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Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


If he is confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, which is almost always a formality, Orange County Superior Cour...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Gaffer sues Baldwin, others over film set shooting

Nov. 11, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Gary Dordick said his client wants to use the lawsuit to bring "awareness and change" to movie sets after cinematographer Haly...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers decided that staying her injunction would primarily benefit Apple to the detriment ...


Community News


“Stanley’s accomplishments are many, and we are proud that he now joins an esteemed group of Learned Hand alumni over these pa...


Criminal, Civil Litigation


The Association of Deputy District Attorneys has filed nearly a dozen appeals with the Civil Service Commission contesting the...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


DOJ sues Uber over wait time charges for disabled

Nov. 11, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Uber said its policy had been to refund any wait time fees for disabled drivers if they informed the company they were charged...


Government, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory


An informational hearing of the state Senate Judiciary Committee focused on the influence of the First Amendment and Section 2...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Chief Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Southern District of California said he had questions about procedural issues relating to th...


Technology, Civil Litigation


Apple moved to pause enforcement of the ruling until appeals are decided, but U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said ...


Technology, Law Practice, California Supreme Court


The order appears to set up a clash between the Supreme Court and the Legislature on one side, pushing for continued use of re...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Kobe Bryan’s widow is suing Los Angeles County over photos taken at the site of the crash that killed the basketball star.


Government, Criminal


San Francisco DA to face recall

Nov. 10, 2021
By Craig Anderson

The district attorney’s foes have collected enough valid signatures to force a recall election, the San Francisco Department o...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


While dismissing the claims, U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright, II in Los Angeles said he would give McGowan 14 days to...


Labor/Employment, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


Dean R. Lueders worked for the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for 15 years until he was fired. His lawsuit stated hi...


Law Practice, Law Office Management, Appellate Practice


Luis Li, Matthew Macdonald, Fred A. Rowley and Mark R. Yohalem joined Wilson Sonsini on Monday, after decades with Munger Toll...


Law Practice, Consumer Law


The Consumer Attorneys of California, in a 15-second commercial labeled “Unmasking CJAC,” said the Civil Justice Association o...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


The case revolves around a surveillance operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2006 and 2007 to investigate possi...


Criminal


At a juvenile disposition hearing a prosecutor is tasked with presenting evidence to the court to enable the judge to determin...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Foul odor brings lawsuit

Nov. 9, 2021
By Gina Kim

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Marathon Petroleum and several other companies on ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The case, originally brought by the owner of a Washington state bed-and-breakfast called the “Smugglers Inn,” asks the high co...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


A “prosecutor’s decision not to preserve or turn over exculpatory material before trial, during trial, or after conviction is ...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Plaintiff’s economic ‘damages’ are speculative, remote, contingent and merely possible,” Los Angeles County Judge William Fahe...


California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice


For nearly a year, veteran appellate attorney Jon B. Eisenberg has been seeking to draw attention to long delayed cases in the...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Although they will not seek fees from the $10 million fund, attorneys representing pension funds leading the case seek $2.5 mi...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The basis for the challenge is that a New York federal judge’s appointment of private attorneys as special prosecutors to purs...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


More than 20 law firms have filed 14 class actions on behalf of commercial retailers, artists, property owners, fishers and re...


Government, Criminal


State Treasurer Fiona Ma is represented in the case by the California Attorney General’s Office.


Technology, Civil Litigation


The gaming company is facing multiple lawsuits and investigations that allege a discriminatory workplace


Criminal


The system will require prosecutors in all branch and area courthouses to report to a system led by Head Deputy District Attor...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


A dispute has been brewing over which law firms would steer the Huntington Beach oil spill litigation against Amplify Energy C...