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State Bar & Bar Associations


A wide diverse coalition against the bill emerged after amendments were added to require that information be shared with the ...


“I wonder whether all of the speeches by Biden enforcers about how former enforcers were wrongheaded, and they are pushing the...


Judges and Judiciary


“I fear the opinion could be read to suggest that all that is needed to support the trial court’s finding here is that the cou...


Technology


The lawsuit is just the latest to be filed against AI companies. Some claim copyright infringement and others claim privacy vi...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


9th Circuit OKs $185M deal for minor leaguers

Jul. 13, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

This case has had a huge impact on minor leagues all over and minor leaguers. We are pleased that the settlement has been appr...


Judges and Judiciary



Judges and Judiciary


Retired LA County judge joins Signature Resolution

Jul. 13, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Zaven V. Sinanian managed the Mandatory Settlement Conference program since 2018.


Law Practice


Former AUSA joins Ropes & Gray white collar practice

Jul. 13, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Ryan H. Weinstein spent seven years in private practice before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles in 2012.


Labor/Employment, Technology


The proposed class action, filed in federal court in San Francisco, claims that the company's severance plan operated as an "e...


State Bar & Bar Associations


State Bar proposes big fee hikes for 2024 exam

Jul. 13, 2023
By Devon Belcher

Bar staff stated in the proposal that the fee increases would reduce the agency's structural deficit to a little more than $1 ...


Litigation & Arbitration


Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer found that the plaintiffs’ claims fell under the delegation clause of the app’s user agr...


Law Practice


The departure of longtime Irell & Manella LLP partner Andrei Iancu, along with a former U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fede...


Criminal


In response to the overdose crisis, several prosecutors have vowed to bring murder charges against dealers, but the cases may ...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Technology


U.S. District Judge Jacqueline S. Corley refused the FTC’s request to delay the merger while the agency completes an antitrust...


Litigation & Arbitration


Judge may drop Boston archdiocese case

Jul. 12, 2023
By Skyler Romero

In a tentative ruling and subsequent hearing, Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III said he was inclined to quash a sub...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“The Supreme Court has the ability to raise fees should they decide to do so, but this is our attempt to provide for greater a...


Law Practice


The team defends creditors, finance companies, debt buyers, law firms, and collection agencies against individual and class cl...


California Supreme Court


"I had a 30-year career in law, 25 of which was in the state appellate court system, and I really missed practicing law on a d...


Lassen County Presiding Judge Mark R. Nareau spoke in Sacramento County Superior Court on the second day of the Commission on ...


The charges were brought but the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Sacramento County Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman told the mayor that homeless people encamped around the courthouse are an ...


Litigation & Arbitration


If the lawsuit is successful, a judge could order the recall election to be held sometime between this fall and March 2024, at...


Law Practice


“Attorneys appearing in court in person or by remote video should be dressed in accordance with current customs for appropriat...


“This settlement will compensate the public for the expense of fighting the Rey Fire and restoring these federal lands that ar...


Obituaries


Fred James Hiestand, 1943 - 2023

Jul. 11, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Sacramento attorney fought for tort reforms


Judges and Judiciary


CJP hearing against Superior Court Judge Tony R. Mallery is expected to last into August.


Appellate Practice


Unpublished decision is the latest turn in a legal dispute between the Gabrielino-Tongva tribe and Jonathan A. Stein of Santa ...


Judges and Judiciary


4 Court of Appeal justices receive confirmation Monday

Jul. 11, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert administered the oath of office to all four ju...


Technology


“As artificial intelligence continues to change every aspect of the modern world, it’s critical that we recognize and protect ...


Government


The hospital plaintiffs “have alleged an implied-in-law contract claim based on the reimbursement provision of the Knox-Keene ...