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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Ruling in a challenge to the policy of Miss United States of America, a divided panel said pageants are artistic expression.


Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye said the new civil mediation program will rely on judges listed in the Temporary Assigned...


Torts/Personal Injury, Labor/Employment


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham granted summary judgment accepting the defense’s reliance on Privette ...


Civil Litigation


“In short, it is difficult to believe Griffin and Lira were unaware that Girardi was running a Ponzi scheme with client money,...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Government


Five physicians suing the state over a law that says they could lose their license over giving patients’ “COVID-19 misinformat...


Government


A representative for Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is in a tight race for reelection next Tuesday, did not respond to a request...


“On balance, the coordination factors appear to support coordination, but petitioners need to provide supplemental bridging co...


Law Practice, Land Use, Environmental & Energy


“Tim’s comprehensive, yet nuanced experience in the environmental field on both the public and private side will add immediate...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The commission has been working for months to determine the feasibility of a non-exam pathway, after several low bar exam pass...


Jim Pappas, former chief judge of the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, tries to reach the best decision in the most cos...


Technology, Civil Litigation


“It is only a short step from the golf course to the courts. … The array of potential defendants includes the driver of vehicl...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Civil Litigation


“This case is about how legally blind patients communicate with Quest to receive services at its patient service centers,” Nye...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Judge Michael E. Whitaker said Tuesday he would further consider a tentative ruling as to the accusations brought by Carlos A....


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports


New York based Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP said it had ended its work for Ye. “We condemn bigotry and hate speech of...


Technology, Criminal


Dhirendra Prasad, a buyer for the company for 10 years, took a kickback from Apple’s vendors.


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Civil Litigation


The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 26 in Ventura County Superior Court, alleges that Ventura County Medical Center, then known as Vent...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


Time and history are not on the Democrats' side, even if former Chapman University Fowler School of Law professor John C. East...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


State Bar won’t create CARE Court committee yet

Nov. 2, 2022
By Christer Schmidt

“We’re going to keep monitoring it depending on what recommendations come out in January and February,” said executive committ...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Ediscovery


At the heart of the litigation is the claim that retired judges were disparately impacted by the Judicial Council’s 2018 decis...


U.S. Supreme Court, Education Law


Republican-appointed justices, who now have a commanding 6-3 majority on the court, were receptive to arguments by attorneys f...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


The drama occurred as friends and family of former USC linebacker Matthew Gee, who died in 2018, began testifying Monday in th...


Class Action


The former inmates failed to show up for depositions, attorneys for Aramark Correctional Services and Alameda County say. The ...


Technology, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


“As we have already seen, many of the issues facing clients in the physical world are also present in the virtual world,” firm...


Technology, Labor/Employment


“The executives can argue this was done in bad faith or that the accusations are baseless. Musk will have to prove that he had...


Real Estate/Development, Civil Litigation


The plaintiff alleges Katten Muchin and one of its attorneys mishandled a real estate deal and tried to enlist her into an ill...



Still Active

Nov. 1, 2022

At 93, Los Angeles County Judge Malcolm Mackey isn’t slowing down


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


“The growth of key transactional practices in the San Francisco Bay Area and greater Silicon Valley remains a strategic focus ...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Long Beach attorney Robert P. Finn’s counsel — Ronald Richards and Ezra D. Landes — repeatedly pushed back on Judge Richard L....


State Bar & Bar Associations, Discipline


In announcing the proposals the bar echoed statements it has made in the past that new standards to improve the disciplinary c...


Class Action


Proposed class claims Barilla falsely claims Italian origins

Oct. 31, 2022
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

A Barilla spokesperson said Thursday that the claims were unfounded as the wording on the box clearly states: ‘Made in the U.S...