gina Kim
U.S. judge Cathy A. Bencivengo of the Southern District of California has tossed a SeaWorld passholder's proposed putative con...
Law Office Management
Litigator joins Milbank in LA, after stint at Irell & Manella
By Kamila Knaudt
Alex G. Romain, who previously was at Irell & Manella LLP, focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar defense...
Insurance, Entertainment & Sports
Filmmakers sue over Covid-19 exclusion in policy extension
By Blaise Scemama
Chubb National Insurance responded that there is no contractual right to a policy extension on the same terms.
Reimagining his role as a crime preventer as opposed to strictly a crime fighter has allowed his office to reduce its annual c...
Judges and Judiciary
Attorneys concerned about more LA court continuances
By Nick Kipley
Juvenile delinquency suspects who normally go from arrest to hearing within 24 or 48 hours now must wait a week, according to ...
Civil Litigation
Covid-19 suit against LA nursing home sent to state court
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer found there is no immunity from alleged violations of state law based on federal health care ...
Retailers located inside a Torrance shopping center sued Los Angeles County in federal court, claiming the order allowing only...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Glendale attorney pleads guilty to campaign finance violations, bank fraud
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Justice Department said the campaign finance violations had to do with the 2016 presidential race and several other contes...
Criminal
Prosecutors say Avenatti is violating release conditions by using friend’s computer
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna will decide whether to order the defendant back behind bars later this month or, as an alte...