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Under SB 908, the state’s Department of Business Oversight would enforce the terms of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collections Prac...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


After nearly 14 years on the bench, the retired Orange County-based federal judge will soon start work at the mediation firm’s...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


“This case should cause concern to every judge in California,” Judge John T. Laettner’s attorney, James A. Murphy, wrote in th...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Having terminated her former counsel for the case against Michael Avenatti in March, Stormy Daniels appeared with new counsel ...


Entertainment & Sports


A federal judge approved two law firms to lead a class action on behalf of shareholders accusing the streaming service Netflix...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Rights


A former Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC attorney has dropped her gender discrimination lawsuit against the em...


Immigration


In what immigrants' rights advocates are calling a politically motivated move by the Trump administration to make it more diff...


Many of the domestic violence and sexual assault policies proposed by district attorney candidate George Gascon already exist ...


Education Law


This finding appears to contradict one of the arguments made by plaintiffs demanding the UC system drop the use of standardize...


Tax, Criminal


Ex-tax lawyer gets 5 years for tax evasion

Feb. 4, 2020
By Meghann Cuniff

Assistant U.S. attorney Ruth C. Pinkel argued in her sentencing position that James Roy McDaniel deserved “a significant sente...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In a case that may help determine the course of the many labor suits being filed against gig economy employers, a 9th U.S. Cir...


Environmental & Energy, Bankruptcy


The bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric Company would be turned into a publicly owned utility under a bill proposed by a stat...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


A jury on Monday quickly rejected federal prosecutors’ allegations that a former technology company employee was guilty of pos...


Bankruptcy


Judge approves Sedgwick bankruptcy plan

Feb. 4, 2020
By Nicole Tyau

A judge approved Sedgwick LLP's revised bankruptcy plan over objections from one of the former firm's non-settling partners.


Judges and Judiciary


Great Expectations

Feb. 3, 2020

Former Marine JAG officer Judge Randy Edwards wants attorneys to be more efficient.


Intellectual Property, Criminal


A San Jose federal prosecutor portrayed a former technology company employee as a criminal who selfishly took valuable researc...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


The state of California has moved boldly into attempting to regulate online privacy. But how much can any state do on its own?


Civil Litigation


Monsanto, which manufactures the weedkiller, attributed the last minute continuance to “avoid the distractions that can arise ...


The other attorneys joining the 170-attorney San Francisco-based Hanson Bridgett are Paul Beck, Beth Hummer, Laura Ratcliffe a...


Labor/Employment


Judge Kimberly Mueller upheld Friday the temporary restraining order she granted on Dec. 30, two days before the law took effect.


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


Seeking any changes to the law would be disastrous to both the reputations of U.S. companies as well as the United States’ pos...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


The Bar Association of San Francisco on Friday evaluated the six candidates running for open judge seats, giving the highest r...


A group of property owners in Santa Barbara that were affected by the 2015 Refugio oil spill disaster has been certified as a ...


Civil Litigation


A renegotiated class settlement potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars was reached between Ford Motor Co. and 2 mil...


Judge strikes down multiple maritime defenses invoked by Conception owners in boat fire litigation


Law Practice, Immigration


Clark Hill adds LA immigration boutique

Jan. 31, 2020
By Nicole Tyau

Five attorneys and six staff joined the national firm’s immigration practice Jan. 27.


Law Practice


46% of Hanson Bridgett’s attorneys are female and 40% of the partners are female, which is the firm’s strongest representation...


Government, Civil Litigation


A male former Legislative aide can move forward with his sexual harassment suit against a female legislator, Sacramento Superi...


Civil Litigation


West LA high-rise owner sued a day after fire

Jan. 31, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

The owner of several luxury West Los Angeles high rises was hit with a class action relating to a Brentwood building fire this...


Civil Litigation


After losing three large verdicts in the San Francisco Bay Area, Bayer AG-owned Monsanto will get another chance to defeat a l...