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Recent News About Los Angeles County
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Prof: 'All electric LA building mandate likely to delay affordable housing projects'
A proposed ordinance that would require all new construction buildings in Los Angeles to be zero-carbon will make developing affordable housing very expensive, according to a California State University (CSU) professor -
Businessman ditched GOP, expected to run for mayor of LA as a Democrat
Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso hasn’t officially declared his candidacy for mayor but the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is already planning to endorse him -
Jones Day's Rasha Gerges Shields and Jason Wright named to Los Angeles Business Journal's 2022 Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys list
Jones Day's Rasha Gerges Shields and Jason Wright named to Los Angeles Business Journal's 2022 Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys list. -
Governor Newsom Highlights Landmark New Laws Taking Effect January 1, 2022
Governor Newsom Highlights Landmark New Laws Taking Effect January 1, 2022. -
Judge denies unvaccinated firefighters an injunction that would have required due process pay from the city
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge failed to rule on whether firefighters opposing the city’s vaccine mandate should be paid while proceeding through their due process hearings, according to an attorney who attended last week's hearing. -
Former judge questions whether judicial evaluation commission thoroughly vetted lawmaker-turned-judge
A sitting Assemblyman has been appointed to the judicial bench by Gov. Gavin Newsom -
Two unvaccinated Beverly Hills firefighters challenge city councilman, county COVID-19 immunization mandate
Two Beverly Hills firefighters have sued the city of Beverly Hills over its vaccine mandate, which requires they be immunized against COVID-19. -
LA Superior Court offers online opportunity to resolve housing and eviction litigation
Housing and eviction litigants in Los Angeles County will now have the opportunity to resolve their disputes online.Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Eric C. -
Two nonprofits sue LA County over delayed access to food stamps for the homeless
Two food insecurity nonprofits have sued Los Angeles County alleging that they discriminate against homeless people when distributing food stamps -
L.A. County pays out $2.5 million in lawsuit over release of photos in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash
Los Angeles County will pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit to two families whose relatives perished in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash last year. -
LA Sheriff's lawsuit set to determine whether vaccination status is private or not
A lawsuit filed against Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is poised to determine whether vaccination status is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-protected or not -
California judge rejects public nuisance arguments in opioid lawsuit
SANTA ANA - A California judge eviscerated legal arguments that opioid manufacturers caused a public nuisance by selling their products, dismissing a vanguard lawsuit by Santa Clara County and other municipal plaintiffs because they failed to provide any evidence the companies caused doctors to write medically inappropriate prescriptions. -
Renowned Trial Attorney Tony M. Sain Joins Lewis Brisbois, Strengthening Its Growing National Trial Practice
Renowned Trial Attorney Tony M. Sain Joins Lewis Brisbois, Strengthening Its Growing National Trial Practice. -
Tom Lombardi Served as Co-Chair of the 2021 Crocker Commercial Real Estate Symposium Presented in Partnership Between the California Lawyers Association and the Los Angeles County Bar
Tom Lombardi Served as Co-Chair of the 2021 Crocker Commercial Real Estate Symposium Presented in Partnership Between the California Lawyers Association and the Los Angeles County Bar. -
Brewery owner: LA County's COVID-19 vaccine requirement is arbitrary, burdensome
When it was announced last week that Los Angeles County will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination at bars, nightclubs, breweries, lounges, and related businesses, the telephone at Border X Brewing began ringing off the hook. -
Judicial Council urges Gov. Newsom to sign legislation codifying remote court proceedings
The Judicial Council is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign SB 241 -
Lawyer who sued over firefighter vaccine order says LA City Council is 'highly politically motivated'
The Los Angeles City Council is 'highly politically motivated' in requiring firefighters be vaccinated or terminated, litigator says -
2021 Crocker Commercial Real Estate Symposium on September 9, 2021
2021 Crocker Commercial Real Estate Symposium on September 9, 2021. -
Central District chief judge: 'No rule prevents forced vaccinations on jury pool'
As vaccine mandates and passports are becoming the norm in various sectors across the country, the Central District of California is discussing mandating vaccinations for court employees but has yet to consider such an order that would apply to jurors, according to the federal court’s top judge. -
Sheriffs' union to assert bargaining rights against LA county-wide COVID vaccine mandate
An executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all county workers has been ratified by the Board of Supervisors.