Immigration, Government
Lawyers must ensure ICE isn’t lying about virus in lockup
By Winston Cho
After catching the lawyers in a series of allegedly inadvertent inaccuracies over COVID-19 testing procedures at Mesa Verde, a...
Law Practice
Some California firms are beating lower expectations, with one partially restoring salary cuts
By Craig Anderson
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
Lawmakers move bill to extend tenant protections by 7 months
By Tyler Pialet
Assembly Bill 1436, authored by Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-0, less th...
Conversations about a third way to classify California workers that departs from the "employee" and "independent contractor" b...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Murderer seeking release citing virus has been denied evaluation, lawyers say
By Tyler Pialet
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
FTC ramps up investigations into companies selling virus cures
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
DOJ case against Yale might be bad sign for Proposition 16
By Henrik Nilsson
The Department of Justice sent a letter to Yale University on Thursday, saying that the school discriminated against Asian-Ame...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
Judge stays some discovery in lawyer’s bankruptcy, citing federal probe
By Justin Kloczko
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
State high court hands victory to nursing homes for damages in neglect lawsuit
By Craig Anderson
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
‘Deliberate indifference’ to virus at immigrant lockup, judge says
By Winston Cho
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
Relevance of rare plaintiff victory in virus litigation is disputed
By Blaise Scemama
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
9th Circuit reverses ruling on wireless carrier surcharge
By Craig Anderson
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 DA defends report on jailhouse snitches
By Tyler Pialet
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is being scrutinized over a report he commissioned that cleared his office of pro...
Attorneys at estate planning firm Weinstock Manion take great satisfaction from helping others.
Judge Alexander Martinez has twin loves: criminal law and the Star Wars' franchise.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gun rights group wins one California case, but loses another
By Malcolm Maclachlan
California continues to be an epicenter of firearms law litigation, with a state affiliate of the National Rifle Association w...
Data Privacy
Final rules for California’s landmark privacy law get OK
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Consumer Privacy Act officially went into effect on Jan. 1. Becerra submitted the proposed regulations on June ...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
With lawsuit, Epic Games seeks to exploit tech giant’s congressional woes
By Winston Cho
Seizing upon bipartisan interest to reign in the tech giants, Epic Games advanced narratives raised in the investigation conce...
Immigration, Civil Litigation
Counsel praise Chief Judge Larry Burns’s handling of first federal jury trial post-shutdown
By Gina Kim
Southern District of California jury sides with former ICE agent in civil rights case against the DOJ
Criminal
Acquittal in San Francisco’s first Covid-era state criminal trial
By Tyler Pialet
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
Schools must rely more heavily on legal counsel to navigate new Title IX rules
By Jessica Mach
The new Title IX regulations that went into effect at the end of last week preempts state laws that protect individuals from s...
Government
Committee moves bills on privacy issues with contact tracing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a pair of bills on Thursday designed to protect people’s privacy when government authori...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar dues would fall under annual bill passed by Senate Judiciary Committee
By Henrik Nilsson
The bill authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scott’s Valley, also would require the bar to have open meetings when discussin...
San Bernardino Judge John Pacheco will not let attorneys frighten jurors into a verdict.
Real Estate/Development, Government
Judicial Council ends bans on foreclosures and evictions as of Sept 1
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
State appeal court revives product liability suit against Amazon
By Craig Anderson
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
By Winston Cho
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye dismissed arguments that Facebook can use the Stored Communications Act as a shie...
Civil Litigation
Church, LA County sue each other over indoor services
By Justin Kloczko
A San Fernando Valley church and Los Angeles County are suing each other over pandemic government shutdowns, the latest in a b...