Government
Bill aims to bar civil courts from recognizing other states’ anti-abortion laws
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1666 would prohibit the application of an out-of-state abortion law, as well as any “civil judgment received through an adj...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Panel declines to decide special circumstances dispute
By Christer Schmidt
A 2nd District Court of Appeal acknowledged a possible state Supreme Court request, to decide whether judges have the power to...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tuna price fixing litigation can sue as a class, 9th Circuit rules
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Court Judge Janis L. Sammartino of the Southern District Court of California was right to analyze conflicting ev...
Lawyers say ADR Services mediator Robert Coviello has a knack for getting straight to the point.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Aetna, Gilead argue over US or state venue for antitrust claims
By Jonathan Lo
U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen said there were two important questions to answer: whether there ought to be an estoppel ag...
Judges and Judiciary, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
New version of CARE Court bill to be public today
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Two senators introduced SB 1338 last month after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his Community Assistance Recovery and Empowerment...
Austen Parrish is currently dean at Maurer School of Law at Indiana University
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Logging Mendocino County redwoods will endanger threatened species, lawsuit says
By Federico Lo Giudice
“Cal Fire blatantly ignored state and local laws to approve this destructive logging project, so we’re hopeful the court will ...
Technology, Civil Litigation
LinkedIn can’t dismiss ‘generic, conclusory’ data scraping case yet
By Wisdom Howell
Throughout the hearing, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen peppered 3Taps’ plaintiff counsel Thomas V. Christopher with questions...
Litigation & Arbitration, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Litigation funder accused of knowingly propping up Girardi’s ‘house of cards’
By Federico Lo Giudice
California Attorney Lending II denied prior knowledge of wrongdoing by Girardi Keese and its owner, Tom Girardi, and said the ...
Lawyers say ADR Services mediator Robert Coviello has a knack for getting straight to the point.
His Dept. 15 courtroom is one of the busiest in the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles, with an average of around...
Contracts, Civil Litigation
Arbitrator awards $175M to Monster in energy drink dispute
By Federico Lo Giudice
“This is one of the largest awards, if not the largest, in a suit of its kind,” Moez M. Kaba, an attorney for Monster Energy Co.
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Girardi lawyers and wife accused of racketeering
By Jonathan Lo
Singer and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne acted as the frontwoman in selling the image that the now bankr...
Law Practice, Intellectual Property, Government
Winston & Strawn partner confirmed as USPTO director
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Kathi Vidal, a well-known patent attorney in Silicon Valley, will lead an organization with 13,000 employees and a $4 billion ...
Technology, Law Practice, Banking
Coinbase hires another corporate lawyer from Meta
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Akshay Verma joins Coinbase General Counsel Paul Grewal who also used to work in the legal department at Facebook’s parent com...
Legal Education, Government
Bill advances to change name of Hastings law school
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Lead author Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, presented SB 1288 as a "first step in this process to remove Serranus Hastings' name...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy
Sanctions motion accuses Facebook, Gibson Dunn of discovery misconduct
By Wisdom Howell
Attorneys in two California offices of Gibson Dunn were accused of “a pattern of misconduct that has significantly impeded the...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Intern for alternate public defender starts Uber project for clients
By Christer Schmidt
Sydney Segal, a law clerk intern at the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender’s Office, made a proposal to Uber to give...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Walmart must stop selling shoes that look like Vans
By Federico Lo Giudice
Vans alleged Walmart ripped off “virtually all” of its sneaker design elements to produced shoes that cost less than $20 and a...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Ontario attorney sentenced to 10 years on child porn charges
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Sagi Schwartzberg pleaded guilty to paying underage girls to send him explicit photos using the apps Snapchat and Instagram.
Law Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Former court of appeal justice joins Werksman Jackson
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
“One of the first things I learned as a DA was that even the most routine cases for me were of great significance to the victi...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Edison may have to reimburse state for Woolsey Fire payments
By Christer Schmidt
The utility’s motion to strike certain portions of the governor’s Office of Emergency Services’ complaint was denied by Los An...
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
LA city attorney denies being in DWP meeting on bribery
By Ricardo Pineda
“I don’t even know what meeting we are talking about,” Los Angeles City Mike Feuer said in a KNBC interview. “That allegation ...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Judge offers guidance on how diverse board law could pass legal muster
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The Legislature did not take the simplest and most obvious next step: a disclosure requirement. That approach was not tried a...
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge admonished over letters to Long Beach chief of police
By Federico Lo Giudice
“The commission found that Judge Meyer engaged in several instances of misconduct arising out of the same matter, creating the...
Technology, Ediscovery, Civil Litigation
Plaintiffs in Zoosk suit seek to remove class representative
By Wisdom Howell
According to a motion to dismiss filed by Zoosk on Jan. 28, Collins failed to comply with three court orders compelling her to...
Government
Lawmakers take issue with language in secret settlement bill
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 1149 would limit confidentiality in settlement agreements “regarding a defective product or environmental condition that po...
Government, Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
School district sues Dow, Shell over TCP in water
By Jonathan Lo
The plaintiff said cleaning up the drinking water for its students, staff and faculty requires the installation of a special w...
Government, Civil Litigation
Trial begins, teen says school ignored assault videos
By Ricardo Pineda
The case arises from allegations of a cover-up of physical and emotional sexual abuse by the high school and district despite ...
