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Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The famed plaintiffs lawyer is accused of stealing millions of dollars from clients.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


The debtor-in-possession fund, Legalist DIP Fund I, closed in early March and has so far raised $50 million, which will be use...



Civil Litigation


The lawsuit by people who live, work and own businesses in skid row state the city and county made homelessness worse by faili...


Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law


“This court should dismiss Allele’s amended complaint ... before this lawsuit becomes another burden on Pfizer and BioNTech as...



Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels claims lawyer negotiated conflicting contracts with different companies.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria noted some ambiguity regarding the amount that would be deducted from the nonreversionary s...



Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


The court aimed to clarify the types of labor that fall under the state’s definition of “public works” for the purposes of det...


Attorneys at the Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter turn improv skills into courtroom success.



U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice


In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court recently affirmed nominal damages for a past violation of civil rights satisfied the red...


Criminal


“These orders do not promote safety; they keep our clients, mostly from Black and Brown communities, in jail when they are pre...



Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Lisa Bloom’s firm issued a news release alleging casino magnate Steve Wynn sexually harassed and retaliated against one of her...


Judges and Judiciary


“What we think makes this case so significant is … the judge has just thrown out two of the primary enforcement mechanisms th...



Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick tentatively ruled that Altria must face allegations that it masterminded a criminal ente...


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


Special master Edward Robbins of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez PC told the court he has a voluminous report to issue next month...




Rule Follower

Mar. 26, 2021
By David Houston

Joshua Weinstein focuses family law disputants on the future.


“I had so much support from the legal community whenever I had any kind of question, hardship or anything that was really worr...



State Bar & Bar Associations


A Sacramento judge appointed a receiver to unwind the practice of the late immigration and civil practice attorney Alex Gortin...


Civil Litigation


6 DAs settle deceptive ad case with Amazon

Mar. 26, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The case centered on the definition of terms including “list price” and “was.” The plaintiffs argued the company used these wo...



Government, Civil Litigation


Homeless advocates sue to recall Sacramento mayor

Mar. 26, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The complaint says there is a dispute over how long an elected city official must be in office before a recall campaign can be...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


In the 29-page opinion, Supreme Court Justice Mariano Cuellar wrote that California’s current bail system, which conditions “f...



Technology, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Rule update: Lawyers must maintain tech competency

Mar. 26, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

With the change to Rule 1.1 that went into effect Monday, addressing competency, lawyers now must “keep abreast of the changes...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Newsom appoints 18 superior court judges

Mar. 26, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

More than half the new judges are Asian, Black or Latino. Three are in their 60s, six are in their 50s and one is under 40. Th...



Insurance, Civil Litigation


“At this point I don’t see how you can fix this,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said. “This is a wonderful thing for the...


Civil Litigation


USC to pay $842M to sex abuse plaintiffs

Mar. 26, 2021
By Jessica Mach

Each of the 702 plaintiffs will be entitled to an average of $1.2 million — about 12 times more than what thousands of other a...



Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


“If they’re willing to talk to the California attorney general and the attorneys general of several states trying to reach glo...


Criminal


Alameda County Assistant Public Defender Richard Foxall had filed a motion alleging at least seven prosecutors in the office h...



Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Exclusion from Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not result in antitrust violations, federal judge says.


Law Practice


The Utah Supreme Court made changes last year which resulted in a two-year regulatory sandbox that allows applicants to experi...



Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


While she found Genentech's failure to notify her of a case that weakened its position troubling, U.S. District Judge Janis L...


Civil Litigation


The case involved a $30 million loan the late Hong Kong billionaire Chen Din-Hwa made to his daughter through his investment c...