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State Bar & Bar Associations


Bar staff projected the site reductions to save about $354,141 from the $4.5 million total cost of July bar exam administrations.


Real Estate/Development


Fullerton must hike new housing 600%

Jan. 19, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

“The challenge was where to place those units so we can maintain the high quality of life for Fullerton residents,” Fullerton ...



Straight Shooter

Jan. 19, 2024

Steven Pearl applies frank, honest approach to dispute resolution, lawyers say


Bankruptcy, Judges and Judiciary


Eastern District bankruptcy judge reappointed to second term

Jan. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Judge Ronald H. Sargis helped draft legislation relating to debt collection, including laws about identity theft, child suppor...


Community News


Consumer Attorneys of San Diego to honor 6 at annual dinner

Jan. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Joshua D. Gruenberg of Gruenberg Law will be honored as Lawyer of the Year.


Litigation & Arbitration


Many attorneys contributed to the legal defense fund of State Sen.


Judges and Judiciary


Judges want lawmakers to address court reporter shortage

Jan. 18, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A state Senate committee is to hear Thursday a bill that would allow electronic recording and change court reporters’ requirem...


Law Practice


Former US attorney joins Greenberg Traurig in Los Angeles

Jan. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Greenberg Traurig has an unparalleled global platform of exemplary attorneys with a collegial and collaborative culture that ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court


San Francisco seeks stay of camp removal challenges

Jan. 18, 2024
By Sunidhi Sridhar

Attorneys at the ACLU of Northern California, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, and Latha...


Contracts


“Alfa Consult SA, a European company working in Iraq, stood up to corporate bullying by its larger American partners-turned-ad...


U.S. Supreme Court


Supreme Court appears ready to overturn Chevron

Jan. 18, 2024
By Craig Anderson

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch asked why it would be so terrible to overturn Chevron, saying it would take the country back to a 1944...


Environmental & Energy


“Without the bonds to fund this boondoggle, the project’s future is bleak, and that’s very good news for people and wildlife i...


Intellectual Property, Labor/Employment


The Trader Joe’s complaint was filed amid union organizing across the country, noted U.S. District Judge Hernan D. Vera. The c...


Class Action


“Often overpopulated with pets and understaffed, the Wag Hotels consistently return pets to their owners smelling like urine o...


Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Circuit vacates denial of class for Fresno women’s team

Jan. 18, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The decision does not dispose of the class certification issue. The Eastern District of California court has not ruled on the ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Mitchell Beckloff struck the mandate down on constitutional grounds in a related case and said the plaintiffs were not t...


Law Practice


Miller Barondess anticipates extended growth this year

Jan. 17, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Founder Louis R. “Skip” Miller said Tuesday, “We’ve hired 12 associates in the last year. We’re going through a growth spurt, ...


Health Care & Hospital Law


Attorneys for Healthright 360, Jianlin Song and Naina V. Singh of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, denied a...


Irvine-based Masimo sued Apple in early 2020, accusing it of stealing proprietary technology related to blood oxygen sensors a...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., U.S. Supreme Court


“The court battle to open iOS to competing stores and payments is lost in the United States,” wrote Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney.


Entertainment & Sports


NY teams owner denies sending women to Weinstein

Jan. 17, 2024
By Devon Belcher

Counsel for New York businessman James Dolan said assault claims in LA were filed in retaliation by an attorney who has broug...


Environmental & Energy


Consent degrees entered over Solano toxic landfills

Jan. 16, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The defendants, including divisions of Chevron Corp. and ExxonMobil Corp., will pay tens of millions of dollars to settle the ...


Entertainment & Sports


The case is scheduled for a February trial before U.S. District Judge Phillip S. Gutierrez, who ruled: “The court finds that p...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court


The decision sets the stage for a battle over whether ordinances that bar camping or sleeping outside are unconstitutional if ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits and loans were acquired by First Citizens through a purchase agreement with FDIC. In May, it su...


Government


After years of resisting subpoenas and denying the existence of sheriff gangs, Alex Villanueva appeared before the Los Angeles...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Marla A. Brown shared 15 tweets in a 26-hour period in May 2020 urging rioters, looters and protesters to be shot.


Real Estate/Development


Izek Shomof’s brother-in-law claims “deceptive advertising” induced him to buy the book. But the brothers-in-law have a long a...


Labor/Employment, Law Practice


Lewis Brisbois recovered from tumultuous year, leader says

Jan. 12, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“We did everything I think an organization should do after an experience like this,” Managing Partner Gregory S. Katz said. “O...


Litigation & Arbitration, Technology


Accused of designing their platforms and algorithms to get minors hooked on their websites, the defendants argued that three p...