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Labor/Employment


EEOC to resume sending complainants documents

Aug. 4, 2020
By Jessica Mach

The commission hasn’t issued charge disclosure documents since March 21, except when complainants explicitly requested them. T...


Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ counsel asked Presiding Judge Kevin Brazile in a letter to suspend the enforcement of Judge Gregory W. Alarcon’s i...


Labor/Employment, Government


The order also requires federal agencies to audit themselves to determine whether contractors and subcontractors used temporar...


Judges and Judiciary


Leveraged Leniency

Aug. 3, 2020

Judge Jeffrey Cohen-Laurie gives defendants many chances, but asks for commitment.


Government


Of 12 initiatives on the November ballot, at least six are the subject of ballot language litigation.


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


The motion to stay, filed July 30 in Arizona, pertains to Paul O. Paradis, a New York attorney who resigned as private counsel...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The California Lawyers Association will host its annual Solo & Small Firm Summit virtually on Oct. 7 and 8.


The appointment capped weeks of back-and-forth arguments between Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams and Attorney G...


Assembly Bill 1552 would directly answer one of the central questions being posed in the multi-billion dollar business interru...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Bias committees are enigmas, attorneys say

Aug. 3, 2020
By Jessica Mach

In an effort to address discriminatory conduct by members of the judiciary, a handful of courts — including superior courts in...


Criminal


The discovery motion, filed by Elizabeth Holmes' lawyers and joined by attorneys for co-defendant Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, is t...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. The body also passed measures on wrongful death and workplace lawsuits during ...


Criminal


U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled Wednesday that federal trial prosecutors relied on false and misleading testimony ...


Ballot materials that Attorney General Xavier Becerra prepared for Proposition 22, whose gig economy backers he recently sued,...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


Then-Attorney General Jerry Brown and then-District Attorney Michael Ramos said it was the biggest public corruption case in t...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The attorneys have been at odds since Brian Kabateck of Kabateck LLP entered the litigation over a year ago, tasked with inves...


Government, Civil Litigation


Despite rulings from two federal judges going the other way in identical lawsuits, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said sh...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court ruled narrowly Thursday against a union of Alameda County sheriff's deputies over the legality of a 20...


While some policyholders were in favor of consolidating the ever growing number of lawsuits into one big multi-district ligati...


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


The panel followed the lead of two other circuits, which also ruled in favor of male students who sued universities for allege...


Law Practice, Constitutional Law


The Constitutional Rights Foundation appointed Amanda Susskind as president, effective Aug. 31.


Judges and Judiciary


Even those who say they share with the bill’s authors the belief that peremptory challenges can be discriminatory and biased a...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The chief executives of Amazon and Facebook were unable to guarantee to lawmakers they did not engage in practices that might ...


Obituaries


Stephen B. Sadowsky, 1948 - 2020

Jul. 30, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

White collar defender was brilliant jokester, mentor.


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


$17M for bank employee in termination case

Jul. 30, 2020
By Jessica Mach

A state appellate panel awarded a U.S. Bank employee $17 million, a reduction from the $24 million a jury originally granted t...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The move to a court that does not hold jury trials violated the plaintiff's rights under the California Constitution, wrote L...


Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a case of first impression, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday revived actress Ashley Judd's sexual har...


Labor/Employment


The way the guidelines switch between words like “must” and should” make it hard to understand what’s actually required.


Judges and Judiciary


Practicing Patience

Jul. 29, 2020

Judge Vicki Ashworth applies techniques from family law to her criminal calendar cases.


Civil Litigation


The monitored liability lawsuits differ from business interruption cases challenging insurers over government shutdown orders,...