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Riverside County court announces cutbacks

Nov. 21, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Furloughed staff is one of several measures courts throughout the state are taking to close a $97 million budget cut.


Slideshow, Community News


Judges spoke on matters including mass tort litigation and wage and hour actions.


Judges and Judiciary


All the publicly posted comments from judges said the opinion's cautions - particularly suggestions that judges have others de...


Legal Education, Constitutional Law


Some prominent judges -- including the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brenna Jr. --and law professors have tried ...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Business Law


U.S. District Judge Edward Chen said he intended to sanction Valerie Lozano, a Los Angeles partner at Quinn Emanuel, for viola...




Civil Litigation


Claims dismissed against Brink's sales agent

Nov. 20, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The plaintiffs accused the defendant of advising them to understate the value of their goods before they were placed in an arm...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


The nominees who advanced were Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anne Hwang and State Bar Court Judge Cynthia Valenzuela...


Civil Rights


The plaintiff had claimed that "less lethal" munitions used by LAPD officers were responsible for injuries he suffered during ...


Judges and Judiciary


The nominees who moved forward were Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anne Hwang and State Bar Court Judge Cynthia Valen...


Civil Rights


The lawsuit claims that the Redwood City based school district has a long history of "tolerating casual antisemitism" on its f...


Immigration


The ACLU pointed to statements made by Trump adviser Stephen Miller as evidence that ICE is likely to ramp up its air operatio...


Government


Huntington Beach voter ID initiative gets court win

Nov. 19, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Friday's decision by Orange County Superior Court Judge Nico A. Dourbetas is not the final word in the dispute over the city's...


Insurance


The complaint filed in Los Angeles County claims exceptions to coverage contained within Travelers Insurance policies provided...


California Supreme Court


1989 precedent on default judgments overturned

Nov. 19, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The ruling could have significant implications in other collections cases in which defendants are not properly served.


Civil Litigation


LA county joins lawsuit against former official

Nov. 19, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The county has intervened in a federal lawsuit filed against Thomas Shepos and a handful of landlords and developers following...


The lawsuit claims the treatment plant has logged over 500 illegal discharge incidents since 2018, releasing more than one bil...


Superior Court Judge Stephen I. Goorvitch found that the city did not act in bad faith when it denied the project.


Criminal


Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, accused of fatally shooting his wife, will stand trial beginning Feb. 18 in Los Angeles.


Environmental & Energy


Five environmental organizations accused the pesticide regulation department and its directors of purposely failing to adequa...


Technology, Constitutional Law


"It has the effect of impermissibly replacing the judgments of covered platforms about what content belongs on their platform...


Technology


TikTok moves state's consumer suit to federal court

Nov. 18, 2024
By Craig Anderson

Daniel M. Petrocelli, a partner with O'Melveny & Myers LLP, argued in a motion Wednesday that California's lawsuit relied ...


Labor/Employment


Kathi Vidal, formerly Winston & Strawn's managing director, will be replaced by the office's deputy director from mid-Dece...



Judges and Judiciary


Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom appointing new judges at a rapid clip, there were 89 vacancies on superior courts as of Nov. 1.



Brentwood law firm to flex muscles for women's charity

Nov. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Donors can pledge contributions based on the total pounds lifted by participants, with a penny-per-pound minimum suggestion.


State Bar & Bar Associations


San Diego County Bar Association elects 2025 leaders

Nov. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The board will be sworn in at the annual Stepping Up to the Bar reception on Dec. 6.


Speaking at the Consumer Attorneys of California convention in San Francisco, Elizabeth J. Cabraser called the clauses "basica...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 affirming U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of Oakland, who granted the preliminary injunct...