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Judges and Judiciary


Judge Howard H. Shore, who has never been challenged in an election since his elevation to the Superior Court in 2000, stipula...


Civil Litigation


The parties filed the ex parte application without prior notice because they all agreed to a continuance, and they do not want...


State Bar & Bar Associations


David R. Lira, who has been fighting with State Bar prosecutors since September in an effort to pause a proceeding that could ...


Intellectual Property


San Francisco Judge Richard B. Ulmer took the defendant’s “amended demurrers’ off calendar in a lawsuit over alleged infringem...


Entertainment & Sports, Law Practice


Sam Fernandez, longtime Dodgers general counsel, joins JAMS

Dec. 14, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“I’ve been a Dodger fan since I picked the Dodgers in the ‘63 World Series. I not only got to meet Sandy Koufax, I got to work...


Labor/Employment


“In our constitutional system, the electorate has broad power to enact legislation by initiative on virtually any subject, inc...


Civil Litigation


“Nobody in their wild imagination thought Brink’s would leave the jewelry and nothing between the jewelry and the thieves but ...


Securities


Musk’s attorneys argued in their motion to dismiss that the investors are unsuccessfully trying to convert Elon Musk’s legal d...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Labor/Employment


Kaiser said it stands by its firing decision, maintained that it was the nurse who endangered patient safety, and vowed to app...


Government


The city says it was “substantially compliant” with the housing element law. It pointed to ordinances passed before the develo...


Litigation privilege immunizes Potter Handy from DAs lawsuit, panel says, adding that criminal charges would have survived dem...


Civil Rights


Attorneys representing eight plaintiffs who say they suffered sexual assaults and other abuse want a special master to oversee...


Law Practice


Sheppard Mullin adds 6-attorney team in San Diego

Dec. 13, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The team moved from Withersworldwide and is led by partners Jenny Hill Bratt and Matthew Owens.


Constitutional Law


S Between the Second Amendment enactment in 1791 and 14th Amendment enactment in 1868, “the rights of individuals under 21 yea...


The plaintiffs attorneys were Robert Clayton of Taylor & Ring and Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian Akaragian LLP.


Attorneys for the NFL say the plaintiffs’ counsel improperly analyzed the Sports Broadcasting Act and that the league’s networ...


Corporate


A benefit fund takes advantage of a 2019 law enacted in Delaware that allows for a statutory public benefit limited partnershi...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Google plans to appeal the verdict, saying it provides more choice to customers than any other major mobile game platform.


“The issue of my self-identification as a MAGA Conservative Republican or MAGA Conservative should be left to the voters who w...


Data Privacy


Lloyd’s accuses UC system of failing to protect data

Dec. 12, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Lloyd’s of London says the UC Regents didn’t set up protections for their data required by an insurance policy to cover breach...


Civil Litigation


“This demurrer concerns an ambiguous derivative shareholder action against LegalMatch by an individual who avoids referring to...


Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment


Actors lost jobs, offers, agents and auditions due to not wanting to be vaccinated, and accuse the Screen Actors Guild of brea...


Education Law


Stanford Law School to fund 3rd group of Flywheel Fellows

Dec. 12, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Flywheel Fund for Career Choice is a nonprofit organization founded by alumni from the law schools at Harvard and Stanford to ...


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


Justices reject challenge to conversion therapy law

Dec. 12, 2023
By Craig Anderson

The 9th Circuit decision affirmed a Washington state law in a case nearly identical to an unsuccessful 2014 challenge to a sim...


Bankruptcy


Sacramento diocese will file for bankruptcy, bishop says

Dec. 12, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“The diocese faces more than 250 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy or other church staff. The reorganization process wi...


Law Practice


Former Justice Department cyber lawyer joins Pillsbury

Dec. 12, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Mark L. Krotoski was national coordinator of the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Program at the Department of Justice.


Criminal


Professor accuses LA judge of ignoring bail law

Dec. 12, 2023
By Devon Belcher

A Loyola Law School professor said she observed Superior Court Judge Tomson T. Ong for roughly 2 1/2 hours during arraignment ...


Criminal


Judge William D. Claster also sustained the Los Angeles County Superior Court's demurrer, concluding the plaintiffs did not as...


“If you recall somebody months into their first year in office, you haven’t given them a chance. We have four-year terms for d...