GUEST COLUMNS
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) in California let individuals specify their mental health treatment preferences for future crises. They may be less revocable during times of incapacity, helping to prevent unnecessary interventions or conservatorships.
Psychiatric Advance Healthcare Directives: How to plan for mental health crises
California law currently exempts tax-qualified retirement plans and their distributions from creditor claims, provided distributions are deposited into a segregated bank account. However, IRAs are only partially exempt based on a means test.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Many houses in Rancho Palos Verdes are now considered substandard due to various defects, and the city has not adequately communicated the dangers to residents.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
The Supreme Court's historical decisions on property rights have significantly contributed to the homelessness crisis in America by enabling restrictive zoning laws.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
While law firms invest significant resources in training new associates, many still feel overwhelmed by expectations due to the stark differences between law school and the realities of being a junior associate in a law firm.
The EEOC has requested the Ninth Circuit to use the Xu v. Lightsmyth Technologies, Inc. case to clarify the Supreme Court's new standard for determining adverse job actions in discrimination cases.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is facing
a legal battle over his claim to a homestead exemption for his Palm Beach
condominium. The case has raised questions about residency, asset protection,
and accountability.
Friday, September 27, 2024
Mediation is likened to a labyrinth where participants must navigate complex disputes with unclear paths to resolution, similar to the intricate designs of historical labyrinths.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Despite Supreme Court rulings requiring a direct link between development projects and financial exactions, municipalities violate these principles by imposing unjust fees and misallocating funds.
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General News
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 |
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| Musk said his comments on X have nothing to do with the California Coastal Commission, some of whose members criticized his political views as they denied his request for more SpaceX launches at a base in Southern California. | |
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 |
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| Dozens of tenants claimed a landlord failed to furnish them with investigative reports ordered when they rented their dwellings. Tenant advocates say they've never heard of the law underpinning the case. | |
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 |
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| UCLA's lease of the land where its baseball facility is built includes a distinct land-use term that Congress enacted exclusively for the public university, Reed Smith LLP partner Raymond A. Cardozo argued. The term allows the baseball players to use the stadium as long as the university prioritizes health care services to veterans throughout the entire campus. | |
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General News
Monday, October 14, 2024 |
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| The settlement will require the city of San Diego to "provide real amenities like running water and showers at safe lots," according to the plaintiffs' attorneys with Fish & Richardson PC. | |
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Monday, October 14, 2024 |
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| "The former longtime head of the accounting department at the now-shuttered Los Angeles plaintiffs' personal injury law firm Girardi Keese pleaded guilty ... to enabling the embezzlement of tens of millions of dollars from the firm's injured clients and to embezzling money from Girardi Keese itself," the U.S. attorney's office said. | |
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General News
Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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| Four plaintiffs have filed separate lawsuits against CooperSurgical Inc., accusing the company of selling defective embryo culture which caused embryos to die. | |
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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| The state government has accused the district of failing to discharge its obligation to find another charter school to occupy the site after the previous tenant left in 2021. | |
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General News
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 |
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| The company, founded in 1994 in Chennai, India and headquartered in Teaneck, N.J., was accused of discriminating against non-Indian candidates applying for jobs in the U.S. and having corporate practices in place that predominantly hired Indian citizens. | |
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General News
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 |
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| The hacker behind the attack claimed it was motivated by Disney's alleged poor treatment of its artists and disregard for its customers, according to court documents. | |
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 |
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| The ruling stems from litigation surrounding claims that solar power supplier company DC Solar Solutions Inc. engaged in a scheme to defraud investors into investing in solar power projects that it didn't have the capacity to carry out. | |
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General News
Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
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| With the political environment growing chillier for asylum seekers and illegal immigration during the presidential campaign and possibly afterward, attorneys for people who cross the border without permission are gearing up for court fights that have in some cases been postponed. | |
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General News
Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
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| Some independent mediators have raised concerns that the program - to be administered by the State Bar -- could speed up a trend of the industry consolidating around a few large providers. | |
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Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
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| The lawsuit alleges violation of California's Proposition 65, which requires businesses to warn consumers if a product contains cancer-causing chemicals such as Perfluorooctanoic acid. | |
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Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
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| U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said there needed to be language in the agreement that made clear the property belonged to the homeless and temporarily housed veterans in the area. | |
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Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
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| Acknowledging there is no controlling law on the question, a federal judge has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal if AI output must be an exact copy to trigger infringement claims. | |
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General News
Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
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| The lawyers have been involved in many of the marquee commercial litigation in California in recent years. | |
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
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| Two homeowners say fees related to the construction of a rock revetment will not provide meaningful hazard protection and breach Proposition 218. | |
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 |
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| Plaintiffs claimed the city improperly adopted an urgency ordinance that required non-profit entities to acquire a Conditional Use Permit for P-District operation but permitted for-profit entities as a matter of right. | |
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General News
Monday, September 30, 2024 |
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| Former employees suing Executive Recovery Group claim it hired known members of a white supremacist group, who subjected staff to a toxic work environment. | |