Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Federal jury rejects consumer class action against CVS over drug prices
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The plaintiffs sought $121 million in damages, according to a published news report. The jury took just one day to deliver a v...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Special counsel wants to question Erika Girardi’s lawyer, accountant
By Henrik Nilsson
The request came in two motions filed by special litigation counsel Ronald N. Richards on Tuesday and Wednesday in the bankrup...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Curb on access to worksites could have wider implications
By Jessica Mach
Under the Fifth and 14th Amendments, such a taking under a California agency regulation is unconstitutional if the property ow...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Activist behind Proposition 65 says labeling law is in danger
By Malcolm Maclachlan
On Sunday, Penny Newman’s attorney submitted a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce se...
Skilled, influential attorney was ‘institutional glue’ at Dentons and appellate law groups.
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit won’t rehear truckers’ challenge to AB 5
By Gina Kim
The California Trucking Association’s lawyers argued that AB 5 is preempted by the Federal Aviation and Administration Authori...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Amin Talati Wasserman responds to class action surge with LA office
By Kamila Knaudt
The firm's third U.S. office was launched Tuesday with former Call & Jensen APC partners William P. Cole and Matthew R. Orr.
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Judge mulls whether Proposition 22 exempts companies from AB 5
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton found that it remains possible Proposition 22 wipes out all misclassification lawsuits ag...
Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit judges in ISIS video case ask en banc review website immunity
By Blaise Scemama
Before the three-judge panel were three lawsuits alleging that Google, through YouTube, and Twitter and Facebook, through user...
Law Practice, Criminal
Victim’s family says LA prosecutor sides with killer, seeks her dismissal
By Gina Kim
The family of a man killed in a robbery seeks to disqualify a former public defender and special adviser to LA County DA Georg...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
A new plagiarism accusation as Avenatti’s trial looms
By Henrik Nilsson
Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward said U.S. prosecutors in Los Angeles lifted portions of a brief U. S. prosecutors in San Franci...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit gun magazine debate appears aimed at Supreme Court
By Craig Anderson
The en banc 9th Circuit panel, which was dominated by judges appointed by Democratic presidents, seemed inclined to overturn a...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Judge ready to toss civil assault and rights violation claims against former LA DA
By Blaise Scemama
The judge on Tuesday tentatively kept in place a false imprisonment action filed against then-District Attorney Jackie Lacey ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
LACBA ethics committee guidance planned on changing firms, social media
By Henrik Nilsson
Kirsten Hicks Spira, a partner at Jenner & Block, will become chair of the committee on July 1.
Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
AG’s wife seeking his Assembly seat raises conflicts, says opponent
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Assembly candidate Janani Ramachandran stated her opponent Mia Bonta should either return donations from gambling and insuranc...
Litigation & Arbitration, Judges and Judiciary
LA judges can order virtual mandatory settlement conferences as of June 28
By Arin Mikailian
Similar to the in-person program, Resolve Law LA will be staffed by volunteer attorneys from bar associations in the county.
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
High court patent review board opinion ‘won’t change much’
By Craig Anderson
The court majority, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., concluded administrative patent judges were im...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Court ruling may be turning point on NCAA antitrust exemption
By Winston Cho
The high court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, sided with former college athletes in a decision that question...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Orange County court starts to dismantle COVID restrictions
By Arin Mikailian
Unvaccinated people have to keep wearing masks. Kostas Kalaitzidis, public information officer for the court, said the court w...
Corporate, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit revives shareholder suit over corporate boards law
By Craig Anderson
The three-judge panel, in an opinion by Judge Sandra S. Ikuta, reversed a district judge's dismissal for lack of standing.
Civil Litigation
Federal judge issues scathing rebuke of MDL fee ‘holdbacks’
By Gina Kim
“What began as a healthy concern about the free rider problem seems to have evolved into an obsession,” wrote U.S. District Ju...
The Peter Law Group employs discipline and structure that leads to practical results.
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Suit seeks to make ‘ghost gun’ makers liable for a Sacramento murder
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“It’s an activist lawsuit filed by people who are trying to change the law,” Cody Wilson, co-founder of Texas-based Ghost Gunn...
Government
LA judge blocks voters’ measure telling county how to spend funds
By Winston Cho
The measure, passed by 57% percent of the voters, prohibited using the money on law enforcement agencies, including the Los An...
Covid Court Ops
Lobbyists can’t push all of judges’ bills because of COVID effects
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Mike Belote, president of California Advocates Inc., told the California Judges Association the second year of the pandemic ha...
Labor/Employment
Sonoma testing lab becomes first cannabis company to unionize
By Jessica Mach
Employees at Sonoma Lab Works -- who include scientists, engineers, assistants, and office staff -- unanimously voted to join ...
California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice
State Supreme Court surveys appellate attorneys about fully reopening
By Jessica Mach
The high court emailed the survey to assess attorneys’ feelings about arguing through video conference calls, and whether they...
Pat Harris helped represent Scott Peterson during his original trial, when he was convicted of murdering his wife and their un...
Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jittery liberals tell Biden to speed up judge nominations
By Craig Anderson
The reason for the letter, and the urgency, is fear — especially about the four vacancies on the 9th Circuit, 3 of which are C...
Ronald Richards, who was hired by the bankruptcy trustee, says Erika Girardi has multiple bank accounts.