Judges and Judiciary, Government
Legislators look to update court budget to reflect changes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
It quickly became clear Thursday at the first state Senate budget subcommittee hearing on the court's funding that the branch ...
Civil Litigation
Judge won’t dismiss suit against Robinhood over earlier outages
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge James Donato called on both sides to settle after calling the case unusual since Robinhood already admitte...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Congress has questions about high court’s ‘shadow cases’
By Craig Anderson
These emergency relief orders are short, occur without oral argument, and sometimes are not accompanied by the names of the ju...
Labor/Employment, Government
Bill to end nondisclosure clauses debated by employers and workers
By Jessica Mach
Employers’ attorneys who have spent the last two years navigating the #MeToo legislation say the bill’s passage could potentia...
Technology, Corporate
Researcher who wrote critically of Uber to guide its marketplace policy
By Jessica Mach
Alex Rosenblat, who was formerly a researcher at New York City-based think tank Data & Society, will be head of marketplac...
Government, Criminal
OC DA to argue in LA County against dropping special circumstances
By Tyler Pialet
The unusual move adds Orange County DA Todd Spitzer to a growing list of county prosecutors who have publicly rebuked LA Count...
Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice
Chief justice asked to reassign delayed 3rd District cases
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gary E. Strankman, leader of a commission that reviewed appellate court delays in 2000 calls continued lags of up to five year...
Labor/Employment, Government
Union attorney nominated as NLRB general counsel
By Jessica Mach
Jennifer A. Abruzzo most recently was special counsel for the Communications Workers of America, the nation's largest union re...
Government, Civil Rights
Attorney says DA misrepresented circumstances of BLM protest
By Tyler Pialet
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow said the attorney violated the Code of Professional Conduct by disseminating ...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Suit against Beats ends with $4M in fees for Munger Tolles
By Gina Kim
Audio cable company Monster Inc. and its chief executive officer Noel Lee, who owned part of the Beats by Dre headphones empir...
Technology, Administrative/Regulatory
California, cable industry agree to keep fighting over net neutrality
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018 imposed net neutrality rules within the state that ...
Technology, Constitutional Law
Internet platforms can ban users’ speech, panel rules
By Blaise Scemama
“Under the court’s ruling ... the internet platforms may arbitrarily block users ... or just decide that they don’t like what ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Experts discuss antitrust enforcement of tech industry
By Winston Cho
There have been numerous blunders over the course of antitrust history when the courts step into the market, warned Tad B. Lip...
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Ex-Girardi Keese attorneys want complaint against them dismissed
By Craig Anderson
Prominent plaintiffs' attorney Thomas V. Girardi's son-in-law, David R. Lira, and Keith D. Griffin, have filed motions seeking...
Technology, Data Privacy
Jones Day says file transfer platform used by several firms was hacked
By Kamila Knaudt
Accellion, the company that provided the platform, says it was a 20-year-old product nearing its discontinuation, and was targ...
Judges and Judiciary
OC judge will handle suit against LA County courts
By Blaise Scemama
Filed by Public Counsel last week, the lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, requesting Los Angeles County courthou...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Winston & Strawn announces expansion in Los Angeles
By Henrik Nilsson
Fifteen attorneys from boutique Scheper Kim & Harris LLP and three from Sidley Austin LLP join the firm.
Insurance, Civil Litigation
The lawsuit concerns a policy with a $20 million limit of liability that ran from 2017 to 2018 just around the time allegation...
Law Practice, Community News
Orrick Herrington joins Legal Innovators to recruit diverse attorneys
By Henrik Nilsson
The two will collaborate on a pilot program allowing for two Legal Innovators lawyers to join Orrick's incoming class of law s...
Government
Court construction fund could be insolvent soon, report finds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Legislative Analyst’s Office repor argues the current system is based on a shaky funding source that one account could beg...
One bill would limit uncorroborated testimony from in-custody informants to misdemeanor prosecutions and finding facts in aggr...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal
US judge mulls orders on vaccine priority for state’s prisoners
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar did not rule out ordering California to immediately provide more vaccines to the California D...
Law Practice, Bankruptcy
Girardi’s brother objects to trustee’s eviction motion
By Craig Anderson
Trustee Jason M. Rund was blocked from the property on Jan. 25, prompting his motion earlier this month to remove Thomas Girar...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Privacy lawyers move from Facebook, Apple to law firms
By Kamila Knaudt
S. Ashlie Beringer rejoined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Palo Alto as partner and co-chair of the privacy, cybersecurity...
The DOJ's position in early January had been "that the [California] regulation effects a per se taking of petitioners' propert...
Government, Criminal
Gascón says he quit DA assocation; they say he wasn't a member
By Tyler Pialet
El Dorado County DA Vern Pierson, president of the California District Attorneys Association, said George Gascón "has not been...
Government
Bill introduced to declare religious services essential
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lawmakers in Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia are also considering Religion is Essential Acts.
Government
Bill aims to make public amounts paid to settle suits against law officers
By Tyler Pialet
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, is trying to shine more light on this process with a proposed measure introduced l...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Covid Court Ops
Money for court case backlogs will likely leave them treading water
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Governor’s proposals not likely to lead to significant increase in service levels,” the agency warned in its analysis of Gov....
Securities, Health Care & Hospital Law
CEO of Sunnyvale lab settles SEC charges over COVID test
By Winston Cho
Rena Schena’s husband, the former president of Arrayit Corp., still faces regulatory and criminal charges that he misrepresent...