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Land Use, Real Estate/Development


Judge James C. Chalfant wrote that Los Angeles’ “actions were frivolous, without merit and a bad-faith violation of [Californi...



Up to the task

Oct. 19, 2022

Judge Susan Ser had to learn an unfamiliar area of law after joining the bench last year.



Sticking to landing

Oct. 18, 2022

Judge uses skills learned in Air Force to make quick and firm decisions


Obituaries


John Crew, 1957 – 2022

Oct. 18, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

ACLU attorney pushed the San Francisco police to reform


Environmental & Energy


A pipeline rupture discovered in October 2021 off the coast of Huntington Beach fouled Southern California beaches.


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Real Estate/Development


The fire began Sept. 5 and burned for 17 days, consuming 28,300 acres, destroying 36 structures and killing two people.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment


The justices told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to take a second look at its ruling against Domino’s Pizza in the ...


Appellate Practice, Law Practice, Real Estate/Development


Misty M. Sanford, Karen Lorang, and Aimee Contreras-Camua moved from Munger, Tolles & Olson.


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


A former commercial litigator launched Mediated Resolutions earlier this month, offering clients a fee structure based on an u...


Environmental & Energy, Land Use


The lawsuit filed by environmental groups alleges the Fanita Ranch plans ignore fire dangers and lack safe evacuation routes, ...


Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment


At the heart of the litigation is the claim that retired judges were disparately impacted by the Council’s 2018 decision to im...


Torts/Personal Injury


Motorcyclist gets $10.8M for crash caused by Navy vehicle

Oct. 18, 2022
By Federico Lo Giudice

“The enlisted Navy member suddenly swerved, causing numerous vehicles to crash into each other, including a motorcycle operate...


San Bernardino juvenile judge uses technology to make court easier.



Real-world Solutions

Oct. 17, 2022

Weinberg Gonser Frost LLP was founded in 2009 as a business and intellectual property transactional firm. Now the Los Angeles ...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary


Ryan T. Waggoner, Peter A. Griffin and Ross Neglia of Allen Matkins represented the victorious defendant, Dansk Investment Gro...


Civil Litigation, Ediscovery


Deputy Attorney General Robert L. Meyerhoff wrote last week that Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez’s briefing schedu...


Government, Labor/Employment


“It is not a great comparison,” said Mark Hanna, the National Employment Lawyers Association’s board vice president for public...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Technology


Mark C. Hansen of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC in Washington, D.C. argued that the government’s amended c...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Judges and Judiciary


Lawyer admits retaliation against US judge, marshal

Oct. 17, 2022
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Perris attorney Thaddeus J. Culpepper admitted to taking out false liens on the property of U.S. Magistrate Judge Frederick F....



Give and Take

Oct. 14, 2022

James Curry, who tried more than 500 cases as an attorney, enjoys problem solving.


LA family law judge says helping litigants understand is an ethical duty.


Government


The Department of Justice issued a 63-page report of recommendations to the sheriff’s and district attorney’s offices in the w...


Criminal, Government


“I believe the settlement was the right amount at the right time for these kids,” said Morgan A. Stewart, who represented the ...


Legal Education, State Bar & Bar Associations


Three motions that were proposed did not pass, including recommendations to the Supreme Court that it adopt an alternative pat...


Government, Real Estate/Development


“As rental housing providers keeping Californians housed, we could no longer stand by and tolerate California placing the fina...


Technology


The underlying dispute arose from the plaintiffs’ allegations that Facebook’s tracking pixel was being used to monitor their o...


Government, Health Care & Hospital Law


Kaiser argued that after so many years, subpoenas and reviews of records, the government’s narrow complaint focused on after-v...


Appellate Practice, Environmental & Energy, Law Practice


“After practicing air quality and climate-related environmental law primarily in the government sector for many years, I am ex...


Appellate Practice, Labor/Employment, Law Practice


Rimon names Latino partner to lead the law firm

Oct. 14, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I want us to be the trendsetter at Rimon. I want us to be the vanguard, to be the best firm for diversity in the industry,” J...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“The panel’s erroneous decision casts doubt on the validity of potentially tens of thousands of in absentia removal orders tha...