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Government, California Courts of Appeal


Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl was nominated only Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom for the vacant seat on the 3...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Suspended attorney Thomas V. Girardi’s default in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy opens all his assets to creditors.



State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


National Family Solutions operated offices in Goleta, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and offered legal services to self-represe...


Intellectual Property, Government


Also Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, a Biden nominee for a Northern District of California vacancy, ...



Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Due to the jury’s finding of willful infringement in the DNA sequencing infringement case, Illumina could pursue treble damages.


Law Practice, Government, Criminal


AG discusses retail mob burglaries, hate crimes

Dec. 2, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Attorney General Rob Bonta addressed a wide range of topics at the Sacramento Press Club Wednesday, including oral arguments i...



Corporate, Civil Litigation


The law required corporations to have at least one female director on their boards by the end of 2019. By the end of this year...


Law Practice


ArentFox Schiff will consist of more than 600 legal professionals focusing on finance and corporate litigation for clients in ...



Labor/Employment


The Agricultural Labor Relations Board asked a Monterey County court to enforce its subpoena of communications between the Uni...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


“It’s obviously a bankruptcy filed in bad faith. J&J is worth over $400 billion, … yet they are using the bankruptcy court...



Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Judge Laurie Earl could help 3rd District catch up, lawyers say


Law Practice, Constitutional Law


“We have this outpouring of support from news publishers, journalists and First Amendment scholars who have come out in force ...



Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


“Should plaintiff ultimately prevail on the merits, plaintiff will be entitled to final injunctive relief. Moreover, if the co...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


“The bottom line is, the kickbacks and bribes are obviously horrible for the image of the city and not to mention that someone...



Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


A new $5.2 million settlement was reached in September between the class members and Tinder, an amount plaintiffs’ counsel P. ...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Attorneys from Pearson, Simon & Warshaw LLP of Sherman Oaks and Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP of Minneapolis “invested mass...



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


The outcome was not a surprise as the 9th Circuit en banc panel’s outnumbered conservatives filed dissents aimed at the U.S. S...


Law Practice, Government, Criminal


Paul O. Paradis, of the New York law firm Paradis Law Group, admitted to additional bribery schemes involving high-level Depar...



Corporate, Civil Rights


Several lawsuits in the Eastern District of California and the Los Angeles County Superior Court are challenging state laws th...


Criminal


“Fencing and organized retail theft rings operate across jurisdictional boundaries,” said Contra Costa County District Attorne...



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


As long as the school district allows pregnant students to attend in-person schooling unvaccinated, it cannot require religiou...


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


“Ultimately, there is no support in the record or the law for the district court’s extraordinary finding of deliberate indiffe...



Judges and Judiciary, Government


The governor’s superior court choices include Assemblyman Edwin P. Chau, D-Monterey Park, a sole practitioner since 1994 and s...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Lululemon sues Peloton over alleged copycat sportswear after the exercise equipment company filed its own lawsuit in New York ...



“You don’t have to do 20 or 30 hours to make a huge difference in someone else’s life,” Crystal Hayes Hill said.


Real Estate/Development, Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The program will provide litigants and attorneys with online access to virtual negotiation spaces, links to housing resources ...



Judges and Judiciary, Government


History does not favor the Democrats. Since World War II, the party that holds the White House has lost seats in the Senate du...


Civil Litigation


The lawsuit names the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange as a co-defendant. The complaint was filed by Greenberg Gross LLP along...



Civil Litigation


“Because the claims arise from the defendant’s uniform practices applied to employees with the same job opportunities, liabili...


Civil Litigation


Richard J. McAdams, a JAMS mediator and former 6th District Court of Appeal justice, ruled that the plaintiff’s claims against...