Joyce Cutler

Bloomberg Law reporter. Lover of puns. Retweets not endorsements. Opinions mine. Your mileage may vary. Photo (c) Jim Paliungas @BLaw

[Bloomberg Law @BLaw]

Wildfires and climate change have upended California with insurance companies pulling back, leaving a coverage crisis that is tailor-made for the new state Senate leader. https://t.co/tEJflbUV96

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

@KeshiaClukey @Newsday @GormleyAlbany @YanceyRoy Congrats!

[maia spoto @maia_spoto]

Girardi can stand trial, an LA federal judge ruled today--we'll know more about the ruling after parts of it are unsealed.

by @joycecutler and @HollyCadeBarker:
https://t.co/UXGMrRVwKX

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

President Carter, a few moments ago: #Getty

[Dan Papscun @papscun]

NEW: In early August, I flew to San Francisco to witness a rare courtroom hearing: the “hot tub.”

Deployed to cut through the complexity of expert testimony, the debate format has barely taken off in the U.S.

But conditions are ripe for broader adoption.
https://t.co/uwtEouGZ0W

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

Judge wants to ensure claimants aren't being “exploited by predatory lending practices, such as interest rates well above market rates, which can interfere with their ability to objectively evaluate the fairness of their settlement" from Emily R. Siegel https://t.co/ciHrtrdbwV

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

Feds' said Girardi, who attended hearing in gray slippers, was inconsistent during evaluations and "spot on" about a hypothetical case matching his, @maia_spoto reports https://t.co/ztKBRDqxei

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

@gnuman1979 WTH??

[Alex Ebert @Alex__Ebert]

To whom are you referring, Justice Kagan?

From my new colleague @maia_spoto !

https://t.co/Oa14Pq83kV

[Bill Swindell @BillSwindell]

Follow Andrew for stellar #California coverage from @blaw/@BGOV along with @tituswu100 & @schwahoney & @joycecutler.

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

ICYMI: Oakland A's have retained a roster of Nevada lobbyists and lawyers in its effort to secure public funds by the end of the state’s legislative session next month for the team's planned move to Las Vegas, Bloomberg Law's Brian Baxter reports https://t.co/AO2sxF51Ld

[Kimberly Robinson @KimberlyRobinsn]

Princeton University’s Kevin Kruse says Justice Samuel Alito misses the mark by complaining that the US Supreme Court faces unprecedented attacks and criticism. A historical look shows the court’s always attracted heated controversy, he says.

https://t.co/m76sEYlqlW

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

The lawsuits generated more than $900M in class action settlements for cases alleging consumer harm. In those eight consumer settlements, law firms received an average of $11.5M per case and individual plaintiffs an average of $506, @skye_witley reports. https://t.co/MpQLNv4C5I

[NYTimes Communications @NYTimesPR]

A coalition of news organizations call for the immediate release of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich. https://t.co/tBpP9XWKsO

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

While there are documented cases about how facial recognition helped solve cases quickly elsewhere in the country, there’s also instances where people were wrongly arrested because of it, ACLU California Action's Carmen-Nicole Cox tells @tituswu100 https://t.co/RQ6rRJt04d

[Alex Ebert @Alex__Ebert]

A clash of legal philosophies drives America's most expensive judicial race & will control the fate of an 1800s abortion ban.

Read what candidates & Wisconsin justices say about this microcosm of the broader federal debate over originalism. @BLaw @BGOV
https://t.co/Y2nCQCMPVP

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

ICYMI Slashing these roles indicates that some companies don’t see DEI as essential, Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, which advocates for diversity in C-suites, told @AtkinsonReports https://t.co/QQxlNTkpoH

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

Wipper, who was DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs regional director in 2014-18 before joining the state agency, returns to Sanford Heisler just months after it opened an office in Palo Alto, @JustinFWise reports https://t.co/be7Za6TQ0r

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

A ruling in favor of Uber allowing claims to be split into individual and non-individual components could make it more difficult to bring PAGA cases forward, said Lauren Teukolsky, a plaintiff’s lawyer who tracks PAGA cases, told @TiffanyStecker https://t.co/JBEyO8swhK

[Joyce Cutler @joycecutler]

Counsel for the fallen lawyer have argued that he has dementia, and Judge Ronald A. Guzman has set a March 8 deadline for seeking a competency hearing, @DavidMcAfeeLA reports. https://t.co/pSnwioo5zS