Government
US judge seeks LA living in vehicles compromise in ‘real time’
By Meghann Cuniff
At a status conference Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter directed attorneys to work out a l...
The utility originally intended to use interest accrued in its $13.5 billion settlement with wildfire victims to pay the penal...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Oakland judge keeps antitrust case against bail bond industry alive
By Craig Anderson
An Oakland federal judge has kept alive an antitrust class action accusing California’s bail bond industry of a long-running c...
Labor/Employment
Plan to restart business provides relief and hurdles for employers
By Jessica Mach
The governor’s plan to require businesses to reshape their workspaces to give workers and customers more physical space betwee...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Bar group recommends changes in exam topics
By Henrik Nilsson
Administrative law and procedure might be a future topic, while professional responsibility, trusts, wills, community property...
Civil Rights
Churches’ suit against governor’s orders cites century-old precedents
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Supreme Court precedent and California precedent both hold you can’t quarantine people who aren’t sick or aren’t proven to be...
Civil Litigation
Last trial amid shutdown produced $1.7M plaintiff’s verdict
By Justin Kloczko
A jury trial that was on its seventh week in Santa Barbara County received permission from the chief justice to proceed as the...
Jeffrey D. Morton specializes in intellectual property in the life sciences space, and Steffi Gascón Hafen is a tax specialist.
Labor/Employment
Arbitration feud escalates between Postmates and couriers
By Jessica Mach
The couriers’ attorneys “could have filed arbitration demands promptly upon being retained, rather than strategically waiting ...
Labor/Employment
Amid Covid-19, workplace safety is an ongoing struggle, attorneys say
By Jessica Mach
Ongoing uncertainty around how the coronavirus spreads has made it necessary for employers to take extra precautions for emplo...
Environmental & Energy
Panel overturns decisions that infringed on Legislature’s water policy authority
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The cases concern the Legislature’s passage of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, which created the Delta St...
Government, Civil Rights
115-year-old case does heavy lifting on coronavirus constitutional questions, says Berkeley law dean
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A remnant from a time when smallpox still ravaged the country, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) has been successf...
Intellectual Property
Facebook, LinkedIn named in new Zoom privacy class action
By Gina Kim
Facebook and LinkedIn are targeted as co-defendants in a new privacy class action filed against Zoom Media Communications in t...
Education Law
Education Department agrees to settle with students in loan dispute
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit alleged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos damaged plaintiffs’ potential earnings and credit by illegally pausing the...
Michael Ward will be a part of the firm’s white-collar and government investigations practice.
Insurance
Attorneys sue Travelers, LA mayor over whether virus-caused shutdowns are covered in policies
By Carter Stoddard
The packet of complaints argue specific payment mechanisms in their insurance coverage plans were triggered when the Los Angel...
Civil Litigation
Litigators are worried about months-long delay in LA civil trials
By Justin Kloczko
LA courts won’t start ramping up until after June 22, attorneys were told in a telephonic briefing Friday and they should not ...
Data Privacy
9th Circuit Facebook ruling has wide implications for data privacy litigation
By Blaise Scemama
The panel noted California law recognizes a legal interest in unjustly earned profits, and therefore, “Plaintiffs have adequat...
Criminal
Still in custody, Avenatti’s release and return to California take shape
By Steven Crighton
A team of three attorneys will escort Avenatti from New York to California, according to an ex parte motion filed in the Centr...
Criminal
Emergency zero cash bail may give data for doing away with the system altogether, others say it will encourage crime
By Blaise Scemama
The statewide zero bail order for misdemeanors and some felonies could provide important data for the effects, good and bad, o...
Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Defenders say San Mateo criminal courts are unsafe, presiding judge says it’s getting better all the time
By Nick Kipley
Criminal defense attorneys say they’re frustrated with the amount of administrative work and court proceedings they are requi...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Virus order may free up California nurse practitioners
By Winston Cho
Gov. Newsom’s March 30 executive order could allow state nurse practitioners to temporarily practice without formal physician ...
Judges and Judiciary
Pandemic adds more uncertainty to Central District judge shortage
By Meghann Cuniff
Eight nominees are awaiting confirmation for Central District judgeships everyone says are urgently needed.
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
Chief justice gives appeal courts more flexibility, extends high court deadlines
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Both orders build on several prior moves as the courts try to prevent cases from getting upended by deadlines that can’t be me...
Consumer Law, Civil Rights
Judge rules against plaintiffs who opted out of VW deal
By Morgan Keith
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California ruled Friday that Volkswagen offered plaintiffs an “...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar examiners say they will take as yet unspecified action on the July test
By Henrik Nilsson
Their recommendations will go to the State Bar Board of Trustees for discussion in closed session on Tuesday. After that, the ...
Consumers and ratepayers are blasting Pacific Gas & Electricity and utility regulators for a punishment they claim is too ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Recession-year arbitrator’s ruling may help businesses now
By Nick Kipley
For the first time in a dozen years the equitable doctrines that neutral relied upon could have wide applicability again, said...
The firm elevated two lawyers in Los Angeles and one in the Palo Alto office.
Criminal
Some crimes that will qualify for no bail concern district attorneys
By Tyler Pialet
As courts prepare to adopt a statewide emergency bail schedule Monday, some district attorneys are advising their line prosecu...