Inter-City Express
Sunday, December 10, 2023
GUEST COLUMNS

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Qualified immunity only serves to deny our clients' Constitutional rights and there is good case law on our side in the 9th Circuit in most cases. When considering whether to take on a case or where it should be filed, it is important to research the key qualified immunity cases to show that the conduct of the police violates clearly established law, which is what is needed to defeat summary judgment and get your case to a jury.

Monday, November 20, 2023

The legal community has seen the emergence of a new law firm structure – virtual or distributed law firms – which allows lawyers to work from any location, set their own hours, billing rates and billing requirements, and provide a lean, non-bureaucratic administrative model.

Friday, November 17, 2023

Legal work is very much a team sport these days, and optimally serving clients in complex matters almost always requires a team of individuals with varied skills and expertise.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Although The Hague Convention is not a topic we deal with every day, the core values of the Convention are topics that we deal with in nearly every child custody case.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The death of a man who followed outdated Google Map directions poses the question of whether GPS technology should be considered a product or service for purposes of pursuing a strict liability theory.

Monday, November 13, 2023

NEWS

General News

Friday, December 8, 2023

"San Francisco and California have done a good job of enforcing against brick-and-mortar tobacco retailers, but online retailers are the next frontier in this fight.," said City Attorney David Chiu.
General News

Friday, December 8, 2023

"The city has misinterpreted and misused the Boise decision," DA Thien Ho said. "Specifically, the Boise decision allows you to have restrictions as to time, place and manner. So you can have restrictions based on time. In fact, the City of Sacramento outlaws comping during the day at City Hall property. But they won't afford that same protection to the rest of the community."
General News

Friday, December 8, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services said its proposed "foundational rule" would incorporate applicable provisions from the Flores settlement, such as transportation standards and monitoring requirements.
General News

Friday, December 8, 2023

Presiding Judge Anne-Christine Massullo said, "Judges have held more defendants to answer to criminal charges in preliminary hearings this year — about 70% higher than last year.
General News

Thursday, December 7, 2023

U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler previously ruled that, though the plaintiffs sufficiently claimed they suffered discrimination and sexual harassment, many claims were time-barred.
General News

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Pratik A. Shah, a partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who represents unsecured creditors, said a successful government objection would leave his clients with nothing because members of the Sackler family cannot file for bankruptcy.
General News

Thursday, December 7, 2023

"I don't think the rule changes the existing requirements. It simply clarifies them, which I think is very helpful for the judges because this has to be addressed case by case," said Edith R. Matthai, who spent her career defending attorneys and judges.
General News

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Graduates of California-accredited law schools had a pass rate of just 21% on the July 2022 bar exam, compared with 67% for graduates of ABA-accredited schools, according to the State Bar.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Assemblyman Ash Kalra was a deputy public defender in Santa Clara County for 11 years.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

FTC Chair Lina M. Khan, an appointee of President Joe Biden, has a mixed record in blocking mergers but has vowed to keep trying to block corporate acquisitions she believes are not in the public interest.
General News

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Trainor Fairbrook in Sacramento practiced real estate law, business litigation and trusts and estates.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

According to Michael L. Gabriel, representing himself in a putative class action, Blockas.com demanded that he pay a $5,000 "tax clearance fee" to exchange his loan from Bitcoin to U.S. dollars.
General News

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and former Democratic Party Chair John Burton petitioned the court in September to take the initiative off the ballot.
General News

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

"The judge sanctioned us for not giving a detailed enough explanation as to why we disputed whether the plaintiff was injured," said defense attorney Lance D. Orloff of Grant Genovese & Baratta LLP.
General News

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

"Defendants failed to set the rates at the lowest possible interest rates, as their agreements with California required," stated the state's complaint, signed by Todd M. Schneider of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP.
General News

Monday, December 4, 2023

"You present a dilemma for me. You seem like a pretty qualified guy," U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC., told Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk E. Sherriff.
General News

Monday, December 4, 2023

Defendant PDQ Arm & Prop LLC and its founder, Seth Kenney, sought to be dismissed from the case, arguing that California lacked specific jurisdiction over either of them.
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Monday, December 4, 2023

A screenwriter said the movie starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones mirrored a script he wrote.
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Monday, November 27, 2023

"The ruling is a watershed moment for sexual harassment and gender bias cases because it clarifies that the protections of the 2021 Ending Forced Arbitration Act do indeed encompass cases in which sexual overtures are not the focus," plaintiffs' attorney Genie Harrison's statement said.
General News

Monday, November 27, 2023

Jairo Tomas Santos began writing the fraudulent checks in March 2016, roughly 15 years after he was hired by the firm, according to a news release issued by U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey.
General News

Monday, November 27, 2023

The flurry of activity by federal prosecutors and regulators is designed to send a message to entities handling virtual currency, government officials said.
General News

Friday, November 24, 2023

Consumer attorneys feared concerns the Judicial Council, the California Defense Counsel and the California Employment Lawyers Association might have with SB 652, which changed the burden of proof for expert testimony on medical causation.
General News

Friday, November 24, 2023

The state Supreme Court's decision will go back to the 9th Circuit panel that asked the question and will decide Gantner's appeal.
General News

Friday, November 24, 2023

Ron Klain had been a partner at O'Melveny & Myers since April.
General News

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers.
General News

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

"They really need to focus on the administration of the bar and discipline. Yet they persist in doing these other things. One can only guess why it's being done," said John P. Cotter, a Sacramento partner at Diepenbrock & Cotter LLP.
General News

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

One of the most significant aspects of the ruling was that it means schools are not subject to the Unruh Act's provisions allowing for treble damages.
General News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Peraton Corp. says Arent Fox got the company to sign a waiver allowing him to represent CACI International in a trade secrets case in Virginia in which Peraton is a defendant.
General News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

The City College of San Francisco says the costs of moving the mural back should be paid by the museum, but the museum says it has already expended more than the loan contract called for.
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Joseph W. Cotchett, a partner with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP who advises Biden on judicial nominees and other issues, praised the decision because it avoids delays.