U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
The decision affects a lawsuit filed by San Mateo, Marin and Santa Cruz counties along with the city of Imperial Beach against...
Criminal
Can defendant’s waiver free counsel to work for DA during trial?
By Tyler Pialet
An agreement stipulates LA County DA Gascon will allow defense attorney Lawrence Middleton to continue representing his client...
Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US judge presses Tim Cook on App Store fairness
By Winston Cho
During a continuous line of questioning lasting more than 10 minutes, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told the Appl...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Lawyer for wildfire plaintiffs draws judicial rebuke
By Gina Kim
Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger postpones Woolsey trial date to Oct. 26 to allow Southern California Edison to ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ex-Girardi Keese lawyer briefly threatened with deposition
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly dropped his threat after David R. Lira's attorney said she would file a revised reply ins...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
20 legal services groups get grants to hire provisionally licensed lawyers
By Jessica Mach
The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission selected the grantees, which include Family Violence Law Center, Public Counsel, UC D...
Civil Litigation
Judge sanctions LegalMatch over 'appalling' discovery behavior
By Henrik Nilsson
The State Bar had filed motions to compel the production of documents several months ago, which would reveal the identities of...
“If the court is persuaded to allow the Legislature to, at any time after the enactment of the budget, enact a budget junior b...
Judges and Judiciary, Community News
LA Judge Byrdsong is next California Judges Association president
By Kamila Knaudt
“I really want to be that group where our colleagues feel sane, scholarly and secure and that encompasses wellness and mental ...
Government, Environmental & Energy
New law speeds CEQA review, slows courts
By Blaise Scemama
The problem, according to the Judicial Council, is that the bill imposes a 270-day timeline for the review of potentially hund...
May 24, 2021, 2 p.m.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Senior lawyers’ mental health can trigger obligations of junior lawyers
By Henrik Nilsson
The State Bar ethics opinion comes as lawyers who worked at the Girardi Keese law firm have been accused of knowing that its f...
U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California said it would be awhile until he decides whether to prelimina...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Newport Beach attorney indicted on referral for compensation charges
By Tyler Pialet
The indictment, returned in late April, alleges Steven O. Mehr, a sole practitioner in Newport Beach, bought usage rights to “...
Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Epic’s late request to call rebuttal witnesses against Apple denied
By Winston Cho
The dispute relates to a disagreement on whether users could make purchases inside of apps before the formal introduction of A...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
5 women accuse Amazon of discrimination
By Jessica Mach
Wednesday’s lawsuits were filed by three current and two former Amazon employees, all of whom are represented by New York base...
The Kings County judge did not rule on applicability of the murder statute to women who have a stillbirth, but found the prose...
Community News
Riverside DA incentive awards honor 21 attorneys and staff
By Kamila Knaudt
Deputy District Attorney Marcus R. Garrett was named prosecutor of the year for his coordination work during the pandemic and ...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Instagram accused of letting images be embedded off app
By Jessica Mach
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Woodland Hills sole practitioner Todd M. Friedman, and attorneys from Cera LLP, Duncan Firm...
Government, Civil Litigation
DeVos ordered to testify June 3 on actions as Cabinet member
By Blaise Scemama
While U.S. District Judge William Alsup recognized that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cautioned “heads of government a...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
State’s expert admits bias against opioids
By Blaise Scemama
An attorney for opioid manufacturers on Wednesday played a recording of the state’s star witness acknowledging she was biased ...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court takes of the question of counsel in felony murder resentencings
By Tyler Pialet
The case, which involves a petition that was denied by a superior court judge without granting the convicts’ request for legal...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Intellectual property firm Merchant & Gould opens in LA
By Kamila Knaudt
The firm’s other offices are in Atlanta, Denver, Knoxville, Minneapolis, New York and Washington, D.C.
Civil Litigation
Grubhub accused of violating LA’s COVID-19 restaurant fee cap rule
By Gina Kim
Popular Japanese eatery Shibumi, owned by Za-Zen Enterprises, filed complaint against the popular food delivery service app in...
Technology, Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Apple made at least $100 million on Fortnite app
By Winston Cho
The figure was disclosed on the third day since Apple formally opened its defense in a trial over the App Store’s fees and pay...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Size of malpractice payouts rose in 2020, survey finds
By Henrik Nilsson
Insurance brokerage Ames & Gough’s annual legal malpractice claims survey asked 11 insurance companies about their busines...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
State GOP pays $11M to settle car accident claim
By Kamila Knaudt
The settlement, which was announced by plaintiffs’ counsel Aitken Aitken Cohn on Tuesday, ends five years of litigation.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Legislative analyst question’s Newsom’s budget projections
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Legislative Analyst Anita Lee asked for more details and better legislative oversight. This applied to the $60 million in one-...
Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit Judge William Fletcher will take senior status
By Craig Anderson
The decisions by Fletcher and other judges won’t change the makeup of the court, which is nearly evenly split between appointe...
Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation
DAs seek injunction against Handy over worker classification
By Tyler Pialet
The motion, filed by San Francisco and Los Angeles county district attorneys, accuses the company of circumventing state law b...