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Civil Litigation


The dispute started after the shelter filed a lawsuit against the city’s attempt to shut down Mary’s Kitchen for violating a l...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court


Former California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown wrote the decision in a case finding that local rules on what atto...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


“From a legal perspective, what’s groundbreaking about this case is the fact that a police officer could be technically off du...


Technology, Securities, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman in San Jose expressed skepticism that the existence of an internal cost-cutting target tha...


Government, Criminal, Corporate


U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco is putting back in place the Yates memo that required corporations seeking lenienc...


Litigation & Arbitration


Bobby Kotick, who has led the company for 30 years, promised in a letter to employees significant policy changes in investigat...


Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Angel Technologies Group LLC, represented by McKool Smith Hennigan PC, asserting four patents related to the tagging feature w...


Government, Criminal


After 26 years in the job, Charles Parkin will not seek reelection next year.


Legal Education, Government


Beth Van Schaack will help shape the United States’ policy toward atrocities prevention and response.


Civil Litigation


U.S. Judge James V. Selna of the Central District of California dismissed the complaint, saying he believed Section 230 of the...


Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports, Criminal


“In my experience, when a company hires a law firm to do an internal investigation like this, they know that they have some bi...


Securities, Civil Litigation, Banking


U.S. District Judge Richard G. Seeborg denied class certification because “there is not a common answer” that would “resolve t...


Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation


The case is one of three recent retaliation claims by attorneys working for the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Co...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Poseidon Water Co., which already operates a desalination plant in Carlsbad in San Diego County, rejects any comparison betwee...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel, responding to car dealers’ emphasis on investigations overseas, explained that al...


Military Law, Judges and Judiciary


“We had over 60 walk-in cases, both veterans and homeless, totaling 167 cases involving misdemeanor and infraction offenses,” ...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


State civil rights agency and federal employment regulators have different interpretations of divided responsibilities in Acti...


Intellectual Property, Government, Administrative/Regulatory


Kathi Vidal, managing partner of Winston & Strawn’s Menlo Park office, would be the third consecutive Californian to serve...


Military Law, Civil Litigation


The military contractors claimed that the Air Force unlawfully marketed designs for a mobile fire-retardant tank system, which...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Congress considers stricter judge disclosure law

Oct. 27, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The testimony came a day after a bipartisan group of Congress members introduced two bills to strengthen financial disclosure ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


Judge intends to move J&J bankruptcy to New Jersey

Oct. 27, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley in North Carolina, who appears to be one of only two to rule in a bankruptcy case involvin...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Justice David Thompson retires to join JAMS

Oct. 26, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

"After 24 years on the bench, I am looking forward to working as a private neutral for the next chapter in my legal career," T...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, California Supreme Court


On Feb. 22 and 23, 2022, test takers will sit for the first in-person bar exam since the pandemic started, the court said in i...


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


In a blow to companies seeking coverage for pandemic-related losses, the 9th circuit in another case ruled that a retailer was...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


In a joint certiorari petition, which covers four cases brought by California and Oregon public workers, the National Right to...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation


US joins Medicare fraud lawsuit against Kaiser

Oct. 26, 2021
By Winston Cho

According to the complaint, Kaiser lied about nearly 500,000 nonexistent diagnoses to submit $1 billion of fraudulent claims, ...


Corporate, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


But even if legal challenges to California’s law and Nasdaq’s rule are ultimately successful, corporate lawyers say companies ...


Community News


Bay Area firms band together to end domestic violence

Oct. 26, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Banding Together to End Domestic Violence is an annual attorney battle-of-the-bands fundraiser benefiting the Family Violence ...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Los Angeles Judge Timothy P. Dillon said he was unconvinced there was sufficient grounds to pause the case while the gaming gi...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Filed Friday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the action makes 12 claims, including negligence in maintaining the war...