Government
Committee moves bills on privacy issues with contact tracing
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a pair of bills on Thursday designed to protect people’s privacy when government authori...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar dues would fall under annual bill passed by Senate Judiciary Committee
By Henrik Nilsson
The bill authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scott’s Valley, also would require the bar to have open meetings when discussin...
San Bernardino Judge John Pacheco will not let attorneys frighten jurors into a verdict.
Real Estate/Development, Government
Judicial Council ends bans on foreclosures and evictions as of Sept 1
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The temporary rules were put in place in April after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pande...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
State appeal court revives product liability suit against Amazon
By Craig Anderson
Breaking ranks with other courts across the nation, a state appellate panel on Thursday revived a product liability lawsuit ag...
David Lacey’s defense lawyer says Xavier Becerra has no authority to file misdemeanor charges in connection with the March 2 i...
California Supreme Court
Social media may have to comply with subpoenas
By Winston Cho
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye dismissed arguments that Facebook can use the Stored Communications Act as a shie...
Civil Litigation
Church, LA County sue each other over indoor services
By Justin Kloczko
A San Fernando Valley church and Los Angeles County are suing each other over pandemic government shutdowns, the latest in a b...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge walks out as Uber and Lyft lawyers seek answer
By Jessica Mach
Judge Ethan P. Schulman left the telephonic hearing while Rohit K. Singla, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and Lyf...
Civil Rights
Demand has increased for cities to hire law firms to investigate police shootings
By Tyler Pialet
Attorneys familiar with the practice of cities tapping private firms to do these investigations say there is a long precedent ...
Criminal
Judge likely to order new protections for disabled prisoners
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case concerns the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, which houses one of the largest concentrations ...
Real Estate/Development, Government, Civil Litigation
Assembly Judiciary Committee passes bill on evictions and foreclosures, but it will be amended
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 1410 seeks to create a process to help replace two emergency rules put in place by the Judicial Council in April blocking u...
Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
FedArb launches multidistrict litigation advisory board
By Gina Kim
Federal Arbitration has officially launched an advisory board Wednesday with multidistrict litigation experts, former Article ...
Labor/Employment
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin seeks to enjoin DoorDash from misclassifying its delivery workers
By Gina Kim
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin seeks to enjoin DoorDash from misclassifying its delivery workers
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Ex-employees of Pinterest, Wells Fargo file gender discrimination suits
By Jessica Mach
Former employees at Pinterest and Wells Fargo have filed gender discrimination lawsuits alleging the companies' public proclam...
Appellate Practice
LA trial court begins remote appearances for appellate division
By Kamila Knaudt
Remote oral argument appearances using Webex are now available for the Los Angeles County Superior Court's appellate division....
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Justice ‘baffled’ and ‘stunned’ over San Quentin outbreak
By Tyler Pialet
A state appellate justice on Wednesday said a convicted Orange County murderer who contracted the coronavirus at San Quentin S...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Attorney sues bar in federal court over discipline for criticizing jurists’ competence
By Henrik Nilsson
The bar alleged attorney Benjamin Pavone’s use of the word “succubistic” in an appeal was a case of gender bias against the co...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Bill to curb civil backlogs now and in the future passes committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Assembly Judiciary Committee analysis stated the bill would accelerate a preexisting trend "to digitize many aspects of th...
Civil Litigation
Citing diversity concerns about the choice of a monitor, judge delays Sutter Health settlement approval
By Craig Anderson
Preliminary approval of a major antitrust settlement between state and private plaintiffs with Sutter Health was postponed Wed...
Labor/Employment
Uber CEO’s benefits plan models worker-administered ones
By Jessica Mach
A benefits fund for gig workers proposed by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi echoes a model that already exists in union contexts, b...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Judge won’t let state prisons manage own virus testing
By Winston Cho
After months of sparring over the issue, plaintiffs' attorneys seek a court order to force the agency to modify its plan. They...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
Denial of coverage cases too varied for coordination, multidistrict litigation panel rules
By Justin Kloczko
The five-judge panel in Washington, D.C. held back on combining what would have been the largest coordinated multidistrict lit...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Patent holding company wins $506.2M verdict against Apple for infringement
By Craig Anderson
The verdict is big win for Irell & Manella LLP and McKool Smith PC, which tried the case for the plaintiff, a holding comp...
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Earl H. Maas III
Government
Group says charter cities can pass new soda taxes despite legislated moratorium
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Keep Groceries Affordable Act in 2018, which banned all new local taxes on beverages with added su...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Government, Criminal
State Bar considers ban on police donations to DA races
By Henrik Nilsson
El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson, who is president of the California District Attorneys Association, opposed th...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
No face shields required on witnesses in Southern District trial
By Gina Kim
Witnesses began testifying Tuesday in the second day of trial before Chief Judge Larry A. Burns of the Southern District of Ca...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Judicial Council voting this week on rescinding foreclosure and eviction bans
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Voting was ordered to take place by Thursday, after the chief justice cautioned the judiciary should not legislate and Democra...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit reverses antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
By Winston Cho
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Qualcomm’s dominant market position is the result of superior products and practic...