State Bar & Bar Associations
After pushback, bill to pare mediation confidentiality stalls
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A wide diverse coalition against the bill emerged after amendments were added to require that information be shared with the ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Christine Varney once talked tough about antitrust enforcement; now she sings different tune
By Craig Anderson
“I wonder whether all of the speeches by Biden enforcers about how former enforcers were wrongheaded, and they are pushing the...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge shortage cited in freeing of machete attacker
By Skyler Romero
“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...
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
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
US judge dismisses challenge to trans identification policy
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Judges and Judiciary
Retired LA County judge joins Signature Resolution
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
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
Ex-Twitter workers sue for $500M in severance under ERISA
By Wisdom Howell
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
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
Disability lawsuit against Uber sent to arbitration
By Wisdom Howell
Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer found that the plaintiffs’ claims fell under the delegation clause of the app’s user agr...
The departure of longtime Irell & Manella LLP partner Andrei Iancu, along with a former U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fede...
Criminal
Murder conviction of fentanyl dealer is legal milestone, DA says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
In response to the overdose crisis, several prosecutors have vowed to bring murder charges against dealers, but the cases may ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Technology
Microsoft-Activision win not a surprise, legal experts say
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline S. Corley refused the FTC’s request to delay the merger while the agency completes an antitrust...
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
Assembly committee OKs State Bar bill that carries no fee increase
By Devon Belcher
“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
Womble Bond Dickinson merges with San Francisco litigation boutique
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The team defends creditors, finance companies, debt buyers, law firms, and collection agencies against individual and class cl...
California Supreme Court
Court of Appeal lawyer joins Complex Appellate Litigation Group
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"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...
Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge testifies that he carried a gun to chambers because he feared his colleague
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lassen County Presiding Judge Mark R. Nareau spoke in Sacramento County Superior Court on the second day of the Commission on ...
Merrill Lynch to pay $12 million for failure to file suspicious activity reports
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The charges were brought but the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Activists accuse judge of ethics violation over letter regarding homeless
By David Houston
Sacramento County Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman told the mayor that homeless people encamped around the courthouse are an ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Gascon opponents want judge to certify recall signatures
By Craig Anderson
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
Formal dress policy for attorneys reinstated in LA County courts
By Devon Belcher
“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...
Sacramento attorney fought for tort reforms
Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge is controlling and prickly, discipline hearing is told
By Malcolm Maclachlan
CJP hearing against Superior Court Judge Tony R. Mallery is expected to last into August.
Appellate Practice
Appellate panel affirms tribe’s nearly $20M award from attorney
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
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
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert administered the oath of office to all four ju...
Technology
Authors, comedian accuse OpenAI, Meta of copying to train models
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“As artificial intelligence continues to change every aspect of the modern world, it’s critical that we recognize and protect ...
Government
Government Claims Act doesn’t shield county from all suits
By Craig Anderson
The hospital plaintiffs “have alleged an implied-in-law contract claim based on the reimbursement provision of the Knox-Keene ...