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Technology, Law Practice


Robert Van Nest’s argument, made in 2012 and again in a 2016 retrial, was the decisive factor in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-2 ...


Civil Litigation


Western Growers Association, California Fresh Fruit Association and Growing Coachella Valley seek an injunction against a Coac...



Criminal, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge William Alsup held the plaintiff has legal standing to bring claims alleging three City of Pinole police o...


Law Practice


Law jobs drop seen as sign of consolidation

Apr. 5, 2021
By Henrik Nilsson

The report does not breakdown what positions are being scaled back, but according to legal recruiters, it is likely office sta...



Civil Litigation, Banking


In a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement, plaintiffs’ attorneys at Stevens LC and Haffner Law PC emphasized the ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Responding to the lawsuit filed by New York based electronic discovery company JJ Shea’s, former outside counsel to the city ...



Law Practice, Law Office Management, Intellectual Property


With the experience he has gained leading the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and as undersecretary of commerce for intellect...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Abir Cohen Treyzon and Salo LLP, which is also known as ACTS, entered into an agreement to assume responsibility for thousands...



Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Commission on Judicial Performance admonished Judge Patrick E. Connolly for behaving improperly to attorneys.


Native Americans


U.S. Senior Judge Anthony W. Ishii’s summary judgment order marks the first major break in a series of cases arguing Gov. Gavi...



Law Practice, Government, Criminal


LA DA slashes gang, narcotics divisions

Apr. 2, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

Prosecutors in the Hardcore Gang Unit and Major Narcotics Division attended virtual meetings Wednesday, when they were told bo...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


San Joaquin County judge appointed

Apr. 2, 2021
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The San Joaquin County Superior Court now has a full complement of judges.



Technology, Civil Litigation


U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman directed the lawyers “back to the drawing board to work something else out” on who will se...


Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation


LA courts ramp up in-person civil jury trials

Apr. 2, 2021
By Blaise Scemama

Presiding Judge Eric Taylor laid out several factors each judge must now address before a civil case is deemed ready for a cou...



Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory


Acting General Counsel Peter S. Ohr said the board will also clarify what types of conduct is protected by federal law.


U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


High court OKs Facebook texts to non-customer

Apr. 2, 2021
By Craig Anderson

Attorneys familiar with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act say the high court’s Thursday ruling will limit lawsuits — commo...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Thomas V. Girardi’s national stature allowed the alleged wrongdoing to penetrate into popular culture in a way most attorney s...


Judges and Judiciary, Admiralty/Maritime


Plaintiffs removed the previous LA County judge from the Conception case on a peremptory challenge.



Government, Criminal


Newsom wins 16th clemency OK from high court

Apr. 1, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

The approval Tuesday comes as the high court is working through a backlog of nearly 20 other requests, the most recent of whic...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


“Nowhere in the operative complaint does plaintiff identify the product she purchased,” U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz wr...



Law Practice, Law Office Management


The mass tort litigation team will be the foundation of Husch Blackwell’s two new offices in California.


Criminal


A recent audit found the statewide fraud has cost taxpayers more than $11 billion since the emergency pandemic payments were i...



U.S. Supreme Court, Entertainment & Sports


Seth P. Waxman, a partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP who represents the NCAA, was hit with hostile questio...


Obituaries


Brian Rohan,1936-2021

Mar. 31, 2021
By Tyler Pialet

‘People’s lawyer’ helped hippies, rockers in Summer of Love



Technology, Civil Litigation


Robinhood argues its move to block certain stock purchases directly affected users’ trading decisions.


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The famed plaintiffs’ lawyer is accused of stealing millions of dollars from clients.



Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation


State DOJ must stop filing suits over acrylamide

Mar. 31, 2021
By Jessica Mach

The California Chamber of Commerce sued Attorney General Xavier Becerra in 2019, alleging the state was violating the First Am...


Obituaries


Robert S. Warren, 1931-2021

Mar. 31, 2021
By Kamila Knaudt

Longtime Gibson Dunn 1st Amendment expert was ‘tour de force’



Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied plaintiffs’ request to halt state limits on religious meetings in homes such as B...


Civil Litigation


No preemption in tobacco ban, judge says

Mar. 31, 2021
By Gina Kim

San Diego County ordinance banning sale of flavored tobacco products does not preempt federal authority by setting manufacturi...