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The Humanizer

Nov. 4, 2022

Judge Carmen R. Luege draws out people’s stories, in criminal or family law


Civil Litigation, Ediscovery, Entertainment & Sports


The collegiate athletic association is accused by the widow of a former USC linebacker of having data linking football to chro...


Environmental & Energy, Government


Exxon Mobil has accused the board of supervisors of violating the takings and commerce clauses of the U.S. and California Cons...


Civil Litigation, Government, Health Care & Hospital Law


The national settlement will have no bearing on San Francisco’s attempt to recoup $8 billion from the pharmacy chain after a j...


Judges and Judiciary, Technology


54 county courts said in a joint statement there should be a “statutory framework” for “taking advantage of emerging technolog...


Class Action, Technology


This amounts to 10% to 30% of a possible $178 million to $569 million in recovery estimated by plaintiffs’ experts for the lit...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, State Bar & Bar Associations


The agency released the files in response to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper’s lawyer said the bar mus...


Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


The Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam provisionally recommended that the new exam include seven ...


Government, Judges and Judiciary, Land Use


“The trial court had discretion to tailor relief to redress harm to respondents,” the panel ruled. “It did not, however, have ...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


The NCAA is facing a lawsuit brought by Alana Gee, who was married to former USC linebacker Matthew Gee until his death four y...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Ruling in a challenge to the policy of Miss United States of America, a divided panel said pageants are artistic expression.


Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment


Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye said the new civil mediation program will rely on judges listed in the Temporary Assigned...


Labor/Employment, Torts/Personal Injury


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham granted summary judgment accepting the defense’s reliance on Privette ...


Civil Litigation


“In short, it is difficult to believe Griffin and Lira were unaware that Girardi was running a Ponzi scheme with client money,...


Government, Health Care & Hospital Law


Five physicians suing the state over a law that says they could lose their license over giving patients’ “COVID-19 misinformat...


Government


A representative for Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is in a tight race for reelection next Tuesday, did not respond to a request...


“On balance, the coordination factors appear to support coordination, but petitioners need to provide supplemental bridging co...


Environmental & Energy, Land Use, Law Practice


“Tim’s comprehensive, yet nuanced experience in the environmental field on both the public and private side will add immediate...


Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


The commission has been working for months to determine the feasibility of a non-exam pathway, after several low bar exam pass...


Jim Pappas, former chief judge of the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, tries to reach the best decision in the most cos...


Civil Litigation, Technology


“It is only a short step from the golf course to the courts. … The array of potential defendants includes the driver of vehicl...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


“This case is about how legally blind patients communicate with Quest to receive services at its patient service centers,” Nye...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports


Judge Michael E. Whitaker said Tuesday he would further consider a tentative ruling as to the accusations brought by Carlos A....


Entertainment & Sports, Law Practice


New York based Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP said it had ended its work for Ye. “We condemn bigotry and hate speech of...


Criminal, Technology


Dhirendra Prasad, a buyer for the company for 10 years, took a kickback from Apple’s vendors.


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law


The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 26 in Ventura County Superior Court, alleges that Ventura County Medical Center, then known as Vent...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


Time and history are not on the Democrats' side, even if former Chapman University Fowler School of Law professor John C. East...


Health Care & Hospital Law, State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar won’t create CARE Court committee yet

Nov. 2, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

“We’re going to keep monitoring it depending on what recommendations come out in January and February,” said executive committ...


Ediscovery, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


At the heart of the litigation is the claim that retired judges were disparately impacted by the Judicial Council’s 2018 decis...