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Criminal


A group of prosecutors are challenging the legality of the increase in good conduct credit from 50% to 66% for certain nonviol...


Criminal, Civil Rights


Vietnamese American man says he was neither informed of plea deal discussion between his attacker and the San Francisco DA, no...



Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


Courts across the state have taken different approaches to dealing with the infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has ...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The complaint centers on a $645 million relocation fee the Chargers paid to the league and its other teams.



Civil Litigation


Trustee Elissa D. Miller of SulmeyerKupetz asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell to demand Erika Girardi – embattled attor...


U.S. Supreme Court, California Supreme Court


Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court has a blend of experience on the state high court and federal practice ...



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


YouTube not liable for cryptocurrency scam

Jan. 26, 2022
By Jonathan Lo

18 plaintiffs including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said scammers have been hijacking YouTube channels and published videos...


Government, Criminal


“SB 301 is a smart response to recent high profile thefts, as it undermines a major avenue that organized crime uses to offloa...



Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


FTC aims to block Lockheed acquisition of Rocketjet

Jan. 26, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

FTC says deal could let Lockheed cut off other defense suppliers.


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Waymo fights DMV release of trade secrets

Jan. 26, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The self-driving car company owned by Google says an unnamed third party filed a public records request to see safety data it ...



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


A lawyer for private school parents told the 9th Circuit that the issue isn’t moot because Gov. Gavin Newsom still has the pow...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


Contractors hired by PG&E to clean up after the 2018 Camp Fire sued the utility for fraud. Now they face a federal grand j...



Government, Criminal


David H. Wright admitted he agreed to OK a no-bid contract in exchange for a $1 million annual salary after he retired.


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Ronald N. Richards, who previously acted as special counsel, said in an interview that Erika Girardi “is trying to have it bot...



Circuit judge ‘makes it clear what the sticking point is and communicates it.’


U.S. Supreme Court, Technology, Administrative/Regulatory


Conservatives on the Supreme Court have expressed deep misgivings about the powers of federal administrative agencies.



State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Halpern May Ybarra Gelbert LLP will do the investigation. “We have been proactively doing everything in our power to learn fro...


Sid Fohrman has worked on deals that expanded the use of music in exercise, social media and gaming.



Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned against using Fulgent Genetics’ services because they might stare DNA information with China, t...


Torts/Personal Injury, Government, Civil Litigation


Cost of signature collecting dooms some propositions

Jan. 25, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Civil Justice Association of California said last week it was reevaluating three proposed initiatives that would cap attor...



Technology, Civil Litigation


Brian Danitz of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, part of the team representing the plaintiffs, said, “This case demonstrate...


Judge helps divorcing couples ‘make the right decision,’ lawyers say.




Targeted Approach

Jan. 24, 2022

Los Angeles boutique Mancini Shenk’s wager on cannabis industry litigation has paid off.


San Joaquin County judge says civil attorneys should be social engineers.



Technology, Civil Litigation


Plaintiff Tammy Rodriguez, represented by Jennie L. Anderson of Andrus Anderson LLP in San Francisco, claims her daughter Sele...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Judge Burke E. Strunsky, who was elected to a six-year term on the bench in 2016, said Friday he has taken a leave of absence ...



Judges and Judiciary


“I remain committed to the judiciary’s role in securing equal justice under the law and will continue to render substantial ju...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial Council budget proposes 23 new judges

Jan. 24, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

According to the Judicial Council’s 2020 Judicial Needs Assessment, the courts with the greatest needs remain Riverside and Sa...



Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


“There is no emergency here,” wrote U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns, noting that there are safeguards in place to prevent r...


Torts/Personal Injury, Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A spokesperson for a business group that sought to place the measure on the November ballot refused to confirm the effort is a...