Real Estate/Development
San Francisco’s biggest hotels may go to receivership
By Wisdom Howell
“We believe San Francisco’s path to recovery remains clouded and elongated by major challenges,” the investment firm behind Hi...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Discipline trial begins against 1st Girardi Keese attorney
By Skyler Romero
“In his 20-year history he was never aware of Mr. Girardi ever failing to pay a client, late or at all,” defense attorney Ryan...
Litigation & Arbitration
Fight over Treasure Island revitalization moves forward
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. issued an order on Oct. 18 allowing the developer to seek punitive dam...
The order represents a significant setback for landlord groups and anti-tax advocates, should it become final. The plaintiff's...
Real Estate/Development
Luxury townhouse builder sued by homeowners association
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The Los Angeles property has structural issues and problems with respect to water entry, unstable soil, fire protection, plumb...
Litigation & Arbitration
Sonoma company wins $21M for breach of contract
By Craig Anderson
The jury declined to award damages for intentional interference with Smashmallow’s relationship with Wolfgang Confectioners.
A spokesperson said the DA “is coordinating efforts with the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office to identify the perpetrators s...
Law Practice, Environmental & Energy
Veteran environmental attorney opens mediation firm
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Gideon Kracov led civil prosecutions in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Environmental Protection Department. He also previousl...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Medical device maker defeats kickback claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Morgan Lewis partner Kayla S. Kaplan argued before U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb in Sacramento last Monday. The court t...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar sends Supreme Court 2nd revised ethics code
By Devon Belcher
“I think it’s important in the spirit of transparency and accountability that we continuously talk about how we as a new board...
Litigation & Arbitration
Is Santa Monica’s opposition to zero bail a harbinger?
By Skyler Romero
“When young mothers with young children do not feel comfortable walking down the street, going to a park or going shopping, t...
“They fear that things will get worse for them, because of the subjectivity, the loopholes and how they could be interpreted,”...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Lawsuit claims Caltech duped cyber boot camp users
By Wisdom Howell
“This case alleges that Caltech and its for-profit partner Simplilearn falsely advertise a ‘Caltech Cybersecurity Bootcamp’ th...
The case before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg has the same set of facts and experts as a recent International Trad...
Litigation & Arbitration
Yukevich Cavanaugh defeats $48M unloading injury suit
By Skyler Romero
Lead defense attorney Thomas Borncamp During argued in the three-week trial in Kern County that there wasn’t any evidence indi...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge who ruled on sale of LA Clippers joins ADR Services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Michael I. Levanas retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Oct. 13.
Government
LA sued again over how it charges ratepayers for services
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The city is accused not only of charging too much and charging disproportionately, but using the revenues “for a purpose diffe...
Insurance
High court to decide time limit for bringing insurance suits
By Skyler Romero
“When a plaintiff files an action against the plaintiff’s insurer for injunctive relief under the Unfair Competition Law, whic...
Technology
Ex-security chief says SonicWall fired him for noting vulnerability
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff, a 20-year employee, claims that he was fired on Aug. 2 after he opposed the company’s plan to release a flawed ...
Zoom represents that its subscriptions can be canceled via online web portal or email, but routinely fails to honor users’ can...
Judges and Judiciary
Lassen County judge facing disciplinary action may retire
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Litigation & Arbitration
30 vape manufacturers hit with unfair competition claims
By Sunidhi Sridhar
None of the defendants’ vaping devices have received premarket authorization from the FDA. In many instances, they have not ev...
The proposed order states that If the city fails to abide by the settlement, it will be subject to monetary penalties and may ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Ticket price antitrust case against Live Nation is stayed
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The judge paused proceedings pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that a district court must stay a case if a pa...
Litigation & Arbitration
Coinbase is locked in litigation with users, mostly unseen
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The number of lawsuits you see is a fraction of the number of cases there are against Coinbase. There’s an unknown number in ...
Technology, Data Privacy
Meta seeks to end claim it misled users on location setting
By Jonathan Lo
Meta denied any wrongdoing and argued that the plaintiffs dropped their charge of invasion of privacy because the court ruled ...
Wednesday's celebration was held in New York and livestreamed to The Lot at Formosa in West Hollywood.
Litigation & Arbitration
No punitive damages for failure to fix sink leak, judge rules
By Skyler Romero
“Failing to check the leak may be a conscious disregard for the safety of others, but is not so vile, loathsome, miserable tha...
Law Practice
Veteran IP litigator Claude Stern joins JAMS in Silicon Valley
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Stern said he was drawn into alternative dispute resolution after teaching at Stanford and seeing the polarization on campus.
Litigation & Arbitration, Health Care & Hospital Law
Investors sue COVID testmaker and CEO over ‘misspent’ funds
By Wisdom Howell
The COVID-19 test kit developer generated $37.6 million in income between 2021 and 2022 but was left with no money by Aug. 1, ...