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Real Estate/Development


A burdensome application process is causing delays and people are still waiting for money, some attorneys say.


Health Care & Hospital Law


After the state’s seven-week case in chief, four pharmaceutical companies including Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., the makers of t...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


SB 241 would allow companies that are not considered “shorthand reporting corporations” under state law to offer court reporti...


Law Practice, Law Office Management, Labor/Employment


Van Dermyden Maddux has rebranded itself as Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation as a name partner prepares to retire and a new ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


John Arthur Hudson will start serving his prison term on Sept. 13 and was also ordered to pay $828,521.52 in restitution.


U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins of the Northern District of California granted the U.S. attorney’s motion to presen...


Government, Criminal


The California District Attorneys Association and several law enforcement groups have called SB710 an unconstitutional limit o...


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


The appellate court affirmed a panel ruling Thursday reversing a civil trial defeat by a hospital worker who sued Los Angeles ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


After a month and a half of plaintiffs’ evidence in an Orange County bench trial, one of four drug company-defendants accused ...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


The Sonoma County district attorney charged PG&E with five felonies and 28 misdemeanors in connection with the Kincade Fir...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The case before the state Supreme Court has garnered significant attention because it could vacate the death sentences of many...


Government, Community News


The map allows the public to learn about each state’s current and proposed laws on the subject and allows for comparison betwe...


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Peter J. Mastan, who represents Erika Girardi, argued that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell should reject Ronald Richards’ ...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


It’s a natural move, said founding partner Andrew T. Miltenberg, since Nesenoff & Miltenberg LLP has spent the last three ...


Civil Litigation, Banking


U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria barred the bank from freezing accounts or denying claims of unauthorized transactions using...


Civil Litigation


Video company suing Kanye West for breaching business deals loses bid to depose the rapper and his apparel company top officia...


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


9th Circuit OKs Roth IRA corporate tax scheme

Jun. 3, 2021
By Craig Anderson

The decision is the latest in a series of rulings by circuit courts around the nation against the IRS in its challenges to the...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Since the trial began in April, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson has made several comments expressing disconten...


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


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Kenneth K. Lee blasted the settlement as a giveaway to attorneys who did nothing for t...


Judges and Judiciary


The legislators, who represent constituents who lost homes, businesses and property in the fires, say they are dissatisfied wi...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion rejected the use of a “special rule in immigration disputes” by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“Remote exams create challenges for exam security and uniformity, and for this reason, we have consistently advocated for in-p...


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


San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason M. Anderson challenged the authority of anyone outside a court of law reviewing ...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The Legislature’s $4.5 billion budget plan for the judicial branch is slightly below Gov. Gavin Newsom’s number but much highe...



The Guide

Jun. 1, 2021

Commissioner Laura Cohen steers parties through restraining orders.


Criminal, California Supreme Court


The court, in a unanimous opinion Thursday, directed lower courts to omit a jury instruction that they should consider a witne...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News


In an effort to expand diversity on the bench, the governor’s judicial appointments secretary, Luis Céspedes, formed an execut...


Law Practice


Owen, Patterson & Owen LLP, a personal injury law firm in Los Angeles, filed the $25 million claim in Girardi Keese’s bank...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


Of the 20 summer associates participating in Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP’s nine-week program, 80% a...


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


U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney of the Central District of California dismissed defendant Dr. Jeffrey Olsen’s 34-count in...