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UCLA School of Law lecturer Justin Bernstein sees a future where some judges will allow oral arguments to be conducted over vi...


Law Practice


After 17 and 16 years respectively at DLA Piper, Michael Hamilton and Timothy Evans rejoined O’Melveny as partners in its proj...


Labor/Employment


The class action against Uber, and two others like it, seek an emergency public injunction that would force the company to pro...


Government


U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez dismissed a suit seeking to invalidate the law, finding the plaintiff could not show a spec...


Law Practice


Risk Reward

Apr. 23, 2020
By Steven Crighton

Attorneys at Sidley Austin LLP said misconceptions about what physical ownership of a copyrighted product entitles a purchaser...


Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a pointed ruling that used the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s own mission statement against it, a federal appellate...


San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan’s office said Wednesday that while the office supports the release of certai...


Civil Litigation


Lawyer drops appeal in Buchalter fraud case

Apr. 23, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

A deal struck just before oral argument ends a rare civil RICO case filed 10 years ago.


California Supreme Court


The justices voted to transfer the matter to the 2nd District, which is to issue an order to show cause “returnable before the...


Constitutional Law


Churches tentatively denied restraining order on state's stay-home orders.


“Protection of the public, victims’ rights and the safety of the victim should not be displaced because of COVID-19 without ca...


Law Practice


Law firms may seek paycheck relief under amended rule

Apr. 22, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The difference in calculating payroll regulation means law firms could apply for higher loan amounts and potentially have more...


The federal complaint seeks to knock out suits filed by Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos on behalf of his own properties and ...


Immigration


The complaint alleges state-mandated social distancing to protect detainees from the highly-infectious virus is impossible at ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Bar group mulls extending paralegal practice areas

Apr. 22, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

The Paraprofessional Program Working Group held its first meeting to discuss developing recommendations for a paraprofessional...


The impact of new safety standards are especially burdensome, according to attorneys who work with restaurant, food processing...


The program was conceived and tested in two weeks, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Kevin C. Bra...


U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal granted ICE detainee Faour Abdallah Fraihat and others their emergency motion to be certif...


Immigration, Government


President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday announced a 60-day “pause” in granting lawful permanent residency to immigrants seeking j...


A commercial insurer that denied a business interruption claim by Hollywood's Musso & Frank Grill over its forced closure ...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


While traditional Bay Area venture capitalists have become more risk averse, furloughed and underemployed workers are seeking ...


“We wanted to send a message to our employees that the firm is in a good position,” said founding and co-managing partner Ryan...


Intellectual Property


Trade secrets civil litigation, which skyrocketed between 2015 and 2017 after the passage of the federal Defend Trade Secrets ...


Government


One GOP lawmaker suggested in Monday’s committee hearing that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration improperly used some state fu...


Judges and Judiciary


The link to the proceedings will be posted on the Commission on Judicial Performance website 15 minutes before the hearing st...


The money will only go to homeowners the banking giant did not offer loan modifications to and who lost their houses to forecl...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property


Over a pointed dissent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to set...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Environmental & Energy


Jeffrey P. Carlin has joined the Los Angeles office of Alston & Bird LLP as environmental litigation counsel.


Civil Litigation


Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America and U.S. Bank were named as defendants in complaints filed separately b...


Juvenile justice attorneys say the LA court system must broaden its release standards for incarcerated youth amid the coronavi...