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The roles and cultural expectations of Iranian families o...
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The VA enacted a regulation in 1999 that formally exclude...
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Today's News
Law Practice, Class Action
Quinn Emanuel's fees halved for $3.7B win for insurers
By Craig Anderson
The law firm scored a major victory for health insurers in two class actions, getting $3.7 billion in damages for insurers seeking Obamacare repayments. Thei...
Labor/Employment
SF Superior court clerks vote to authorize future strike action
By Jack Needham
Clerks seek a commitment by court management to address vacancies and increase the number of positions to better reflect the court's caseload. They say the c...
Class Action
San Diego settles lawsuit over RV ordinance
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The settlement will require the city of San Diego to "provide real amenities like running water and showers at safe lots," according to the plaintiffs' attor...
Data Privacy
Insurer sues software company over former employee's blackmail scheme
By Wisdom Howell
When the former software company worker failed to get a response from his employer, he turned to one of their clients, threatening to release the sensitive i...
State Bar & Bar Associations
San Diego County Bar Association initiates pro bono estate planning services for first responders, military
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
This program, scheduled to run through the end of October, aims to assist in the creation of critical legal documents such as wills, power of attorney, and a...
Government, Environmental & Energy
City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said that settlement funds will be allocated to the cleanup and monitoring of local waterways impacted by PCB contaminatio...
Columns
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Sharpening the focus on 'alternative' in alternative dispute resolution
By Deb Graceffa
Mediators can (and should) do far more than shuttle offers back and forth.
Contracts, Construction
Rancho Palos Verdes is quietly, and with eyes wide shut, sliding into a bigger disaster
By Antonio R. Sarabia II
Many houses in Rancho Palos Verdes are now considered substandard due to various defects, and the city has not adequately comm...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California missed an opportunity to reform the bar exam
By Mitchel L. Winick
The State Supreme Court rejected lowering the bar exam score despite racial disparities--but left the door open for future rev...
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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Community News
Judge of the Year Lucy Armendariz and Downey Mayor Mario L. Trujillo
Abigail A. Zelenski of Zelenski Law PC, Commissioner Dennis F. Hernández, Judge Adrian G. Roxas
Judge Debra L. Losnick and Judge Connie R. Quiñones
Judge Enrique Monguia and Judge Jannet Perez Santiso
Honorees: Magistrate Bogar Salazar Loza of Jalisco, Mexico; Judge Lucy Armendariz, Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner
Judge Pamela M. Villanueva, Steve Escovar of Escovar Law APC, Judge Rene C. Gilbertson
Judge Rupert A. Byrdsong, retired judge Norman P. Tarle, 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Thomas A. Delaney
Commissioner Latrice A.G. Byrdsong, Judge Lauren A.R. Lofton, Judge Victor Avila
Angela A. Zanin of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Judicate West arbitrator Mark V. Mooney
Judicate West neutral Monica Bachner, Judge George F. Bird Jr., Judge Doreen B. Boxer
Marjorie Luna, owner of Alternative Resolution Centers (ARC); retired judge Teresa Sánchez-Gordon, Judge of the Year Lucy Armendariz, ARC Program Director Devin Tucker
MABA President Elizabeth A. Hernández of Dordick Law Corp., President-elect Diego Alejandro Arp of Wells Fargo Bank
The Mexican American Bar Association held its annual Judges' Night on Thursday at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Attorney Profiles
Robert W. Wood
Robert W. Wood provides tax advice and handles tax controversies nationwide. He also serves as an expert witness on tax issues in civil cases. He is best known for advising plaintiffs, de...
Daily Appellate Report
Civil Procedure
Gorobets v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
Plaintiff's rejection of simultaneous offers to compromise warranted cost shifting where one offer was invalid but the other was valid and the plaintiff failed to achieve a more favorable...
Maritime Law, Environmental Law
U.S. v. Korotkiy
Chief Engineer of foreign-flagged ship may be held criminally liable for inaccurate records of "oily bilge water" dumping in U.S. waters.
Workers' Compensation
Total Terminals International v. Director, Office of Worker's Compensation
An injured longshoreman with hearing loss in only one ear but bilateral tinnitus is properly compensated at the statutory rate for hearing loss in one ear.
Government, Employment Law
Ramirez v. City of Indio
City Manager was not bound by an arbitrator's findings with respect to the evidence supporting termination of a police officer under the City of Indio's Memorandum of Understanding.
Civil Procedure
Katayama v. Continental Investment Group
Trial court erred in determining that plaintiff's response to requests for admission, including waived objections, failed Code of Civil Procedure Section 2033.220 "substantial compliance"...