Labor/Employment
State high court again considers if security checks count as work
By Craig Anderson
The issue is whether an employee’s time spent in a personal car, waiting for security guards to scan an identification card, s...
Criminal
Democrats want to make it easier to prosecute repeat shoplifters
By Malcolm Maclachlan
While there’s little chance the current Democratic controlled Legislature will reinstate the kinds of tough on crime policies ...
Prosecutors said “Fat Leonard” Francis cut off his ankle bracelet and fled to Venezuela in 2022 before being returned last mon...
Litigation & Arbitration
BraunHagey keeps stay in place in suit over spoof email
By Wisdom Howell
LTC Limited claimed unknown perpetrators “took advantage of BraunHagey’s compromised email systems to ‘spoof’ … the email acco...
Mediator Gideon Kracov has lawyers foremost in mind when trying to resolve disputes.
“We are fostering the development of future leaders by imparting our fundamental principles and providing them with the necess...
Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Part of state ban on required arbitration waivers is enjoined
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a preliminary injunction blocking the law last February, finding that it is preempted...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Is Snapchat a product or service? A decision for another day, judge says
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
In a 33-page order, Judge Lawrence P. Riff allowed a lawsuit to move forward that aims to hold the social media company respon...
Labor/Employment
Panel upholds $23.3M award to attorney for retaliation
By Skyler Romero
“A lot of times employees in the workplace feel like they’re being silenced in fear of retaliation, and Andrew Rudnicki stood ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News
LA County Bar announces 3 honorees for annual dinner
By Devon Belcher
The recipients are retired California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno, 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4 Presidin...
Criminal
Post-conviction appellate specialist nominated for state public defender
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Galit Lipa has been with the Office of the State Public Defender since 2021, serving as executive director of the Indigent Def...
Ford is facing a pending class action in the Southern District of Florida over similar claims.
Criminal
Claim against DA over officers’ murders dismissed, appeal moot
By Skyler Romero
“Because a prosecutor’s duty to initiate and conduct prosecutions … is discretionary, mandate is not available to compel the d...
Insurance
McKinsey seeks OK of $78M settlement with insurers for opioid consulting
By Jonathan Lo
“We continue to believe that our past work was lawful and deny allegations to the contrary, and the settlement contains no adm...
Judges and Judiciary
Central District of California gets new clerk of court
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Brian D. Karth replaces Kiry K. Gray, the district court announced.
Voters elected a huge new class of lawmakers in 2012 under a new term limits law; those same lawmakers have been moving on as ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Automakers accused of delaying antitheft device litigation
By Sunidhi Sridhar
There is a “controlling question of law” as to whether the supposed foreseeability of the car thefts supports a duty to protec...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law
State can enforce ban on guns in ‘sensitive places’
By Craig Anderson
C.D. “Chuck” Michel, who represents the plaintiffs challenging the law, said Tuesday that his clients would file a motion seek...
Most matters will be trailed as the lobby, elevators and stairwell were flooded.
The firm decided to open an office in Los Angeles because that’s where their attorneys want to live, founder and CEO Jay Edels...
Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit affirms halt to Berkeley ban on indoor gas pipes
By Craig Anderson
The outcome, unless overturned, is a win for the California Restaurant Association and the natural gas industry, which has fou...
Data Privacy
23andMe says careless users were source of credential attacks
By Wisdom Howell
Amid moves to consolidate lawsuits over information breach, 23andMe says it was not the source of credentials that were attack...
Pierson Ferdinand emphasized a highly customized legal practice management platform featuring a fully integrated, algorithm dr...
Torts/Personal Injury
Parris Law gets $3.1M, praise from judge for wrongful death case
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
"The court has never seen this in a courtroom in 30 years of service on the court," Los Angeles Judge Mary Ann Murphy said in...
The ruling follows months of depositions, hearings and filings between the parties on whether or not Girardi is mentally compe...
Real Estate/Development
Law firms flee to safer, cleaner areas to lure workers to desks
By David Houston
Perhaps no place illustrates the trend better than Century City, where law firms are flocking to higher rents and eschewing de...
Class Action
HopSkipDrive rideshare company lands in court over breach
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The class complaint, filed in Los Angeles, accuses the so-called “Uber for kids” of being negligent and reckless with their pe...
Judges and Judiciary, Family
2 Orange County judge hopefuls aim to strengthen family court
By Devon Belcher
The judicial race is between family law attorney Daniel J. Kern and Senior Deputy District Attorney Whitney L. Bokosky.
Constitutional Law
Content moderation law doesn’t violate free speech, judge rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The ruling was a setback for X Corp., formerly Twitter, which claimed AB 587 violates the First Amendment and Section 230 of t...
Labor/Employment, Class Action
Twitter resists notifying former workers of class claim
By Jonathan Lo
“This narrow motion asks the court to require Twitter to give potential class members basic information about this case, so th...