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Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Health Care & Hospital Law


Will courts mandate jurors receive COVID vaccines?

Aug. 31, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

For the moment, it appears few courts require prospective jurors to receive an inoculation. But rising COVID cases may tempt s...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


The group sworn in Monday include a Black former prosecutor from East Palo Alto, the daughter of Korean immigrants who worked ...


Labor/Employment


For some defense attorneys, the impact of the high court’s recent opinions is harder to pinpoint.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Sutter Health settles government lawsuits for $90M

Aug. 31, 2021
By Craig Anderson

The U.S. attorney’s office announced a $90 million settlement Monday with the health care provider over the alleged mischargin...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


In two recent dissents in cases involving immigration and death penalty appeals, Judge Lawrence VanDyke fired away at Senior U...


Securities, Civil Litigation


The putative class alleges company execs took part in a fraudulent scheme to inflate stock prices.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Nano Banc relied on a one-page partnership agreement, signed only by Tom Girardi, according to attorneys for Robert M. Keese.


Government, Criminal


SB710 would have required an attorney general or a district attorney who accepts contributions from law enforcement to recuse ...


Government


Housing bills draw threats of lawsuits from opponents

Aug. 30, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Both SB 9 and SB 10 will destroy local control of use decisions guaranteed in the CA State Constitution,” according to a news...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar names new chief trial counsel

Aug. 30, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

George S. Cardona, a longtime federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, will lead the bar’s attorney discipline efforts starting Oct. 4.


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Some app developers were displeased, calling the deal a “sham settlement” and a “desperate attempt to avoid the judgment of co...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The settlement would require the jail to limit the use and duration of restrictive housing; significantly increase the amount ...


Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


A federal circuit scrapped Juno Therapeutics’ $1.2B cancer treatment patent victory against Kite Pharma.


Government, California Courts of Appeal


Counsel for the bond company plaintiff in the case argued in their filings that the legislative history of the consumer law ne...


Government, Criminal


“The parole board’s sole purpose is to objectively determine whether someone is suitable for release. If someone is the same p...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Clients with big commercial real estate portfolios have cause to be worried. Law firms have shown that it is possible to be ef...


Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court


The high court asked whether the California Constitution requires that juries determine factually disputed aggravating factors...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Apartment Association of Los Angeles County sought to enjoin key provisions of the moratorium, arguing that it violates th...


Native Americans, Government


The tribes say the administration has attempted to force them to enforce state labor and environmental law and agree to revenu...


Technology, Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


The ruling gives Facebook some breathing room in the lawsuit claiming it misrepresented to advertisers that it would deliver a...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


6 states not yet in national opioid settlement

Aug. 26, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

The proposed deal, so far approved by 44 states, would provide $26 billion to be distributed among thousands of communities ov...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


The new office coincides with the firm’s expansion into clergy sexual abuse cases and the talcum powder cases that are taking ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Girardi Keese owes more than $101M, trustee says

Aug. 26, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

According to the court document, Girardi Keese’s assets amount to $4,130,773, while the firm owes $101,007,652.


Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“Google had an ample opportunity to demonstrate a compelling reason for sealing, and squandered it,” U.S. District Judge James...


Land Use, California Courts of Appeal


Lake Tahoe development blocked by 3rd District panel

Aug. 26, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The court ruled against Placer County and developer Alterra Mountain Co. The company wanted to develop 1,500 new hotel and con...


Environmental & Energy, Education Law


Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman, in an order dated Monday, handed a temporary victory to a neighborhood group that sued the...


Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law


“What they’re saying is, this costs us a lot of money when you don’t get vaccinated, and we don’t want to pay for all that. Bu...


Law Practice, Law Office Management, Intellectual Property


The most recent additions in the Bay Area are Hartley West, a former federal prosecutor, Richard Horvath, who litigates corpor...


California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice


“Most of the attorneys with whom I spoke expressed an unwillingness to provide personal declarations about their experiences,”...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


U.S. prosecutors failed to turn over data from accounting software Avenatti’s law firm used, the judge found.