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Government


The city of Los Angeles says the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights' request for exact addresses where homeless people are being m...


Litigation & Arbitration


An appellate court has upheld a San Francisco Superior Court decision drawing a distinction between cases where plaintiffs see...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Newsom approves bar fee increase

Sep. 16, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

AB 3279 will raise the annual costs of an active bar license by more than $40 when including all fees.


Probate


"There could eventually be a lack of estate planning attorneys to handle the aging population in the United States," said Mich...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Robert C. May III, a partner with Telecom Law Firm PC who represents the League of California Cities as well as many cities in...


Domb & Rauchwerger partners use interests in music and the mind to help harmed employees.


Bankruptcy


This judgment stems from the death of 20-year-old Alexandra Capelouto, who died after taking fentanyl-laced pills.


The consulting division allows the firm to serve clients in a broader way than just legal services, backed by a strategic know...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The latest attorney the bar charged in the case is former Chief Deputy City Attorney James Patrick Clark.


Health Care & Hospital Law


SB 1070 would give the Imperial Valley Healthcare District two more years to seek funding. It is in litigation with the Pionee...


Government


The case dates to 2020, when plaintiffs led by a Nevada City restaurant challenged emergency orders issued by Gov. Gavin Newso...


Entertainment & Sports


Francis Ford Coppola has sued the publishers of Variety magazine over its reporting of alleged inappropriate behavior on the "...


Legal Education


Parris Law Firm backs new law school initiative

Sep. 13, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The Parris Academy for Excellence in Law and Leadership will teach Southwestern Law School students communication and business...


Environmental & Energy


Challenge to Napa groundwater well limits 'too early

Sep. 13, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Winemaker Jason Woodbridge's companies -- Double Vee Properties LLC, Caldera Ranch, LLC, Hundred Acre LLC, and Hundred Acre Wi...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Incumbent Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles President Noelle Natoli has committed to putting a lifelong passion for div...


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


An attorney for Skye Bioscience Inc. said U.S. District Judge David O. Carter erred by allowing the company's fired vice presi...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


UC Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center, headed by former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, claims the sta...


H. Chester Horn is firm but not overbearing, attorneys say


Labor/Employment, Intellectual Property


Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partners Debra L. Fischer and Seth M. Gerber defended the second-most trade secrets cases in th...


Government, Criminal


AB 1981 authorized a pilot program to raise the pay for some lower income jurors from $15 to $100 per day. The pilot program k...


Contracts


Attorneys for the confectionery giant argued that their agreement with snack maker Taste of Nature does not require any cure p...


A monitor was needed "to ensure timely and comprehensive compliance" with a federal judge's order to vacate leases the VA made...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Zoya Kovalenko accused the law firm of sex discrimination and wrongful termination.


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


San Francisco says nurses at municipal hospitals are exempt as professional employees, but the city and county's win in distri...


"This verdict is particularly noteworthy given Costco's typically strong defense record," said the plaintiff's lawyer, Jeremy...


Government


A mushy end to Palos Verdes surfer dispute

Sep. 11, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The case against Palos Verdes Estates that sought to hold a municipality liable for surfer localism ends with a promise of new...


Environmental & Energy, California Courts of Appeal


The ruling reversed the Contra Costa County Superior Court's finding that the project fell outside environmental exemptions.


The initiative aims to roll back some of the changes made by Proposition 47 a decade ago, including making it easier to charge...


Under the proposed rules, people under 21 cannot buy hemp dietary products and these cannot have traceable amounts of THC or i...


Superior Court Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng granted class certification on July 26, but government attorneys argue "new declaration...