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Civil Litigation


Joshua Vasquez was convicted in 2016 of sexually abusing the young girls and sentenced to 150 years to life in prison


Government


Newsom’s CARE Court gets more money in new budget

Jun. 13, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The budget is laid out in two bills amended on Sunday, AB 101 and SB 101. Each bill calls for the state’s Legal Services Trust...


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Retired LA County judge joins Judicate West

Jun. 13, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Monica Bachner served on the Superior Court for over 20 years, and presided over a variety of cases, including commercial, emp...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached an $18 million settlement with Activision Blizzard in March 2022, which t...


Health Care & Hospital Law


According to the complaint, the type of information that was compromised included, “patient status, identifying information, m...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Active California attorneys, who pay the nation’s highest license fee at $510 per year, would see that increase to $617 if the...


Civil Litigation


Dr. Diana Goldstein’s report was provided to Girardi’s defense attorneys so it could be redacted for any privileged informatio...


The new lawsuit, seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the California-based technology an...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Daniel H. Silverman of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC was nominated as interim lead class counsel for plaintiffs who s...


Law Practice


“Defendant’s effort to enforce a 10-year minimum contractual noncompetition provision against plaintiff is improper and unenfo...


Civil Litigation


“Robinson helicopters seem to crash far too often,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Timothy A. Loranger of Wisner Baum LLP. “We thin...


Labor/Employment


‘Check in the mail’ won’t keep arbitration alive

Jun. 12, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The plaintiff was awarded sanctions of just over $118,000, and the matter is back in trial court after an employer was late on...


San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju’s lawsuit, filed on behalf of a group of taxpayers, seeks to compel the court to pr...


Civil Litigation


InESS, an independent contractor for an approved vendor for Cisco, contends it was not a co-conspirator, and had its business ...


Community News


Recent scandals in the Southern California legal community cast a pall over what was otherwise an occasion for celebration.


Civil Litigation, Government


Marc S. Harris, a former federal prosecutor who was senior investigative counsel for the House Select Committee to Investigate...


Education Law


The complaint refers to name change legislation, not free speech rights, an appellate panel wrote, denying the anti-SLAPP moti...


Civil Litigation


Chevron said it strongly disagrees with the Santa Barbara jury’s awarding of compensatory and punitive damages and will appeal.


Obituaries


Richard David Burda, 1940 — 2023

Jun. 9, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Criminal defense attorney was ‘smart, funny and engaging’


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


All 11 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for Judge Ana I. de Alba to join the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...


Civil Litigation


Dole Food applied for a stay of enforcement as it litigates a separate application by affiliate Dole plc to set aside or corre...


Environmental & Energy, Government


Legislators put brakes on Newsom’s CEQA changes

Jun. 9, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a package of infrastructure proposals last month, but he has only until July 1 to sign the budget.


Technology


The settlement class includes all U.S. Android developers who earn $2 million or less annually through the Google Play Store. ...


Environmental & Energy


Federal government sues Edison over Creek fire

Jun. 9, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

The Creek fire broke out in the northern Los Angeles area in December 2017 and burned over 15,000 acres of land. The governmen...


Technology


The litigation followed Maxar Technologies' February 2017 acquisition of Digital Globe for $2.4 billion. In October 2018 Maxar...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The panel remanded the case to Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of Oakland to “rigorously evaluate the actual benef...


Law Practice


“Defendant’s effort to enforce a 10-year minimum contractual noncompetition provision against plaintiff is improper and unenfo...


Environmental & Energy


“The California trades associations have successfully opposed every bill in Sacramento that would have led to meaningful CEQA ...



Genuinely Honest

Jun. 9, 2023

Former Santa Clara County judge is 'never out of his depth' as a neutral, says attorney.


The new leadership plans to proceed more quietly and focus on growing client relationships, a firm spokesperson said.