Securities, Government
SEC says Newport Beach marijuana company inflated financial data
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The complaint says that in order to convince investors that APB was a large cannabis company expanding its operations, company...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Experienced judges are in the midst of a ‘great retirement’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Right now we have in fact 13 judicial vacancies, which is the highest in memory for those of us at the court,” said Sacrament...
Judge who helped found State Bar Court known for humor, expertise
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Former Apple patent lawyer joins DLA Piper in San Francisco
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Jessica Hannah spent the last eight years managing an active docket of patent litigation that spanned the globe.
Labor/Employment, Government
Captain who accused LAPD of retaliation wins $10.5M
By Skyler Romero
A jury found that the department discriminated against Stacey Vince in retaliation for a different disability discrimination s...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge did not err when colleague entered court
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A judge has been accused of hugging lawyers from his former firm during trial in another court.
Labor/Employment
Background checkers change lawyers, told to settle case
By Wisdom Howell
Background check company changes lawyers, given 6 months to settle data breach proposed class action.
Labor/Employment, Government
App companies get partial victory in suit to block gig worker law
By Jonathan Lo
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that part of the claim by Postmates and Uber was invalid but said they could ch...
The IRS acknowledged that the money Avenatti used to get Eagan Avenatti LLP out of bankruptcy is directly traceable to the fun...
Judges and Judiciary
US Judicial Conference asks for more trial, appellate judges
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The Central District would get nine new judges; Northern District, 6; and Eastern District, 4
Harland W. Braun was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness during the corruption prosecution of former Los Angeles deputy m...
State Bar & Bar Associations
'Snitch rule' proposals require no action from State Bar
By Devon Belcher
The 8-0 decision was passed after a public member of the board, Mark W. Toney, executive director of the Utility Reform Networ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Microsoft asks judge to dismiss challenge to Activision merger
By Jonathan Lo
Plaintiffs alleged the merger deal between two of the biggest video game companies, which themselves are the products of multi...
Environmental & Energy
Defining CEQA's problems proves complicated
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Supporters of the landmark environmental law often point out that a tiny percentage of projects face CEQA litigation or enviro...
Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant wrote that the city did not show that the restrictions approved by the Los Angeles City...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
AG says more money is needed to follow Legislature’s directives
By Skyler Romero
Funds would be used for legal resources to enforce the 2020 COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, crack down on workers’ rights violatio...
Consumer Law, Class Action
Tesla faces 2 ‘right to repair’ proposed class actions
By Wisdom Howell
The pair of lawsuits filed Tuesday and Wednesday by two separate legal teams cite the recent “right to repair” movement that a...
Leslie Marks draws on years in the trenches of construction and real estate litigation to settle cases.
Community News
Rocking for a Cause: Law Rocks Los Angeles sets the Bar High
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
This event marked the beginning of the 12th Annual Law Rocks World Tour, with its next California battle scheduled for April 2...
Judges and Judiciary
Passion for outdoors led circuit judge to write about Justice William O. Douglas' environmental advocacy
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Judge M. Margaret McKeown spent five years in research institutions across the country to write “Citizen Justice: The Environm...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy of Diocese of Santa Rosa appears part of national trend
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 218. The law opened up a three-year window for people to file cases between 2020 and 2022...
Environmental & Energy, Admiralty/Maritime, Administrative/Regulatory
US didn’t do enough to protect whales from fishing, judge rules
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge James Donato, in his order, found the sablefish pot fishery, with its 2-mile long strings of pots to harve...
Technology, State Bar & Bar Associations
GPT-4 AI model passes Uniform Bar Exam, researchers say
By Devon Belcher
An artificial intelligence model created by OpenAI exceeded the 68% student average for multiple choice performance in the Uni...
Law Practice, Contracts, Appellate Practice
Expert in government contracts joins BakerHostetler in LA
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“Todd brings a unique perspective as it relates to how the government prosecutes debarment cases,” firm business practice chai...
Insurance
Panel revives insurance company claim against Miller Barondess
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The unpublished ruling said that the lower court erred in concluding that Section 533 of the California Insurance Code did not...
Civil Litigation
Broadband says Orrick advised it, then appeared for opponent
By Wisdom Howell
Wednesday's proceeding in San Francisco Superior Court regarding the plaintiff's motion to compel discovery was the final cale...
Government, Criminal
Attorney hospitalized, mistrial sought in LA corruption trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge John F. Walter paused the proceedings against former deputy mayor Raymond Chan last week after his lawyer,...
LA juvenile judge willing to listen to creative solutions
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Johnny Depp's lawyer never anticipated being the 'famous one'
By Ricardo Pineda
Camille Vasquez, a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP shared how she copes with fame and recounted the legal strategy that led to th...