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Technology


Following three consecutive days of defense evidence from the three-week jury trial arguing human error, rather than mechanica...



California hospital system sued over data breach

Oct. 20, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

California hospital system sued over data breach



Constitutional Law



Preparation is the most important aspect, neutral Russell Hom says



Judges and Judiciary


Los Angeles, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and Yolo counties each got one; Orange County got 2.


“There is no question that this will now allow us to proceed with appointments to our federal courts. The White House has to m...



Litigation & Arbitration


Tesla says the Autopilot can’t do what the plaintiffs say it did in a 2019 fatal crash, while the plaintiffs said the system h...


Judges and Judiciary


Retired Riverside County judge joins Judicate West

Oct. 19, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Judge John G. Evans served on the Superior Court for 15 years, hearing matters involving employment, construction defects, neg...



Litigation & Arbitration


The class’ attorneys are requesting 18.75%, or over $28 million, in attorney fees. They said in the motion for approval that h...


Data Privacy


In a published opinion, the appellate panel held that the lower court erred in dismissing shareholders’ claims of falsity when...



Law Practice


“With these extraordinary additions and others in the pipeline, we continue to bolster our presence in Northern California and...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“We had an election that was not conducted according to law, not according to the manner the legislature had set out, and in m...



Litigation & Arbitration


The au pair plaintiffs argued that the suit cannot be sent to arbitration because the contracts require disputes be handled in...


Litigation & Arbitration


San Diego to pay $8M to man run over during arrest

Oct. 19, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

During a vandalism arrest a police officer pinned the plaintiff to the ground in the street. An SUV then drove into the police...



U.S. Supreme Court


“The central issue of the case is whether people have the right to a jury,” said Nicolas Morgan, a partner with Paul Hastings ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


John Eastman testified at his State Bar trial that he advised the vice president to briefly delay certification to investigat...



Litigation & Arbitration


X claims that the hourly fees the firm earned for the Twitter sale totaled $17.9 million but that the “success fee” the firm r...


Litigation & Arbitration


“As a result of this case, there is now a written opinion that states that SELF is not a famous mark, and is a conceptually we...



Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge George H. Wu based his tentative ruling on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in a putative class ac...


Litigation & Arbitration


“I do agree with both of you that it really is a circumstantial evidence case,” Superior Court Judge Christopher B. Harmon said.



Environmental & Energy


Truckers sue CARB over new emissions regulations

Oct. 18, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“CARB’s efforts are in service to the laudable goal of decreasing tailpipe emissions from commercial vehicles, but represent a...


Entertainment & Sports


The process of litigating the case without discovery from the foreign defendants presented “a unique procedural challenge,” Al...



Entertainment & Sports


Panel guts much of Hollywood Press group member's lawsuit

Oct. 18, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The plaintiff is a former member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The organization put him on probation while an in...


Law Practice, Community News




Environmental & Energy


Attorneys for the California Air Resources Board argued it was up to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force them to...


Environmental & Energy


“The best science that we have fortunately, or unfortunately, is Mr. White going out on his own time, at his own expense. He ...



Litigation & Arbitration


Conduent, which won the bid for the L.A. County transit proposal, requested disclosure of TransCore’s rejected proposal pursua...


Litigation & Arbitration, Health Care & Hospital Law


Santa Ana lawyer gets 6 years for pharmaceutical scheme

Oct. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Prosecutors said David J. Miller and his company lied to their customers about the nature and sources of the prescription drug...



Labor/Employment


Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi that the companies engaged in retaliation tactics and possibly did busines...


Litigation & Arbitration


Jury awards daughter $13.5M in LAPD wrongful death case

Oct. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Jacobo Juarez Cedillo died in April 2019 after being restrained by officers pinning him to the ground with their own body weig...