Record Voters Turn Out for Latest SFVBA Election
A record number of ballots were cast and active social media campaigning was extensively utilized in an election that saw attorney Barry P. Goldberg and eight new Trustees elected to head the SFVBA.
9th Circuit Advances Facebook Facial Data Suit
September 10, 2019 – Rejecting arguments that Facebook users suffered no “concrete harm” by having their facial data mapped and stored, the Ninth Circuit advanced a $35 billion class action against the social media giant. Facebook sought to swat down the lawsuit last year after U.S. District Judge James Donato ordered the company to alert…
LASC Family Law Division Unveils New Judicial Assignments
September 3, 2019 – The Family Law Division has announced several changes to courtroom operations at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. Effective August 27, 2019, Judge Lawrence Riff was reassigned from Department 77 to Department 2, as the new Supervising Judge of the Family Law Division; Judge Thomas Trent Lewis was reassigned…
Mental Health Courtrooms Realigned
Effective October 21, three Los Angeles Superior Court Mental Health courtrooms will be renumbered and relocated from the Metropolitan Courthouse to the Hollywood Courthouse.
Cal Bar Addresses Law Firm Profit Sharing
Proposals by the California State Bar to allow non-lawyers to share in law firm profits and provide legal advice have received vigorous backing from several law professors and others at a recent public hearing.
Lewitt Hackman Announces Major Expansion
Encino-based Lewitt Hackman will take on four veteran attorneys as the firm of Goldfarb, Sturman & Averbach closes shop after 61 years in practice in the San Fernando Valley.
Court Changes at Edelman Children’s Courthouse
August 15, 2019 – Effective August 26, 2019, the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Courthouse, located at 201 Centre Plaza Drive, Monterey Park, 91754, will implement the following department changes: Department D401 will be renumbered as D418; Department D418 will be renumbered as D401; Judge Akemi Arakaki, currently assigned to Department D414, will move to the…
Cal Supreme Court Rules on Class Certification Ascertainability
August 13, 2019 – Rejecting multiple Court of Appeal decisions requiring that plaintiffs provide an administratively feasible method to identify putative class members, the California Supreme Court in Sacramento has held that a proposed class is “ascertainable” when it is defined “in terms of objective characteristics and common transactional facts” that make “the ultimate identification…
Board of Trustee Election Ends September 10
The SFVBA’s Board of Trustees election is underway and is slated to end on September 10, 2019. Refer to the July Valley Lawyer and the Candidate Pamphlet for information on each candidate
LASC Family Court Announces Courtroom Shifts
August 1, 2019 – The Los Angeles Superior Court’s Family Law Division will implement two changes to courtroom operations at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles and the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach, both to take effect on Monday, August 26, 2019. First, Department 88, a long-cause trial courtroom at…