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Government


AB 2445 will allow legal guardians of a minor to sue for wrongful death if the child is an orphan. It was passed on an urgency...


Hallie M. Hoffman, chief of the criminal division at the Northern District U.S. attorney's office, dismissed the complaint for...


Since insurance companies and policyholders are often located in different states, insurers have been able to remove actions t...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Utility customers have taken their challenge to Assembly Bill 1054’s wildfire fund up to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...


California Supreme Court


Laura Dougherty of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association said the California high court wants "another case with other facts"...


Cal/OSHA's standards board will consider a recommendation for an emergency rule that would give certain protections to employe...


Judges and Judiciary


No announcement was made about the election of the next assistant presiding judge, which usually take place at the same time.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Real Estate/Development


The Legislature in 2014 weighed in on the bar's real estate holdings and the money the bar could save if it moved to a more af...


Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


1st District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline said he wasn’t convinced he can order the prisons department t...


The Orange County district attorney accused the deputy of taking a suspect's debit card, putting it in her shirt pocket and gi...


Intellectual Property, Criminal, Civil Litigation


Judge Jesus G. Bernal, of the Central District of California, ordered the defendant to pay $1.25 million for copyright infring...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County court elects new leadership

Sep. 10, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

Two-year terms begin Jan. 1, 2021 for Presiding Judge-elect Erick L. Larsh and Assistant Presiding Judge-elect Maria D. Hernan...


Civil Litigation, Admiralty/Maritime


The proposed class action accuses Princess of exposing passengers on the Grand Princess while withholding critical information...


Immigration


Kendall Brill & Kelly secured a bond hearing for Javier De Santiago Perez, an immigrant detainee housed at Adelanto who wa...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia, writing for panel, issued a split opinion that one of Sampson's attorneys, Duane R. Folke o...


Law Office Management


Amy S. Ramsey joined a team of roughly a dozen members of the firm that make up the employment, labor and workforce management...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


While over 1,000 business interruption claims filed in the U.S. differ from policy to policy, the two most pertinent questions...


Legal Education


Loyola Law School celebrates 100 years

Sep. 9, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

Hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends of the school attended one of the 20 breakout rooms over Zoom through...


Law Office Management


Based in Palo Alto, Peter H. Kang will co-chair Baker Botts' Korea IP practice.


Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs claimed they were segregated with other Black workers to perform menial cleaning tasks, targeted with racial sl...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Judge tells defendant to get another attorney

Sep. 9, 2020
By Craig Anderson

Ventura County Superior Court Judge Vincent J. O'Neill declared a second mistrial in the commercial eviction case and ordered ...


Labor/Employment


Employees gathering with friends, expressing their political views and posting about these things on social media have created...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The bar did not stop at the cease and desist letters. It started to notify attorneys in late July that it was investigating th...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Time after time, the jurors filled out the forms, waited for them to be reviewed, and were then called back to fill them out a...


Education Law, Civil Litigation


Provenance, formerly known as Inspire Charter Schools, "caused various assets and personnel to be distributed among the school...


Obituaries, Criminal, Civil Litigation


Frank C. Carson’s attorney said he was preparing a motion seeking to turn his civil rights and wrongful imprisonment case into...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Civil Litigation


Some judges don’t wear masks, igniting debate

Sep. 8, 2020
By Craig Anderson

In a letter to Monterey County Presiding Judge Julie R. Culver and California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Salinas de...


State Bar & Bar Associations


At issue were allegations that Fredericka McGee, a longtime legislative attorney, was offered the job in July, only to have th...


Law Practice


Arizona plunges into legal paraprofessional system but some California attorneys are hesitant to follow.


Civil Litigation


Convening an emergency hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh considered whether to issue a temporary restraining order ...