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Appointments made to State Bar governing bodies

Aug. 23, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The Committee of Bar Examiners oversees the development and administration of the California Bar Exam, managing the moral char...



Do the Right Thing

Aug. 23, 2024

Start every case listening, not talking, mediator Barry Baskin believes



"I swear to you ... every client got every penny they were supposed to get," disbarred plaintiffs' attorney Tom Girardi testif...


Community News, Slideshow


Attorneys came together for an evening of drinks and networking at the Los Angeles County Bar Association's summer mixer, held...



Judges and Judiciary


In an unusual move, Justice Eileen C. Moore devoted part of the court's opinion to urging the Orange County DA to be 'more cau...


A neurologist called by the U.S. attorney's office to rebut a defense expert said after interviewing Tom Girardi and those nea...



Environmental & Energy, Government


Defendants' actions or failures to act caused water from several sources to combine and cause oversaturation, worsening the pr...


Civil Litigation, International Law


Stanford University has maintained that Li Rui, a personal secretary and later prisoner of Mao Zedong, intended for his works ...



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Class Action


"Because applying the correct standard reveals disputes of material fact regarding whether 'reasonable' users of Google's prod...


The case is reminiscent of a famous 1994 case in which a woman in New Mexico was scalded by hot coffee at a McDonald's drive-t...




Hopkins Carley will merge with Lathrop GPM

Aug. 21, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Hopkins Carley has 62 attorneys in San Jose and Redwood Shores. Lathrop GPM has 360 attorneys in eight states and Washington, ...


Judges and Judiciary


The lawmaker behind the bill says it will "mitigate the over penalization of women involved in criminal cases."



Shirleen Fujimoto, who worked for Girardi for 26 years, told jurors that clients were calling and emailing daily throughout 20...


Torts/Personal Injury


"The city had 52 weeks to fix the problem, while the plaintiff had just 1 second to avoid it," Arash Homampour, who represente...



Civil Litigation, Insurance


Making insurers wait for victims to be paid in mass torts could be tried elsewhere, plaintiffs' attorneys in the Maui fire lit...


Civil Litigation, International Law


Nanyang Li said she was committed to compiling her father's writings because he spoke highly of the Hoover Institution. Li Rui...



California Supreme Court


Justice Kelli M. Evans, writing for the majority, said that dependency courts must do extensive diligence to determine if chil...


Lawyers claim Google damages Play Store customers by building its marketing campaign on false and misleading representations a...



Several charts shared with jurors throughout IRS Agent Ryan Roberson's three-day testimony showed that during the final decade...


Criminal, Government


Here's what criminal law will likely look like in 2025

Aug. 20, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A recent poll shows Proposition 36, which would roll back some of the criminal justice changes of the past few years, winning ...



Civil Litigation


The company designs games that prioritize purchases over strategy and skill, according to the latest lawsuit, filed in Los Ang...


Civil Litigation, International Law


Trial began Monday in Oakland in a dispute over the papers and diaries of Li Rui, a personal secretary to Mao Zedong.



Attorney Arash Homampour said he wants to foster a new generation of lawyers committed to making a positive impact in society.


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


The ruling, upholding part of a preliminary injunction blocking part of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, is the...



Government, Technology


An attorney who specializes in First Amendment law is optimistic that SF City Attorney David Chiu's lawsuit against the websit...


Civil Litigation


Nurse on temporary placement left abruptly, sped through a red light and caused a multi-vehicle crash.



Criminal, LA Fires


Sirhan denied parole again

Aug. 19, 2024
By Laurinda Keys

It was the 17th parole hearing for Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian immigrant who killed Robert F. Kennedy in the Ambassador Hotel...


Criminal, LA Fires


Tom Girardi's voicemails and emails giving clients and other attorneys excuses why settlement funds can't be paid undermine hi...



Judges and Judiciary, LA Fires


Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner said the dashboard makes it clear that the reporter shortage has escalated into a "constit...


The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project aims to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside of Los Angeles through a rail ...