Real Estate/Development
Mobile home park owners can challenge rent control law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Mobile home parks have long been considered one of the few lower-cost housing options in the state, and one disproportionately...
Judges and Judiciary
Parties argue significance of US judge’s bail ruling
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The Sheriff and the Attorney General are now prohibited from enforcing the bail schedule or any variation thereof,” Equal Jus...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Retired Santa Cruz County judge joins ADR services
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Paul Burdick was presiding judge of the court from 2018 to 2020.
Plaintiffs' colead counsel Derek W. Loeser of Keller Rohrback LLP and Lesley E. Weaver of Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP said ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar rests case against Eastman, who denies he incited violence.
By Skyler Romero
“Very simply, a number of people in the University of Colorado were suggesting my speech caused the riots at the Capitol,” Joh...
Data Privacy
Google seeks to deny request for 20 years of employment data
By Wisdom Howell
Google’s counsel, Zachary P Hutton of Paul Hastings LLP, argued the request is too broad because it constitutes 77,000 employe...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Maker of surgical robot sued over right to repair
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Consolidated litigation claims Intuitive unlawfully monopolized the market for minimally invasive surgical robots and their se...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Challenge to gun open carry penalties can proceed
By Craig Anderson
The opinion favorably quotes other circuit court opinions that make it sound as if California will have a difficult time justi...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Kanye West claims leak of unreleased songs violated state trade secrets law
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
“Ye’s musical composition, with its distinctive arrangement and unique elements, constitutes a trade secret due to its economi...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Rights
MoFo drops race, sex requirements for fellowships
By Craig Anderson
Perkins Coie LLP, which faces a nearly identical complaint filed Aug. 22 in the Northern District of Texas, has retained the l...
JAMS mediator Elizabeth Laporte applies a bespoke method to each dispute resolution.
Litigation & Arbitration
Tesla, car owners argue over dismissal of monopoly suit
By Jonathan Lo
The car owners' attorneys responded that Tesla failed to show that their clients clearly and unmistakably agreed to arbitratio...
Superior Court judge Emily T. Spear stated she did not know that judges were expected to be at the courthouse during court hou...
Real Estate/Development
Regus Management accused of breaching lease after 16 years
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Goodkin APC partner Michael A. Shakouri accused one of the Regus LLC tenants of transferring their assets and interests to oth...
Bankruptcy
New partner will co-chair DLA Piper’s bankruptcy practice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“His extensive experience and knowledge synergies with our M&A and Private Equity practices both in Los Angeles and across...
Insurance
Former Boeing lawyer to lead insurance fraud boutique in California
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
At Boeing, Robert Haney settled claims from and against suppliers, conducted executive level negotiations and secured internat...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Bill would give courts more access to mental health records
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Allowing county agencies carte blanche to specifically search for and report to the court any information in medical records”...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Internal discussions not meant for Trump, Eastman testifies
By Skyler Romero
John C. Eastman faces possible disbarment if convicted in the State Bar trial, where he is accused of making false statements ...
Later in the day, President Joe Biden announced he was nominating Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk E. Sherriff to fill an upcoming...
Environmental & Energy
Initiative would end CEQA private right of actions
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“It’s very challenging to do CEQA reform through the Legislature. A ballot initiative is the other path,” said UC Davis School...
The unit’s first case was filed under Penal Code 487m, which allows theft of wages to be charged as a felony.
Technology
Validity of discovery orders disputed after referee recuses from cybersecurity trade secrets lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
After the recusal by a Judicate West discovery referee, Cooley LLP wants three discovery orders vacated, including an order co...
Judges and Judiciary
Orange County DA slams judge’s lenient dog cruelty sentence
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Orange County Superior Court Judge Justin Glenn-Leistikow allowed the defendant to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count, be p...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit won’t modify injunction of anti-camping law
By Craig Anderson
he case will return to U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu, who ruled in December 2022 that homeless plaintiffs would likely pr...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Tentative deal reached in Google Play antitrust case
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Lawyers for Google, the putative class of 21 million consumers, and the State of Utah told U.S. District James J. Donato that ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Eastman waived 5th Amendment, State Bar judge says
By Skyler Romero
Former President Trump’s lawyer, John Eastman, can fight criminal and bar discipline trials at same time, judge says
Labor/Employment
LA court reporter hiring is stagnant, incentives hiked
By Devon Belcher
Despite the first round of incentives in February, court reporter vacancies “have remained relatively unchanged, with the numb...
Law Practice
Securities litigator joins Norton Rose Fulbright in Los Angeles
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Helen B. Kim defends clients in shareholder derivative suits, nationwide securities class actions, and securities and commodit...
Litigation & Arbitration
Men claim women-only self-defense class are illegal
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Newark-based attorney Greg Adler sued on behalf of two men who claimed they paid $80 each for a “Women Only Basic Pistol/Revol...
Law Practice
Former Silicon Valley Bank senior counsel joins Venable’s Los Angeles office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Adrienne Gurley has also been a federal prosecutor and enforcement counsel at the SEC.