Law Practice, Law Office Management
Mayer Brown insurance regulatory team moves to Wilkie Farr
By Kamila Knaudt
Kara Baysinger joined the San Francisco office of Willkie Farr as co-chair of its insurance regulatory group.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Objections predominate in opioid trial of 4 pharmaceutical companies
By Blaise Scemama
Attorneys for the other drug companies facing deceptive marketing allegations in California have repeatedly stressed the need ...
Civil Litigation
Wrigley is latest candymaker to file trademark case against cannabis company
By Gina Kim
The lawsuit, filed by Kyle R. Petersen of Loeb & Loeb LLP, argues that California law forbids edible cannabis products fro...
Law Practice
Girardi Keese trustee moves to transfer cases, hire counsel
By Jessica Mach
Elissa D. Miller of SulmeyerKupetz APC, who was appointed to handle the firm's finances in January, filed a series of motions ...
Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Digital marketplace future at heart of Apple v Epic Games trial
By Winston Cho
Epic Games detailed an alleged decadelong scheme by Apple to create a closed marketplace for its apps. Apple portrayed itself ...
Civil Litigation
Freeway housing injunction could be reinstated in LA homeless case
By Gina Kim
Last June, the city and county struck a deal to provide 6,700 beds for those living near freeway ramps, overpasses and underpa...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Does order to disclose litigation funder signal something new?
By Henrik Nilsson
After Tradeline Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., an Indian cotton company, lost its antitrust lawsuit against J.G. Boswell Company and J...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
US DOJ asks judge to rethink freeing vaccinated ex-lawyer from prison
By Tyler Pialet
In a five-page filing late Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert D. Rees of the Northern District of California argued former...
Military Law, Civil Litigation
Paul Hastings, Public Counsel win pro bono victory for veterans’ appeals
By Kamila Knaudt
The U.S Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims’ ruling not only requires the department to allow future appeals, but allows past ...
Government
Bill OKs successors pursuing pain, suffering damages for deceased relatives
By Malcolm Maclachlan
SB 447, opposed by medical and business organizations, passed the state Senate 21-9.
Government, Criminal
County officials committed misdemeanor in releasing officer’s files, court says
By Tyler Pialet
In a unanimous opinion, a panel led by Justice Gail R. Feuer of the 2nd District Court of Appeal reinstated the appellant DA i...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Auditor criticizes Bar’s discipline system but says exam was successful
By Henrik Nilsson
“From 2015 through 2020, case processing times for the investigative phase of attorney discipline cases increased by 56%, and ...
Immigration, Government
Mayorkas sharply limits immigration agents near courts
By Craig Anderson
The interim policy adopted by President Joe Biden’s administration appears intended to limit conflicts with immigrant advocate...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
World Logistics Center agrees to $47M in greenhouse gas mitigation
By Blaise Scemama
“Electric trucks, solar, electric cars, electric shuttles, this needs to be the new normal for the freight industry moving fo...
Government
Legal diversification plans are announced by AG and others
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Attorney General Robert Bonta announced a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council within the California Department of Jus...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
After regulator’s comment, federal judge eases PG&E order
By Gina Kim
Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup of the Northern District of California recommends PG&E to consider all it kno...
Government, Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit tells EPA to find a way to ban chlorpyrifos
By Craig Anderson
The ruling, by a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel, will almost certainly doom the use of the pesticide, chlorpy...
Criminal
3 bills would dampen punitive effect of sentence enhancements
By Tyler Pialet
The bills, which passed the Public Safety Committees in the Assembly and Senate, will likely be a test of the Democrat-control...
DA Summer Stephan said she considered the public safety threats criminal street gangs pose but decided that the permanent natu...
Insurance
Geragos law firm, French Laundry owner lose virus insurance claims
By Gina Kim
“Courts in New York, California, and around the country have rejected the argument that ‘loss of use’ of property caused by ci...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
$12M in fees ‘too much’ for Facebook settlement, judge says
By Winston Cho
Unless there’s a “substantial reduction,” U.S. District Judge William Alsup warned he will appoint a special master to determi...
“Uncertainty still surrounds the degree and duration of protection vaccines provide against the virus or its mutations,” U.S. ...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
LA County asks 9th Circuit for stay of homelessness injunction
By Gina Kim
“The preliminary injunction here goes beyond judicial activism. It assumes supervision and administration of hundreds of milli...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Online rules same as in person, judges told in new ethics opinion
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“Judges are not required to give up their personal lives or individual opinions” but must be mindful of how the public may per...
Judges and Judiciary
Justice Tricia Bigelow to resign from appeals court
By David Houston
“This was not an easy decision, but I am certain it is the right time for me to move on to the next stage of my life and pursu...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Luxury hotel faces employee lawsuit, blames union agenda
By Kamila Knaudt
The latest lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday by Lauren Teukolsky of Pasadena and union attorney...
Civil Litigation
Pharmaceutical CEO’s deposition played in opioid trial
By Blaise Scemama
The civil suit before Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson in Santa Ana could create a road map for global settlements, not only ...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Another judge dismisses suit over board diversity, citing forum
By Henrik Nilsson
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim ruled the Delaware Court of Chancery should be the exclusive forum because of the company’s f...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit lifts injunction on applying AB to truck drivers
By Craig Anderson
A trucking industry trade group argued the state law, AB 5, is preempted by a federal law, the Federal Aviation Administration...
Government, Criminal
State crime victims’ legal funds are running out
By Henrik Nilsson
The federal Victims of Crime Act fund is the largest funding source for programs in California aimed at helping victims.