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Law Practice, Labor/Employment


“The factual allegations sprinkled amidst the conclusory ramblings of Zoya Kovalenko’s 130-page complaint confirm the defects ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The dispute involved a sweepstakes that awarded $1.2 million in Dogecoin, a digital exchange.


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment


Partial PAGA overturn may be reversed in 2023 cases

Dec. 20, 2022
By Craig Anderson

The multiple cases wending their way through the court system pit plaintiffs against employers who have forced workers into ar...


Securities, Class Action


The complaint against focuses on a Nov. 14 news release in which Bird Global said none of its reports or releases up to Sept. ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Altria faces April trial despite Juul settlement for ‘marketing to minors’ case.


Environmental & Energy, Class Action


“The settlement provides that Amplify shall pay $34 million to the fisher class in exchange for a full release of claims alleg...


Obituaries


Janet Schmidt Sherman, 1941-2022

Dec. 20, 2022
By David Houston

National expert in civil, criminal forfeiture achieved many ‘firsts’


Judges and Judiciary


Lassen County Superior Court Judge Tony R. Mallery acknowledges he made mistakes, his attorney said, “but none worthy of his r...


Immigration


Plaintiff Misael Echeveste alleged Sheriff Scott Jones’ department notified federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement abou...


Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit alleges that the South Coast Air Quality Management District exempted refineries with a production capacity of und...


Criminal


Represented by Jack P. DiCanio and Matthew J. Tako of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP and Affiliates, Christophe...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


“They don’t tell me whether the letter concerns [former justices] Murray or Blease, whether they found no basis for disciplina...


Civil Litigation


Following nearly a week of deliberation, the jury handed down a verdict placing the plaintiffs’ actual damages at nearly $41 m...


Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports


U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco made his imagined trial of Lee Harvey Oswald a paeon to the justice system,...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Steinbrecher & Span LLP partner Geoffrey T. Stover put his legal experience to work in a different role in 2022 as a new b...


Real Estate/Development, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Rohit Nath, an attorney at the firm, estimates that he and his colleagues invested about 1,700 hours in various housing morato...


Judges and Judiciary


Court reporters embrace ‘voice writing’ technology

Dec. 19, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The passage of AB 156 followed four decades of legislative efforts to codify a growing array of digital tools within the profe...


Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


“I would plan vacations months ahead of time because I just didn’t believe in continuing either motion or trial because I want...


Government


Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez, an appointee of President George W. Bush, granted the injunction sought by variou...


Litigation & Arbitration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The dispute involved a sweepstakes that awarded $1.2 million in Dogecoin, a digital exchange.


Neutral Sheridan Reed only uses a hammer and torch for her metalsmithing hobby.



Evolving

Dec. 16, 2022

Judge David L. Berry learns from attorneys and Court of Appeal justices


Criminal


Ahmad Abouammo was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $242,000. He passed along confidential and sensitiv...


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment


The company is facing three class actions, all of which were filed by Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC in...


Labor/Employment


Thursday’s complaint is the latest sexual harassment lawsuit to be brought against the fast food company, whom the EEOC sued i...


Law Practice, Criminal


Andrew G. Watters was first approached by the victim’s family to file a petition for the conservatorship of her estate because...


Criminal


U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of Chicago ruled that there was a “clear nexus” between the lawsuit and the underlying...


Ensuring people are heard is personal for San Diego County Commissioner Lizbet Muñoz


Government, Civil Litigation


Hesperia and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department will pay under $1 million to residents affected by the ordinances ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


State Bar seeks feedback on proposed civility pledge

Dec. 15, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Lawyers licensed since June 2014 already have taken the civility pledge.