Environmental & Energy
Environmentalists sue to block carbon capture and storage project
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The groups argue that the project will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industr...
Slideshow, Community News
Scott Edelman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was honored at the event in Beverly Hills.
Government, Class Action
VA budget shortfall testimony cited in LA housing dispute
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys representing the VA in a dispute with homeless veterans have pointed to department officials' testimony before a con...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Former LA politician appeals conviction for soliciting favors for son
By Craig Anderson
Alyssa D. Bell, who represents Mark Ridley-Thomas, told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that her client was trying t...
Banking, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Citibank claims former executives solicited its law firm clients
By Wisdom Howell
A trade secrets complaint accuses the executives of taking the business to their new employer, BMO Wealth Management.
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court allows securities case against Meta to move ahead
By Craig Anderson
The one-sentence opinion was unsigned and quickly followed oral arguments in the case on Nov. 6, in which justices voiced skep...
Civil Litigation
LASC to begin mandatory eService Dec. 2
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Civil, family law, probate and Mental Health-LPS cases will eventually be required to utilize eService as well, with full impl...
Labor/Employment
State workers' comp appeals board criticized for delays
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A complaint filed this month by 11 workers asked the California Supreme Court to direct the board to issue final decisions in ...
Environmental & Energy
LADWP reaches $59M settlement over Sun Valley gas leak
By Skyler Romero
San Fernando Valley residents sued the department in 2021, accusing it of allowing the station to leak gas over a period of ye...
Constitutional Law
Riverside County DA steps in to argue for California's death penalty
By Devon Belcher
District Attorney Michael A. Hestrin filed an amicus curia brief after Attorney General Rob Bonta agreed with the State Public...
Judges and Judiciary
California federal judge nominees to be confirmed in bipartisan deal
By Craig Anderson
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's key concession was giving up on trying to confirm President Joe Biden's four federal ap...
Securities
Visa faces shareholder lawsuit over antitrust compliance
By Wisdom Howell
Plaintiffs claim the company and executives misled the public over its compliance with antitrust laws. It comes two months af...
The measures were announced two months after the court shifted its policy on electronic recordings in an attempt to deal with ...
Phillips 66 accused of dumping contaminated wastewater in Los Angeles County sewer system
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"Phillips 66 will continue its cooperation with the U.S. Attorney's office and is prepared to present its case in these matter...
Judges and Judiciary
Newsom picks 2 justices, names 10 trial court judges
By Laurinda Keys
Judge Charles A. Smiley, appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court in 2012, was nominated by Newsom to be a justice of th...
M&A firm claims former VPs stole confidential information
By Jack Needham
CriticalPoint has sued two companies founded by former employees, claiming they continue to use its confidential data to make ...
Intellectual Property
Jury awards $34.9M in post-surgical eyedrops trademark case
By David Houston
The dispute focused on compounded ophthalmic medications.
Veterans' shelter needs outweigh VA budget woes, attorneys say
By Devon Belcher
A federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the VA to construct 100 modular housing units this winter for homeless veterans. The VA...
DOJ lawyer involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions joins Farella Braun
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Alexis Loeb was deputy chief of the U.S. Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, overseeing the coordination of the federa...
Class Action
SF judge declines to reconsider elder abuse class certification
By Wisdom Howell
City Attorney David Chiu had claimed that the decision to appoint a guardian to represent one of the lead plaintiffs made both...
San Bernardino jury awards nearly $35M in Walmart defamation case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Walmart called the verdict "outrageous," and said it "simply does not reflect the straightforward and uncontested facts of thi...
Judges and Judiciary
California district court nominees questioned in race to confirmation
By Craig Anderson
Senate Democrats are hurrying to confirm judges by the end of the year, before Republicans take control of the chamber in the ...
Riverside County court announces cutbacks
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Furloughed staff is one of several measures courts throughout the state are taking to close a $97 million budget cut.
Judges and Judiciary
Judges: New ethics opinion discourages them from election-time defense
By Laurinda Keys
All the publicly posted comments from judges said the opinion's cautions - particularly suggestions that judges have others de...
Legal Education, Constitutional Law
Growing chorus for state constitutions to be taught in law schools
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Some prominent judges -- including the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brenna Jr. --and law professors have tried ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Business Law
Judge to sanction Quinn Emanuel partner for witness questions
By Wisdom Howell
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen said he intended to sanction Valerie Lozano, a Los Angeles partner at Quinn Emanuel, for viola...
Community News
California Judicial Council names three distinguished service award recipients for 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Former federal prosecutor joins Ballard Spahr's Los Angeles litigation team
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Civil Litigation
Claims dismissed against Brink's sales agent
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The plaintiffs accused the defendant of advising them to understate the value of their goods before they were placed in an arm...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
After struggle, Democrats succeed in moving forward judge nominees
By Craig Anderson
The nominees who advanced were Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anne Hwang and State Bar Court Judge Cynthia Valenzuela...