State Bar & Bar Associations
Inaccurate bar discipline data needs improvement, auditor says
By Devon Belcher
External investigators and prosecutors are used in cases where the State Bar has a conflict. “We found multiple errors and omi...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge fines church $1.2M for not enforcing COVID rules
By Laurinda Keys
“It should appear clear to all — regardless of religious affiliation — that wearing a mask while worshiping one’s god and comm...
Civil Rights
Lambda Legal criticizes Biden for not naming more gay judges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“With the increase in people who openly identify as LGBTQ+ in the United States and the few new confirmations of openly LGBTQ+...
DNA collection program run by Orange County DA can face challenge
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Due to its complexity, a significant number of alleged misdemeanants will likely be unaware of the information their DNA may ...
Technology, Civil Rights
Tesla won’t comply with probe, state civil rights agency says
By Skyler Romero
Tesla responded to the demands for information, saying the California Civil Rights Department had abused its authority and not...
Trenton H. Norris is one of the nation’s leading practitioners in class action and consumer litigation defense, the firm said.
Civil Procedure
Mistrial declared in prosecution of Los Angeles deputy mayor
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The proceedings were suspended after his lead defense counsel, Harland W. Braun of Braun & Braun LLP, was hospitalized on ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Should California establish dedicated CEQA courts?
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“I think we can all agree, as we hear testimony from different witnesses, that CEQA is a complex piece of legislation,” Little...
Because the investors did not purchase Bayer securities in the United States, the company’s attorney asserted, they cannot bri...
The report mentions failure of administrative offices to meet metrics for their work mandated by law, a high rate of vacant po...
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant made that revelation on Wednesday during a hearing before Superior Court Judge Lawrenc...
Mediator doesn't sugarcoat what parties need to know to settle
Real Estate/Development
Real estate and land use law firm is grounded in diversity
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Our clients are in the midst of trying to find ways to address challenges with purpose and creativity, and we believe we can ...
Robert M. Crea is well-versed in a variety of state and federal regulatory and compliance issues affecting private fund sponso...
Civil Rights
County challenges law on renaming places with derogatory names
By Malcolm Maclachlan
According to the bill, “’squaw’ is a racist and derogatory term that has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial...
Technology, Communications Law
Babylon Bee, Minds Inc. challenge state hate speech law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 587 passed on a combined 99-3 vote in the California Assembly and Senate, with several Republicans voting yes. But a Senate...
Trial courts await guidance on challenges to cannabis social equity programs
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Some municipalities across the county, including Los Angeles and Sacramento, are introducing cannabis licensing programs that ...
Two California district attorneys called for amendments to AB109, passed in 2011, which requires certain convicts to be housed...
Civil Litigation
JUUL settles with 6 states for $462M in teen targeting case
By Wisdom Howell
California Attorney Rob Bonta’s office had sued Juul on behalf of the Los Angeles County District Attorney and the County of L...
Litigation & Arbitration
Monster gets permanent injunction against Vital
By Jonathan Lo
Monster said Vital Pharmaceuticals falsely claimed to potentially billions of people its BANG is superior to other energy drin...
Technology
More school districts sue social media, alleging harm to kids
By Skyler Romero
The case is the latest that this coalition of law firms has filed on behalf of school districts against the California-based s...
McDermott Will & Emery
Litigation & Arbitration
PG&E employee’s counsel sanctioned $3K in discovery spat
By Wisdom Howell
The plaintiff’s counsel, Dow W. Patten of Forthright Law PC argued that PG&E “jumped the gun” and didn’t meet and confer b...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US judge wrongly applied statute of limitations on securities class action
By Sunidhi Sridhar
If facts relevant to the claim are discovered after the statute of limitations has expired, the claim should still be consider...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Disbarred lawyer challenges repayment of security fund
By Devon Belcher
Julius M. Engel is alleging the State Bar won’t reinstate him until he repays funds the agency gave to a former client, though...
The California Public Defenders’ Association has thrown its support behind the bill after its author made several changes they...
Litigation & Arbitration
Draft federal Colorado River plan could set off chain of litigation
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water resources in the West, is in a race against time to manage a rapidly declining...
Litigation & Arbitration
Elderly Girardi client ‘can wait’ to pursue funds, defense counsel argues
By Skyler Romero
Attorneys for the client seeking allegedly misappropriated funds asked that ex-Girardi Keese lawyer David Lira’s deposition su...
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline S. Corley dismissed the gamers’ initial complaint without prejudice on March 20 because she fo...
Environmental & Energy
Earthjustice says it is settling suit over small refineries’ pollution
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The settlement would have the South Coast Air Quality Management District “revise their regulations to remove the exemptions, ...
