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Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Litigation & Arbitration, State Bar & Bar Associations


Judge Yvette D. Roland made the recommendation, citing multiple examples of Thomas V. Girardi misappropriating client funds an...


The women-owned Oakland boutique takes a “feminist approach to interactions that’s respectful of everyone,” said partner Jean ...



Real life experience

Jan. 10, 2022
By David Houston


Law Practice


New York firm expands in LA with Torrance boutique merge

Jan. 10, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck now has more than 200 attorneys in 13 offices. Eight lawyers from Greenberg, Whitcombe, Takeuchi...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


Turning over the plaintiffs’ personal information to nongovernmental groups “would greatly increase the risk of unauthorized a...


Civil Litigation


PG&E outlasts judicial thorn, probation ends soon

Jan. 10, 2022
By Craig Anderson

Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco denied motions in amicus briefs seeking to extend PG&E's crimina...


Criminal, State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar hears opinions on DA campaign donations

Jan. 10, 2022
By Kamila Knaudt

The Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct was asked to consider what the Legislature has discussed regarding a ...


Construction, Judges and Judiciary


“The legend in the old municipal court was that a bunch of cats were living in the ceiling and one of them fell through the ce...


Administrative/Regulatory, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


California’s budget likely to be good for courts again

Jan. 10, 2022
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Gavin Newsom planned to unveil his draft 2022-23 budget Monday — and it’s likely to be another good year for court fundin...



The Case Whisperer

Jan. 7, 2022

Mediator Glen Reiser has a gentle way of helping attorneys and parties see the strengths and weaknesses of the claims, attorne...


Sutter County judge focuses on research and reading


Civil Litigation, Government


Richmond Mayor Thomas K. Butt contends the emails were not properly privileged, keeping them secret was a violation of the Bro...


Civil Litigation


Since New York resident Radek Barnert purchased his printer in his home state, and didn’t allege injuries in any other, U.S. M...


California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation, Torts/Personal Injury


“The city had no duty to guard against the known hazardous activity of paddle boarding or to warn paddle boarders, since the r...


Civil Litigation


The sister of Dave Patrick Underwood, who was shot and killed outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland in May...


Judges and Judiciary


Maurice Sanchez willl be the first Latino justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 3, and Laurie M. Earl, the fir...


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Environmental & Energy


There is no provision in statute or case law that provides anything for the court to work from when deciding how to approach t...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Land Use


The ruling by Superior Court Judge J. David Markham is the latest in a trend of judge’s looking skeptically on developments th...


Criminal


“These cases are not about abortion nor women’s reproductive rights in any way,” Kings County DA spokesman Philip W. Esbenshad...


In the county’s 148-year history, there had been seven women judges on the Ventura County Superior Court.


Law Practice


Pacific Northwest law firm joins with Pasadena law firm

Jan. 6, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Anglin Flewelling & Rasmussen LLP and Lagerlof LLP combined will have 47 attorneys in offices in Pasadena, Portland and Se...


Civil Litigation, Criminal, Environmental & Energy


“This office and four other district attorney offices (Plumas, Lassen, Tehama and Shasta) have been working with Cal Fire inve...


Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation


“The Boy Scouts tout the plan and the settlements as historically high. When considered from the perspective of the individual...


Civil Litigation, Environmental & Energy, Judges and Judiciary


The agency that oversees the federal courts is evaluating a proposal that could require judges to disclose financial ties to p...


Covid Court Ops


Some of state’s busiest state and federal courts say suspending trials for a couple of weeks is required to adjust to reduced ...


Environmental & Energy, Government


Attorney General Rob Bonta’s petition argues the 9th Circuit panel’s November decision imposed a heavy burden on the state to ...


Constitutional Law, Government


The three co-authors said their legislation attempts to build on a New York law that attempts to get around a federal statute ...


Corporate, Law Office Management, Law Practice


Mark D. Brutzkus specializes in the apparel and fashion industries; Nicholas A. Rozansky has litigated in a wide range of sect...


California Supreme Court, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions said a mentor judge could become personally invested in a mentee’s success “to the p...


Torts/Personal Injury


LA Sanitation sued over 17M-gallon sewage spill

Jan. 5, 2022
By Blaise Scemama

“This is a massive raw sewage spill from one of the world’s largest water treatment facilities,” attorney Alexander R. Wheele...