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Immigration, Government


After catching the lawyers in a series of allegedly inadvertent inaccuracies over COVID-19 testing procedures at Mesa Verde, a...


Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP on Tuesday trimmed by half its 12% salary reduction for associates, most staff att...


Siemens Medical Solutions scored a victory in a false advertising lawsuit relating to Graves' disease-detecting blood tests fi...


Real Estate/Development, Government


Assembly Bill 1436, authored by Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-0, less th...


Labor/Employment


Conversations about a third way to classify California workers that departs from the "employee" and "independent contractor" b...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


Prison officials were ordered on Friday by a 1st District Court of Appeal panel to transfer Ivan Von Staich from his shared ce...


Government, Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


On Friday, the agency sent warning letters to 20 companies, including one in San Diego. Each informs the company or clinic the...


Education Law, Civil Litigation


The Department of Justice sent a letter to Yale University on Thursday, saying that the school discriminated against Asian-Ame...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


An Arizona bankruptcy judge has stayed certain discovery proceedings of an attorney tied to a federal probe of the city of Los...


Health Care & Hospital Law, California Supreme Court


In a legal victory for nursing homes, the state Supreme Court on Monday slashed the damages award to the daughter of a man, no...


Immigration, Criminal


Fifty-six of 104 total people detained at Mesa Verde now have the virus, according to a lawyer representing a class of detaine...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


Most judges who have ruled have found in favor of insurers who say the term "physical loss or damage" means an actual alterati...


Government, Civil Litigation


Reversing a district judge, a 9th U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Friday ruled a state law requiring a surcharge on prepaid wir...


Government, Criminal, California Courts of Appeal


Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is being scrutinized over a report he commissioned that cleared his office of pro...



Good Counsel

Aug. 17, 2020

Attorneys at estate planning firm Weinstock Manion take great satisfaction from helping others.



Devotee

Aug. 17, 2020

Judge Alexander Martinez has twin loves: criminal law and the Star Wars' franchise.


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


California continues to be an epicenter of firearms law litigation, with a state affiliate of the National Rifle Association w...


Data Privacy


The California Consumer Privacy Act officially went into effect on Jan. 1. Becerra submitted the proposed regulations on June ...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Seizing upon bipartisan interest to reign in the tech giants, Epic Games advanced narratives raised in the investigation conce...


Southern District of California jury sides with former ICE agent in civil rights case against the DOJ


A jury found defendant David Brown not guilty of felony burglary after he spent more than a year in jail -- five months of whi...


Government, Education Law


The new Title IX regulations that went into effect at the end of last week preempts state laws that protect individuals from s...


Government


The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a pair of bills on Thursday designed to protect people’s privacy when government authori...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The bill authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scott’s Valley, also would require the bar to have open meetings when discussin...



Zeal yes, terror no

Aug. 14, 2020

San Bernardino Judge John Pacheco will not let attorneys frighten jurors into a verdict.


Real Estate/Development, Government


The temporary rules were put in place in April after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pande...


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


Breaking ranks with other courts across the nation, a state appellate panel on Thursday revived a product liability lawsuit ag...


David Lacey’s defense lawyer says Xavier Becerra has no authority to file misdemeanor charges in connection with the March 2 i...


California Supreme Court


Social media may have to comply with subpoenas

Aug. 14, 2020
By Winston Cho

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye dismissed arguments that Facebook can use the Stored Communications Act as a shie...


Civil Litigation


A San Fernando Valley church and Los Angeles County are suing each other over pandemic government shutdowns, the latest in a b...