Earlier this week, President Joe Biden requested the resignations of nearly all of the nation's U.S. attorneys.
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar threatened with lawsuit over facial recognition technology
By Henrik Nilsson
The technology is used as an anti-cheating device but some say it is disproportionally inaccurate in identifying people with d...
Labor/Employment, Government
State Labor chief tapped for Biden administration post despite critics
By Jessica Mach
If Wednesday's nomination is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Su would be second in command at the U.S. Department of Labor. Bide...
Deputy district attorneys said the judge’s injunction order was far more extensive than described by DA George Gascon in his n...
Civil Litigation
LA judge awards $23.7M to motorcyclist hit by truck
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The plaintiff and his wife were represented by a team lead by Brian J. Panish with Panish Shea & Boyle LLP in Los Angeles....
Pfizer and BioNTech defended their actions in a dismissal motion filed Monday, arguing that their use of Allele Biotechnology’...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Firms can’t provide lawyers to work in justices’ chambers, committee says
By Henrik Nilsson
The committee said that if a lawyer works in the chambers, it is considered a gift from the law firm under the Code of Judicia...
Government
Liberals and moderates clash as Newsom prepares to pick next AG
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“If I was going to launch a trial balloon, that’s exactly how I would have done it,” said former GOP political consultant Dan ...
Civil Litigation
Nonprofit coalition sues LA courts for in-person proceedings
By Blaise Scemama
Filed by Public Counsel, the Inner City Law Center and Bet Tzedek Legal Services, the suit seeks declaratory and injunctive re...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Churches file more motions to further limit governor’s restrictions
By Winston Cho
Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued revised guidance lifting the prohibition on indoor religious services in areas with widespread or...
Before taking the job, Pamela S. Karlan resigned from her position on the Oversight Board, which oversees content moderation d...
Judges and Judiciary, Community News
OC courts win 3 national technology awards
By Arin Mikailian
The awards were announced by the National Association for Court Management and Court Information Technology Officers Consortium.
Government, Criminal
Los Angeles DA is believed to be rewriting directives
By Tyler Pialet
DA George Gascón said he would appeal the decision. But until the appeals are finalized, questions loom about how the largest ...
Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
State labor chief says Uber drivers deal was reverse auction
By Jessica Mach
Attorneys who brokered the agreement said the settlement amount is notably higher than what Uber had agreed to pay in earlier ...
Alex Kearns, who wrongly thought he owed Robinhood $750,000 after making a risky investment, committed suicide in June, citing...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Ex-lawyer gets 15 years, lied that he won clients’ cases
By Henrik Nilsson
U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Shant Ohanian on Thursday and stated that he intends to order him to pay resti...
Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mohr retired Feb. 16 and has already started on his next career move as a fellow at the Advanc...
Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant held that absent a preliminary injunction, deputy DAs would be forced to put their care...
Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District of California ruled two years ago that California’s ban o...
Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Appellate lawyers task force to study decision delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers weighed in on a recent complaint to the state Commission on Judicial Performance r...
Tax, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit seems unwilling to block California’s retirement account program
By Craig Anderson
The program, known as CalSavers, violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA, the Howard Jarvis Tax...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
4th District considers whether California’s gig worker law applies to Instacart
By Jessica Mach
The city of San Diego alleges Instacart misclassified drivers as independent contractors in 2019, days before Gov. Gavin Newso...
Harvest Rock Church will challenge the remaining restriction on singing when the 9th Circuit considers its request for an inju...
The department filed the lawsuit against the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018, which tak...
Labor/Employment, Government
Third attempt to let legislative staff unionize has more support
By Jessica Mach
The third and most recent iteration of the bill, which Gonzalez introduced in January, has 44 co-authors. What’s more, it’s ex...
Legal Education, Civil Rights
USC law school becomes first to mandate course on racism
By Henrik Nilsson
The course will focus on how the law and lawyers play a role in shaping legal doctrines that can appear race-neutral but are not.
Longest serving public defender in state’s history was gentle and tough
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
After $107M damages were tossed, Sacramento mining dispute not over
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case involves a more than 80-year-old mine outside of Sacramento. It began more than a decade ago when the mine’s operator...
Responding to inquiries about the DA’s pledge to bring justice to the family of a man shot to death by officers, spokeswoman R...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Wilson Sonsini renewable energy team joins Vinson & Elkins’ new LA office
By Kamila Knaudt
Partners Sean M. Moran, Michael P. Joyce and Lauren A. Collins, with counsels Josh Heidman and Trevor Shelton, joined the firm...