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Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Monday’s ruling explicitly rejected an argument the companies have long made: They do not employ drivers, but are rather techn...


If nominated at the Democratic party convention Harris will the first Black woman on a major presidential ticket.


Mark Rosenbaum has been utilizing the judiciary to further causes he believes in since he began his career helping to defend D...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Government


A Los Angeles judge denied remaining plaintiff's motions seeking to invalidate a new state regulation stating coffee doesn't p...


Government


The translation problems affected several initiatives on the November ballot, said a writ filed by the attorney general agains...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal


Alan F. Broidy stole $512,526 from his client and used the money to pay off personal debt, according to U.S. Attorney Nicola T...


California Supreme Court


The state Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeal decision that had reduced a jury’s $8 million noneconomic damages award bec...


Labor/Employment, Government


Groups like the California Chamber of Commerce have long pushed to strike private right of action clauses from proposed bills,...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Federal prosecutors from the Central District of California argued for the complete stay of two proceedings involving Paul O. ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court


With the court’s decision on July 16 to permanently lower the cut score from 1,440 to 1,390, some deans, students and others w...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


The decision is a win for state legislators who have sought to enforce AB 5 against Uber and Lyft, and a withering judicial cr...


Environmental & Energy


U.S. District Judge William Alsup's Friday ruling replaced a more demanding set of conditions that could have forced PG&E ...


Civil Litigation


The first jury trial commenced Monday in the Southern District of California post COVID-19 shutdown orders. It is a civil case...


Law Office Management


Srinivasan's appointment marks many first for the law firm. She is also the first managing partner based outside of the firm's...


Prosecutors are becoming concerned that the way in which prison officials are releasing inmates violates a constitutional righ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Law Practice


According to a new report from the American Bar Association, 37% of 1,100 new lawyers who were interviewed said that instead o...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed rulings by a San Francisco district judge against two of the plaintiffs’ th...



Parsing Partnerships

Aug. 10, 2020

Brown & Charbonneau's niche practice is focused on litigating business and family breakups.


Officers wouldn’t need to be arrested or charged with the commission of a crime or a public offense in order for a person to q...


Law Practice, Intellectual Property


The new firm will specialize in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Office of Enrollment and Discipline ethics investigatio...


Kings County District Attorney Keith L. Fagundes said he never had the chance to brief the Department of Justice on how the la...


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


The majority opinion concluded the board wrongly interpreted Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to reject the asylum cla...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The lawsuits filed in federal court in San Francisco piggyback on a case filed by the state's top prosecutor claiming Vitol In...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


Plaintiffs’ attorneys have been particularly resistant to federal court venues, and judges’ decisions vary on remand requests.


Government, Civil Litigation


Ventura County Judge Matthew P. Guasco, in finding constitutional rights to the free practice of religion must be consistent w...


Labor/Employment


State advocates and lawyers for Uber and Lyft butted heads Thursday when they argued whether a superior court should issue a p...


Law enforcement agencies have largely opposed the amendment because it would prohibit any of the earmarked funds from being di...


Law Practice


Latham & Watkins LLP snagged Katharine P. Moir, the former head of the West Coast tax practice at Simpson Thacher & Ba...


Compensation could not be denied on the grounds that at injured claimant was in the act of committing a crime or failed to rea...


U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal


The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has twice denied requests from the county to immediately lift the district court orders.