Technology, Law Practice
Keker Van Nest partner’s argument won the day for Google
By Craig Anderson
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 ...
Western Growers Association, California Fresh Fruit Association and Growing Coachella Valley seek an injunction against a Coac...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Indigent’s excessive force suit can proceed without him paying legal fees
By Tyler Pialet
U.S. District Judge William Alsup held the plaintiff has legal standing to bring claims alleging three City of Pinole police o...
The report does not breakdown what positions are being scaled back, but according to legal recruiters, it is likely office sta...
Civil Litigation, Banking
$95.7M Wells Fargo settlement nears, with $32M in fees
By Winston Cho
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
Outside counsel may have to pay costs after LA drops suit
By Blaise Scemama
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
Iancu rejoins Irell & Manella after stint as patent chief
By Kamila Knaudt
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
Trustee objects to firm taking on Girardi Keese clients
By Jessica Mach
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
Los Angeles judge admonished for second time for conduct on the bench
By Craig Anderson
The Commission on Judicial Performance admonished Judge Patrick E. Connolly for behaving improperly to attorneys.
Native Americans
Federal judge orders California to complete tribe compacts
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
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
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The San Joaquin County Superior Court now has a full complement of judges.
Technology, Civil Litigation
Lawyers resist working together to lead Google ad class action
By Winston Cho
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
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
NLRB to ‘vigorously prosecute’ retaliation for employee ‘concerted activity’
By Jessica Mach
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
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
Some think Girardi downfall could tarnish the profession
By Henrik Nilsson
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
New judge to handle dive boat fire mass tort case
By Gina Kim
Plaintiffs removed the previous LA County judge from the Conception case on a peremptory challenge.
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
Nestle defeats mislabeling claim of child slave labor
By Gina Kim
“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
21 Dentons litigators join Husch Blackwell in LA, Bay Area
By Kamila Knaudt
The mass tort litigation team will be the foundation of Husch Blackwell’s two new offices in California.
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
Justices ask tough questions on student athletes’ pay
By Craig Anderson
Seth P. Waxman, a partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP who represents the NCAA, was hit with hostile questio...
‘People’s lawyer’ helped hippies, rockers in Summer of Love
Technology, Civil Litigation
Robinhood says lawsuits over stock transactions are securities actions
By Gina Kim
Robinhood argues its move to block certain stock purchases directly affected users’ trading decisions.
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar files formal disciplinary charges against Tom Girardi
By Henrik Nilsson
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
By Jessica Mach
The California Chamber of Commerce sued Attorney General Xavier Becerra in 2019, alleging the state was violating the First Am...
Longtime Gibson Dunn 1st Amendment expert was ‘tour de force’
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Split circuit says government can limit in-home religious meetings
By Winston Cho
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied plaintiffs’ request to halt state limits on religious meetings in homes such as B...
San Diego County ordinance banning sale of flavored tobacco products does not preempt federal authority by setting manufacturi...