State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Assembly Judiciary Committee chair seeks retroactive lower bar exam score
By Blaise Scemama
“If a 1,390 passing score supports minimum competency to practice law today, it certainly did so in the past,” Assemblymember ...
Labor/Employment
Bill aims to give employers strong COVID claim defenses
By Jessica Mach
A proposed federal bill introduced by Republican leaders would provide employers with significant defenses against claims they...
Tax, Real Estate/Development, Government
Property tax ballot measure language challenged in Sacramento County
By Gina Kim
Proponents and opponents of Proposition 15 are arguing against the ballot measures allegedly 'misleading, false' statements re...
Government, Criminal
US judge insists on better state prison staff testing
By Winston Cho
Attorneys representing California inmates warned a federal judge handling the state prisons department's efforts to contain th...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
Louisiana lawyer says business interruption litigation will be biggest in US history
By Blaise Scemama
What exactly constitutes a physical loss will be a central point of contention in many of the lawsuits.
Attorneys for debtors and creditors are surprised that the expected wave has not yet come, despite some high-profile Chapter 1...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Men’s rights attorney killed by would-be rival, sheriff confirms
By Craig Anderson
Men's rights attorney Marc E. Angelucci was shot and killed at his Crestline home by rival lawyer Roy Den Hollander, who trave...
Government
LA County supervisors mull charter change to reduce law enforcement funds
By Tyler Pialet
If approved by voters in November, it would significantly impact an already diminished pandemic budget that cut funding from n...
Government, Civil Litigation
Woman suing government over stimulus check wants to remain anonymous
By Gina Kim
A woman who filed a proposed class action accusing the government of denying her family stimulus checks because of her husband...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Tesla says nascent rival incited secrets theft
By Winston Cho
The world's leading electric vehicle maker alleged that four of its 178 former employees who now work at Rivian were directed ...
Former judge, JAMS mediator believed every problem had a good solution.
Real Estate/Development, California Supreme Court
Rules blocking evictions, foreclosure hearings may be rescinded soon, chief justice says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Judicial Council voted to hold back $25 million to help courts deal with COVID-19 related backlogs.
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Proposal to bar police union endorsements, donations, draws ethics panel’s skepticism
By Craig Anderson
A State Bar ethics committee charged with raising questions about a proposal to prohibit elected district attorneys from accep...
When the pandemic hit, DTO Law bolstered its transactions and restructuring practices.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Deans, others call for lower bar exam score to be retroactive
By Henrik Nilsson
Nineteen law school deans asked the state Supreme Court to allow admission to the bar for graduates who failed to get a passin...
All Northern District of California jury trials are postponed until October, Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ordered, citing g...
Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit panel won’t block California’s pay-to-delay drugs law
By Gina Kim
The Association for Accessible Medicines, a nonprofit that represents generic drug manufacturers, alleged the bill unconstitut...
Judges and Judiciary
3rd District appellate Justice Kathleen Butz is retiring
By Arin Mikailian
"Cases are memorable because of the conversations that you have with your colleagues about their respective views," said the j...
Civil Litigation
Remote civil hearings available at other courts in LA County
By Justin Kloczko
Cases on calendar from Aug. 3 and thereafter can be scheduled via the LACourtConnect program.
Criminal
Firearm enhancements weren't proven, despite jury instructions, high court says
By Tyler Pialet
The state high court reversed a 125-year sentence for five enhancements the judge told the jurors they could assume had been p...
Government, Environmental & Energy
15 cities sue PG&E over electricity tax accounting
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint claims customers are required to pay taxes on the full value of electricity they use. But it alleges the utiliti...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit decertifies class, wipes out remainder of what was once a $454M verdict
By Craig Anderson
The lower court should have decertified the class in a lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark Corp. and a co-defendant over faulty med...
State Bar & Bar Associations
ABA to release report on ‘legal deserts’
By Kamila Knaudt
The American Bar Association announced plans to release its second annual Profile of the Legal Profession Report on July 28.
Bankruptcy
Resigned LA counsel has his own and dissolved company bankruptcies joined
By Justin Kloczko
The city of Los Angeles, a creditor in both bankruptcy proceedings, moved for the cases to be jointly administered, arguing th...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Senate Judicary Committee approves 3 nominees for US judge seats in California.
By Craig Anderson
John W. Holcomb, a Costa Mesa-based partner with Greenberg Gross LLP; Shireen Matthews, a Jones day partner; and Todd W. Robi...
Facebook agreed to pay an additional $100 million to secure approval of what was already the largest settlement of a class act...
By making it easier for employers to fire workers who speak profanely, the decision could significantly undermine union and ot...
Criminal
San Francisco DA charges deputy sheriff with illegal weapon possession
By Tyler Pialet
In his announced efforts to overhaul the county’s criminal justice system, Boudin placed an emphasis on holding law enforcemen...
Law Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law
Initiative to raise medical malpractice damages cap qualifies for 2022 ballot
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The proposed Fairness for Injured Patients Act would raise the cap for non-economic damages from $250,000 to more than $1.1 mi...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges urged to use caution before attending rallies or protests
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The opinion interprets the canons of the state’s Code of Judicial Ethics for judges who “may feel a moral obligation to suppor...