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Labor/Employment


The initiative, funded by Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, proposes allowing some rideshare drivers to remain independent contractors...


“What we have is statutes of limitations running during the time the courts are closed, we have trial dates coming and going, ...


“I would say the biggest problem has been any degree of confidentiality of conversation between the client and the attorney. T...


Immigration


Decisions by two federal judges allowing the release of detainees from a California immigration detention facility are prompti...


Law Practice, Corporate


Reed Smith slows partner cash distributions

Mar. 31, 2020
By Carter Stoddard

The firm says it is taking a cautious approach in light of global events.


Judges and Judiciary


Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye OKs extended deadlines for arraignments, preliminary hearings


The coronavirus pandemic has forced American businesses to a skidding halt. With nationwide quarantines and closures, COVID-19...


Criminal


No consensuses on what to do with inmates

Mar. 30, 2020
By Tyler Pialet

Jails could breed virus but officials don’t agree on course of action.


Health Care & Hospital Law


Hospitals struggling to find the space and supplies they need to treat an anticipated influx of COVID-19 sufferers understanda...


Criminal


Cody Pfister filmed himself in a Missouri Wal-Mart on March 11 licking 10 containers of deodorant after making a statement abo...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


“I believe the proposal ignores the basic purpose of a bar examination, which I believe to be the protection of the consuming ...


Labor/Employment


Who should be taking care of gig workers?

Mar. 30, 2020
By Jessica Mach

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act extended unemployment benefits to independent contractors when Presiden...


Law Practice


Michael V. Schafler will make the 11th lawyer at Cohen Williams, a Los Angeles firm that has grown steadily, increasing its at...


Civil Litigation


Awarded a fraction of what they were seeking, plaintiffs’ attorneys “now throw mud at a highly respected federal judge to try ...


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


NRA sues governor, LA sheriff over gun store closures

Mar. 30, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Californians cannot exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms without such businesses,” the complaint argued.


California Supreme Court


A Long Beach toxic torts attorney said Los Angles County’s presiding judge closed the courts without making a constitutional f...


The policy, part of a pilot program to comply with the Los Angeles County presiding judge’s orders to conduct proceedings tele...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Monster Energy sues over REIGN trademark

Mar. 30, 2020
By Gina Kim

Monster Energy Co. sues small Orange County-based bottled water manufacturer for trademark infringement over popular REIGN brand


Government, California Supreme Court


City attorney Michael E. Gates said four charter cities -- Vernon, Gilroy, Needles and Marysville -- have submitted formal ami...


Insurance


Is virus property damage? Insurers ask

Mar. 27, 2020
By Nick Kipley

Insurers and businesses may have opposing views on virus coverage


Criminal, Civil Rights


The plaintiffs in a decades-old case over state prison mental health care filed an emergency motion Wednesday night seeking in...


Labor/Employment


In a letter sent to the governor Wednesday, the California Business and Industrial Alliance said 167 PAGA claims were filed la...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


“Ralphs didn’t want to settle,” Andre E. Jardini, who represented the cashier, said in an interview Thursday. “Most every othe...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Planners for the Lightning in a Bottle music festival, held annually in or around May, were forced like many to cancel due to ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Bankruptcy


On Thursday, the Chapter 7 trustee in the bankruptcy of San Francisco-based uBiome Inc. received the green light to donate 40,...


Law Practice, Government


Lobbying groups representing both sides of California’s civil law bar have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to make three sweeping exe...


Under most state orders, those with essential jobs — doctors, grocery store workers, police and firefighters — have been allow...


Civil Rights


Judge David O. Carter has enlisted Judges André Birotte Jr. and Philip S. Gutierrez to help with his unusual approach


Law Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law, Bankruptcy


The ability of businesses (large and small alike) to weather this storm and rebound will depend on the severity and duration o...


Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Antitrust attorneys are supporting federal enforcement agencies plan to ensure pro-competitive collaborations can take place t...