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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...



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...



Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A three-judge panel held a spirited debate over whether to uphold an injunction on the San Francisco Sheriff's Office plan th...


Judges and Judiciary

Judge Susan L. Greenberg's "conduct also gave the appearance of bias and retaliation against Mr. Chicas for his attorney's act...



The expansion brings three new shareholders to the San Diego office, which was established last year.


San Diego jury awards $11.2M in age discrimination case

Sep. 11, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Court records show 74-year-old Alice Roque was twice denied a requested accommodation in the form of a chair or stool.



Civil Litigation

The city was accused of allowing a local surfer gang to menace outsiders who came to surf a famous beach. A judgment could vas...


Community News

Womble Bond Dickinson, Lewis Roca announce merger

Sep. 10, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The move will result in a staff of 1,300 attorneys across 37 offices in the United States and the United Kingdom.



Judges and Judiciary

The issue of whether to allow wider access to electronic recordings of court proceedings has been dragging on for decades. Som...


Intellectual Property

The hearing stems from a motion to strike that Apple's counsel filed in August. That motion claimed Masimo improperly served t...



Securities, Government

No new trial after novel 'shadow trading' theory win

Sep. 10, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The allegations were the first time the theory went to trial and the jury's decision expanded the scope of insider trading reg...


LA County judge admits he interrupts, and notes that he expects professionalism from attorneys.