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Litigation & Arbitration, Legal Education


“What we want to do is get these students up on their feet, really actually learning how to pick a jury so that when they go t...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration, Class Action


Tesla’s counsel — David C. Marcus of WilmerHale in Los Angeles — argued that the plaintiffs purchased the vehicles knowing the...


Communications Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The unanimous opinion by 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge M. Margaret McKeown explained that Congress intended to preem...


Government


The underlying dispute goes back to a public employee pension law Brown signed in 2012. Signed amid huge budget shortfalls dur...


Obituaries


P. Peter Benudiz, 1961 - 2022

Dec. 30, 2022
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Sidley Austin global dealmaker was known for his deep friendships.


Judges and Judiciary


California judicial transitions throughout 2022

Dec. 30, 2022
By Ricardo Pineda

A list of judge and justice appointments, elections, retirements and deaths throughout the state this year.



The Professor

Dec. 30, 2022

Richard Collier’s teaching background plays a key role in his dispute resolution work.


Litigation & Arbitration, Environmental & Energy


Wildland Urban Interface fires typically burn less acreage and cause less structural damage, but spread faster and with greate...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Courts of Appeal


Darrell Steinberg has been a state legislature and held a number of other jobs but has not been a superior court judge.


Insurance, Covid Court Ops, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


As a few federal judges take a different tack from the majority on COVID-19 business interruption insurance coverage, the 9th ...


Judges and Judiciary


During the detention hearing at the Central District Court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the U.S. attorney’s office argued to U...


Technology


The lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of making numerous fraudulent statements surrounding his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in orde...


Government, Civil Rights


U.S. district judges already are taking different approaches about how much expert testimony is needed to evaluate whether var...


Securities, Criminal


Sivannarayana Barama befriended an employee of Palo Alto Networks and used confidential inside information about its financial...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


However, hundreds of lawsuits, many by the same serial plaintiffs, continue to be filed, and most of those don’t make it to co...


Obituaries


Justice Coleman Arthur Blease 1929 — 2022

Dec. 28, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

He served on the 3rd District Court of Appeal for 43 years.


Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


No injunction against Meta in web tracker litigation

Dec. 28, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

“My decision to deny the pending motion is based on Meta’s evidence that it is doing all it can to minimize the problems raise...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Hanson Bridgett says air quality lawyer coached witness

Dec. 28, 2022
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Attorneys representing Baker Commodities said that the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s inspector looked at his c...


Legal Education, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


MALDEF awards 10 law students scholarships

Dec. 28, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The winners will receive between $2,500 and $10,000


Administrative/Regulatory


A gloomy recent forecast predicted that California’s struggles with legal marijuana could lead to “an extinction event” create...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson stated in his 22-page order granting full summary judgment that Park Assist, which provi...


The technology provides a host of benefits to lawyers and law firms, and current uses include conducting legal research and co...


Judges and Judiciary


Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Judge Shama H. Mesiwala to the Sacramento superior court in 2017. She was the first South Asian app...


Government, Civil Litigation


However, hundreds of lawsuits, many by the same serial plaintiffs, continue to be filed, and most of those don’t make it to co...


Heading into 2023, likely to be another year with more people working virtually, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati cybersec...


Obituaries


Ralph Astor Lombardi, 1945-2022

Dec. 27, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

He tried cases for clients, big and small, famous, and infamous. This included product liability cases for automakers, and com...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Appellate Practice


“Working remotely, in my opinion, has made employees less loyal to their employers, and employees less loyal to one another. T...


Real Estate/Development, Banking


“To go from an ocean-view, four-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Malibu to living in a trailer in Ventura,” said Douglas D. Sh...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The California State Bar’s analysis of what’s needed for a new exam aligns with the National Council of Bar Examiners’ assessm...


Technology, Data Privacy


If approved, this settlement would be the largest ever settlement of a privacy class action in the nation as well as the large...