Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Shareholders sue to halt Activision sale to Microsoft
By Federico Lo Giudice
The Los Angeles and New York lawsuits allege that current directors and executive officers of Activision Blizzard including CE...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to CalSavers
By Craig Anderson
The court denied a petition by a taxpayer group arguing that the law, which allows automatic deductions of employee paychecks,...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Former USFL team owners sue Fox Sports over branding
By Federico Lo Giudice
The lawsuit alleges that FOX Sports is using the name without consulting Real USFL, an organization formed with the express pu...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Government, Environmental & Energy
Ex LA special counsel tells bar city attorney aided extortion
By Jonathan Lo
LA County court commissioner’s respect, integrity are forged from immigrant roots
By David Houston
At the age of four, Commissioner Amir Aharonov immigrated from Israel to Los Angeles. His parents were refugees who fled relig...
The founders of Norton Basu LLP “are always looking for ways to uplift the community.”
Judge Victor N. Pippins Jr. keep family law litigants focused on the real issues.
Labor/Employment, Government
Worker advocates shouldn’t compromise, ex-lawmaker tells symposium
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez conceded there were serious flaws with her signature legislation, AB5, the California gig...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
Despite eased guidelines, most courts will require masks
By Kamila Knaudt
“Our court practice has been to closely follow and amend our practices, as necessary, based on our own assessments of both sta...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Litigation
National opioid deal ends appeal of California appeal
By Federico Lo Giudice
When this agreement was first discussed, Orange County, the City of Los Angeles and other government entities in California co...
Civil Litigation, Banking
JPMorgan sues state for legal costs in halting questionable wire transfer
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“This action arises from JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. success in returning to California nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Law Practice
Despite lawmakers’ criticism, State Bar trustees push ahead with plan to allow non-lawyers to practice law
By Diana Bosetti
The chairs of the Senate and Assembly judiciary committees have said they want the bar to focus on its core mission of public ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
In California, praise for Jackson but lamentations for Kruger
By Craig Anderson
President Joe Biden nominated Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. California Supreme Court Justice Leond...
Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
J&J subsidiary can proceed with bankruptcy, staying lawsuits
By Jonathan Lo
Chief Judge of the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court Michael B. Kaplan acknowledged that plaintiffs in the baby powder lawsuits woul...
Christine Masters applies tenacious persistence to dispute resolution.
Law Practice
Retired San Francisco judge Angela Bradstreet joins ADR Services
By Craig Anderson
Bradstreet spent the last two years of her 11-year judicial career handling mandatory settlement conferences during the COVID-...
Government, Criminal
MOU between San Francisco DA and police chief extended through May
By Kamila Knaudt
The extension grants more time for both offices to renegotiate a new agreement before the termination of the current MOU, whic...
Technology, Government, Civil Litigation
Adult entertainers say Meta, OnlyFans collude against them
By Federico Lo Giudice
The three plaintiffs, performers in the online adult entertainment business, stated in their filing in the Northern District o...
Government, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Fired prosecutor accuses Santa Clara County of retaliation
By Jonathan Lo
Plaintiff Daniel Chung said he expressed his personal opinion in a newspaper editorial and was fired because he disagreed with...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Registration errors don’t equal copyright infringement
By Craig Anderson
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling rejecting a copyright infringement verdi...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges, dean to help oversee judicial watchdog agency
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The administration's appointees include two judges and the dean of UC Hastings School of the Law. Gov. Gavin Newsom created th...
Government, Criminal
Attorney general, many DAs face June 7 primary challenges
By Kamila Knaudt
Some of the biggest DA races to watch this year include Orange, Alameda and San Francisco counties. In the latter, voters will...
Labor/Employment, Government
Employers’ attorneys nervous about new state workplace bills
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“There’s a ton of spot bills. … We could have a ton of significant proposals put into those,” said Benjamin M. Ebbink, who rep...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
State to challenge 6-month delay in enforcing new farm animal rules
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Last month, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles ruled the plaintiffs should have another six months to c...
Labor/Employment, Education Law, Civil Litigation
Labor Code doesn’t require Cal State to reimburse employee expenses
By Federico Lo Giudice
Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III sustained without leave to amend the university’s demurrer against a professor’s ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar’s draft budget adds $1M for trust account oversight
By Diana Bosetti
Under the program, attorneys could be required to report annually to the bar about whether they are responsible for client tru...
Government, Criminal
Both parties attack Newsom’s anti-retail theft spending
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Caitlin O’Neil, a fiscal and policy analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office, said the governor’s plan lacked “clear obje...
LA complex civil jurist had a court-wide education when he was the presiding judge.
Americans don’t understand benefits of diversity, judge says
Securities, Civil Litigation
Scienter unproven though officers sold shares before price drop, judge says
By Federico Lo Giudice
“Plaintiff has failed to adequately allege any actionable misrepresentation or omission,” U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson r...