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Obituaries


Harry L. Hathaway, 1937 — 2023

Oct. 13, 2023
By Laurinda Keys

ABA, LA bar leader managed two LA law firms and worked to enhance the profession.


Government


Newsom turns to higher power to ease housing crunch

Oct. 13, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The “Yes in God’s Back Yard” law gives “use by right” status to new affordable housing on land owned by churches and higher ed...


Litigation & Arbitration


Users claimed Google violated the Stored Communications Act for divulging their information.


Law Practice


Aliso Viejo law firm expands to San Diego

Oct. 13, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

LS Carlson Law handles business litigation, real estate disputes, estate planning, contractor disputes, employee retention cre...


Data Privacy


“This case is about the defendants’ unauthorized use of non-TikTok users’ highly personal data whenever the non-TikTok users v...


Litigation & Arbitration


Sonoma County jury awards $33M in elder abuse case

Oct. 13, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Mary Joann Cooley fell between 20 and 25 times between June 2019 and September 2020, when she lived at Arbol Residences.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A previous precedent “about the appropriate procedures for those bond hearings — which also arose under different statutory pr...


Litigation & Arbitration


The plaintiffs’ attorneys said they extrapolated “a case theory involving unpaid commissions that had previously only been app...


Law Practice


“The allegation is that money that was received in this lawsuit went to, as we understand it, a law firm that was working with...


Data Privacy


“To avoid any confusion, Google is not requesting that plaintiff be ready to try her case in 30 days — it merely seeks to keep...


Intellectual Property


“Many who presented themselves as apparent allies and collaborators turned out to be masked opportunists, secretly scheming to...



Gently Blunt

Oct. 13, 2023

Neutral Ronald Prager knows how to tell people what they don't want to hear.


Government


California voters approved bonds in four elections to provide districts money for charter schools, and it is a misuse of funds...


Health Care & Hospital Law


The London based biopharmaceutical company denied liability in a news release Wednesday. Though it has secured a summary judgm...


Litigation & Arbitration


$135M verdict in decades-old school abuse case

Oct. 12, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The case was made possible by a 2019 law that created a three-year window to file civil suits over old claims of sexual abuse ...


Legal Education


Dean of UC Davis School of Law steps down after 16 years

Oct. 12, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The university plans to launch a nationwide search for Kevin R. Johnson’s replacement in November, with a goal of having a new...


Government


Newsom signs 'right to repair' law

Oct. 12, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 244 is part of a wave or “right to repair” bills across t he nation that have targeted everything from computers to farm tr...


Litigation & Arbitration


A Target guard said the store created an unsafe work environment by putting kitchen knives on display in a dangerous area and ...


Jen Kwart, communications director for San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, wrote: “We are disappointed with the Court’s ru...


Labor/Employment


“This is probably the most expansive local labor law enforcement in the country, as far as I know,” said Caitlin Vega, general...


Environmental & Energy


Los Angeles Waterkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council sued Caltrans in 1993 over untreated water that runs into Sa...


Litigation & Arbitration


The results of the litigation by 10,000 plaintiffs — who demand policy changes at the company — could massively impact the rid...


Environmental & Energy


SUMMARY/TEASE: The complaint specifically targets Pacific Power’s Crescent City facility, claiming it discharges harmful chemi...


Law Practice


“This gift from the Olsons is an investment in educating the next generation of public servants and engaged citizens who will ...


Immigration


San Francisco calls 3 more SROs a public nuisance

Oct. 11, 2023
By Wisdom Howell

“It is unacceptable that dozens of immigrant tenants have had to live under these unsafe and unhealthy conditions,” City Attor...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


C.D. “Chuck” Michel, who represents gun rights groups, said he planned to ask the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order li...


Law Practice


Patent litigator joins Desmarais in San Francisco

Oct. 11, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Betty Chen has represented Microsoft Corp., Lyft Inc., GoPro Inc. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in disputes.


Criminal


“The city’s actions, and inactions, are demonstrably unreasonable. Enough is enough,” attorney Stephen G. Larson wrote.


Government, Health Care & Hospital Law


Newsom signs sweeping overhaul of conservatorship law

Oct. 11, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“Private attorneys are going to have more of an ability to start working on some mental health issues,” said Megan A. Moghtade...


“Because evictions can cause profound damage to its communities, the city exercised its police power to regulate them,” City A...