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Law Practice


Tom Girardi's brother appointed conservator

Jun. 10, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

The one time highflying plaintiffs' lawyer made a rare appearance in court Wednesday.


Government, Civil Litigation


After California voters legalized recreational use of pot with Proposition 64 in 2016, the city imposed a 1% fee on the gross ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Represented by Paul D. Murphy of Murphy Rosen LLP, former Dentons partner Jinshu “John” Zhang said he was fired after demandin...


Administrative/Regulatory


Commissioner Noah J. Phillips argued that the commission dramatically reinterpreted the claim to expand liability.


Technology, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation


Roblox sued by music publishers of pop artists for copyright infringement


Criminal


The three-year project resulted in kits ranging from three to 30 years old being tested, and one suspect being charged in a se...


Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Gig worker challenge gets 9th Circuit hearing

Jun. 10, 2021
By Jessica Mach

Shannon Liss-Riordan, a partner at Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC who has brought many misclassification claims against gig co...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


In California, meanwhile, no judge has been nominated for three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacancies or 19 district cou...


Obituaries


Mary Kay Kane, 1946-2021

Jun. 10, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Icon to junior faculty, prolific writer was a UC Hastings dean


Legal Education, Law Practice


The Bay Area Legal Incubator, which launched in 2014, is one of 10 in California and 70 in the U.S. and four other countries, ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


The civil rights suit filed by water customer Antwon Jones, who, along with over a million overbilled ratepayers filed the cla...


Government, Education Law


Suit over remote schooling moot, state argues

Jun. 9, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Distance learning is ending at the end of this school year, which is imminent. Students will be back to in-person instruction...


Insurance, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


In its complaint filed in the Northern District of California, Foster Farms said it paid Everest National Insurance Company hu...


Technology, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit accused Apple of “degrading device performance ahead of product launches” to “drum up demand for faster phones wit...


Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Elissa D. Miller, an attorney with SulmeyerKupetz and the trustee for the defunct law firm Girardi Keese, wanted to hire Ronal...


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


An amicus brief filed by The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica and The Alliance of Santa Monica Latino and Black Voters o...


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The decision, made on a motion by the state attorney general for rehearing, was an unusual example of an appellate court rethi...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


Justice Patricia Benke said she anticipates continued involvement with the 4th District Court of Appeal to some degree.


The covert operation by the FBI’s San Diego division targeted organized crime and led to more than 800 arrests worldwide and s...


Data Privacy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, the lead plaintiffs’ counsel, blasted the settlement’s two objectors, but the panel conc...


Government, Civil Litigation


Theodore J. Boutrous and Michael H. Dore, partners with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, want access to three d...


Government, Criminal


“Many of our positions are based on nuanced issues with the bill,” Morse said. “It isn’t that we’re opposed to the policy; it’...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


McKinsey faces accusations that it contributed to an opioid crisis by advising drug manufacturers like Purdue Pharma which dec...


Advocates say the prospect of testifying in the same room with an abuser can cause some victims not to come forward. But some ...


Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“Congress has expressly authorized the use of these privately operated facilities,” said Michael W. Kirk, an attorney with Coo...


Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory


One of the easiest ways for employers to adjust to the new rules is to “keep your existing policies in place for the most part...


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


SoCalGas Co. faces possible new charges of misleading utility regulators in relation to the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak safety ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Just 1,580 of the 15,828 eligible members voted in the election, according to a news release. Park received 973 of the votes.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal


New class counsel Brian Kabateck of Kabateck LLP said language in last week’s ruling from the 2nd District Court of Appeal den...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Criminal


Prosecutors said a jury questionnaire proposed by Elizabeth Holmes’ attorneys was unprecedented in the Northern District of Ca...