Kathleen J. McMahon of Joseph Saveri Law Firm LLP said the plaintiffs still want to go forward with the depositions now becaus...
Mayor London Breed defended the idea of a race based guaranteed income program in a news release when she announced it in Sept...
Kelly DuFord Williams is accused of stealing client money.
Government, Criminal
Boudin heads new criminal justice center at Berkeley
By Devon Belcher
Recalled San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin also said he would not run for public office in 2024.
According to the complaint, the outdoor clothing brand recently opted not to renew its dealer agreement with Nordstrom after a...
This trio of attorneys, each with their own unique set of skills, have made a name for themselves through their hard work and ...
California Courts of Appeal
Split panel allows parole for Manson follower Van Houten
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
In a 2-1 decision, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel granted Leslie Van Houten’s petition challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s r...
Civil Litigation
Uber, Lyft drivers may have to arbitrate business model claims
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiffs claimed that the companies’ business models exploited their drivers and suppressed their pay by preventing driv...
Environmental & Energy
Bills to boost housing pass amid governor-environmentalists rift
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Senate passed, 29-5, one of the most closely watched housing bills. SB 423 by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, would ex...
Civil Litigation
PG&E to pay $50M to settle Zogg fire claims, criminal case dropped
By Craig Anderson
The settlement followed a setback for the district attorney’s office when Shasta County Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Flynn t...
Civil Litigation
Volunteer wins $6.8M for no-warning rescue dog attack
By Skyler Romero
“What we learned at trial was that there were multiple instances where [the dog] was reported to have bitten people or to have...
On Wednesday, a unanimous California Senate passed SB 829, which would bar ticket vendors from demanding exclusive contracts w...
Tax
Prominent Tax Attorney joins Greenberg Glusker as partner in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
In order to maximize client objectives and minimize income and transfer taxes, Giordano-Lascari assists clients in structuring...
The complaint filed Friday uses similar arguments to ones used for a coffee byproduct — and uses the same attorney to make the...
Environmental & Energy
Delta’s ‘carbon neutral’ claim challenged as false
By Sunidhi Sridhar
A similar complaint was filed in New York last year against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Civil Litigation
$12M for Olympic hopeful injured at Camp Pendleton
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“While at the training camp, Perry and other professional wrestlers were placed into a military weapons training exercise and ...
Immigration
US courts can’t decide if immigrant is dangerous, circuit rules
By Craig Anderson
The case concerns a Nicaraguan citizen who became a legal permanent resident of the United States in 1990 and then was twice c...
“How could I ethically represent somebody, ever, that I had a conflict of interest with in the beginning? Do you understand?” ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Elder abuse case against San Francisco moves forward
By Wisdom Howell
At the heart of the matter is a report cited in the complaint from the San Francisco Department of Health in June 2019 that “a...
Civil Rights
Wine Spectator violated tasting, scoring policy, bias suit alleges
By Devon Belcher
The plaintiff alleges she was wrongfully terminated following medical absences for three gender-affirming surgeries last year....
Attorneys who handle such disputes say the latest move, following a U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposal in January to ban n...
The legal settlement stems from a lawsuit that the City of Los Angeles filed against Polymer80 in 2021 following an ambush on ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Divided circuit panel overturns state death sentence
By Jonathan Lo
Circuit Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw, Paul J. Watford and Eric D. Miller unanimously rejected the petitioner’s challenges to his ...
Civil Litigation
Sheppard Mullin sues San Bernardino County over foster care
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Workers in San Bernardino County can’t possibly protect these children because of their high caseloads, no matter how hard th...
The federal jury in San Francisco found that Google had not proved by clear and convincing evidence that any of the infringed-...
The report pointed to other areas of the state with successful cooperation between local governments — though “success” often ...
Intellectual Property
Toymaker fighting $300M infringement suit calls it a ‘shakedown’
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Keller/Anderle LLP founding partner Jennifer L. Keller and her team defended MGA Entertainment against claims that, when creat...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar Court will not reinstate discipline charges against former director
By Devon Belcher
A State Bar Court review panel on Friday affirmed a February ruling that dismissed with prejudice most discipline counts stemm...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Retired justice can’t testify at law professor’s discipline trial
By Craig Anderson
Attorneys for John Eastman argued that Janice Rogers Brown is qualified to argue that the State Bar’s pursuit of disciplinary ...
Banking
BofA must face class action over handling of COVID relief cards
By Craig Anderson
The lawsuit blames Bank of America for allowing criminals to steal Californians’ unemployment and disability benefits on prepa...