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Environmental & Energy


The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America sued the EPA, saying it failed to consult about...


Criminal


The justices agreed to hear the case, which claimed that San Francisco County Superior Court was holding hundreds of defendant...


Government


Los Angeles County DA George Gascon accused software company Konnech Inc. of storing elections data in China, but quickly drop...


In the complaint filed by plaintiffs’ counsel — Michael G. Colantuono of Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley PC and Tiffany E....


Family


SB 331 requires family court judicial personnel to make “appropriate custody decisions” that prioritize child safety and well-...


Judges and Judiciary


Orange County Presiding Judge Maria D. took away Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s calendar after his arrest and requested that his mur...



Empathetic Approach

Sep. 15, 2023

Neutral Jeanne Behling uses patience and understanding to resolve disputes, attorneys say.


Law Practice


"I'm marrying my white collar criminal enforcement background with my civil enforcement background, and that is really the ex...


Insurance


Officials look for new ways to shore up fire insurers

Sep. 14, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“We are concerned the commissioner will try to produce emergency regulations that allow companies to unreasonably pump their p...


Environmental & Energy


The board of directors “spent millions of dollars towards efforts to achieve a 100 percent renewable energy goal,” earning the...


Civil Rights


Katz has represented several high-profile figures in politically charged cases, including Christine Blasey Ford who accused U....


Law Practice


Missouri law firm acquires boutique in San Jose

Sep. 14, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Spencer Fane is very client-driven and desires everyone coming on board to be satisfied in their new positions, whether they ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia blasted the majority opinion as riddled with factual and legal errors.


Stoner Cats 2 LLC raised $8 million after over 10,000 NFTs — a type of digital asset — were sold in 35 minutes in July 2021, t...


Litigation & Arbitration


Girardi mouths curse at prosecutor during hearing

Sep. 14, 2023
By Devon Belcher

“Would it have been relevant in your analysis that the defendant just mouthed ‘fuck you,’ to me?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Ali ...


Government


Businesses show no appetite for suing over emissions bill

Sep. 14, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 253 cleared the Senate on a 25-8, party-line vote on Tuesday and now sits on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.


Labor/Employment


Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch wrote that enforcing the arbitration agreement would be “substantively and procedurally unco...


Judges and Judiciary


“Under the law — absent a change of venue motion — the case is supposed to have jurors from the victimized jurisdiction. The d...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“We’re using every tool we can to make our streets and neighborhoods safer from gun violence,” Gov. Gavin Newsom.


The judge found that the putative nationwide class of users failed to state a claim and many of their claims were time-barred ...


Litigation & Arbitration


If convicted, former Chapman University Fowler School of Law dean John C. Eastman faces possible disbarment on a charge of fai...


Litigation & Arbitration


Defending against assertions by federal prosecutors that Tom Girardi is exaggerating cognitive decline to avoid trial, one of ...


Constitutional Law


In an opening merits brief filed Monday, Scott A. Kronland of Altshuler Berzon LLP argued that the initiative’s corporate back...


Data Privacy, Technology


The fresh complaints are the latest development in the ongoing legal question over whether AI programs are inappropriately gat...


Litigation & Arbitration


Elon Musk’s attorneys have argued that it was Twitter’s former board of directors who agreed to pay Wachtell Lipton’s $90 mill...


Labor/Employment


Some business groups and Republican lawmakers say they want a referendum.


Civil Rights


Byron Allen and his companies “now stake their case on a ‘core theory’ that cynically misrepresents” the defendant’s affiliati...


Health Care & Hospital Law


David R. Marriott, a partner with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, emphasized the practical benefits of the merger in argument...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“Most everyone agrees that it’s ambiguous, and that there’s no definitive answer from the text, and there’s no precedent,” Joh...


Civil Litigation


A federal judge dismissed most of the civil claims against the county’s former district attorney and her deputies in an order ...