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Labor/Employment


Marriott sued over extra fees for worker safety

Jun. 23, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Junk fees — surprise charges that drive up purchase prices — cost consumers billions of dollars every year. Bills against them...


Environmental & Energy


Debate over specialized CEQA courts draws strong opinions

Jun. 23, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“You will get increased expertise, presumably. But I would suggest that the specificity of that subject matter and its importa...


Government, California Supreme Court


The rule, opposed by many California attorneys, will go into effect Aug. 1.


State Bar & Bar Associations


“We’re being faced with a situation where I have no bullets in my gun on this,” stated Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller o...


Criminal


ACLU, LA County settle lawsuit over jail conditions

Jun. 23, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The settlement requires the county to beef up its mental health facilities and services so that mentally ill jail inmates get ...


The unanimous ruling only addressed one of the county’s defenses, but one that has been successfully employed by state governm...


Technology


Microsoft’s attorney, Beth A. Wilkinson of Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, said of the deal in her opening remarks, “By definition it’...


Real Estate/Development


Santa Clara County claims that the regulations have not reduced the “residential capacity” of an area near Stanford University.



Risk Broker

Jun. 23, 2023

Herbert Hoffman gives clients a clear picture of their chances at trial or settlement.


The rule, opposed by many California attorneys, will go into effect Aug. 1.


A proposed class action says the bank downplayed the risks that rising interest rates posed to First Republic’s interest earni...


Civil Rights


The complaint alleges Black and brown children are disciplined at 2 to 3 times the rate of white students.


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for plaintiffs and Catholic dioceses disagreed about whether having well-known accused offenders would make the case...


Technology


BSD Crown Ltd. alleged that despite Amazon’s prior knowledge, its subsidiaries Amazon Web Services Inc. and Twitch Interactive...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Adam R. Pulver, an attorney with Public Citizen Litigation Group, said plaintiffs in other cases have been waiting for months ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Greg Jacob, testifying against John Eastman in a State Bar trial, said he was offended “by the advice that I had seen given, a...


Labor/Employment


Elon Musk’s attorneys have argued in previous lawsuits that the sale agreement requires employee actions be arbitrated and pro...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


The check is the “first installment” of payments that will help pay the now-defunct law firm’s creditors, said Kyra E. Andrass...


Litigation & Arbitration


San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu argued that Dow W. Patten of Forthright Law PC had failed to comply with a March 9 orde...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Supreme Court referred to its Jack Daniel's dog chew toy ruling in vacating the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stuffed ...


Law Practice


Former SEC assistant director joins Jenner & Block

Jun. 21, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

At the SEC, Jennifer Lee was responsible for supervising attorneys and accountants in complex investigations and enforcement a...


Judges and Judiciary


The Judiciary Committee passage sends the bill to the Appropriations Committee. If it passes there it will go to Gov. Gavin N...


Civil Litigation


Both sides are gearing up for a jury trial over allegations that baby food produced by Gerber and six other companies contains...


State Bar & Bar Associations


John Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller of Miller Law Associates APC in Los Angeles, said his client’s legal theory was ten...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Brandr Group claims that the recent wave of states passing name, image, and likeness laws has spurred EA to revisit the co...


Environmental & Energy


Railroads oppose new state engine emission limits

Jun. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California Air Resources Board regulations single out one of the cleanest transportation systems in the country, argued Ha...


Law Practice


More than $810,000 was raised to support Inner City Law Center's fight against homelessness in Los Angeles at the luncheon.


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit says Huntington Beach violated the law by declining to give a taxpayer a copy of a $7 million settlement over an a...


“Horrifically, when defendants opened the vault to bury their parents together it was empty with Sidney Cooper missing,” state...


Environmental & Energy


DUI, environment lawyers to be paid under new legislation

Jun. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California DUI Lawyers Association alleged nearly a decade ago that the Department of Motor Vehicles’ administrative per s...