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Environmental & Energy


Opinions vary on whether CEQA changes will matter

Jun. 30, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ideas got a hearing this week when the Assembly Natural Resources Committee debated SB 149. The bill conta...


Attorney for John C. Eastman, facing disbarment for actions after the 2020 elections, objects to prosecution presenting TV new...


Civil Litigation


“It will be a Wild West for admissions as this gets sorted out,” said Mitchell Chang, a UCLA professor of education.


Closing arguments were disorganized at the end of the hearing to decide if the FTC can pause the Microsoft-Activision merger.


Mediator Monique Ngo-Bonnici works the facts and the law to find different angles.


Technology


Microsoft, Activision CEOs testify against FTC

Jun. 29, 2023
By Jonathan Lo

Closing arguments scheduled Thursday in FTC’s attempt to halt merger.


Government


Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced the deal on Monday night. On Tuesday, Newsom signed SB 101, the State Budg...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


“Advertisements for firearms are not statements about the Second Amendment,” said Deputy Attorney General Gabrielle D. Boutin.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Marla A. Brown is accused by the State Bar of misrepresenting herself as an LAPD union attorney and responded to tweets from t...


Judges and Judiciary


Justice Marsha Slough announces plan to retire

Jun. 29, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“Her legacy of excellence, fairness, and commitment to justice has made a lasting impact on the lives of Californians and will...


Real Estate/Development



Labor/Employment


The initiative passed by voters says drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft are contractors.


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Health Care & Hospital Law, Litigation & Arbitration


The plaintiffs accused Gilead of forging a deal with Teva, which had challenged many of Gilead’s vulnerable patents, to delay ...


Civil Litigation


After settling multiple lawsuits for $8.9 billion Johnson & Johnson is defending itself in San Francisco against a single ...


Intellectual Property


Umberg Zipser partner Mark A. Finkelstein highlighted to the court a question on the jury verdict form that was unanimously in...


Environmental & Energy


Budget deal gives Newsom some of his CEQA changes

Jun. 28, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

SB 149 would extend rules requiring that court challenges of the environmental impact report for certain projects “shall be re...


Civil Rights


Attorneys at Kotchen & Low LLP represented a plaintiff class that said Cognizant discriminates against non-Indian candidat...


California Supreme Court


Santa Monica, despite being just 13.6% Latino, has a majority of Latinos on the city council. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of Gibs...


Labor/Employment


In a tentative ruling, Sacramento County Judge Timothy W. Salter found the Department of Human Resources had failed to show th...


“The court finds the state board abused its discretion in reversing the district board’s and county board’s decision to deny t...


“This type of speech by an attorney misrepresenting an affiliation with the Los Angeles Police Department encouraging violence...


Real Estate/Development


The petition, filed by attorney Michael W. Shonafelt, accuses Redondo Beach of violating the law that mandates approval of a h...


Civil Litigation


Since the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 218 in 2019 and extended the statute of limitations for alleged victims of child se...


“Anyone who attempts to compromise our public contracting process will face consequences,” said City Attorney David Chiu.


Microsoft and its counsel have pointed to Sony as the biggest player in the video game console market to make their main argum...


Judges and Judiciary


Newsom names 15 judges to 9 superior courts

Jun. 28, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Several of the judges filled new positions created last year.


Entertainment & Sports


“Columbia Pictures relied on the fact that the story was a work for hire,” Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP partner Kelly M. Kla...


Civil Litigation, Government


State courts to get 2-plus years for remote proceedings

Jun. 27, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The amendments added on Saturday to AB 133 and SB 133 would allow courts to hold remote proceedings in civil and juvenile proc...


"Whatever happens in trial court isn't going to end this litigation. It's so big -- so much money is at stake -- it's going to...


Civil Litigation


“Under California’s pleading rules, however, truth, scientific or otherwise, usually cannot be determined on demurrer,” 2nd Di...