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Health Care & Hospital Law


Gov. Newsom’s March 30 executive order could allow state nurse practitioners to temporarily practice without formal physician ...


Judges and Judiciary


Eight nominees are awaiting confirmation for Central District judgeships everyone says are urgently needed.


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


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


U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California ruled Friday that Volkswagen offered plaintiffs an “...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Their recommendations will go to the State Bar Board of Trustees for discussion in closed session on Tuesday. After that, the ...


Bankruptcy


Consumers and ratepayers are blasting Pacific Gas & Electricity and utility regulators for a punishment they claim is too ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


For the first time in a dozen years the equitable doctrines that neutral relied upon could have wide applicability again, said...


Law Practice


The firm elevated two lawyers in Los Angeles and one in the Palo Alto office.


As courts prepare to adopt a statewide emergency bail schedule Monday, some district attorneys are advising their line prosecu...


Education Law


UC Hastings College of the Law Dean David L. Faigman is asking companies and law firms that have committed to taking students ...


Government


San Diego-based attorney David S. Casey Jr. filed a lawsuit on behalf of two of the families of four Marines killed in a helic...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation


According to the lawsuit, the shelter is an “incubator of disease” as a result of a “dangerously misguided policy” by Los Ange...


Mergers & Acquisitions


Private equity lawyer C. Todd Boes has joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as a partner in its San Francisco office.


The Eastern District of California in Sacramento is the latest federal court to seek suspension of speedy criminal trial right...


Law Practice


“We do counsel a lot of people. We have a whole advice attorney practice where a tenant purchases blocks of time with an attor...


State Bar & Bar Associations


A letter to Monterey College of Law from the Department of Veterans Affairs, affirms that veterans attending non-ABA accredite...


Litigation financiers, which have reported high investments and liquidity in recent years, were born a dozen years ago the fro...


Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria found most of the drivers would qualify for little or no state sick leave and would risk di...


Education Law


LSAT will be administered remotely in mid-May

Apr. 9, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

The exam will consist of three 35-minute sections, proctored remotely, the Law School Admissions Council announced.


Environmental & Energy


US judge denies halt to water pumping for farms

Apr. 9, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of California alleged a program to supply more water to Central Valley agriculture wou...


Criminal


State prisons plan to release 3,500 inmates by Monday

Apr. 9, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Meanwhile, the opposing sides in a long-running federal prisoner rights case filed new briefs Wednesday as they dueled over wh...


State prosecutors say they ‘fully intend’ to pursue a new complaint against a megachurch leader accused of child sexual abuse.


Civil Litigation


Mary Alexander and Lieff Cabraser represent class members in a personal injury suit against Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines...


A series of class actions have been filed by consumers and shareholders against Zoom, a popular teleconferencing and video com...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Civil Rights


Some defense attorneys have represented their clients remotely, choosing to abide by social distancing orders. Others continue...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Health Care & Hospital Law


The appellate decision at issue greatly affects local jurisdictions seeks civil penalties, attorneys say.


Civil Litigation


“I’ve been at it for 25 years and I’ve never seen anything like this. It will be an unprecedented backlog and dysfunction in e...


The commission closed 93% of cases after an initial review in 2019, the highest by percentage in 10 years, it said in the repo...


Government, Civil Rights


U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. ruled against plaintiffs seeking to keep weapons retailers open, although the LA County ...


Proskauer Rose LLP on Tuesday announced the results from its survey of more than 100 private creditors about the impact of COV...