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Law Practice, Criminal


The committee was created in 2020 through budget legislation and tasked with recommending statutory changes to simplify and ra...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


The court's decision, reached Wednesday, affirms a 1st District Court of Appeal ruling in August.



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


Proponents who defended the anti-gay marriage measure in court have fought for years to keep the video recordings sealed, sayi...


This marks the third time this year the San Francisco Board of Education has had a decision overruled by the courts for not fo...



Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The federal appellate panel on Thursday denied a challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of an air cargo f...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


An appellate judge affirmed a lower court ruling Wednesday, finding a former Pinnacle Property Management Services employee wa...



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


President Donald Trump’s administration and the private prison company Geo Group Inc. sued to block the law. Both complaints a...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo in San Francisco took the matter under submission Tuesday after she had previous...



Civil Litigation


The plaintiff, Ecological Alliance LLC, is represented by Vineet Dubey of Custodio & Dubey LLP, who has become one of the ...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The movie studio sued Quentin Tarantino in federal court Tuesday, arguing he is breaching his contract by announcing plans to ...



Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen emphasized in a final approval order the “strong results achieved in this case,” noting the...


Bankruptcy


US bankruptcy judge reappointed for second 14-year term

Nov. 18, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“We are all thrilled to see Judge Taylor reappointed,” said Chief Bankruptcy Judge Christopher B. Latham of the U.S. Bankruptc...



The program allows victims to participate in a way they cannot in the juvenile justice system, where they are not allowed to a...


Civil Litigation


Iowa pork producers sue over California’s pig standards

Nov. 18, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

California’s laws on animal farming standards have often stood up to judicial review, but the plaintiffs said the inclusion of...



Law Practice


Cleary Gottlieb opens offices in Palo Alto and SF

Nov. 18, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I was drawn to Cleary’s deep commitment to the region and incredible client base, and to the opportunity to help build out th...


Native Americans, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Lester J. Marston, representing the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, argued in Monday’s filing that Senior U.S. Dist...



Law Practice, Insurance, Civil Litigation


The plaintiffs’ firms are Frank Sims & Stolper LLP along with Franklin D. Azar & Associates and Philadelphia lawyer Ch...


Environmental & Energy, Contracts


While the deal was denied on procedural grounds, the decision has been lauded by groups, including tribal interests wary of t...



Immigration, Civil Litigation


Sacramento sheriff sued over alleged ICE cooperation

Nov. 17, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Senior officials instruct their subordinates how to contact ICE and as a result they are transferring inmates to ICE,” ACLU a...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Girardi’s wife must face lawsuit in Illinois

Nov. 17, 2021
By Craig Anderson

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell of Los Angeles granted a motion by a Chicago law firm for relief from a stay blocking its ...



Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“Counsel is reminded that the court does not typically award 33% of the gross settlement fund as fees and that any request for...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Bankruptcy


U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley issued a strongly worded order Tuesday, saying J&J more than forum shopped, it manufac...



Law Practice, Data Privacy


“Sometimes you get asked to do something and you can’t say no,” said George, who is a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law. “...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


“There is a genuine dispute as to whether defendant [Wendy] Magee had any valid, objective reason to deny company policy by le...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The July exam was the last to be administered remotely, and was again plagued by technical issues with the test vendor, ExamSo...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary


Former presiding judge Catherine Purcell spent 13years on the bar court. Judge W. Kearse McGill has been appointed acting pres...



Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Dean R. Lueders, represented by Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta in Oakland, was a staff attorney for the regulatory agency fr...


Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


“Absent any evidence of meaningful action on the Supreme Court’s recommendation for an investigation of decisional delay in th...



Labor/Employment, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


Jacob Nalbandyan of Levin & Nalbandyan LLP in Los Angeles and James A. Clark of Tower Legal Group in Sacramento told the j...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The prize will be awarded on March 18 at a ceremony in San Diego. Wallace has been a federal judge for 50 years, first on the ...