Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal
Court of Appeal revives challenge to temporary judge limits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Eight retired judges filed the case in 2019, saying new limits on the time a retired judge could take part in the program disc...
Health Care & Hospital Law, California Supreme Court
Mixed ruling in hospitals’ anti-SLAPP defense against doctor
By Craig Anderson
California Supreme Court Justice Leondra R. Kruger wrote that Dr. Aram Bonni can sue St. Joseph Health System for the discipli...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Pilots’ late wages suit revived after change in Labor Code
By Jessica Mach
In 2019, the Legislature amended the code to allow employees to directly sue employers for statutory penalties when they are n...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Actress says Disney cut her box office share by streaming ‘Black Widow’
By Winston Cho
Actress Scarlett Johansson said Disney sought to steer viewers toward watching the movie on its streaming platform instead of ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, California Supreme Court
Certain bar disciplinary fees can be discharged by bankrupt attorneys
By Blaise Scemama
“I don’t know if that helps you get reinstated as an attorney but a lot of times Chapter 7 debtors are in a lot of debt and cl...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Avenatti dodges blow, jurors don’t hear about Nike
By Gina Kim
Cross-examining his former paralegal Wednesday, Avenatti asked her about "other meetings" she had with prosecutors. After the ...
Magistrate Judge Jeremy Peterson’s Yosemite post was ideal.
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Avenatti might have opened door to jury hearing of Nike case
By Gina Kim
Prosecutors can't mention specifics about Avenatti's Nike extortion case in redirect, but can refer to another criminal invest...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Goodwin Procter nabs partner for growing real estate practice
By Kamila Knaudt
David S. Phelps, former co-leader of the national real estate practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has joined Go...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
Online State Bar exam is again plagued by software glitches
By Nicole Tyau
ExamSoft, which developed the online testing platform used by the California State Bar, told test-takers to restart their comp...
Data Privacy, Civil Litigation
Privacy not ‘all or nothing,’ in consumer data case
By Winston Cho
While Stripe notified consumers that it gathers and stores their information, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oa...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit wonders if dormant commerce clause is insignificant
By Craig Anderson
The federal appellate panel on Wednesday rejected a challenge by pork producers to a voter-approved proposition that requires ...
Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Employers showing more interest in required vaccinations
By Jessica Mach
Private sector employers across the state are weighing “the potential employee relations pushback of a mandatory vaccination p...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Avenatti’s cross of paralegal appears disjointed, shaky
By Gina Kim
Avenatti lurched from topic to topic ranging from what he supposedly did with a private plane he bought to what checks came in...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Juror counseling in graphic trials is hit or miss
By Blaise Scemama
An estimated 70% of all jurors report some stress from jury service, according to the National Center for State Courts.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
Paraprofessional working group delays vote on rules
By Nicole Tyau
“This is one of the most important parts of our program, if not the most important part. This will discuss and describe how ev...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tele-dentistry says state board should face antitrust claims
By Blaise Scemama
Arguing before a three-judge circuit l Monday, Chicago plaintiffs’ attorney James Dasso of Foley & Lardner LLP, said the b...
Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law
Labor commissioner: Groceries didn’t give COVID sick leave
By Jessica Mach
Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower issued $447,836 in citations against Bodega Latina Corp., which owns 52 El Super grocer...
Data Privacy, Administrative/Regulatory
FTC might seize tech companies’ algorithms
By Winston Cho
FTC chief technologist Erie Meyer said Tuesday that the commission will also consider corporate restructuring, bans and other ...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
San Francisco school historic murals saved for now
By Craig Anderson
Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo ruled the school board “ignored CEQA in pursuit of a predetermined result” and or...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Paralegal testifies Michael Avenatti’s law firm was in financial distress periodically for 4 years
By Gina Kim
Over the objections of the disgraced lawyer, his former employee guided jurors through a financial ledger that showed client m...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Litigation
Facebook content moderators’ lawyers secure $15.6M in fe
By Winston Cho
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge V. Raymond Swope approved the deal brokered by the Joseph Saveri Law Firm that will prov...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Students sue universities over COVID rules
By Gina Kim
On Monday, two students at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles sued to block the university’s requirement that all stud...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Law Practice, Law Office Management
O’Melveny & Myers adds Silicon Valley tech M&A expert
By Gina Kim
Bradley Finkelstein, with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC for 20 years, joined O’Melveny & Myers as a partner in S...
Criminal, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
China-owned companies not immune from criminal charges
By Craig Anderson
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected a bid by Pangang Group Co. Ltd. and its affiliates to dismiss a criminal ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Rights
Long-term COVID symptoms may count as disabilities
By Jessica Mach
By reducing ambiguity over whether long COVID qualifies as a disability, Monday's federal guidance could help strengthen affli...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
PwC didn’t retaliate against auditor, court says
By Winston Cho
U.S. Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse in San Francisco found that Mauro Botta, a former senior manager, was lawfully terminated de...
Government, Criminal
Another city votes no confidence in DA, after urging by his deputy
By Kamila Knaudt
Before the Cerritos’ council passed the resolution 4-1, Deputy District Attorney John McKinney, who is among a group of deputi...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Attorney general opposes activist intervention in Prop 65 suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In her June 20 motion, New York-based attorney Aide Poulson argued the court should let Penny Newman intervene because the sta...
Government, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
San Francisco agrees to pay $8M after vacated murder conviction
By Winston Cho
The city said the settlement is not based on proven misconduct or a finding of factual innocence, but on the difficulty of ret...