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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...



Technology, Labor/Employment


“Even in a state like California, which is pretty regulatory and generally employee friendly, there are really very few regula...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Circuit says open gun carry can be outlawed

Mar. 25, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

In a 7-4 decision by an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Jay S. Bybee, writing for the majority, ...



Government


Legislator Robert Bonta named new AG

Mar. 24, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The appointment followed a weekslong campaign by Asian American groups urging Newsom to choose an Asian American nominee. Bont...


Technology, Law Practice, Government


Bill to give public more court access moves forward

Mar. 24, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

AB716 adds “remote access” to the state’s definition of public access to the courts, bars courts using remote access to a part...



Law Office Management


The team formerly with Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP includes: Sharon R. Klein, office chair and chair of the privacy,...


Civil Litigation


“We dismissed the lawsuit because of the changed condition in the community’s spread of COVID-19 in LA County,” Public Counsel...



At the request of District Attorney George Gascon the board of supervisors appointed former federal prosecutor Lawrence S. Mid...


Caltech and a researcher are in court in a qui tam action over alleged misappropriated research grants in a solar energy proje...



Insurance, Civil Litigation


Caesars sues insurers for $2B in COVID losses

Mar. 24, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Attorneys for Caesars filed the lawsuit Friday, claiming it gave COVID-19 sick pay to more than 15,000 employees and had more ...


Technology, Labor/Employment


As workers across the nation continue to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and businesses continue to reopen, a new trend may be e...



Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Attorney David Lira cited California Labor Code Section 2802, which requires an employer to “indemnify his or her employee for...


Law Office Management


Jenner & Block launches San Francisco office

Mar. 23, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

The firm announced that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Ann O’Leary, will become co-chair of the government controv...



Civil Litigation


Eric V. Traut, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, said Monday the complaint was prompted by findings from a four-month USA Gymnas...


Government


Anticipation heats up for name of new attorney general

Mar. 23, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Many predict it will be an Asian American, but there are several candidates that have been discussed over the past few weeks.



Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Board of Governors voted March 18 to strip Girardi of his Hall of Fame title...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law


The rule gives a limited number of organizers access to farm property during nonwork hours for three hours a day, for as many ...



Education Law, Civil Litigation


San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman ordered the school board to rescind its resolution ordering 44 cit...


Government, Criminal


Orange County DA Todd Spitzer compared challenger Peter Hardin to Los Angeles County DA George Gascon, but Hardin said he disa...



Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services department found that allowing the rule to move forward could cause massive ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Ordering teachers to get vaccinated usurped the statute’s public policy object, wrote John W. Howard, founder of JW Attorneys,...



California Supreme Court


The suspected gunman, Robert Aaron Long, denied the Atlanta shootings were racially motivated. FBI Director Christopher Wray a...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Banking


The lawsuit says Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard APC violated an ethical wall when it shared information about the ba...



Civil Litigation


“I plan to have someone confirmed in the next couple of weeks,” poker-player plaintiff Michael Postle told Sacramento Superior...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Lucie Barron said she faced skepticism because she was not a lawyer and was a woman when she founded one of California’s now l...



Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Class counsel in Illumina securities case could see attorney fees increase from $2.125M to $3.46M


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Richard Doyle, the former head deputy of the DA’s Compton office, refused orders from Los Angeles County District Attorney Gas...



The district court stressed that, unlike its eastern and western divisions, the southern division comprises just one county wh...


Government, Data Privacy


Privacy Protection Agency board members named

Mar. 19, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Four of the five board members responsible for implementing the California Privacy Rights Act are attorneys.