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


Richard A. Paez is the third 9th Circuit judge to take senior status this year.


Judges and Judiciary, Community News


San Francisco County Superior Court judges Samuel K. Feng, Monica F. Wiley and Loretta M. Giorgi have all been announced as aw...



Civil Litigation


The Pasadena-based church challenged Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on gatherings for indoor worship services last summer.


Government


“Make no mistake, right now we are in a full-on state of crisis, a full-on state of emergency when it comes to violence agains...



Native Americans, Government


State AG digs in on compact fight gaming tribes

May 12, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

On Monday, Bonta’s office filed a reply to the tribes’ opposition motion. The state is seeking to stay an order in favor of tr...


Litigation & Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution


The approach aims to streamline and settle consumer and employment cases in a more efficient and cost-effective manner, ensuri...



Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Last year, Hyundai and Kia agreed to put aside $760 million to settle the claims but that number could rise as claims are stil...


Community News


The sold out three-day trial college in Cabo San lucas is one of largest in-person legal events to be held in the era of the p...



Civil Litigation


U.S. judge says county of LA can’t duck out of homelessness litigation


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


David R. Lira and Keith D. Griffin worked for prominent plaintiff’s attorney Thomas V. Girardi and all three are accused of mi...



Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Tuesday marked the seventh day of an antitrust trial over Apple barring marketplaces for apps aside from its own and other pol...


State Bar & Bar Associations


37.2% passed the February exam this year, or 1,151 people, the State Bar reported late on Friday. The results come after an al...



Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


LA County tells Judge David O. Carter of the Central District of California that while he might do a better job than the gover...


Superior Court Judge Brian L. Ferrall gave Patrick Thompson’s attorney two days to respond to District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s...



Obituaries, California Supreme Court


Justice Reynoso remembered as humble but fierce

May 11, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Reynoso died Friday at the Angel Lite Elder Care facility in Oroville just a few days after his 90th birthday.


Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory


The logic that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling used last June to extend Title VII protections to LGBTQ workers seems to ...



Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Expert says California in midst of opioid crisis

May 11, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Dr. Randall Stafford of the Stanford School of Medicine, said Monday an opioid epidemic not only existed but overly-prescribed...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The testimony opened a pivotal phase of the trial before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that will focus on establi...



Criminal, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


First jury trial commences without a hitch in Central District of California after 14-month hiatus in U.S. District Judge Corm...


Judges and Judiciary


Cruz Reynoso

May 10, 2021

Why does the law seem to act so often against poor people? Justice Cruz Reynoso became visibly agitated as he pondered his own...




Avoiding Trouble

May 10, 2021

The Mitzel Group steers business clients away from problems.


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Justice Richard Aronson will retire from 4th District

May 10, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The 4th District Court of Appeal justice has been a bench officer in California for 32 years.



Government, Criminal


The defendant refused to be transported from jail to court, so the arraignment was postponed. DA Chesa Boudin asked the judge ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


Trent Wayne Thompson and Quinton Ray Swanson of the Law Offices of Thompson & Swanson LC were charged with identity theft,...



Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“One problem with limiting competition is that you don’t get innovation,” U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said duri...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger, who is presiding over the litigation, has stayed until the fall trials and dis...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sheppard Mullin partner Nicholas Van Brunt, who represents Robert Girardi in his brother’s probate case, told the State Bar la...


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


The lawsuit by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association was the first to challenge a program like CalSavers on ERISA preemption...



Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


The El Centro Courthouse will continue screenings and visitors will be asked if they have been exposed to someone who has test...


Native Americans


The tribes’ attorneys rejected the state’s arguments that a stay would preserve the status quo while litigation plays out, not...