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Labor/Employment, Government


Gov. Jerry Brown nixed a similar measure last year, writing in a veto message it was “plainly” preempted by the Federal Arbitr...


The judge handling criminal charges against two anti-abortion activists kept their attorneys on a tight leash Thursday when th...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Final hearing set for Contra Costa County judge

Sep. 6, 2019
By Carter Stoddard

The Commission on Judicial Performance has scheduled final arguments Oct. 2 in a discipline hearing for Contra Costa County Ju...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A federal judge indicated Thursday he will likely restore the nationwide scope of his prior ruling temporarily blocking the Tr...


Labor/Employment, Government


Late wages penalties bill passes Legislature

Sep. 6, 2019
By Glenn Jeffers

The state Senate passed legislation Thursday allowing employees to recover statutory penalties from employers for failure or l...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


Gordon Rees Scully Mansukani LLP has been hired to represent Truth Aquatics, whose dive boat caught fire and killed 34 people ...


Criminal


Last year, an Alameda Superior Court judge rejected a plea deal reached with two men facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaugh...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


A federal judge refused to dismiss a trademark infringement case against Anheuser-Busch LLC that Patagonia Inc. filed over the...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


After an exhaustive three-week trial full of courtroom antics and disruptive behavior, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge...


Monica Johnson, general counsel for Bonduelle Fresh Americas and incoming president of the Southern California chapter of the ...


Intellectual Property, Criminal


The attorney representing a former Google Inc. executive alleged to have stolen trade secrets for Uber Technologies Inc. accus...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Vaccine exemption bill passes, legal challenges await

Sep. 5, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Vocal anti-vaccine activists were unable to stop the passage of a bill cracking down on medical exemptions for school children...


Civil Litigation, Corporate, California Courts of Appeal


A business website that was inaccessible to the visually impaired violated the Unruh Act and the Americans With Disabilities A...


An inmate’s 33-year battle for freedom has come to an end after the 6th District Court of Appeal overturned his murder convict...


Criminal


The judge presiding over the state attorney general’s office unusual prosecution of two anti-abortion activists for videotapin...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The California Lawyers Association is willing to take on the initiative supporting attorneys with substance abuse and mental h...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The California Supreme Court announced Tuesday the reappointment of attorneys Mark A. Broughton and Sean M. SeLegue to four-ye...


Criminal


San Francisco will eliminate its pre-arraignment cash bail schedule in favor of a system that "takes money out of the equation...


Obituaries


George P. Schiavelli 1948-2019

Sep. 4, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

Friends and colleagues who worked with him at ADR Services Inc. before his death last Wednesday at 71 said despite having to e...


Simmons Hanly Conroy won a $34 million Los Angeles jury verdict for a former mechanic who said he developed a fatal cancer fro...


Criminal


Prosecutors and defense attorneys in state attorney general’s case against two anti-abortion activists told very different sto...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Family


Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP’s prior representation of a husband’s company prohibits current representation of...


Judges and Judiciary


President Trump said last week he intends to nominate three people for seats on the Central District of California and two on ...


Labor/Employment, Government


An amended version of a bill to reclassify many groups of independent contractors as employees survived a Friday deadline for ...


After three weeks of graphic testimony and outlandish behavior by self-proclaimed “eccentric billionaire” Alki David, jurors o...


More than 100,000 owners of certain vehicles in the emissions scandal in which automakers overstated the fuel efficiency of th...


Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


With credentials likely to appeal to senators of both political parties, President Donald Trump's choice to fill the 9th U.S. ...


Civil Litigation


The deputy has been on paid leave for four years after a judge found his testimony in a death penalty case untruthful


In a prosecution complicated by two ongoing civil lawsuits, sanctions, and discovery disputes, two anti-abortion activists who...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


Uber Technologies Inc. closed a long-running chapter on a tumultuous legal saga over the ride-hailing service's classification...