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U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law


Although lower federal and state courts in California have ruled First Amendment rights are not absolute, especially when weig...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


A pipeline company criminally convicted for the 2015 Refugio oil spill in Santa Barbara County lost all its motions for decert...


Judges and Judiciary


Legislature begins approving court funding cuts

May 22, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Legislature has been attempting to evaluate the probable historic reductions without knowing the full picture of state tax...


A $1 million COVID-19 emergency response fund for California's incarcerated has been established by the Horowitz Family Founda...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The family of a man who died of Covid-19 complications filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his nursing home Thursday, alleg...


The restaurateur argues public health objectives in Monterey County have been met and there is no longer a crisis requiring co...


Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation


The Northern District of California delayed criminal trials until July and postponed civil trials until October due to the COV...


Litigation & Arbitration, Environmental & Energy


Pacific Gas & Electric Co. teamed up with the committee representing wildfire victims Thursday to defend a $13.5 billion s...


Technology, Legal Education


Company matches students with mentoring firms

May 22, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

The company has been in touch with several universities who are still unsure whether they will have people on campus by fall, ...


Judges and Judiciary


Deputy DA is new San Joaquin County commissioner

May 22, 2020
By Arin Mikailian

Michael Rasmussen, a local prosecutor since 1998, succeeds Judge Jayne Lee, who was elevated by Gov. Gavin Newsom in December.


The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. presented Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. and the joint venture partners with a Nat...


Real Estate/Development, International Law, Government


The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has been reviewing transactions for years, but had never required fees for fil...


Law Practice


Businesses confronting new workplace regulations can get help to renegotiate commercial leases, apply for government relief pr...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


With their class action hopes dashed for now and no indication they will receive restitution in the Santa Barbara criminal cas...


Corporate, Bankruptcy


Hahn & Hahn adds bankruptcy practice

May 21, 2020
By Kamila Knaudt

Hahn & Hahn LLP in Pasadena launched a bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice when it added two new attorneys thi...


Tesla dropped a challenge to Alameda County's stay-at-home orders Wednesday after being allowed to reopen its Fremont factory ...


“Defendants’ unlawful conduct gives them an unfair advantage over other similarly situated businesses who are complying with e...


A federal judge in San Francisco wasted no time denying a bid by a Sonoma County drug treatment facility to reopen amid stay-a...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation


Attorneys involved in litigation against Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder applauded the decision to pull its product off th...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


More than two months after shutting down San Diego County Superior Court due to the COVID-19 virus, Presiding Judge Lorna A. A...


The bar announced May 15 it would consider adopting the Uniform Bar Exam, which is administered by the National Conference of ...


Labor/Employment


State COVID-19 safety guidelines for agricultural employers have been recommended rather than made mandatory throughout the pa...


Labor/Employment


A bill that Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez said would stop Amazon from giving warehouse workers unmanageable quotas passed the ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


San Diego bar members form pro bono program to resolve civil cases backlogged in courts.


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


Pastors vow mass defiance of Newsom’s closure orders

May 21, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

This latest move appears to show opponents of Gov. Gavin Newsom's emergency orders are increasingly willing to buck court ruli...



Calming Presence

May 20, 2020

Judge Rohanee Zapanta has perfect demeanor for juvenile dependency, attorneys say.


California Courts of Appeal


While the Code of Civil Procedure authorizes an award of attorney fees to the prevailing party when a non-party intervenes in ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Did emergency orders skew Assembly primary election?

May 20, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Stockton-based attorney N. Allen Sawyer said his clients are seeking a temporary restraining order preventing certification of...


Constitutional Law


The plaintiff has lost numerous members and about $100,000 while many other types of businesses have been allowed to stay open...


Those convicted could face a year in prison and a $5,000 fine per violation. The bill would also place an expansive definition...