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Securities, Civil Litigation


The motion, filed on Monday, alleged that Honig should possess a trove of documents, yet he only submitted 332 documents. Seve...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


The company created a separate entity in which to place liability for talc cases and then filed for bankruptcy.


Civil Litigation, Banking


In dissolving his previous order, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick wrote that had East West Bank “disclosed the arbitrati...


Judges and Judiciary, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Committee deadlocks on 9th Circuit nominee

Oct. 22, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Jennifer Sung acknowledged signing an “overheated” letter calling Suprmeme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh “an intellect...


Community News, Civil Litigation


The Social Justice Legal Foundation, started in January by Hueston Hennigan LLP, has taken on five complaints of police miscon...


Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


Bet Tzedek wins $8.5M for caregivers at homes for aged

Oct. 21, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

“We at Bet Tzedek Legal Services applaud the decision to uphold the citation of the $8.5 million ..., but more importantly we ...


Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Litigation


Premier ‘animal lawyer’ sues Google over abuse videos

Oct. 21, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

“YouTube is aware of these videos and its role in distributing them, as well as its continuing support of their creation, prod...


Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg pointed to massive trial verdicts and a rejected settlement proposal as evidence that Baye...


Education Law, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals



Labor/Employment, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation


The Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the game maker were set to argue before Los Angeles County Judge Timothy P. ...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Jordan Jaffe, an intellectual property litigator who joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in San Francisco, follows the...


International Law, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Kathleen M. Sullivan, a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, argued a decision rejecting a lawsuit against ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Matthew C. Elstein of Redondo Beach will admit that he lied to clients about their cases and forged documents to deceive them....


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


Johnson & Johnson sent out automatic stay notices in nearly 40,000 lawsuits throughout the U.S. in which the company is ac...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy


Girardi Keese and Edelson PC in Chicago partnered to represent victims of a Boeing airplane crash in Indonesia. After Edelson ...


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


The amended complaint contains a new analysis of how the policy affects retired judges of different ages, using the Judicial C...


Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation


Represented by Los Angeles attorneys Manuel “Manny” A. Abascal and Benjamin J. Hanelin of Latham & Watkins LLP, the associ...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


Judge nixes expert in Santa Barbara water rights case

Oct. 20, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

A property owner’s motion asking the court to hire an individual expert scientific adviser was denied without prejudice.


Government, Criminal


Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry, R-Lincoln, denied that he was aware of any illegal donations in interviews with investigators. In a ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Criminal


The California Asian Pacific American Bar Association sent a letter asking DA Chesa Boudin to commit to explaining what the of...


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


R.J. Reynolds and two other companies argue a 2019 Los Angeles County ordinance is preempted by the Family Smoking Prevention ...


Technology, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman found that Google is likely immune from the lawsuit under a federal law shielding internet...


State Bar & Bar Associations


"They may feel worried about selecting a magistrate judge that they may not know as much about than an Article Three judge, wh...


Law Practice, Law Office Management, Civil Litigation


Tony M. Sain will be helping Dana A. Fox build the firm’s national trial practice.


Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


“It didn’t look like there was any serious health rationale at all,” Senior U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld told Paul ...


Law Practice, Law Office Management, Entertainment & Sports


Lindsay A. Conner has represented clients in multimillion-dollar deals for entertainment giants in the U.S. and internationally.


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero found that protesters suing the city should not proceed as a class because there’s no ev...


Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation


“There are all types of things that can be caused by every possible exposure to every possible chemical we think of. We can’t ...


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


“The ruling is a great decision supporting the rule of law in particular on the facts and circumstances that confronted the pe...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


The Zurich America Insurance Co. suit in Orange County is the third action in this sprawling dispute. LA Fitness filed a suit ...