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Criminal, Civil Litigation


Prisoners in these units are subject to welfare checks every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day, involving a beep and a metal-on-metal...


The vast numbers of drivers, combined with what plaintiffs' attorneys say were especially egregious violations, made the cases...


Government, Criminal


LA DA Jackie Lacey concedes to George Gascon

Nov. 9, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

"I congratulate George Gascon and his team on their expected victory," said District Attorney Jackie Lacey, stating he outspen...


Judges and Judiciary


Alameda and Stanislaus County judge races are decided

Nov. 9, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

In Alameda County, Berkeley-based attorney Elena Condes held a statistically insurmountable lead, as did Deputy District Attor...


Mediator Greg Derin tries to learn litigants' goals and find alternative paths to meeting them.


Milbank LLP sends a demand letter to Los Angeles Unified School District seeking specific plans for starting in-person instruc...


In a letter sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Kathleen Allison, secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabili...


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman found Santa Clara County’s directives were equally applied to secular and religious gather...


Government


DOJ moves to to seize a billion in Bitcoin

Nov. 6, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

David L. Anderson, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, filed a complaint for forfeiture on Thursday.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Nixon Peabody LLP said it vigorously disputed the allegations and insisted its tax advice to the investors was correct.


Government, Criminal


Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in Thursday in a second case in which a woman was charged with murder for allegedly us...


Judges and Judiciary


Members of the Work Group to Enhance Administrative Standards Addressing Bias in Court Proceedings were announced Wednesday.


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


Three bench trials began in mid-October and additional trials are being scheduled through the end of the year, according to th...


Labor/Employment


Labor and employment attorneys who have been watching the issue say a number of questions now loom large.


Judges and Judiciary


Campaigning in part on increasing diversity in the legal community, Criminal defense attorney Elena Condes said voters recogni...


Government, Criminal


Lacey, the county’s first Black and first woman district attorney, was trailing with 46.19% of the vote.


United Airlines faces age discrimination class action by flyers who said they missed out on a 10% discount offered only to tho...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Law Practice


The American Bar Association in 2014 released standards that included a requirement that students in ABA-accredited schools co...


Judges and Judiciary


Deputy LA District Attorney David A. Berger said the tallies so far were vindicating prosecutors from recent criticism that th...


Voters rejected measures to restart affirmative action, allow 17-year-olds to vote and raise property taxes on businesses, acc...


Government, Criminal


Bay Area counties were mostly isolated in their support of upholding a 2018 law passed by the Legislature that sought to repla...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Attorneys for the defendant and the plaintiffs asked the high court to decertify the question of Dynamex's retroactivity in th...


Government, Civil Litigation


The ruling in a challenge over the governor’s directive to send a vote-by-mail ballot to every registered voter in California ...


Obituaries


Victor E. Chavez, 1930-2020

Nov. 4, 2020
By Arin Mikailian

LA judge, 90, is remembered for his friendship and work ethic.


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


The Kaufman Appellate Fellowship honors Buchalter’s appellate practice founder, former California Supreme Court Justice Marcus...


Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced the addition of Goodwin Procter's former West Coast debt finance group leader, Laura...


Criminal


The state attorney general argued existing case law requires courts to give deference to the Legislature when considering whet...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


In an attempt to offer guidance to hundreds of thousands of policyholders seeking business interruption coverage in the U.K., ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Both rulings reversed rulings by U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of San Diego dismissing shareholder suits against Axos ...


Environmental & Energy


A report filed Tuesday was made in response to a demand for an explanation by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who oversees ...