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Mediator Sean Judge asks parties to imagine what happens next


Legal Education


Some like UC San Francisco College of Law, others want the school to take a name from the Native Americans killed by men emplo...


Judges and Judiciary


According to annual data his office released Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom has named judges from these groups at about a level tw...


Government, Civil Litigation


Pork producers’ case against state law dismissed

Mar. 3, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

In her order entered Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder found California voters may impose standards on produc...


Torts/Personal Injury, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Arash Homampour of The Homampour Law Firm and Matthew B.F. Biren and John A. Roberts of the Biren Law Group represented the pl...


Government, Criminal, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement Richard A. Powers said the antitrust division is preparing to try 1...


Robert S. Huie, a Jones Day partner, skirted questions about progressive prosecutors.



Fan of Advocacy

Mar. 3, 2022
By David Houston

Growing up in South Africa gave Judge Lee L. Gabriel an appreciation for US justice system


Torts/Personal Injury, Government, Civil Litigation


Naya Rivera’s ex-husband sued the county on behalf of their son, Josey Hollis Dorsey, claiming the November 2020 death was pre...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


State Bar Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced on Tuesday that the former Chapman University dean has been at the cent...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Snyder Burnett Egerer LLP, Nossaman LLP, Varner and Brandt LLP and many other firms represented CRST The Transportation Soluti...


Government


Highway patrol union backs Sacramento DA in AG race

Mar. 2, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Do I think the current appointed attorney general has a very different ideology than I do?” Sacramento County DA Anne Marie S...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Administrative/Regulatory


In a ruling that could have multibillion-dollar implications, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office found a patent for a pionee...


Land Use, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Dispute over sale of Angel Stadium goes to court today

Mar. 2, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“The lawsuit claims that we violated the Brown Act in approving the sale. We obviously disagree, and held many public hearings...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Data Privacy


Bar records disclosure due to security problem

Mar. 2, 2022
By Diana Bosetti

The State Bar said its officials now believe there was no malicious “hack” of its system, and that the data breach was due to ...


San Diego judge tries to understand the people in front of him.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Data Privacy


Disclosure obligations are outlined under two California Civil Code sections — 1798.82 and 1798.29 — and apply to businesses a...


Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Shareholders sue to halt Activision sale to Microsoft

Mar. 1, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The Los Angeles and New York lawsuits allege that current directors and executive officers of Activision Blizzard including CE...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The court denied a petition by a taxpayer group arguing that the law, which allows automatic deductions of employee paychecks,...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Former USFL team owners sue Fox Sports over branding

Mar. 1, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

The lawsuit alleges that FOX Sports is using the name without consulting Real USFL, an organization formed with the express pu...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Government, Environmental & Energy



At the age of four, Commissioner Amir Aharonov immigrated from Israel to Los Angeles. His parents were refugees who fled relig...



Bringing others along

Feb. 28, 2022

The founders of Norton Basu LLP “are always looking for ways to uplift the community.”



Calm amid the fray

Feb. 28, 2022

Judge Victor N. Pippins Jr. keep family law litigants focused on the real issues.


Labor/Employment, Government


Former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez conceded there were serious flaws with her signature legislation, AB5, the California gig...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


“Our court practice has been to closely follow and amend our practices, as necessary, based on our own assessments of both sta...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation


National opioid deal ends appeal of California appeal

Feb. 28, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

When this agreement was first discussed, Orange County, the City of Los Angeles and other government entities in California co...


Civil Litigation, Banking


“This action arises from JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. success in returning to California nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Law Practice


The chairs of the Senate and Assembly judiciary committees have said they want the bar to focus on its core mission of public ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


President Joe Biden nominated Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. California Supreme Court Justice Leond...