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Education Law, Civil Litigation


A law passed during the school shutdowns set complex funding formulas based on a school’s average daily attendance. The plaint...


Data Privacy, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit was filed by owners of smartphones and other devices running voice-activated Google Assistant software, which come...



Family, Civil Litigation


Christina Cortese’s “‘weakest and most unsatisfactory’ evidence is moreover uncorroborated by evidence that would be expected ...


Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


Under the settlement, the EEOC will give state agencies including the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing — w...



U.S. Supreme Court, Government


Justice Thomas wades into cannabis law. Now what?

Jul. 6, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Thomas questioned whether federal government policy — which once allowed Congress to prohibit the cultivation and use of marij...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports


The YouTube video was blocked for several days, then restored on Friday. However the question still remained whether the court...



Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory


The decision will allow the FTC to pursue claims that may not constitute violations of the two major antitrust laws, the Sherm...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Newsom made the remarks during a news conference after Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District ru...



Judges and Judiciary


Magistrate Judges Douglas F. McCormick and Alka Sagar have been reappointed for their second terms, the court announced Wednes...


Government, Criminal


The Justice Department is investigating allegations the company discriminated against a job candidate because of citizenship s...



The lawsuit alleged that now-defunct Paragon Coin violated securities laws during its 2017 initial coin offering of “PRG token...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News


“This mentor program supports our efforts to identify the best and brightest judicial candidates from throughout the state, co...



Government, Civil Litigation


Former U.S. acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, now a partner at Hogan Lovells LLP in Washington, D.C., has argued more than...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


“I don’t think the world of campaign finance disclosure will come crashing down as a result of this decision,” said Sterling M...



Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


The plaintiffs’ attorneys, John D. Spurling and Betty M. Shumener of Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP, asked the state Supreme Cou...


Government, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Susan Illston found that Facebook didn’t run afoul of free speech rights by labeling some of an anti-vacci...



Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Dr. Douglas Tucker, seemingly to bolster its argument that previous addictive behavior in patients, not opioid marketing, was ...


Technology, Law Practice


California and other states are grappling with the role of alternative legal service providers.



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


Biden nominates labor lawyer to 9th Circuit

Jul. 1, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Jennifer Sung, a former labor organizer who is a member of the Oregon Employment Relations Board, has a California background ...


Civil Litigation


In the agreement, Franco and his business partners denied fraud and sexual exploitation claims from two former students and ag...



Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Scott G. Stewart, a U.S. Department of Justice attorney, said DHS was following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention o...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Scott G. Stewart, a U.S. Department of Justice attorney, said DHS was following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention o...



Government


The error occurred when Gov. Gavin Newsom's legal team filed its answer to the recall in February 2020. Olson Remcho LLP ackno...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


David Reidy, former chief legal and compliance officer of financial technology startup Payactiv, also worked at McGuireWoods, ...



Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Tyler Skaggs died in a hotel room in 2019. A lawsuit by his estate was filed in Los Angles and one by his parents was filed in...


Real Estate/Development, Judges and Judiciary, Government


SB129 and other bills to relieve court backlogs were passed by the Legislature on Monday and would go into immediate effect wi...



Government, Criminal


Before the governor signed state law required the declaration of probable cause be made by a law enforcement officer.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Massive lawsuits in Orange County and New York name some of the same pharmaceutical company defendants and their outcomes will...



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


Jeffrey Hahn, counsel for U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, said the 9th Circuit’s April ruling “misconceived the concept of f...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


“This is by far the most difficult task I’ve undertaken,” said retired 4th District Court of Appeal justice John K. “Jack” Tro...