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Technology


Apple makes u-turn on right to repair laws

Aug. 28, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

At least four states have passed right to repair laws since 2020, and up to 20 more including California are considering them.


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco by Jennifer Pafiti, Jeremy A. Lieberman and J. Alexander Hood II of Po...



Environmental & Energy


Friends of Earth disagrees with Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman’s sustaining of PG&E’s demurrer to the lawsuit that...


Government


Tribe seeks to claw back provisions of gaming compact

Aug. 28, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Nearly two dozen California tribes with casinos have sued Gov. Gavin Newsom for allegedly using compact negotiations to force ...



State Bar & Bar Associations


Defense attorney Randall A. Miller had asked the State Bar Court judge to abate the bar hearing because of Eastman’s right not...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar board mulls new non-exam licensure proposal

Aug. 25, 2023
By Devon Belcher

If the proposal for licensure following 700 to 1,000 hours of supervised law practice is submitted and rejected by the state S...



Labor/Employment


Elon Musk posted on his Twitter account in 2020 that U.S. law requires people to have “at least a green card” to be hired at S...


Litigation & Arbitration


U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu denied part of plaintiffs’ motion claiming San Francisco was not complying with her order c...



Law Practice


Former state lawmaker opens solo law firm in Simi Valley

Aug. 25, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

One component of Bob Hertzberg's legal practice is providing strategic advice to larger law firms on complex policy issues, re...


Education Law


ABA wants law schools to adopt free speech rules

Aug. 25, 2023
By Devon Belcher

Yisrael Gelb of Gelb Law APC in Beverly Hills said in response: “There are existing laws in place to protect speakers who are ...



Entertainment & Sports


The complaint states that CBS violated what the plaintiff says is a long-standing practice in the entertainment industry in wh...


Government


State high court remands Santa Monica voting case

Aug. 25, 2023
By Craig Anderson

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the appellate court used the wrong standard to decide the case involving minority voting ...



Litigation & Arbitration


John C. Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller, objected to expert witness testimony by a Stanford Law School professor, on the...


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson found that the settlement agreement established narrow conditions for granting 12-month exten...




Confidence & Trust

Aug. 25, 2023

Attorney's value the opinion of retired Los Angeles County Presiding Judge Daniel Buckley.


State Bar & Bar Associations


State must scrap contracts with outside firms, board says

Aug. 24, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

But in a series of recent cases, the union representing 4,500 attorneys employed by the state has claimed some agencies are ro...



Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The NFL announced last year that its “Sunday Ticket” television package was moving from DirecTV to YouTube TV.


A neuropsychologist testified that disbarred and federally indicted attorney Thomas V. Girardi was aware of what happened to h...



Litigation & Arbitration


The question of who is liable in the event of an accident might be an issue because food app companies say that their drivers ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Data Privacy


The center and the Regents of the University of California were accused of incorporating Meta Platform Inc.’s Pixel tracking t...



The company’s latest attempt to file for bankruptcy in New Jersey has since been dismissed, with a stay on civil litigation li...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


During arguments, the majority of the panel seemed less inclined to vacate entirely an injunction stopping San Francisco from ...



Litigation & Arbitration


Grubhub drivers file misclassification suit in LA

Aug. 24, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

Grubhub has maintained that its drivers are independent contractor similar litigation.


State Bar & Bar Associations


“I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought. It represents a crossing of the Rubicon f...



Law Practice


Robert P. Hamilton has been a lawyer and mediator for 40 years. He retired after 20 years as a partner at Goodman Neuman Hamil...


Law Practice


Hughes Hubbard bolsters China practice with new partner

Aug. 23, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Geopolitical tensions have kept most law firms away from China. I wanted to join a firm that is hungry and committed to the r...



Civil Rights


American Alliance for Equal Rights accused Morrison & Foerster LLP and Perkins Coie LLP of violating the Equal Rights Act ...


Litigation & Arbitration


All of the defendants have denied the allegations against them in the trade secrets misappropriation and racketeering trial th...



Litigation & Arbitration


The complaint claims that the San Diego County Local Agency Formation Commission failed to substantially review the environmen...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Lawmakers take steps to overhaul mental health care

Aug. 23, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Much of the impetus appears to be coming from a governor who has made these his signature issues and federal court decisions t...