Law Practice, Labor/Employment
Kirkland & Ellis says it fired associate for lack of skill
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The factual allegations sprinkled amidst the conclusory ramblings of Zoya Kovalenko’s 130-page complaint confirm the defects ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Coinbase can’t force customer into arbitration over sweepstakes, Circuit says
By Craig Anderson
The dispute involved a sweepstakes that awarded $1.2 million in Dogecoin, a digital exchange.
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment
Partial PAGA overturn may be reversed in 2023 cases
By Craig Anderson
The multiple cases wending their way through the court system pit plaintiffs against employers who have forced workers into ar...
Securities, Class Action
Proposed investor class sues electric scooter company
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The complaint against focuses on a Nov. 14 news release in which Bird Global said none of its reports or releases up to Sept. ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Juul’s top investor heads to trial despite 5000 lawsuit settlement
By Wisdom Howell
Altria faces April trial despite Juul settlement for ‘marketing to minors’ case.
Environmental & Energy, Class Action
Fisher plaintiffs to get most of $50M from Amplify oil spill deal
By Sunidhi Sridhar
“The settlement provides that Amplify shall pay $34 million to the fisher class in exchange for a full release of claims alleg...
National expert in civil, criminal forfeiture achieved many ‘firsts’
Judges and Judiciary
Disciplinary hearing set for judge who vowed to ‘go postal’
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lassen County Superior Court Judge Tony R. Mallery acknowledges he made mistakes, his attorney said, “but none worthy of his r...
Immigration
Sacramento County, ex-sheriff settle suit over ICE cooperation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Plaintiff Misael Echeveste alleged Sheriff Scott Jones’ department notified federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement abou...
Environmental & Energy
Southern California air regulator sued over refinery exemptions
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The lawsuit alleges that the South Coast Air Quality Management District exempted refineries with a production capacity of und...
Criminal
Ex-Girardi Kees financial officer arraigned in US court in LA
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Represented by Jack P. DiCanio and Matthew J. Tako of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP and Affiliates, Christophe...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
CJP closes complaint against 3rd District justice, ‘no basis for action’
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“They don’t tell me whether the letter concerns [former justices] Murray or Blease, whether they found no basis for disciplina...
Following nearly a week of deliberation, the jury handed down a verdict placing the plaintiffs’ actual damages at nearly $41 m...
Judges and Judiciary, Entertainment & Sports
US judge’s novel imagines a Lee Harvey Oswald trial
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco made his imagined trial of Lee Harvey Oswald a paeon to the justice system,...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Corporate partner brings expertise to Food Finder nonprofit
By Skyler Romero
Steinbrecher & Span LLP partner Geoffrey T. Stover put his legal experience to work in a different role in 2022 as a new b...
Real Estate/Development, Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Susman Godfrey kept 1000s of tenants in their homes during rent moratorium
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Rohit Nath, an attorney at the firm, estimates that he and his colleagues invested about 1,700 hours in various housing morato...
Judges and Judiciary
Court reporters embrace ‘voice writing’ technology
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The passage of AB 156 followed four decades of legislative efforts to codify a growing array of digital tools within the profe...
Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Judge who focused on moving cases joins Judicate West
By Skyler Romero
“I would plan vacations months ahead of time because I just didn’t believe in continuing either motion or trial because I want...
Government
Judge blocks California law on private suits against gun businesses
By Craig Anderson
Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez, an appointee of President George W. Bush, granted the injunction sought by variou...
Litigation & Arbitration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Coinbase can’t force customer into arbitration over sweepstakes, Circuit says
By Craig Anderson
The dispute involved a sweepstakes that awarded $1.2 million in Dogecoin, a digital exchange.
Neutral Sheridan Reed only uses a hammer and torch for her metalsmithing hobby.
Judge David L. Berry learns from attorneys and Court of Appeal justices
Ahmad Abouammo was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $242,000. He passed along confidential and sensitiv...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
Twitter must tell workers about litigation during severance talks
By Wisdom Howell
The company is facing three class actions, all of which were filed by Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC in...
Labor/Employment
2 years after consent decree, Del Taco faces new harassment claim
By Skyler Romero
Thursday’s complaint is the latest sexual harassment lawsuit to be brought against the fast food company, whom the EEOC sued i...
Law Practice, Criminal
Probate lawyer says his conservatorship team solved murder
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Andrew G. Watters was first approached by the victim’s family to file a petition for the conservatorship of her estate because...
U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of Chicago ruled that there was a “clear nexus” between the lawsuit and the underlying...
Ensuring people are heard is personal for San Diego County Commissioner Lizbet Muñoz
Government, Civil Litigation
Policy to evict tenants accused of crimes ends in settlement
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Hesperia and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department will pay under $1 million to residents affected by the ordinances ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar seeks feedback on proposed civility pledge
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Lawyers licensed since June 2014 already have taken the civility pledge.
