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Mediator Eric Ivary succeeds with a light hand and light heart



Patient but Exacting

Feb. 17, 2022

Judge Stephen Morgan is also a JAG officer who did tours in Iraq.



Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


Retired judges over 70 had fewer temporary assignments, filing says.


Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation


According to the state’s motion to compel, the former treasurer’s office employee gave late and dubious excuses not to sit for...



Government, Civil Litigation


"This is another in a long line of cases that challenges vaccination mandates. No court has upheld such a challenge," Los Ange...


Judges and Judiciary


Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina L. Thompson, nominated for a seat on the Northern District bench, and Los Angeles Co...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


"Distasteful as it is, this comment was made figuratively, representing rhetorical hyperbole, and consequently is protected by...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports


Attorneys for Major League Baseball and minor league players argued over whether the players fall under the “seasonal and amus...



“Halyna Hutchins deserved to live, and the Defendants had the power to prevent her death,” the lawsuit states.



State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The rule, which goes into effect immediately, does not provide a standard for how the training should be delivered.



Health Care & Hospital Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The plaintiffs allege that Sutter’s practices caused them to overpay $411 million for health services.


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


“This was a case and client that was brought in and handled by an attorney who is no longer with The Bloom Firm and has not be...



Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


4th District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero is a former federal prosecutor and partner at Latham & Watkins. If ...


Technology, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory


“Simply put, the deal would have resulted in higher prices and diminished quality and innovation for programs that are critica...



Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory


“This new Collaborative Court will allow us to use innovative approaches to getting people into the drug treatment and rehabil...


Technology, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“The court should grant rehearing en banc to correct the panel’s mischaracterization of SB-822 as intrastate regulation and ho...



Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Guerrero, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, is a former federal prosecutor who also worked at Latham & Watkins.



Law Practice


Dordick Law Corporation has 14 attorneys — four of them Dordicks — after founder Gary A. Dordick hired his third child to work...



Technology, Labor/Employment, Immigration


Semiconductor executives charged with H-1B visa fraud

Feb. 15, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

Sugarman & Cannon of San Francisco, representing the executives, called the charges “a misuse and misapplication of the co...


Government, Criminal


In a joint statement Monday, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Mayor London Breed and City Attorney David Chiu said they were commit...



Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Judith Blackwell was the executive director of the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee from 2019 until Treasurer Fiona ...


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation


While plaintiffs’ attorney Carney Shegerian has built a reputation of winning big results for his clients, and often gets refe...



San Bernardino County judge avoids being the center of attention.



Formidable Opponents

Feb. 14, 2022

“When I see their name come up..., I know it will be something serious,” said Jim Welty, assistant counsel at Standard Insuran...



Yolo County Commissioner Catherine R. Hohenwarter specialized in the unrepresented


Insurance, Civil Litigation


Putative class denial upheld in auto insurance suit

Feb. 14, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“Today’s decision is particularly impactful in light of numerous putative class actions — all involving similar claims against...



Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Appellate Practice


The writ of mandate filed Thursday seeks: to enjoin the court from routinely continuing criminal trials; require the court to ...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Former MLB player and minor league pitcher Garrett R. Broshuis of Korein Tillery LLC argued that the plaintiffs are employees,...



Criminal


Steven Carrillo was part of the boogaloo movement and wanted to “encouraged violence against law enforcement”.


Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court


Newsom may get chance to remake state Supreme Court

Feb. 14, 2022
By Craig Anderson

“The Brown court could soon become the Newsom court,” said David A. Carrillo, executive director of UC Berkeley School of Law’...