State Bar & Bar Associations
Lack of succession planning may be ethical failure, bar says
By Devon Belcher
The number of practicing lawyers above the age of 65 has increased more than 50%. Today, about 14% of lawyers are older than 6...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
LA County appeals federal judge’s denial of homeless settlement
By Skyler Romero
“The court’s insistence on dictating the terms and implementation of a private settlement between the county and L.A. Alliance...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
UK buoys to gamers fighting Microsoft-Activision merger
By Jonathan Lo
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on Thursday decided to prohibit any acquisition between Microsoft and Activision wi...
The ACLU asked U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland for permission to amend and supplement its complaint against the ru...
The new lawsuit was filed May 1 by Charles H. Jung, principal of Nassiri & Jung LLP. Jung amended that complaint this week...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court upholds California’s law on pig farming
By Craig Anderson
Pork producers “invite us to fashion two new and more aggressive constitutional restrictions on the ability of states to regul...
Litigation & Arbitration
$6.8M awarded to company over tainted pet food
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“We were able to demonstrate that the recall was their first time seeing a decline in sales and they continued to have declini...
Intellectual Property
R&B singer questioned about mark claim against dollmaker
By Sunidhi Sridhar
MGA Entertainment has denied the claims against it and its attorneys maintain that the company’s dolls that allegedly look lik...
Litigation & Arbitration, Corporate
Massage school says state council exceeds its authority
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The California Massage Therapy Council is “a private nonprofit public benefit corporation” but its voluntary certification pro...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Lawsuits pile up against retail websites over chat box recordings
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Plaintiffs accuse the companies of paying independent third-party companies to embed code in their websites, allowing those th...
Marian F. Gaston's nomination by President Joe Biden had been postponed for weeks by Chair Dick Durbin, D-IL, due to Feinstein...
Litigation & Arbitration
LA jury awards $13.15M to family hit by semi-truck
By Skyler Romero
According to a trial brief filed by the plaintiffs, a 18-wheeler rear-ended the family’s vehicle when the truck driver was dis...
Litigation & Arbitration, Government
R.J. Reynolds challenges state’s ban on non-menthol cigarettes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Citing rising teen use of vapes and other tobacco products, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 793 in 2020, banning flavored tobacco ...
The plaintiff alleged that the wells will be in a health-and-safety buffer zone designated by Senate Bill 1137, which Gov. Gav...
LA county commissioner listens with compassion, attorneys say.
Litigation & Arbitration, Government
US DOJ enters Santa Ana’s dispute with religious group
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The services offered by plaintiff such as ID vouchers, assistance, counseling, mail collection and ‘other programs services’ ...
Litigation & Arbitration
2nd cross complaint OK’d with new information
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A Los Angeles County judge approved the defendant’s motion to file a second amended cross complaint against three logistics an...
Lewis Brisbois expands management team, but power remains in Los Angeles
By David Houston
Three of the five new members are from Los Angeles bringing to seven the number of members on the 15-member committee who are ...
Legal Education
Attorneys due costs for late cancellation of remote depositions
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys for the students argued that the rule on which the sanctions order rested applied only to travel and other expenses ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Doll maker didn’t copy defunct girl band, attorney tells jury
By Sunidhi Sridhar
After receiving a cease and desist letter in 2020 from rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris, who ma...
Wendy J. Greuel served in Mayor Tom Bradley’s administration and went on to serve as a city councilman and controller.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Does immunity cover prisons officials’ COVID decisions?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering officials’ decision to transfer COVID-infected prisoners from the Califor...
Litigation & Arbitration
Altria agrees to pay $235M to settle claims over Juul marketing
By Wisdom Howell
The company denied any wrongdoing and said in its news release that the settlement “brings to a close the vast majority of our...
Litigation & Arbitration
Anti-SLAPP motions granted against musician in sex abuse claims
By Skyler Romero
Howard E. King of King Holmes Paterno & Soriano LLP, who represents musician Marylin Manson, said, “The court telegraphed ...
Civil Rights
State agrees to $24 million settlement with the family of a man who died in CHP custody
By Devon Belcher
"This landmark settlement has paved the way for future cases, shining a light on the need for real justice without resorting t...
The brief supports President Joe Biden’s administration in arguing that a 1986 law on abortion argues that the law, referred t...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Theane D. Evangelis cited a U.S. Supreme Court decision from last year, arguing the ru...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Sonos can call Google CEO in trial over smart speakers
By Jonathan Lo
Shortly after opening statements on Monday, U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup in San Francisco ruled that Google CEO Sundar...
A coalition of business groups sued in February, claiming the law was overly broad and violated the Political Reform Act of 19...
Judge Anthony W. Ishii retired on April 30, which leaves four vacancies on the district courts in California.