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Government, Constitutional Law


Palo Alto sued for barring non-residents from park

Sep. 16, 2020
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


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


The Advanced Attorney Portal went live on Monday and some attorneys have found it saves times.


Judges and Judiciary


New federal judges were confirmed for the Central and Southern Districts of California by the Senate Judiciary committee on Tu...


Insurance


While it does not provide binding precedent in the U.S., plaintiffs' attorneys said the ruling could strengthen their position...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


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


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

Sep. 15, 2020
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


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


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

Sep. 15, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint claims distance learning is harming the children’s constitutional right to a quality public education. It could ...


District Attorney Chesa Boudin has asked the county and city for nearly half a million dollars to help him review cases that m...


Criminal


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...


San Diego federal judge Cathy A. Bencivengo has thrown out another COVID-19 related business interruption insurance complaint ...


Education Law, Civil Litigation


Educational malpractice doctrine provides claims regarding quality of instruction is not identifiable under settled California...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


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


A sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that courts have no authority to review the President Donald ...


Criminal


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


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

Sep. 14, 2020
By Gina Kim

Central District of California's Southern Division reopens today.


Law Practice, Law Office Management


The team advises multinational clients on matters such as large-scale employment strategies and projects, global acquisition a...


Civil Litigation


U.S. judge Cathy A. Bencivengo of the Southern District of California has tossed a SeaWorld passholder's proposed putative con...


Law Office Management


Alex G. Romain, who previously was at Irell & Manella LLP, focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar defense...


Insurance, Entertainment & Sports


Chubb National Insurance responded that there is no contractual right to a policy extension on the same terms.


Criminal


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


Juvenile delinquency suspects who normally go from arrest to hearing within 24 or 48 hours now must wait a week, according to ...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer found there is no immunity from alleged violations of state law based on federal health care ...


Civil Litigation


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


The Justice Department said the campaign finance violations had to do with the 2016 presidential race and several other contes...


U.S. District Judge James V. Selna will decide whether to order the defendant back behind bars later this month or, as an alte...