Founded in 2014, the firm has established itself as a nimble competitor in antitrust and other highly competitive practices.
And so it begins: The 5th Circuit's decision in MHACO v. Commissioner commences the "dissing" of Chevron...
The rise of mass arbitrations has prompted forums like AAA and JAMS to establish specialized rules and gatekeepers to determin...
The California Legislature must strengthen the state's legal infrastructure--including enforcing housing discrimination laws, ...
Starting Jan. 1, 2025, two new California laws--SB 365 and SB 940--will significantly reshape arbitration, allowing plaintiffs...
Neutral Kevin Culhane finds satisfaction in resolving cases like wrongful deaths of children.
Trump wants mass deportations. He will need jails and sanctuary cities to help.
By Adaneliz Bello
President-elect Donald Trump has said little about the specifics of how he would carry out the promised largest deportation e...
Gambling companies spent big to defeat three California lawmakers. 'We want to be respected'
By Adaneliz Bello
California's card rooms lost a costly legislative fight this year as they sought to kill a bill that would allow their competi...
Is law requiring pro bono reports to State Bar hardship for small firms?
By John Roemer
The reporting mandate takes effect in 2026, though the State Bar will ask lawyers to provide their 2024 pro bono totals as par...
TV producer can pursue defamation case against Warner Bros discovery
By Skyler Romero
Los Angeles judge previously denied an anti-SLAPP motion from Warner Bros. on the condition that Dan Schneider submit a decla...
Google employee who put off having child, sues over maternity firing
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff was one of 12,000 employees Google laid off in 2023. Her complaint argues that she and several other women on ma...
Injunction issued in dispute that could define open-source future
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The case illustrates the sometimes uncomfortable "push-pull" that can occur between an entity that maintains a technology plat...
Judge brought her organization skills from her state administrative law jobs to Orange County Superior Court.
United Healthcare subsidiary OK'd to arbitrate wrongful death case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California is accused of denying plaintiff Ryan Matlock's addiction rehabilitation coverage in co...
9th Circuit en banc panel disinclined to overturn ban on felons with firearms
By Craig Anderson
Assistant Federal Public Defender Sonam A.H. Henderson, who represents defendant Steven Duarte on the appeal of his conviction...
Accused white supremacist has served enough time, attorney argues
By Devon Belcher
The Department of Justice says its years-long prosecution of Robert Rundo was constitutionally just and did not warrant any re...
DOJ seizes $215M from shuttered sex trafficking website in historic forfeiture case
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Under the settlement, more than 80% of seized assets - including cash, cryptocurrency, and San Francisco real estate used in o...
Biden's H-1B reform faces a tight deadline, with key changes to "specialty occupation" definitions and degree requirements, bu...
Taxpayers can amend their returns to claim refunds for taxes paid on settlements now considered tax-free, with a special provi...
Generative AI, particularly large language models like ChatGPT, could increase the number of frivolous lawsuits by making comp...
Federal judge blocks $25B Kroger-Albertsons grocery merger
By Aditi Mukherji
A federal judge Tuesday temporarily blocked what would be the biggest grocery store merger in U.S. history, siding with the Fe...
Noel Wise is a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney in its environmental and natural resources division who subsequently...
Santa Barbara judge admonished for behavior, misleading CJP
By Laurinda Keys
Most of the announcement detailed the judge's misleading of the Commission on Judicial Performance about his retirement plans ...
State's social media limit laws likely face 'compelled speech' challenges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A bill to require warning labels on social media emerges amid a shifting legal and political landscape that is increasingly ho...
Less restrictive electronic court recording sought
By Jack Needham
Family Violence Appellate Project, represented by Covington & Burling LLP and Community Legal Aid SoCal, and Bay Area Lega...
Dhillon Law Group partner Krista L. Baughman wrote in an email Tuesday that the firm - which has grown to 26 attorneys in five...
The former ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, is attached to the Washington office of Ellis George LLP.
Meta accuses states of violating discovery orders in MDL
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Meta claimed it made meaningful concessions to the state plaintiffs, but their delays have left negotiations over search terms...
Cognizant opposes class counsel's $26M interim fee request
By Devon Belcher
The motion followed a unanimous jury verdict in October for a plaintiffs' class who claimed Cognizant - founded in India - had...