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Immigration


The complaint alleges state-mandated social distancing to protect detainees from the highly-infectious virus is impossible at ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


Bar group mulls extending paralegal practice areas

Apr. 22, 2020
By Henrik Nilsson

The Paraprofessional Program Working Group held its first meeting to discuss developing recommendations for a paraprofessional...


The impact of new safety standards are especially burdensome, according to attorneys who work with restaurant, food processing...


The program was conceived and tested in two weeks, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Kevin C. Bra...


U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal granted ICE detainee Faour Abdallah Fraihat and others their emergency motion to be certif...


Immigration, Government


President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday announced a 60-day “pause” in granting lawful permanent residency to immigrants seeking j...


A commercial insurer that denied a business interruption claim by Hollywood's Musso & Frank Grill over its forced closure ...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


While traditional Bay Area venture capitalists have become more risk averse, furloughed and underemployed workers are seeking ...


“We wanted to send a message to our employees that the firm is in a good position,” said founding and co-managing partner Ryan...


Intellectual Property


Trade secrets civil litigation, which skyrocketed between 2015 and 2017 after the passage of the federal Defend Trade Secrets ...


Government


One GOP lawmaker suggested in Monday’s committee hearing that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration improperly used some state fu...


Judges and Judiciary


The link to the proceedings will be posted on the Commission on Judicial Performance website 15 minutes before the hearing st...


The money will only go to homeowners the banking giant did not offer loan modifications to and who lost their houses to forecl...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property


Over a pointed dissent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to set...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Environmental & Energy


Jeffrey P. Carlin has joined the Los Angeles office of Alston & Bird LLP as environmental litigation counsel.


Civil Litigation


Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America and U.S. Bank were named as defendants in complaints filed separately b...


Juvenile justice attorneys say the LA court system must broaden its release standards for incarcerated youth amid the coronavi...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


Legal scholars and criminal defense lawyers say that actions taken by judges and prosecutors to deny zero bail to qualifying d...


Government


Former CPUC President and known critic of corporate energy behemoths agrees ratepayers denied evidentiary hearing over $13.5B ...


Government


Lorraine Andrews and her neighbors, daughter Lori Gill and her husband, Craig Gill, contend the city is not honoring a water r...


Education Law, Civil Litigation


The closure of university campuses across California and the nation due to the deadly Covid-19 virus has raised what could be ...


Insurance, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


The Department of Justice has sided with the drug manufacturer in the litigation, maintaining it’s a waste of government time ...


Labor/Employment


Musicians, songwriters, producers, and other industry professionals will be able to collaborate and contract with each other t...


Judges and Judiciary


Electronic service is now mandatory

Apr. 20, 2020
By Justin Kloczko

Notices and documents in most state civil cases will now have to be served electronically, per a temporary emergency order by ...


California Supreme Court


Habeas attorneys are seeking postponement until in-person argument returns, but the state Supreme Court says no.


Criminal


US judge denies bid for release of more state prisoners

Apr. 20, 2020
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Judge Jon S. Tigar wrote in a Friday order the virus is clearly a threat to prisoners, and the state is obligated to try to ke...


Government, Civil Litigation


With multiple agencies continually updating emergency orders, California attorneys steer clients into “essential” status when ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The bar collects $14 million per year in exam fees from all the exams it administers, said a bar spokesperson. Therefore, a ca...


Labor/Employment


U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez rejected Postmates’ argument it would suffer irreparable harm if the court doesn’t sto...


Entertainment & Sports


Judge Edward Chen found Elon Musk could have intended to defraud shareholders and caused the company’s stock to plummet by twe...