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Labor/Employment


The objection filed by the Communications Workers of America said the proposed consent decree reached on Sept. 27 is riddled w...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Cardi B explains went to Paris but not to trial

Oct. 14, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Cardi B defends decision to attend Fashion Week in Paris, but not postponed misuse of likeness trial.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


“Sadly, this is another class settlement proposal in which class counsel get vast amounts of cash but the class members get me...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Alameda judge confirmed to court of appeal

Oct. 14, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victor A. Rodriguez received unanimous confirmation from the Commission on Judicial Appoin...


Civil Litigation


While no California state case discusses the specific issue presented to this case, “This court finds that the preemptive scop...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, in an order granting preliminary approval, blessed on Friday a $20 million deal and a $9...


Mark Ridley-Thomas, 66, allegedly conspired with Marilyn Louise Flynn, 83, who was a dean of the School of Social Work at the ...


Legal Education, Law Practice


Husband and wife Robert T. Eglet and Tracy A. Eglet, law partners based in Las Vegas, committed $20 million for scholarships t...


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


The complaint filed in federal court in San Jose argued that the law essentially bars all types of constitutionally protected ...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Powerhouse plaintiffs’ firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Robertson & Associates LLP in Westlake Village tea...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Students who didn’t want to get COVID-19 vaccinations faced a stiff hurdle, especially after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Co...


Civil Litigation


Lead plaintiff’s counsel Danny R. Kraft Jr., a New York based associate attorney of Weitz & Luxenberg PC, said he was happ...


Technology, Obituaries


The one-time associate at a New York law firm who headed to California in the early 1970s to co-found Fenwick & West LLP, ...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


In a lawsuit filed on Friday, the government said that a permit regulating a government-run water treatment plan in San Diego ...


Government, Criminal


“Rather than achieving the author’s intent to improve fairness in sentencing while retaining a judge’s authority to apply an e...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Government


But 2021 could signal the beginning of some long-term changes that will affect attorneys. AB 1452, which Newsom signed Friday,...


“When the pandemic hit in early 2020, we were one of the first firms to form a COVID-19 Task Force, to address this new area o...


Civil Litigation


“Oftentimes, these are extremely difficult cases to get the jury to understand what a parent’s losses are for an adult son. It...


Bankruptcy


The law firm Edelson PC asked Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell for clarification because it wants to pursue Erika Girardi’s asse...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


“The court held that the complaint sufficiently alleged that travel restrictions, the duty to mitigate damages, the need to fl...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


In court papers filed Saturday, the EEOC said two unidentified lawyers at the California Department of Fair Employment and Hou...


Law Practice, Criminal


“We had a clear violation, we had an individual who did do this and admitted to doing it, but we could not prosecute because o...


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation


The jury awarded mortgage broker Nicholas Merlo $20 million in past and future economic damages, plus $20 million in noneconom...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The move comes as the U.S. Coast Guard has scaled back its estimate of the number of gallons spilled from the pipeline rupture...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Riot Games argued in court papers that its private agreements with former employees precluded the state’s statutory authority.


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The appeal is in response to a federal judge’s order in a high profile legal battle waged by Epic Games, creator of the online...


Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice


The companies — including Google LLC and Juniper Networks Inc. — aren’t winning every mandamus motion, but U.S. Court of Appea...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


“When you read the whole thing, or even a summary, the list of things that the judges should not do is so long and so comprehe...


Government, Civil Litigation


After criticism from the judge, the LA city attorney dismissed a 5-year case against retailers potentially worth millions of d...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


The firm now known as Ellis George Cipollone will include a team of Washington lawyers led by Pat Cipollone