Government, Environmental & Energy
California attorney to be senior adviser to Biden’s energy secretary
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Karen E. Skelton, who will advise Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, spent the last decade as founder and CEO of Skelton Stra...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
In-N-Out raises new theories in business disruption lawsuit
By Gina Kim
The insurance company argued California courts have repeatedly recognized that policyholders could not reasonably allege COVID...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Stradling Yocca opens office in life sciences hub Westlake Village
By Kamila Knaudt
The founding members of the office are newly added corporate and securities shareholder Brent A. Reinke, who joined from Music...
If Congress doesn't pass the ambitious federal bill, the prospect of gig workers unionizing would still be on the table as lon...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Class counsel in LA water bill case is sanctioned nearly $2 million
By Blaise Scemama
Despite San Fernando Valley personal injury attorney Michael J. Libman arguing his civil rights were being violated and that a...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Judge overseeing LA homeless case backs off on outside help
By Gina Kim
Judge David O. Carter of the Central District axed plans to enlist outside assistance from Social Justice Legal Foundation and...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Disgorgement, sanctions, contempt fines for ex-class counsel in LA water case
By Blaise Scemama
Despite San Fernando Valley personal injury attorney Michael J. Libman arguing his civil rights were being violated and that a...
All sports can resume, say lawyers who settled case against state
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“What our settlement achieves is that it now allows the return of indoor sports that previously had not been allowed,” said Ia...
Civil Litigation
Waste company agrees to repay San Franciscans $100M in overcharges
By Winston Cho
The settlement announced on the same day a lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court is part of a sweeping investigati...
Government
Becerra’s 2018 opponent argues shutdown orders are no longer ‘temporary’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Steven C. Bailey of San Diego-based Bailey & Romero, represents a Nevada County restaurant that made claims under the Fir...
Labor/Employment, Government
Labor overhaul may not pass Congress, but could make policy
By Jessica Mach
Opinions are now divided on whether the bill, which substantially amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it easier fo...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
‘Mad dash on the internet’ saves attorney from sanctions in Apple suit
By Winston Cho
Plaintiffs’ lawyer Benjamin Siegel did not technically violate the protective order, wrote U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson...
Government, Criminal
Longtime federal defender in San Francisco is leaving post
By Gina Kim
Steve G. Kalar says it is time to let someone else bring in a new kind of energy and mindset to the job.
“We hope our deposit in an institution that is poised to support Black communities is not only a call to action for the legal ...
Law Office Management
Chair to step down from Gibson Dunn after 19 years
By Kamila Knaudt
Barbara L. Becker, New York partner and co-chair of the mergers and acquisitions practice group becomes chair and managing par...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DOJ changes position on state’s donor disclosure law
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Supreme Court, which is reviewing a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the statute, asked the solic...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Complaint that Uber fired drivers based on ratings is dismissed
By Jessica Mach
U.S District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said while it was easy to imagine "a plaintiff successfully stating a dispa...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Lead counsel fights other firms over Roundup fees
By Winston Cho
A federal judge in San Francisco indicated skepticism Wednesday about his power to force all current and future plaintiffs sui...
Government, Criminal
San Francisco public defender opposes DA’s fentanyl task force
By Tyler Pialet
The task force’s focus would be on suppliers instead of street-corner dealers, District Attorney Chesa Boudin said, which is w...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Ex-San Jose State sports official's lawsuit says firing was retaliation
By Craig Anderson
The suit claims O'Brien was ordered to discipline a swimming coach at the college, Sage Hopkins, after he compiled a 300-page ...
Criminal
San Francisco board preliminarily OKs $2.5M offer if wrongful conviction case is settled
By Tyler Pialet
The city attorney's office has not extended the offer to the plaintiff and said this week that it may not do so.
Civil Litigation
LA settles with nursing home in ‘patient dumping’ case
By Blaise Scemama
As alleged in the complaint, a skilled nursing home receives the highest reimbursement rates from Medicare-covered residents w...
Law Office Management
Brian Sun joins Norton Rose after 17 years with Jones Day
By Kamila Knaudt
Sun, known for his complex business litigation and white collar defense work, called the move a seamless fit, adding he was at...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Ancestry immune from lawsuit, US court finds in yearbook photo case
By Winston Cho
The California residents didn’t suffer sufficient harm to sue the consumer DNA company because the information is publicly acc...
California Courts of Appeal
Appeal panel reverses reprieve for LA outdoor dining
By Henrik Nilsson
The county already had lifted the ban, pointing to declining COVID-19 infection rates and more hospital capacity, but legal ex...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Tech workers get 1st collective bargaining agreement with employer
By Jessica Mach
The statement said the contract "does not focus on wages and benefits, which are already generous at Glitch," and focuses part...
Presiding over a lawsuit filed last year by an alliance of business owners and residents who said the government failed to add...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel asks if in-person schools are a right
By Craig Anderson
Parents filed a lawsuit arguing the restrictions, requiring school closures when counties have faced a spike in deaths and hos...
Judges and Judiciary
State judiciary diversity increased in past 14 years
By Malcolm Maclachlan
There are now 70 open superior court judgeships and six spots for appellate justices, according to data released Feb. 1 by the...
State Bar & Bar Associations
California Bar exam to be administered remotely, again
By Henrik Nilsson
This will be the third time the exam has been administered online because of the pandemic.
