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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights


Judge Lawrence VanDyke wrote the opinion and a concurrence that included a whithering critic of his liberal colleagues for uph...


Civil Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions


Federal Judge Cynthia Bashant appointed Monteverde & Associates and Kahn Swick & Foti as colead counsel for a securiti...


Judges and Judiciary


Seven retired judges, all over 70 and over the cap, said the court system is unfairly denying them the ability to serve as tem...


Judges and Judiciary


Biden nominates judges for Fresno and San Diego

Jan. 20, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Judges in the Eastern District and Southern District have pleaded with the president to fill vacancies to ease their workload.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Intellectual Property, Technology


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a decision by Chief Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern Distr...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux was sworn in as the first Latina bankruptcy judge in the Central District of California.


Civil Litigation, Covid Court Ops, Criminal, Judges and Judiciary


Some courts are set to resume trials next week

Jan. 20, 2022
By Blaise Scemama

Federal and state courts in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and other counties have paused all jury trials amid the sur...


Law Practice, Technology


Maneesha Mithal most recently was associate director of the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protec...


LA family law judge has criminal and health care experience.


LA judge, ex- entertainment lawyer, handles family law


Civil Litigation, Criminal


The Institute for Justice, which is representing Empyreal Enterprises, announced the lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of...



Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Judges and Judiciary


Justice William J. Murray Jr. has written no opinions, published or unpublished, since Dec. 8. He turns 65 on Jan. 27, making ...


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Technology


The criminal and civil litigation raise a host of issues involving liability both for attorneys representing victims, drivers ...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


Last month, a different judge temporarily barred the prisons department from enacting the rule change, which would increase go...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology


The Santa Monica game creator is under a federal consent decree and faces a state lawsuit over allegations of a discriminatory...



The Cleaner

Jan. 18, 2022
By David Houston

Attorneys at Hudock Employment Law Group routinely help businesses out of sticky situations.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary


The case involves a long-running antitrust complaint by Trendsettah USA Inc. against tobacco manufacturer Swisher Internationa...


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Government


“The more public defenders there are, the less available remedy there is, if at all. The district attorney has made no indicat...


Civil Litigation, Real Estate/Development


Developers failed to account for the wildfire risks from surrounding lands, Judge Mitchell Beckloff said.


Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment


The Daily Journal obtained an email showing the agency has denied a request for "judicial administrative records showing the a...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Technology


In June, U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg in Washington, D.C. ruled the state attorneys general had waited too long...


Civil Litigation, Technology


“Apple lacked the necessary infrastructure to provide this service at the time it sold it. Unbeknownst to plaintiffs and the p...


Government, Intellectual Property, Judges and Judiciary


Four Republican senators said they were satisfied Katherine “Kathi” Vidal, a Winston & Strawn LLP partner in Menlo Park, w...


Government, Judges and Judiciary


The group of 300 judges said if a judge is ever challenged in either a judicial election or a recall attempt, the PAC will pro...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal


Suspension of Speedy Trial Act may go to US Supreme Court

Jan. 14, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The effort points at a larger question: at what point must federal courts start dismissing charges because the ongoing COVID p...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment


Of the 40 million Americans who have been diagnosed with Covid, one in four have developed long term ailments, according to a ...


Family, Law Practice


“I was galvanized by guys who were my clients and trying to get primary custody of their children. Even though they were the b...


Civil Litigation


The claim alleges the government is liable for the actions of its employees including alleged intentional and negligent inflic...


Criminal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The warnings are used to prove implied malice in a subsequent murder charge and are similar to a “Watson” advisory for convict...