Judicial Profile
Magistrate Judge Dennis Cota has a passion for teaching and trial practice
MCLE
Understanding violence and harassment in the workplace
Businesses and workers lose more than $50 billion each ye...
By Francisco MundacaThe components of effective and defensible workplace investigations
Employers should conduct a thorough and fair investigatio...
By Jaya BajajBlame culture and prejudice permeate mindsets after collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge
After being struck by a cargo ship that brought down the ...
By Mark B. BaerDiscipline Report
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Today's News
Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Litigation
Supreme Court: district courts must stay cases involving arbitration
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Attorneys are conflicted over whether the decision strips lower courts of discretion or simply ensures the Federal Arbitration Act is implemented as Congress...
Government, Immigration
Federal bid to undo Flores agreement driven by Texas, Florida policies
By Craig Anderson
The Justice Department says the actions by the Republican-led states have made enforcing requirements under the Flores Settlement Agreement "impossible to me...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Civil Litigation, Technology
Apple executive testifies in court hearing on payment system for app developers
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The hearing is part of a lawsuit brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games, which alleges Apple's previous developer contracts violated anti-steering and unfair c...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sanctions ordered in dispute between University of San Francisco and school district
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys representing the university were accused of failing to provide supplemental discovery responses they allegedly promised to deliver in April.
Columns
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Trump’s criminal case as the prosecution’s favorite trick
By Victor S. Dorokhin
The prosecution uses Michael Cohen's conviction as indisputable evidence of Trump's crimes, preventing Trump from challenging ...
Intellectual Property
Warzone clash: When does a video game title cross the line into trademark infringement?
By David Martinez , Navin Ramalingam
Activision and Warzone.com recently faced a trademark dispute over the use of the word "Warzone" in the title of Activision's ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Shaping tomorrow’s dispute resolution: A guide for California lawyers
By Shane Mulrooney
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can offer parties more flexibility, efficiency, and cost savings than traditional litigat...
Verdicts & Settlements
False Claims Act | People of the State of Cali... | $74,250,000 |
Unlawful Pay Practices | Elizabeth Sue Petersen, Mar... | $25,000,000 |
School Incident | John Doe 2 v. Santa Barbara... | $25,000,000 |
Unfair Competition | Andrea Stevenson v. Allstat... | $25,000,000 |
42 U.S.C. Section 1983 | Konnech Inc., Eugene Yu v. ... | $5,000,000 |
Environmental Contamination | The People of the State of ... | $5,000,000 |
Dangerous Condition of Public Property | Joseph Lopez, Dianna Lopez,... | $4,800,000 |
Breach of Lease | KFT Enterprises, No. 1 L.P.... | $3,000,000 |
Wage and Hour | Anicia Cisneros, on behalf ... | $2,980,000 |
Wage and Hour | Hung Pham, individually and... | $2,000,000 |
On the Move
Frost LLP
Nico L. Brancolini as Attorney in Los Angeles from Conkle, Kremer & Engel .
Peter Pottier as Attorney in Los Angeles from Loeb & Loeb LLP.
Kelly Li as Of Counsel in Los Angeles from Weinberg Gonser LLP.
Nicholas D. Lauber as Attorney in Los Angeles from Garrett & Tully, APC .
Ohia A. Amadi as Counsel in Los Angeles from Akerman LLP.
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Community News
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Attorney Profiles
Special Reports
The Resolution Issue 2024
Our annual issue devoted to the work of dispute resolution professionals in California.
Daily Appellate Report
Constitutional Law
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd.
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's funding mechanism did not violate the Constitution's Appropriations Clause.
Arbitration, Statutory Interpretation
Smith v. Spizzirri
When a lawsuit involves an arbitrable dispute and a party requests a stay pending arbitration, the Federal Arbitration Act compels courts to issue a stay rather than dismissing the action.
Civil Procedure
Harrow v. Department of Defense
Statutory 60-day deadline for bringing petitions for judicial review of decisions by the Merit Systems Protection Board was nonjurisdictional requirement that may be subject to equitable ...
Arbitration
Herzog et al. v. Superior Court (Dexcom, Inc.)
Website's clickwrap agreement did not create an enforceable arbitration agreement because it did not provide reasonably conspicuous notice of its terms to users clicking to accept the agr...