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Litigation & Arbitration


The company’s counsel argued that the workers signed written franchise agreements that had arbitration clauses to cover the cl...


The Grants Pass petition follows a hotly disputed 9th Circuit ruling — in which 13 active judges, all appointees of Republican...



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The city of San Francisco, fighting to remove homeless camps, posted a screenshot of an ACLU of Arizona webpage including Judg...


Community News, California Courts of Appeal


Supreme Court Historical Society bestows legal writer awards

Aug. 22, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The top three writers represented UC Irvine School of Law and UC Berkeley School of Law. They read summaries of their papers t...



Law Practice


SEC regional director joins O’Melveny & Myers

Aug. 22, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

As the head of the third largest regional SEC office, Michele Wein Layne managed 180 attorneys, accountants and staffers in in...


“Evidence of his normal routine immediately leading up to the demise of Girardi Keese … demonstrates that his instant ‘symptom...



Environmental & Energy


Attorneys for PG&E told a San Francisco judge that a deal with Friends of the Earth to shut the nuclear plant in 2022 was ...


Bankruptcy


San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy

Aug. 22, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Bankruptcy needed to handle 500 sex abuse suits, archdiocese says.



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The state Supreme Court ruling, if adopted by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that asked the question, would revive ...


“There is certainly no comparable case law to recite. But it would be perverse to find no duty based on the corporate defendan...



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Sacramento appeals order against clearing homeless camps

Aug. 22, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The city asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review an order by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley extending the pr...


Health Care & Hospital Law


British COVID test maker accuses Innova of fraud

Aug. 22, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Disruptive Nanotechnology Ltd. said that after Innova secured a $138 million deal to provide tests to the U.K. government, Inn...



Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila wrote that the vague and conclusory allegations plaintiffs put forward are insufficient t...


"The court is willing to make certain changes in this week's trial schedule in order to accommodate Dr. Eastman's surrender in...



Join podcast host Sunidhi Sridhar and Dykema associate attorney Jasmina Aragon as they delve into California's meal and rest b...



In this episode, attorney David Schnider from Nolan Heimann chats with podcast host Sunidhi Sridhar about the intricacies of d...




DLA Piper employment law partner, Holly Lake, lends her expert insights into how the affirmative action ban shapes diversity i...



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The case brings the homelessness crisis playing out in cities across the nation, particularly in the West, to the appellate co...



Law Practice


Firm rocked by partners’ offensive emails closes

Aug. 21, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

When the attorneys first broke away from Lewis Brisbois in May, they were known as Barber Ranen. However, that almost immediat...


Litigation & Arbitration


Voters passed Measure O in November with 52% of the vote. According to the law’s ballot title, it requires the city to build m...



Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Retired Los Angeles County judge joins Signature Resolution

Aug. 21, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I loved being a lawyer. I love working with lawyers. I love being a judge, and I did that for 31 years, but at some point, as...


Judges and Judiciary


Newsom names 10 new judges to 7 Superior Courts

Aug. 21, 2023
By Laurinda Keys

The appointees have a mix of backgrounds: two from private practice, two prosecutors, two public defenders and two from other ...



State Bar & Bar Associations


Effective Sept. 22, Brandon Stallings, a Kern County deputy district attorney, will chair the bar’s board of trustees and José...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Skye Orthobiologics LLC, based in El Segundo, claims that Bryan Banman, the CEO of CTM Biomedical LLC in Florida, stole confid...



Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Lipner recused himself from the lawsuit challenging Measure ULA 10 days after getting assigned ...


The plaintiffs say that Meta misled investors about harmful effects of social media use, as well as its commitment and attempt...



Class Action


"Plaintiff provides no nexus between Musk's human-longevity comments and the reduction in force selections that plaintiff chal...


When the attorneys first broke away from Lewis Brisbois in May, they were known as Barber Ranen. However, that almost immediat...



State Bar & Bar Associations


“Respondent makes repeated factual assertions about what he claims the Review Department decided and what he says the State Ba...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Tony Mallery is facing Commission on Judicial Performance charges that he made co-workers feel unsafe, but he testified ...