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Government, Criminal


Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant held that absent a preliminary injunction, deputy DAs would be forced to put their care...


Constitutional Law


Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District of California ruled two years ago that California’s ban o...



Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


Appellate lawyers task force to study decision delays

Feb. 9, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers weighed in on a recent complaint to the state Commission on Judicial Performance r...


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


The program, known as CalSavers, violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA, the Howard Jarvis Tax...



Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


The city of San Diego alleges Instacart misclassified drivers as independent contractors in 2019, days before Gov. Gavin Newso...


Constitutional Law


Victorious churches aim to fight more limits

Feb. 9, 2021
By Winston Cho

Harvest Rock Church will challenge the remaining restriction on singing when the 9th Circuit considers its request for an inju...



Technology


The department filed the lawsuit against the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018, which tak...


Labor/Employment, Government


The third and most recent iteration of the bill, which Gonzalez introduced in January, has 44 co-authors. What’s more, it’s ex...



Legal Education, Civil Rights


The course will focus on how the law and lawyers play a role in shaping legal doctrines that can appear race-neutral but are not.


Obituaries


Paulino G. Duran, 1950-2021

Feb. 8, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Longest serving public defender in state’s history was gentle and tough



Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The case involves a more than 80-year-old mine outside of Sacramento. It began more than a decade ago when the mine’s operator...


Criminal


Responding to inquiries about the DA’s pledge to bring justice to the family of a man shot to death by officers, spokeswoman R...



Law Practice, Law Office Management


Partners Sean M. Moran, Michael P. Joyce and Lauren A. Collins, with counsels Josh Heidman and Trevor Shelton, joined the firm...


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


President Donald Trump's administration had argued the program is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of ...



Labor/Employment, Covid Court Ops


The California Grocers Association sued Oakland and Montebello on Wednesday for passing such ordinances, highlighting growing ...


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Attorneys for Chapter 7 Trustee Jason M. Rund filed a motion Tuesday asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell to compel Gira...



Government, Criminal


SB 300, written by state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-Silicon Valley, would repeal portions of Proposition 115, a 1990 voter-approved ...


Labor/Employment


The federal lawsuit filed Thursday claims the bank, which has an exclusive contract with California's Employment Development D...



Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


San Fernando Valley area communities file class action in LA Superior Court against city’s Department of Water and Power over ...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


The money seems to go toward three main types of expenditure: staff, technology and protective gear.



Government


LA City Attorney Mike Feuer told U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, "You've asked, 'Is it really appropriate for a court to ...


Legal Education


Daniel Weinstein will teach advanced mediation at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Caruso ...



Prosecutors say Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s decision to send his investigators to appear in their absence is unprecedented.


Environmental & Energy


U.S. District Judge William Alsup suggests “it was reckless, maybe criminally reckless” for the utility to have not cut down a...



State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court


Gregory Harper is challenging his disbarment citing two studies that show Black male attorneys in California are more likely t...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Elizabeth J. Cabraser, a San Francisco-based partner with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, filed the deal Wednesday...



Labor/Employment


While employers are being forced to grapple with and interpret yet another set of shifting rules -- some of which attorneys sa...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


The high court indicated the plaintiffs could refile the petition "in an appropriate court."



Real Estate/Development, Government, Civil Litigation


Former judge Steven C. Bailey and San Diego attorney Martha E. Romero represent Mammoth Lakes vacation property owners who sue...


Administrative/Regulatory


FTC asks Congress for enforcement power

Feb. 3, 2021
By Winston Cho

“Congress can give us direct penalty authority to deter deception aimed at workers in the Internet-enabled gig economy and rul...