Judges and Judiciary, Government
Other states ahead of California in judicial nominees
By Craig Anderson
In California, meanwhile, no judge has been nominated for three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacancies or 19 district cou...
Icon to junior faculty, prolific writer was a UC Hastings dean
Legal Education, Law Practice
Legal incubators train lawyers for the unrepresented
By Kamila Knaudt
The Bay Area Legal Incubator, which launched in 2014, is one of 10 in California and 70 in the U.S. and four other countries, ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
LA city attorney wants suit over billing case dismissed
By Blaise Scemama
The civil rights suit filed by water customer Antwon Jones, who, along with over a million overbilled ratepayers filed the cla...
Government, Education Law
Suit over remote schooling moot, state argues
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Distance learning is ending at the end of this school year, which is imminent. Students will be back to in-person instruction...
Insurance, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Foster Farms sues insurer over antitrust coverage
By Jessica Mach
In its complaint filed in the Northern District of California, Foster Farms said it paid Everest National Insurance Company hu...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Apple’s recent updates cut iPhone speeds and battery life, suit says
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit accused Apple of “degrading device performance ahead of product launches” to “drum up demand for faster phones wit...
Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Special counsel OK’d in Girardi bankruptcy despite objection
By Henrik Nilsson
Elissa D. Miller, an attorney with SulmeyerKupetz and the trustee for the defunct law firm Girardi Keese, wanted to hire Ronal...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Advocates filed amicus briefs on both sides of voting rights appeal
By Blaise Scemama
An amicus brief filed by The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica and The Alliance of Santa Monica Latino and Black Voters o...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit changes mind on habeas relief for murderer
By Craig Anderson
The decision, made on a motion by the state attorney general for rehearing, was an unusual example of an appellate court rethi...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal
Justice to retire from 4th District after 34 years on bench
By Arin Mikailian
Justice Patricia Benke said she anticipates continued involvement with the 4th District Court of Appeal to some degree.
The covert operation by the FBI’s San Diego division targeted organized crime and led to more than 800 arrests worldwide and s...
Data Privacy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel denies approval of $117.5M Yahoo settlement
By Craig Anderson
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, the lead plaintiffs’ counsel, blasted the settlement’s two objectors, but the panel conc...
Government, Civil Litigation
Gibson Dunn partners seek sealed transcripts related to LA mayor’s aide
By Blaise Scemama
Theodore J. Boutrous and Michael H. Dore, partners with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, want access to three d...
Government, Criminal
Bills more likely to pass when DAs’ group opposes, study days
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Many of our positions are based on nuanced issues with the bill,” Morse said. “It isn’t that we’re opposed to the policy; it’...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Opioid MDL against McKinsey heads to San Francisco
By Blaise Scemama
McKinsey faces accusations that it contributed to an opioid crisis by advising drug manufacturers like Purdue Pharma which dec...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Legal Aid wants to make it easy for domestic violence victims to continue to testify remotely post pandemic
By Henrik Nilsson
Advocates say the prospect of testifying in the same room with an abuser can cause some victims not to come forward. But some ...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DOJ argues law against private prisons is preempted
By Craig Anderson
“Congress has expressly authorized the use of these privately operated facilities,” said Michael W. Kirk, an attorney with Coo...
Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory
Best to stick to Cal/OSHA’s old rules, employers’ attorneys say
By Jessica Mach
One of the easiest ways for employers to adjust to the new rules is to “keep your existing policies in place for the most part...
Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
Regulators accuse SoCalGas of misleading them
By Gina Kim
SoCalGas Co. faces possible new charges of misleading utility regulators in relation to the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak safety ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Ann Park of Foley & Mansfield chosen LA County bar president-elect
By Henrik Nilsson
Just 1,580 of the 15,828 eligible members voted in the election, according to a news release. Park received 973 of the votes.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal
Panel’s confusing language may have stalled LA water bill case
By Blaise Scemama
New class counsel Brian Kabateck of Kabateck LLP said language in last week’s ruling from the 2nd District Court of Appeal den...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal
Prosecutors object to Theranos founder’s juror questions
By Craig Anderson
Prosecutors said a jury questionnaire proposed by Elizabeth Holmes’ attorneys was unprecedented in the Northern District of Ca...
Real Estate/Development
Tenants’ lawyers say delays in rent aid could mean more eviction cases
By Henrik Nilsson
A burdensome application process is causing delays and people are still waiting for money, some attorneys say.
Health Care & Hospital Law
4 pharma companies say state has not made its case in Orange County trial
By Blaise Scemama
After the state’s seven-week case in chief, four pharmaceutical companies including Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., the makers of t...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Senate passes bill to change court reporting rules to ease backlogs
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 241 would allow companies that are not considered “shorthand reporting corporations” under state law to offer court reporti...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Labor/Employment
Sacramento workplace investigation firm changes name, expands to San Diego
By Blaise Scemama
Van Dermyden Maddux has rebranded itself as Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation as a name partner prepares to retire and a new ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Monterey attorney gets 2 years in prison for loan fraud
By Henrik Nilsson
John Arthur Hudson will start serving his prison term on Sept. 13 and was also ordered to pay $828,521.52 in restitution.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins of the Northern District of California granted the U.S. attorney’s motion to presen...
Government, Criminal
Senate OKs bill to require recusal in police misconduct cases if DA got donations
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California District Attorneys Association and several law enforcement groups have called SB710 an unconstitutional limit o...