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No dog in the fight

Sep. 6, 2024

Mediator James Di Cesare fights doggedly to resolve disputes fairly, lawyers say.


LA Superior Court to allow electronic recordings

Sep. 6, 2024
By Skyler Romero

The court had previously limited recording to criminal and limited civil proceedings. Expanding that policy will help alleviat...



Sacramento County says it has already offered a salary increase and its pay range is competitive. Union members approved the s...


Southwest denied wrongdoing on Wednesday, saying it is the City of Oakland that breached a 2021 settlement agreement on labor ...



"It's difficult to ... just walk into a room with a lot of judges and attorneys and feeling a lot smaller than everybody else,...


Chrome Hearts' counsel said the company has filed more than 100 lawsuits in the past five years against defendants who infring...



First American Title Company of Napa claims that a decision by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara could force it out of busin...


Nelson Hardiman merges with Leech Tishman

Sep. 5, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Effective Oct.1, the firm will operate as Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman and have a total of 140 lawyers.



The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022, required companies with more than $100 million in gross annual revenues to file ...


The Northern California law firm has won three of the top elder abuse verdicts in the history of the state of California.



SB 343 provides much-needed change to the Family Code to include more income sources in child support calculations, mandates t...


The status of federal geofence searches, which use latitude and longitude coordinates to draw an imaginary boundary around a c...



Jessie Marie Peterson's family is suing Mercy San Juan hospital in Sacramento for failing to notify them of her death and tran...


The 2022 Electoral Count Reform Act limits the Vice President's role and raises the thresholds for Congress to object to elect...



California judges are underpaid, lawsuit claims

Sep. 5, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County by a Sacramento County judge claims that the method the state personnel department uses ...


Top 100 Lawyers 2024

Sep. 5, 2024



Top 100 Lawyers 2024

Sep. 5, 2024


Fight over cardrooms appears headed to court

Sep. 4, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Voters passed Proposition 1A in 2000, creating the modern era of tribal casinos. But there has been ambiguity about whether th...



In 2009, singer Tameka "Tiny" Harris, the wife of rapper Clifford "T.I." Harris, founded the teenage pop group that Sheppard M...


The lawsuit is the second such complaint to be filed against STIIIZY IP LLC, accusing it of marketing to teens, whose heavy u...



Litigation investment fund was fraud, SEC and DOJ say

Sep. 4, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Maria Dulce Pino Dickerson reportedly lured investors with false claims of using their money to fund personal injury lawsuits,...



Addressing the SEC's filing in bankruptcy court in Delaware, Ripple Labs' chief legal officer, Stuart Alderoty, said the agenc...


The field of intellectual property faces challenges with AI, as it presents issues with trademark, privacy, and copyright la...



California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) of 2015, which requires law enforcement departments to collect and repor...


Anaheim veterans cemetery project faces legal challenge

Sep. 4, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The plaintiffs are seeking to have the project approvals rescinded and a new environmental review conducted.



Given that the U.S. government operates on the Constitution and law students, lawyers, and judges are deeply involved in its ...


Chevron Corporation is moving its headquarters from California to Texas, citing California's environmental regulations as the ...



Justice David Souter, who served as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1990 to 2009, is known for his brilliance, generosity, k...


The student, also a researcher at the Aquarium of the Bay, said the Belous Law Corp. Did not investigate before following thei...