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Law Practice


Focused on community

Jun. 29, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

Ventura's Myers Widders shares personal loss and court victories with county residents.


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Sutter Health attorneys said the financial impact of COVID-19 on its business has changed everything.


Legal Education


UC Berkeley School of Law and UC Irvine School of Law announced Friday that most or all of their classes will be taught online...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


Mika M. Hilaire launched Equal Rights Law Group, a firm based in Sherman Oaks specializing in civil rights and employment law.


Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Last year, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued to block the funds transfer.


Constitutional Law


Suit claims Kern County courts ban spectators

Jun. 29, 2020
By Jessica Mach

The ACLU of Southern California and the First Amendment Coalition sued Kern County officials Friday, alleging they are unconst...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Jurors being summoned for trials across California

Jun. 29, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

Jury services across the state are resuming after months of delay, but with varying social distancing solutions, the Californi...


Civil Litigation


Despite a steep request for attorney fees, Facebook's $40 million settlement with advertisers who say they overpaid for ads on...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


Following whistleblower complaint, there appears to be no bad blood between prosecutors and alternate public defenders.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law


Daniel Everett challenged the State Bar proceedings against him in federal court, claiming violations of the U.S. Constitution.



Goes out of her way

Jun. 26, 2020

Judge Shereen Charlick delivers food to needy, finds dispositions that work for defendants.


Law Practice


Former Federal Trade Commission attorney Lin W. Kahn and Robert S. Huie, the erstwhile assistant U.S. attorney and deputy chie...


Law Practice, Data Privacy


A former chief of the cyber and intellectual property crimes section of the U.S. Attorneys office in Los Angeles is joining li...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday to allow government officials to remove asylum seekers without judicial review rais...


Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ counsel in the Porter Ranch gas leak cases said the judge had lost control over the defense, while utility attorne...


Securities, Criminal


Convicted Washington lobbyist faces federal prison again after pleading guilty to cryptocurrency fraud.


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Despite state entities moving to block rideshare companies from misclassifying workers as independent contractors, a federal c...


Labor/Employment, Criminal


Labor laws that guarantee due process rights to public employees might be blocking law enforcement agencies from immediately a...


Obituaries


Sally Meloch 1962--2020

Jun. 26, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

Longtime federal prosecutor and judge made others better lawyers, they say.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Some attorneys criticized the decision, saying LegalMatch is not a lawyer referral service and the action may inhibit innovati...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Pandemic closures negatively impacted the balanced budget.


Legal Education


Law students sue Santa Clara University, Harvard law schools for tuition refunds.


Criminal


OC DA wins 3rd-strike enhancement in hate crime appeal

Jun. 25, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Everything about respondent’s crime and his record shouts for application of the three strikes law,” said the appellate ruling.


Alternative Dispute Resolution


JAMS reopened its Los Angeles, Century City, Walnut Creek, Santa Rosa and Seattle offices Tuesday with new safety measures.


A federal judge in Oakland certified on Wednesday a nationwide class suing a cryptocurrency company over its initial coin offe...


Immigration, Government


While lawmakers in Washington debate another stimulus package, advocates for families with relatives who are illegally in the ...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


Bayer agrees to settle 100K claims for $9.6B

Jun. 25, 2020
By Winston Cho

Bayer AG agreed Wednesday to pay $9.6 billion to settle nearly 100,000 claims from consumers alleging exposure to its glyphosa...


Labor/Employment


State entities turned the tables on gig worker companies Wednesday when they announced they planned to request a preliminary i...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Representatives from six health care groups signed a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom in early April requesting an executive order ...


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


The former judge, who is a Torrance-based sole practitioner, hailed the panel ruling as “clearly correct.”