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Law Practice, Community News


The group will be co-chaired by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Debra Wong Yang and Tai Park, a partner at White &...


Immigration, Civil Litigation


The ACLU complaint states it asked for information on the agencies’ past and current use of Clearview AI Inc. software technol...


Government, Criminal


DA George Gascon said although he’s been surprised at how the majority of his prosecutors are showing “a high level of civilit...


The first jury trial in the Central District of California in 14 months starts May 10 before U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Car...


Probate, California Courts of Appeal


Judges in paternity cases can order genetic testing, but not probate judges, appellate court rules.


Government, Data Privacy


Other states copy California's Consumer Privacy Act

Apr. 16, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“There’s definitely an accelerated trend in states,” said Scott W. Pink, special counsel with O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Men...


Corporate, Civil Litigation


Identical lawsuits against at least six other companies, including Facebook, Oracle and Qualcomm, have been filed by the Renne...


Civil Litigation


Attorneys for the Estate of Fyre Festival LLC filed a tentative settlement with 277 individuals, who bought tickets for a conc...


Mark Weidmann constantly rethinks a mediation as it progresses.


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


Churches’ attorneys say more battles still ahead

Apr. 15, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Three days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding California’s limits on...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The potential glitch is the trustee handling the Girardi Keese bankruptcy is in ongoing litigation with the same firm the pers...


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


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar’s finding that the arbitration ag...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Under Halgren’s leadership, the firm has grown from 292 attorneys to 984, opened 11 offices globally and experienced 20 consec...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


“There was a proposal that basically the state hire private arbitration-mediation services to help with this backlog,” Senate ...


Civil Litigation


Despite Altria and former Juul executives maintaining they were merely operating in the ordinary course of business, U.S. Dist...


Criminal


A woman identified as the sole suspect in the murder of her three children in Los Angeles County was arrested in Tulare County...


Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter lifted his stay after business owners and residents demanded in a preliminary injunction m...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge John W. Holcomb of the Central District of California ruled Tuesday the growers’ arguments that the Coache...


Government, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


Family of man shot and killed by Redwood City Police during mental illness episode files lawsuit.


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


US sues Maidu Indians for forest fire

Apr. 15, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The case comes with a certain irony. In recent years, state and federal officials have praised traditional native fire suppres...


Civil Litigation, Admiralty/Maritime


Attorneys for the defendant companies noted in their filings that the passengers signed waivers promising not to join a class ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Judges Cynthia Valenzuela and Phong Wang recused themselves earlier this month, citing court rules that a State Bar Court judg...


Civil Litigation


Ventura County sued over jail inmate’s suicide

Apr. 14, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

The complaint, filed in the Central District of California by Edward M. Lyman of the Cochran Firm, accuses the sheriff and med...


Civil Litigation


Denying Apple’s bid to bar the third-party witnesses from taking the stand, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found o...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


Robinhood class action lead counsel appointed

Apr. 14, 2021
By Winston Cho

While she approved the lead plaintiff’s motion to group the lawsuits and appoint her favored counsel, U.S. District Judge Yvon...


Criminal


The former law enforcement officer faced a maximum sentence of life in prison on charges including conspiracy to distribute ma...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Kenneth Herzinger leaves Orrick for Paul Hastings

Apr. 14, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Specializing in Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and enforcement actions, internal investigations and securit...


Labor/Employment, Government


The position has not been filled since former federal OSHA Chief David Michaels resigned at the end of President Barack Obama’...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


On Monday, the state high court transferred two dozen cases out of the 6th District, a court that has not suffered from the sa...


Technology, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen in San Francisco initially said in January Proposition 22 was not retroactive when he certi...