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Labor/Employment, Government


SB 572, or the Workforce Asset Guarantee & Enforcement Act, makes it easier for the labor commissioner to collect unpaid w...


District Attorney Diana Becton said the shooting put the other officers on scene and citizens nearby in danger and that the de...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she will allow one member of the press to physically attend proceedings. She w...


Criminal, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


The warrant was executed March 22 and kicked off a four-day search at U.S. Private Vaults Inc., a Beverly Hills store that all...


Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Ironhawk, which has sold computer software called “SmartSync” since 2007, sued Dropbox after the cloud software company offere...


Government


Legislature hearings move Robert Bonta toward AG post

Apr. 22, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Senate Rules Committee confirmed him by a 3-0 vote, with the two Republicans abstaining. Bonta needs votes in the full cha...


Government, Civil Litigation


“I can’t imagine the 9th Circuit won’t take this very seriously, and even possibly, the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Derek P. Col...


Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Construction


It is currently very difficult to convert an unused ground floor retail space back into its original use as residential housin...


California Courts of Appeal


3rd District justices say Legislature has power to rein in Gov. Gavin Newsom.


Real Estate/Development, Law Practice, Law Office Management


Ogden was the principal of The Ogden Law Group in Santa Monica. He worked on transactional matters in large and small commerci...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Thomas W. Michael and Rustin M. Brown are the latest additions to support the firm’s emerging company and venture capital inve...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Criminal


A demurrer will challenge 25 misdemeanor charges that PG&E recklessly emitted air contaminants in violation of health and...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


In recent meetings, the State Bar’s paraprofessional program working group has suggested that paraprofessionals should be allo...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


With 200 people watching the Orange County trial via Zoom, attorneys for four Teva Pharmaceuticals, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.,...


Technology, Data Privacy


Is involuntary data transfer theft?

Apr. 21, 2021
By Winston Cho

Consumers in this litigation are arguing that Google steals their data allowances by secretly programming its operating system...


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


Last summer, an appellate panel upheld most of the decision by U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen to deny the bank’s motion to...


Labor/Employment, Immigration, Government


The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed AB937, which aims to further restrict the abilities of state law enforcement officers ...


Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter expressed scorn for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s $1 billion plan, announced Monday.


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Celeste M. Brecht is the former co-chair of Venable's West Coast litigation group.


Civil Litigation


First civil jury since March 2020 returns $4.8M verdict for man with terminal cancer in products liability case, parties say L...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


Lawmakers lambast DAs association over misuse of funds

Apr. 20, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California District Attorney’s Association has acknowledged the misuse of funds, hired a private auditor to determine wher...


Civil Litigation


Lawyers from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and their client, Endo Pharmaceuticals, were accused of conspiring to hide i...


Civil Litigation


1st civil opioid trial in state begins

Apr. 20, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Plaintiffs seek $50B from opioid makers as trial starts.


Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Pfizer and BioNTech sought to dismiss the lawsuit last month, arguing that Allele’s legal action will become another burden as...


Civil Litigation


V. James DeSimone successfully argued that it made sense to weigh the punitive damages in light of what the compensatory damag...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


Attorneys concealed plaintiffs’ names in the complaint because they say the government has indicated it will criminally invest...


Law Practice, Bankruptcy


Both attorneys, David R. Lira and Keith D. Griffin, have portrayed themselves as salaried employees who had no control over Gi...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


A split 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that attorneys representing journalist Kevin Poulsen can obtain fees bec...


Law Practice


Aviation and war hero Chuck Yeager’s lawsuits, many against his attorneys, live on as courts consider whether he was a vexatio...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, Civil Litigation


The Civil Justice Association of California, stated the bills, if passed by the Legislature, will “attract unwarranted or abus...