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


9th Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith said the government’s explanation that it needed to do an “inventory search” was insufficient...


Class certification is ideal for claims involving violations to California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competiti...


Corporate


The fund, Kline Hill Partners Fund II LP, claims in a lawsuit that Zachary Abrams, the former CEO of Altierre Corp., struck se...


Litigation & Arbitration


Deposition testimony from former students, parents and employees described widespread, open and obvious abuse of minor girls a...


A similar effort died last year due to funding issues. Proponents say judges need to better understand how to handle testimon...


In his letter to U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant, who heard the matter, Richard Lee Ramirez said, "I would feel the same a...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities


"Defendants allowed Adobe to misleadingly downplay competitive pressure from other companies, most importantly, Figma, Inc.," ...


Government


Effort to overhaul court reporting dies in Legislature

Jan. 23, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 662 would also have given the Court Reporters Board of California permission to alter the requirements for becoming certifi...


Judges and Judiciary, Labor/Employment


Court clerk sues Lassen County court and judge

Jan. 23, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Crystal Jones told a Commission on Judicial Performance proceeding last year that Judge Tony R. Mallery made demeaning commen...


Environmental & Energy


The lawsuit came after a judge blocked funding last week for the $16 billion project to build a tunnel under the Sacramento-Sa...


Law Practice


Michael Li-Ming Wong has tried more than 20 civil and criminal jury cases in federal and state courts, including several multi...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit set to hear challenge to state gun law

Jan. 23, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The state attorney general's office has drawn what appears to be a favorable panel, with two of the three judges having been a...


Constitutional Law


The defense argued that comments -- some of them pornographic and referring to lawyers' family members -- were parody and pro...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar Court Judge Phong Wang recommended a six-month suspension of Keith D. Griffin and ordered David R. Lira to practice ...


Community News, Law Practice


San Diego Legal Aid Society gets new leader

Jan. 22, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Joanne Franciscus has held several positions during 11 years at Legal Aid, most recently chief operating officer, overseeing d...


Real Estate/Development


‘Not only did the appellate court confirm the City of Los Angeles has been properly processing its project approvals under CEQ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The appellate court’s decision was filed at the same time a district court judge denied the plaintiff’s motion to distribute n...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Erica Johnson, co-founder of Modern Health who was kicked off the board in October 2019, and her husband, an early investor, o...


Government


“Article 14 of the government codes do not apply to charter cities, and all you have to do is look at Article 13. That says th...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“My particular objection is that a motion based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute is wholly grounded in that state’s procedu...



A Matter of Trust

Jan. 22, 2024

Lagerlof LLP lawyers in Pasadena have guided family legacies for more than a century.


California Courts of Appeal, Community News


Epstein died last March. He retired as presiding judge of Division 4 of the 2nd District in 2018. He had served 28 years on th...


Labor/Employment


The lawsuit says employees were required to attend meetings off the clock, complete various tasks before clocking in or after ...


Government


Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said her staff members regularly speak to California lawmakers about the scope and application...


Entertainment & Sports


Lawyers: Porn defendants ‘improperly grouped’

Jan. 19, 2024
By Devon Belcher

The plaintiff has not alleged “how each defendant participated in the alleged wrongdoing,” Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP...


Judges and Judiciary


Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk E. Sherriff, nominated for the Eastern District, and Alameda County Superior Court Judge Eumi K. ...


Civil Rights


The department sued Activision Blizzard in 2021 over claims that the company disproportionately hired men and maintained a “fr...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


The dispute stems from the complaint filed by Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office in September 2022, accusing Amazon of induci...


Technology


Roblox asks judge to toss claims it lets kids gamble

Jan. 19, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

U.S. District Judge Vince G. Chhabria asks Weitz & Luxenberg attorney whether its client sufficiently pleaded RICO claims ...


Labor/Employment


“This is a case with major consequences in the field of employment law. The right to pursue these claims has been endorsed by ...