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Civil Litigation


Parris Law wins $50M for injured CHP officer

Oct. 25, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

“They disputed liability. They claimed a third party was also responsible. They disputed his brain injury. And they disputed j...


Judges and Judiciary, Immigration, Government


DOJ rescinds 700 cases per year immigration judge quota

Oct. 25, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


The ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley in North Carolina effectively means that at least for the moment more than 4...


Entertainment & Sports, Criminal, Civil Litigation


“The standard for civil negligence is much lower than the standards for criminal responsibility. A possible theory of civil ne...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


5 counties sue PG&E for Dixie Fire

Oct. 25, 2021
By Gina Kim

The utility’s spokesman, James Noonan, noted Friday the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection “has not made a ...


Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of Oakland took the First Amendment case after two other federal judges, Haywood S. Gilli...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice


“It’s been a long 20 years since the Strankman Commission proposed measures like these. Their time has come,” said appellate a...


Technology, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh questioned why the agreement only lasts for a year. She said that it’s “relatively short” cons...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Dayton B. Parcells III and Eric M. Epstein won the federal jury verdict after proving the motivating factor in their client’s ...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


“We need to be fully funded if you really want a full democracy,” Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said in an address to the ...


Government, Civil Litigation


“Right to Life of Central California’s employees and volunteers are now subject to criminal fines of up to $1,000 and imprison...


Community News


“We’re proud to provide crucial emergency support to our scholars — helping them find meaningful work, overcome financial chal...


San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju announced Thursday that Zachary Vanderhorst has been exonerated and his burglary an...


Securities, Civil Litigation


The motion, filed on Monday, alleged that Honig should possess a trove of documents, yet he only submitted 332 documents. Seve...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


The company created a separate entity in which to place liability for talc cases and then filed for bankruptcy.


Civil Litigation, Banking


In dissolving his previous order, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick wrote that had East West Bank “disclosed the arbitrati...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Committee deadlocks on 9th Circuit nominee

Oct. 22, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Jennifer Sung acknowledged signing an “overheated” letter calling Suprmeme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh “an intellect...


Community News, Civil Litigation


The Social Justice Legal Foundation, started in January by Hueston Hennigan LLP, has taken on five complaints of police miscon...


Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Bet Tzedek wins $8.5M for caregivers at homes for aged

Oct. 21, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“We at Bet Tzedek Legal Services applaud the decision to uphold the citation of the $8.5 million ..., but more importantly we ...


Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Litigation


Premier ‘animal lawyer’ sues Google over abuse videos

Oct. 21, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“YouTube is aware of these videos and its role in distributing them, as well as its continuing support of their creation, prod...


Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg pointed to massive trial verdicts and a rejected settlement proposal as evidence that Baye...


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



Labor/Employment, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


The Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the game maker were set to argue before Los Angeles County Judge Timothy P. ...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Jordan Jaffe, an intellectual property litigator who joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in San Francisco, follows the...


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


Kathleen M. Sullivan, a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, argued a decision rejecting a lawsuit against ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Matthew C. Elstein of Redondo Beach will admit that he lied to clients about their cases and forged documents to deceive them....


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


Johnson & Johnson sent out automatic stay notices in nearly 40,000 lawsuits throughout the U.S. in which the company is ac...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Girardi Keese and Edelson PC in Chicago partnered to represent victims of a Boeing airplane crash in Indonesia. After Edelson ...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


The amended complaint contains a new analysis of how the policy affects retired judges of different ages, using the Judicial C...


Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation


Represented by Los Angeles attorneys Manuel “Manny” A. Abascal and Benjamin J. Hanelin of Latham & Watkins LLP, the associ...