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Oct. 17, 2024

Recent cases show conflicting interpretations about wheth...

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Oct. 15, 2024

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Oct. 14, 2024

The Central District of California has joined other U.S. ...

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Today's News

Environmental & Energy

Metal recycler, state rush to reach settlement

Oct. 18, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

A Watts recycling facility accused of environmental violations and the attorney general's office are in the final stages of settlement talks, with a December...


Labor/Employment, Government, California Supreme Court

The case is a dispute between the public employee retirement system and Los Angeles County, which in 2018 started rejecting employment classifications and sa...


Real Estate/Development,

Veteran real estate attorney joins Clark Hill in San Diego

Oct. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Brian Adkins joins the firm from Buchalter. He specializes in aiding clients with fair housing complaints and governmental agency matters.


Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law

SpaceX attorneys have said the California Coastal Commission exceeded its authority and ignored federal law and policy by rejecting an increase in spacecraft...


Criminal, Civil Litigation

Although Margaret Graf lacked litigation experience, she had an ability to work constructively with parties holding diverse interests. She quickly set about ...


Technology, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Epic asks judge to reject Google's emergency stay

Oct. 18, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Google asked U.S. District Judge James Donato to pause -- pending appeal -- a preliminary injunction requiring the company to open its Play Store to all app ...


Columns

Immigration

Ninth Circuit's asylum ruling hits a different note

Oct. 18, 2024
By Avantika Shastri , Christine Raymond

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in Singh v. Garland that the government cannot arbitrarily r...


Technology, Corporate

Why big tech regulation can't wait

Oct. 17, 2024
By Victor S. Dorokhin

Regulation of Big Tech is urgently needed due to the harmful impact of social media on mental health, particularly among minor...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy

Ethical and privacy standards in forensic psychiatry in the AI era

Oct. 18, 2024
By Laura Davies , MD , Patricia Thaine

Patients may not fully understand how their data will be used by AI, making informed consent challenging. Algorithmic transpar...



Verdicts & Settlements

Securities Fraud Boston Retirement System v.... $200,000,000
Breach of NDA/Non-Circumvention Agreement Michael Ho v. Marathon Digi... $138,780,000
Solo Automobile Accident Devin Patrick Taylor v. Kei... $6,000,000
Consumer Protection Communities for a Better En... $2,500,000
Wage and Hour ChaMarie Spears, an individ... $2,000,000
Auto v. Pedestrian Juan Ponce, Maria Ponce v. ... $1,400,000
Code Violation City and County of San Fran... $1,200,000
Code Violation City and County of San Fran... $1,050,808
Collection T. Del Campo v. 2040 Builders $970,500
Wage and Hour Roberto Riso, individually,... $950,000

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Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

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Daily Appellate Report

Judges

In re: Thomas Eugene Creech

The judge should have recused herself due to her relationship with the prosecutor involved in an inmate's allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, as it created the appearance of injustice.


Civil Procedure, Bankruptcy

Rose Court, LLC v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.

Bankruptcy court properly denied motion to amend under "two-dismissal rule" where plaintiff had previously asserted and voluntarily dismissed proposed claims in previous civil actions.


Immigration

Montejo-Gonzalez v. Garland

Two major car accidents delaying Petitioner, who would have otherwise timely attended her immigration hearing, constituted "exceptional circumstances" meriting a reopening of her case.