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Technology, Civil Litigation


Calling the condition “difficult or impossible” to satisfy, the objectors urged U.S. District Judge Edward Davila to recognize...


Labor/Employment


The LA County board of supervisors unanimously approved the program Tuesday, after the health department submitted an implemen...


Obituaries


Dennis A. Aichroth, 1945-2020

Nov. 11, 2020
By Arin Mikailian

From bailiff to bench, the retired Los Angeles County judge was remembered for his drive.


Government, Criminal


An appellate court ordered the inmate population at San Quentin cut by another 50%. Officials declined to say if they will app...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


Martin Jenkins confirmed to state Supreme Court

Nov. 11, 2020
By Craig Anderson

"The one thing that eluded me was a relationship because of the hard time I had accepting who I was," Jenkins said in an emoti...


Technology, Data Privacy


U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria found the tech giant adopted terms to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protect...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Sherry A. William and Joshua Ashley Klayman, represented by Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, sued the firm in 2018, claiming women a...


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


First civil jury trial underway in San Bernardino County after university defendants lose bid at 4th District Court of Appeal ...


Government, Constitutional Law


Newsom shutdown foes file in state court, argue science

Nov. 11, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Federal litigants have had trouble proving constitutional violations. But some state courts have been more receptive to argume...


Labor/Employment


California voters passed Proposition 22 last week. When it goes into effect, the measure will create an exception for app-base...


Judges and Judiciary


State prosecutor Tim Nader had an insurmountable lead over his opponent.


Criminal


The question the high court is grappling with is whether judges should be required to consider a defendant’s ability to pay be...


Civil Litigation


“Given this matter is going to be appealed shortly, it would be confusing to the public to have off again, on again warnings t...


Technology, Intellectual Property


A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with Apple's petition to transfer Uniloc 2017 LLC's...


Judges and Judiciary, Immigration


Immigration judges union to fight decertification

Nov. 10, 2020
By Craig Anderson

The Federal Labor Relations Authority ruled 2-1 that immigration judges are management officials who influence policy and ther...


Some legal experts say the stakes are now exponentially higher due to the greater potential compensation plaintiff Allele Biot...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye appointed the Pretrial Reform and Operations Workgroup in January 2019 to analyze the eff...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Board chair aims to continue reforms at State Bar

Nov. 9, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

The state Supreme Court appointed SeLegue, a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP to his new position after four ye...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


Prisoners in these units are subject to welfare checks every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day, involving a beep and a metal-on-metal...


The vast numbers of drivers, combined with what plaintiffs' attorneys say were especially egregious violations, made the cases...


Government, Criminal


LA DA Jackie Lacey concedes to George Gascon

Nov. 9, 2020
By Blaise Scemama

"I congratulate George Gascon and his team on their expected victory," said District Attorney Jackie Lacey, stating he outspen...


Judges and Judiciary


Alameda and Stanislaus County judge races are decided

Nov. 9, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

In Alameda County, Berkeley-based attorney Elena Condes held a statistically insurmountable lead, as did Deputy District Attor...


Mediator Greg Derin tries to learn litigants' goals and find alternative paths to meeting them.


Milbank LLP sends a demand letter to Los Angeles Unified School District seeking specific plans for starting in-person instruc...


In a letter sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Kathleen Allison, secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabili...


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman found Santa Clara County’s directives were equally applied to secular and religious gather...


Government


DOJ moves to to seize a billion in Bitcoin

Nov. 6, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

David L. Anderson, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, filed a complaint for forfeiture on Thursday.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Nixon Peabody LLP said it vigorously disputed the allegations and insisted its tax advice to the investors was correct.


Government, Criminal


Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in Thursday in a second case in which a woman was charged with murder for allegedly us...


Judges and Judiciary


Members of the Work Group to Enhance Administrative Standards Addressing Bias in Court Proceedings were announced Wednesday.