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Civil Litigation


Given market turmoil caused by the coronavirus, the group wants PG&E to guarantee the $6.75 billion in stock it agreed to ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The State Bar has not yet announced whether it will postpone the July exam until the fall or stick to the current date. The Co...


“Given we’re now in community transmission it would be hard for a plaintiff to argue a specific venue was the source of infect...


Law Practice, Government, Criminal


Samuel Kyllo, the former county public defender elected district attorney, resigned from his post on Friday, having achievecd ...


Judges and Judiciary


Newsom appoints attorney Victor Salazar to CJP

Apr. 7, 2020
By Kamila Knaudt

Based in Fresno, Salazar has been a sole practitioner since 1993.


State Bar & Bar Associations


The National Conference of Bar Examiners said it would make exam materials available for tests from Sept. 9-10 and Sept. 30-Oc...


Criminal


Seventeen state inmates have tested positive for the virus, with no deaths so far, the prisons department stated Monday.


Law Practice


“In the midst of a global pandemic — Postmates has sued its own couriers to prevent them from arbitrating for the labor and em...


Judges and Judiciary


The ruling widens coverage options for continuous injury cases such as toxic torts and construction defect.


Insurance


Calling out PG&E’s refusal to guarantee the $6.5 billion in stock it agreed to pay as part of the larger settlement will a...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Rebeca M. Esquival-Pedroza was sworn in Monday as a Santa Clara County Superior Court commissioner after judges appointed the ...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the Central District of California asked the 9th Circuit Monday to allow her to suspend cr...


Beverly Hills firm Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the $250,000 cap on noneconomic d...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit arose out of an allegation that JPL would lay off and then rehire employees in a way that discriminated against pe...


Law Practice


While some law firms have revealed layoffs, many others are holding off or in a few cases adding laterals even as they grapple...


Criminal


Judicial Council OKs new emergency rules

Apr. 7, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

Courts can require remote proceedings, but the defendant must consent to staying out of court.


Law Practice


Law students hoping to work at firms this summer will face daunting uncertainties, if they get a chance at all. Some compare t...


Labor/Employment


All nine attorneys from Seyfarth Shaw have been replaced by Jamie L. Wine and Michele D. Johnson from Latham and Watkins LLP.


Intellectual Property


A federal appellate panel revived a state trade secrets lawsuit against a San Jose technology company Friday, concluding a dis...


Law Practice


Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento’s largest law firm, has slashed salaries of attorneys and staff by 20% until the end of July and ...


Civil Rights


“This seems to be quite a severe burden on the core Second Amendment right. Why shouldn’t that trigger strict scrutiny?” asked...


PG&E and the victims agreed on a settlement in December to set up a $13.5 billion trust for wildfire victims, half of whic...


While California state prisons and county jails free inmates before their sentences were fully served to make room for social ...


Law Practice


Withers hires new founder practice leader

Apr. 3, 2020
By Morgan Keith

Doug Mandell worked in the past as general counsel for LinkedIn and Nauto Inc., and he worked as a personal legal advisor in S...


Criminal


Eight state prisoners have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, the plaintiffs said in their argument for release of 45,000.


Justices said the prosecutor’s new partnership with the defense ‘gives us great pause.’


Criminal, Civil Rights


The Department of Justice report said the enforcement unit made 21,696 contacts with individuals in 2019, and seized 2,130 fir...


Justices decided Wednesday not to take the case, which began as a writ petition from the Huntington Beach challenging the enfo...


Law Practice


Loeb and Arent Fox cut compensation

Apr. 3, 2020
By Craig Anderson

Los Angeles-based Loeb & Loeb LLP announced across-the-board pay cuts Thursday, joining the list of law firms announcing c...


Labor/Employment, Intellectual Property


Citing California’s public policy protecing the rights of employees working for California companies to change jobs, a San Die...