“Generally, if people are stuck at home, then they’re stuck, and they don’t want to file a restraining order involving someone...
Securities, Corporate, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
2 shareholder derivative actions against Google filed
By Gina Kim
“Google is exposed to potentially billions of dollars in liability from these private lawsuits, in addition to major regulator...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
Judge denies compensation for intervenor in $1.3M settlement of mislabeling case
By Jonathan Lo
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman denied the objection, approving the settlement with 31.6% to plaintiffs’ cou...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Immigration
DOJ recognizes immigration judges’ union again
By Craig Anderson
Immigration judges are Justice Department employees, and former Attorney General William Barr successfully argued last year th...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
FBI probing $30M no-bid LA water billing contract
By Blaise Scemama
When asked how the no-bid contract was approved, DOJ spokesman Ciaran McEvoy wrote in an email, "The investigation is ongoing."
Through their pro bono efforts, California law firms worked with nonprofits to try to help vulnerable businesses stay afloat.
The previous attempt to recall Gascón missed a September deadline to gather enough signatures to certify an election.
Government, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
LA city, county want amended homelessness suit tossed
By Gina Kim
“Plaintiffs added a race-based equal protection claim, citing the higher rate at which African-Americans experience homelessne...
Government, Communications Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Redistricting commission counsel accused of conflict
By Malcolm Maclachlan
"There are hundreds of lawyers in the California Political Attorneys Association. Not all of them do partisan work. And this f...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
No summary judgment for trial on law for women on corporate boards
By Gina Kim
“We are in the middle of trial. We have a trial here and it will continue, based on the court’s ruling,” Los Angeles County Su...
Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
LA firefighters denied injunction on vaccine mandate
By Skyler Romero
According to the ruling, the plaintiffs pushed for an opt-out provision where firefighters could decline to receive vaccinatio...
U.S. Supreme Court, Legal Education, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High school girl fighting vaccine mandate will seek US Supreme Court relief
By Craig Anderson
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel denied an injunction to block the district’s mandate, which requires student...
Torts/Personal Injury, International Law, Civil Litigation
Facebook sued for $150B, accused of part in Rohingya genocide
By Jonathan Lo
The complaint was filed in San Mateo County Superior Court and the plaintiffs are seeking compensatory damages for wrongful de...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Labor suit against dating app nears settlement
By Jonathan Lo
The class is made up of 67 members, all of whom worked for dating app Coffee Meets Bagel from May 2015 to May 2019 and were cl...
Labor/Employment, Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation
No trial date yet in union’s suit against LA DA
By Kamila Knaudt
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys says that District Attorney George Gascón is bypassing eligible prosecutors for p...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
‘Bombshell’ testimony on board quota law raises questions
By Gina Kim
“When the code uses the word ‘shall,’ that means it’s mandatory. There are a lot of laws that may not get enforced every time,...
Criminal
Bonta touts arrests, charges in organized Bay Area retail theft case
By Kamila Knaudt
Five defendants pleaded guilty to felony charges, including conspiracy to commit organized retail theft, receiving stolen prop...
Government, California Supreme Court
Governor likely to name Latina to high court, sources say
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Latinas are 20% of California’s population, and there has never been a Latina appointed to the California Supreme Court,” sai...
Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
State must pay charities' counsel $600K for unlawful statutes
By Skyler Romero
In achieving the statutes’ removal, the ruling on Thursday held, defense attorneys provided a significant public benefit to 11...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge aims to deny LA firefighters injunction on vaccine
By Blaise Scemama
Weighing the potential harms of the vaccine mandate, Judge Mary Strobel said even if all 789 unvaccinated fire department empl...
Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Judge shoots down Medicaid amendment altering senior dental care
By Jonathan Lo
The issue in contention is a decision by the state of California to change some of Medi-Cal's dental policies, including but n...
Business, entertainment attorney killed by falling tree
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
Pork regulations don’t adequately protect pigs, lawsuit says
By Malcolm Maclachlan
After Iowa pork producers sued to block enforcement of Proposition 12 on constitutional grounds, supporters of the law have su...
Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory
FTC sues to halt Nvidia’s $40B merger with UK chip supplier
By Blaise Scemama
The proposed vertical deal between Nvidia and Arm would give one of the largest chip companies control over the computing tech...
Law Practice, California Supreme Court
DA’s jury selection notes not protected work product
By Kamila Knaudt
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Jeff H. Rubin, who represented the district attorneys association, said Thursday t...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Votes on 9th Circuit, district court allow all nominees to advance
By Craig Anderson
The four California district court nominees who were approved by the committee passed by narrow margins, usually with U.S. Sen...
Criminal
Not guilty plea entered in police shooting case caught on camera
By Skyler Romero
District Attorney Chesa Boudin said the charges represented the second homicide prosecution against an on-duty officer in San ...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Women on boards quota law is voluntary, state official testifies
By Gina Kim
Despite the wording of the statute that lists requirements for certain numbers of women on boards, and references to penalties...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel affirms dismissal of Oakland’s antitrust case against NFL
By Craig Anderson
The city’s lawsuit argued the league and the Raiders acted as a cartel by creating artificial scarcity in the number of NFL te...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Labor suit against dating app nears settlement
By Jonathan Lo
The class is made up of 67 members, all of whom worked for dating app Coffee Meets Bagel from May 2015 to May 2019 and were cl...