Government, Constitutional Law
US judge says governor has the right to close churches
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The judge said police actions such as disrupting a church service would be barred “under normal circumstances. ... But sometim...
Civil Litigation
UC Hastings, hotels, restaurants sue San Francisco over Tenderloin conditions
By Kamila Knaudt
The complaint filed in the Northern District of California alleges multiple violations of constitutional guarantees, including...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports
Successful women’s soccer team can’t claim it earned less
By Jessica Mach
The U.S. women's national soccer team was a victim of its own success when a federal judge dismissed the team's equal pay clai...
Former San Diego City Attorney Michael J. Aguirre lost another bid to obtain records from federal nuclear regulators related t...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy attorneys concerned about whether loan deferments will help landlord clients
By Carter Stoddard
If banks do not extend some comparable long-term relief, another real estate and mortgage crash is a near certainty, some atto...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
High court holds first live audio argument with a few hitches
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments Monday on a live audiostream for the first time, and the proceedings went off with ...
Trial lawyer won billion-dollar verdicts against tobacco
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Uber must answer antitrust lawsuit by now-defunct rival
By Winston Cho
Uber Technologies Inc. must answer an antitrust lawsuit claiming its predatory pricing and other anticompetitive practices dro...
Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Background check challenge might mark significant 9th Circuit shift
By Tyler Pialet
Nearly a dozen cases the U.S. Supreme Court court had been holding under consideration pending the outcome of the New York cas...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs hope to consolidate restaurant suits over coverage
By Craig Anderson
San Francisco-based plaintiffs’ firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has entered the battle over business interrupt...
Government, Civil Rights
Open defiance, multiplying lawsuits in response to governor’s shutdown orders
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Some attorneys say Newsom’s orders rest on firm constitutional grounds, but much depends on how far he is willing to go to enf...
Santa Barbara’s Cappello & Noël has just 7 attorneys but its litigation prowess is fearsome.
Mergers & Acquisitions
BakerHostetler continues growth with new litigator in LA
By Kamila Knaudt
David L. Aronoff joined Baker & Hostetler LLP in Los Angeles, the firm announced Monday.
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Oakland can’t pursue antitrust claims over Raiders’ move to Las Vegas
By Winston Cho
The National Football League will not have to face renewed antitrust claims over the Raiders' decision to move from Oakland to...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Class of women certified in discrimination case against Oracle
By Jessica Mach
A San Mateo County judge has granted class action status to an equal pay case filed by three female employees at Oracle Americ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Law schools will remotely swear in this Friday’s bar passers
By Henrik Nilsson
The State Bar said it will not host any ceremonies, even virtually, but will provide applicants with instructions on how to ta...
The Homeland Security agent paid off by a Beverly Hills lawyer embroiled in a bribery scandal has been identified as Felix Cis...
Government, Civil Litigation
City’s suit over hotels for homeless Covid-19 patients dropped after assurances received
By Justin Kloczko
More lawsuits over the state and counties using private hotels for homeless housing during the pandemic may stop after one jud...
Constitutional Law
Constitutional experts weigh in on new videoconferencing marriage order
By Gina Kim
Governor’s order that weddings be virtual could face constitutional challenges.
Insurance, Bankruptcy
Business interruption claims mean bankruptcy, insurers say
By Jessica Mach
As businesses and policymakers continue to dispute what, exactly, their coverage includes during the pandemic, attorneys repre...
Modesto Deputy Public Defender Peter Stavrianoudakis finds serenity in flight.
Criminal
Santa Clara County clears marijuana convictions without appearances
By Tyler Pialet
Prosecutors said the collaborative effort with the public defender’s office eliminates the need to clear records individually.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge M. Margaret McKeown was elected to the American Academy of Art and Sciences.
Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court
State has constitutional duty to reduce jail populations during pandemic, ACLU attorneys say
By Tyler Pialet
The American Civil Liberties Union’s argument, filed Thursday, contested the state’s response on Tuesday that mandating mass r...
Government
Orange County officials, attorneys angry at governor’s beach ban
By Nick Kipley
More than 40,000 beach goers were reported last weekend in Newport Beach, where officials closed parking lots but kept the sho...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Ballot initiative to raise MICRA postponed until 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Supporters who say they have 988,000 signatures to get the proposition on the ballot, said voters are overwhelmed because of t...
In a sharply-worded reprimand of its safety performance, U.S. District Judge William Alsup accused the company of being unable...
Government
Eastern District counties, cities receive $8.3M in COVID-19 grants
By Gina Kim
To help public safety agencies around the nation deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, the DOJ has begun doling out gr...
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
Company facing county civil claims not entitled to jury trial, state high court rules
By Craig Anderson
Reversing an appellate court decision, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday a company accused by four counties of unfair bus...
Legal Education, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Pepperdine ADR courses going remote and global
By Henrik Nilsson
The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution usually enrolls Pepperdine’s own students into three different programs, but since...