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Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Girardi Keese and Frantz represented the most clients of all the firms involved in the litigation. According to bankruptcy doc...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The law prohibits the annual pension payments for a legislator or judge “from exceeding the federal limits on annual defined b...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Bailiff’s gun discharged in court

Sep. 27, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

The discharged bullet ricocheted off a wall and hit another bailiff, according to Rebecca Brown, a legal fellow with the Natio...


Government, Criminal


The governor had signed about 350 bills as of Friday afternoon, with nearly 500 more still on his desk. Newsom signed just 372...


Legal Education, Community News


Sept. 30 is the deadline to apply for the program that lets students network with attorneys through mentoring sessions and moc...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups sued in January 2020 alleging that the Bureau of Land Manage...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Alejandro Toledo is one of dozens of politicians caught in a sweeping corruption probe into construction giant Odebrecht, now ...


Government, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


California to appeal Purdue Pharma settlement

Sep. 27, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

“We’re appealing the bankruptcy plan because the Sackler family must be held accountable for its role in creating and fueling ...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Kevin P.B. Johnson scored a win for his defendant client, Sunnyvale based Ju...


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


PG&E accepts responsibility for its line causing the deadly Zogg fire, but denies criminal acts.



Doing good for many

Sep. 27, 2021

EKO Law founders praise the utility of class actions to help lots of people.


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation


Both family members were represented by Beverly Hills attorney Nicholas Rowley of Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley LLP and bot...


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


“The district court granted relief based on claims that plaintiffs did not allege, supported by novel legal theories that plai...


Law Practice, Government


SB 762 requires arbitrators to provide invoices that clearly lay out costs, fees and due dates. In a news release late Wednesd...


Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, will be the new co-chairs of ...


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


Kristin Bateman, an attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, argued that CashCall’s expenses didn’t matter beca...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Community News


Judge Guilford spent nearly 14 years on the federal bench before joining Judicate West last year.


Technology, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


John Stossel, a former ABC and Fox news and reporter and presenter, alleged in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Facebook’s fa...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


SB 762 requires arbitration providers to produce invoices that clearly lay out cost, fees and due dates.


Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“When we singly review serial acquisitions, we may miss the bigger picture patterns of anticompetitive roll-up strategy,” Comm...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Andrei Iancu is now a member of the Irell & Manella LLP team aiding defense of Centripetal Networks’ award against Cisco S...


Corporate, Community News, Books


Veta Richardson’s book is “Take Six: Essential Habits To Own Your Destiny, Overcome Challenges, And Unlock Opportunities.”


A petition for writ of mandate was filed in Orange County Superior Court on Tuesday by Starbuzz Tobacco Inc., based in Foothil...


Criminal


“Arranging for a deposition especially during a pandemic would take much more time than Juror No. 7’s live testimony and provi...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Gregory G. Garre, a partner with Latham & Watkins LLP who represents StarKist Co., said about 28% of the class suffered no...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


The lawsuit’s venue is not a major issue, San Francisco Public Defender Manohar P. Raju said Wednesday. “Regardless of what ju...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Valley Air argued it had the authority to create exemptions for petroleum refineries not refining crude oil but still operatin...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Judge Lisa M. Rogan was elected assistant presiding judge.


Securities, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory


The company is being sued by several current and former employees and by the California Department of Fair Employment and Hous...


Civil Litigation


Lancaster, in northern LA County, sought to charge Netflix Inc. and Hulu LLC 5% of their gross income derived from providing v...