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Labor/Employment


E-discovery firm lays off 10% percent of workforce

May 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The layoffs are among several throughout the legal industry in recent weeks. Disco, another e-discovery company, reportedly ju...



Fund misled investors in gold, silver sales, SEC says

May 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“The defendants used fear and lies to defraud investors out of millions of dollars from their hard-earned retirement savings,”...


The defendant, Dr. Edward P. Miranda, and his attorney, Elisabeth A. Madden of the Law offices of Madden & Lynch PC, argue...


“The ultimate timing may move, but the decision has been made,” confirmed diocese spokesman Kevin Eckery on Monday.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Two San Francisco employees refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine because it was developed using stem cells.


Criminal, Government


City asks high court to review ruling on beach bullying

May 16, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“If public entities can now be found liable for violating the Coastal Act based upon the conduct of private citizens on public...


Immigration


“With 236,136 cases pending at the 10 courts in California as of the beginning of the year, the judges anticipate that new cas...


Criminal


Veteran treatment courts operate in hundreds of jurisdictions, but participation is often restricted to minor offenses, and on...


Health Care & Hospital Law


John Puente was deputy director and chief counsel at the California Department of Health Care Services and Heather Claus was s...


Litigation & Arbitration


“The Kennedy lawsuit was the catalyst that changed long-standing California law,” Los Angeles Judge Michael L. Stern wrote in ...



Revised budget proposes cut to Judicial Branch funding

May 15, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Nearly $21 million of the courts’ lost revenue will come out of an “ability to pay” fund designed to backfill declining fine a...


State Bar & Bar Associations


The number of practicing lawyers above the age of 65 has increased more than 50%. Today, about 14% of lawyers are older than 6...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“The court’s insistence on dictating the terms and implementation of a private settlement between the county and L.A. Alliance...


Litigation & Arbitration, Technology


The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on Thursday decided to prohibit any acquisition between Microsoft and Activision wi...


Immigration


ACLU tries to halt Biden rule on asylum-seekers

May 15, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The ACLU asked U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland for permission to amend and supplement its complaint against the ru...


The new lawsuit was filed May 1 by Charles H. Jung, principal of Nassiri & Jung LLP. Jung amended that complaint this week...


U.S. Supreme Court


Pork producers “invite us to fashion two new and more aggressive constitutional restrictions on the ability of states to regul...


Litigation & Arbitration


$6.8M awarded to company over tainted pet food

May 12, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“We were able to demonstrate that the recall was their first time seeing a decline in sales and they continued to have declini...


Intellectual Property


MGA Entertainment has denied the claims against it and its attorneys maintain that the company’s dolls that allegedly look lik...


Corporate, Litigation & Arbitration


Massage school says state council exceeds its authority

May 12, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The California Massage Therapy Council is “a private nonprofit public benefit corporation” but its voluntary certification pro...


Litigation & Arbitration, Technology


Plaintiffs accuse the companies of paying independent third-party companies to embed code in their websites, allowing those th...


Marian F. Gaston's nomination by President Joe Biden had been postponed for weeks by Chair Dick Durbin, D-IL, due to Feinstein...


Litigation & Arbitration


According to a trial brief filed by the plaintiffs, a 18-wheeler rear-ended the family’s vehicle when the truck driver was dis...


Government, Litigation & Arbitration


Citing rising teen use of vapes and other tobacco products, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 793 in 2020, banning flavored tobacco ...


The plaintiff alleged that the wells will be in a health-and-safety buffer zone designated by Senate Bill 1137, which Gov. Gav...


LA county commissioner listens with compassion, attorneys say.


Government, Litigation & Arbitration


“The services offered by plaintiff such as ID vouchers, assistance, counseling, mail collection and ‘other programs services’ ...


Litigation & Arbitration


2nd cross complaint OK’d with new information

May 11, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

A Los Angeles County judge approved the defendant’s motion to file a second amended cross complaint against three logistics an...


Three of the five new members are from Los Angeles bringing to seven the number of members on the 15-member committee who are ...


Legal Education


Attorneys for the students argued that the rule on which the sanctions order rested applied only to travel and other expenses ...