Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law
3 Cal State students sue over COVID vaccine requirement
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The students state that the requirement to have a COVID-19 vaccination to attend class under federal law policy deprives them ...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Urgency bill to extend eviction moratorium clears Assembly Judiciary committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, the author of the bill, AB 832, began the hearing by noting the current eviction ban ...
Judges and Judiciary, Bankruptcy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali appointed to third term
By Winston Cho
Since he joined the bench in 1993 he has handled some of the most complex and important cases in the history of the Northern D...
Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Calvary Chapel ends now moot suit against governor’s restrictions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The church had challenged the governor’s ban on singing and chanting during in-person services, claiming the state applied the...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Drug companies open defense with opioid advocate
By Blaise Scemama
Four opioid manufacturers are accused by four California communities of false advertising and creating a public nuisance by al...
Criminal, California Courts of Appeal
Prisoner who toasted LA DA policy gets new trial for another reason
By Jessica Mach
The defendant, Phillip Dorsett, made headlines this spring when the California District Attorneys Association released a video...
U.S. Supreme Court, Real Estate/Development, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High court vacates 9th Circuit in condo takings case
By Craig Anderson
Jeffrey W. McCoy, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation who represents the plaintiffs, said the Fifth Amendment taking...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is expanding its labor and employment practice
By Jessica Mach
Michael D. Weil’s arrival brings to 80 the number of labor and employment specialists in the firm’s five California offices.
Judges and Judiciary, Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy judge appointed to 3rd term in Los Angeles
By Jessica Mach
Ernest M. Robles, who was first appointed in 1993, began his third 14-year term on June 12.
Real Estate/Development, Government
Landlord lawyers wary of deal to extend state eviction ban
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature tucked a $5 billion rent relief plan and eviction moratorium into a 30,000-word bill.
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Erika Girardi tries to remove prolific Tweeter as bankruptcy counsel
By Henrik Nilsson
Ronald N. Richards has “continued unabated in a jihad of extrajudicial statements, including social media posts and interviews...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
County courts divided on masks as they reopen
By Craig Anderson
In Los Angeles and San Francisco, for example, face coverings will still be required for all courthouse visitors regardless of...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal, Civil Litigation
San Francisco DA liability claim filed in death allegedly caused by freed felon
By Kamila Knaudt
Ara Jabagchourian, a San Mateo personal injury attorney, filed a claim over the death of his clients’ daughter.
Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Volkswagen ruling makes securities fraud class actions harder, plaintiff says
By Blaise Scemama
“Plaintiffs were trying to turn Affiliated Ute into an open-ended presumption that would apply in every case, since every misr...
Civil Rights, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Motion says tribe not shielded from US law at off-reservation gas station
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The strong federal policy and the public interest in enforcing the nation’s disability related civil rights laws outweighs an...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit lets truckers appeal contract workers ruling
By Jessica Mach
If the high court declines to review the case, truckers would immediately be subject to Assembly Bill 5, the 9th Circuit ruled...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Environmental & Energy
Jenner & Block’s West Coast energy practice adds Steptoe & Johnson litigator
By Kamila Knaudt
Laurie Edelstein, an experienced energy and complex commercial litigator, is the San Francisco office's second lateral hire si...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Law Practice, Law Office Management
Crowell & Moring to merge with IP boutique Brinks Gilson Lione
By Henrik Nilsson
Crowell has expanded on both U.S. coasts, in Europe and Asia since its launch 42 years ago. According to chair Philip T. Ingli...
Labor/Employment, Government
State board says police oversight measure violated union rights
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Wednesday’s decision in favor of the Sonoma County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association illustrates a potential impediment to the move...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Judge won’t toss suit over NCAA barring students from profits
By Winston Cho
The players seek to overturn association-wide rules that limit how much money they can make from their names, images and liken...
Tax, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Suit saying LA city attorney wrongly used taxes for ‘whitewash’ is partially, tentatively dismissed
By Blaise Scemama
U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips indicated she is leaning toward dismissing a taxpayer action but allowing a civil rights...
Litigation & Arbitration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Some judges want 9th Circuit to take another look at decision on arbitrator disclosures
By Craig Anderson
Judge Michelle T. Friedland warned 20 months ago, when the decision was issued, that it might create chaos. Now other judges s...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Judge tosses 2 civil complaints, keeps 1 against former LA DA and husband
By Blaise Scemama
Superior Court Judge Theresa M. Traber said that for the purposes of deciding on a demurrer she was required to accept as true...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Judge blocks FBI from using civil forfeiture in Beverly Hills safety deposit box case
By Gina Kim
In the raid on U.S. Private Vaults on March 22, FBI agents seized property, some of it possibly from people who weren’t target...
Judges and Judiciary
2 new advisory members appointed to Judicial Council
By Blaise Scemama
Starting Sept. 15, Santa Clara County Superior Court Presiding Judge Theodore C. Zayner and Los Angeles Judge Rupert A. Byrdso...
Immigration
Foreign investment rule supported by Trump, Biden administrations is voided
By Winston Cho
The rule, issued under President Donald Trump’s administration, increased the minimum investment to apply for EB-5 visas from ...
Technology, Civil Litigation
No class certification for advertisers who say Facebook charged for fake clicks
By Winston Cho
“Plaintiff has adduced no evidence of classwide exposure to the alleged misrepresentations other than the mere existence of th...
Civil Litigation, Banking, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Do bank loan denials affect property values?
By Craig Anderson
Neal K. Katyal, a partner with Hogan Lovells US LLP, argued the city cannot prove a link, a proximate cause, between the alleg...
Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Britney Spears hearing crashes LA Court listening system
By Blaise Scemama
Although most of the hearing was inaccessible to remote listeners, the website regained functionality at the tail end.
U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, Constitutional Law
Justices clarify California misdemeanor ‘hot pursuit’ law
By Kamila Knaudt
Justice Elena Kagan’s opinion, though unanimous, was accompanied by several limited concurrences grouping different justices o...