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Technology, Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory


An administrative law judge asked Uber to provide data regarding claims arising out of incidents during its ride services. Cal...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


State AGs urge law to protect judges' private information

Dec. 16, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The proposed law would mandate federal agencies protect judges’ personally identifiable information upon request, prohibit dat...


Labor/Employment, Government


Gig workers still on agenda as Legislature plots 2021

Dec. 15, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Assembly Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin, wrote a bill, AB25, to undo Dynamex Inc. v. Superior Court, the basis of the ABC worker class...


Government, Criminal


C. Christopher Gardner, who was appointed by county supervisors as public defender in 2018, had become an outspoken supporter...


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Peloton accused of patent infringement

Dec. 15, 2020
By Gina Kim

Lawsuit accuses Peloton of infringing on protected patents that feature touch-screen instructor-led programs on indoor cycling...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Sen. Thomas J. Umberg, D-Santa Ana, will be among eight attorneys serving on the committee. All but two of the 11 Assembly Jud...


Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Nevada judge tentatively grants class cert in UFC antitrust lawsuit


Labor/Employment, Corporate, Civil Litigation


Pinterest to pay $22.5M to former executive

Dec. 15, 2020
By Jessica Mach

Partner David A. Lowe of Zieff & Lowe LLP filed the lawsuit in August alleging Pinterest fired chief operating officer Fr...


Law Practice, Law Office Management, Intellectual Property


Including new hire Theodore W. Chandler, the firm has added five lateral hires in California this year.


Government, Criminal


Los Angeles prosecutors have said they can’t talk to the press about policy matters without being reprimanded, that they get c...


Technology, Criminal, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Facebook indicated in the litigation cited by federal and state officials in their complaints that it “anticipates raising sim...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Matthew Guerrero disqualified District Attorney Dan Dow and his 40 deputies from p...


Legal Education


The school will now be called Western State College of Law at Westcliff University.


Government, Civil Litigation


Brian S. Kabateck of Kabateck LLP said in a statement the class action filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court is the first...


Real Estate/Development, Government, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs' lawyers say the ordinance was enacted hastily and disrupts the city's rental housing market. The ordinance, passed...


Criminal


Some judges, prosecutors defy new LA DA

Dec. 14, 2020
By Tyler Pialet

Some deputies have refused to withdraw sentence enhancements, as directed by DA George Gascón, while others said they are writ...


Real Estate/Development


Commercial tenants are scrambling to keep their businesses afloat after the state, county and city governments ordered them to...


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


Prominent plaintiffs’ attorney Joseph Cotchett, who anticipates a number of remaining judicial vacancies when Joe Biden takes ...


Education Law, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


Milbank LLP partner Alex Romain said he went directly to the state high court because the issues presented in the case are of ...


Government, California Courts of Appeal


Juror master list can be disclosed, panel rules

Dec. 14, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Marin County district attorney’s office and the jury commissioner argued releasing the lists would endanger jurors’ privat...


Community News


Each firm was partnered with a non-profit to donate time and legal services on a project basis to celebrate the 25th anniversa...


High risk inmates who refused to move to safer quarters were asked to sign a form stating they understood the risks, stated a ...


Government


AG has $2M in unspent campaign funds

Dec. 11, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The money sits in Xaviera Becerra’s Attorney General 2022 election account. If he’s confirmed as President-elect Joe Biden’s s...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Instead of creating challenges, the pandemic has provided new opportunities, especially in terms of growth, for California’s v...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


As the number of companies launching streaming services continue to rise, so has the demand for executives to run the operatio...


Technology, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Twitter executives made “vaguely optimistic statements” that should have...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The appointment of Luis Cespedes, 68, won praise from judges who have known him for years, several of whom said he’s had an ey...


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops


Judges without courtrooms are still working every day, helping in some counties with back office work, search warrants and fam...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


Chief justice optimistic about next budget

Dec. 10, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye is now 10 years into her 12-year term. She recently turned 61. She declined to say whethe...


Criminal, Covid Court Ops


"We need the trials to keep happening. But having said that, we want the trials to happen in a more fair and complete way. And...