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.
Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy
San Francisco litigation fund expands to bankruptcy cases
By Kamila Knaudt
The debtor-in-possession fund, Legalist DIP Fund I, closed in early March and has so far raised $50 million, which will be use...
Civil Litigation
LA County asks to be dismissed from skid row alliance lawsuit
By Gina Kim
The lawsuit by people who live, work and own businesses in skid row state the city and county made homelessness worse by faili...
Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law
Companies say patent action could hamper vaccine work
By Gina Kim
“This court should dismiss Allele’s amended complaint ... before this lawsuit becomes another burden on Pfizer and BioNTech as...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Court of Appeal reinstates malpractice claims against Greenberg Traurig and former shareholder
By Henrik Nilsson
Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels claims lawyer negotiated conflicting contracts with different companies.
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Judge rejects $53M settlement of false advertising lawsuit
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria noted some ambiguity regarding the amount that would be deducted from the nonreversionary s...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court clarifies meaning of ‘public works’
By Jessica Mach
The court aimed to clarify the types of labor that fall under the state’s definition of “public works” for the purposes of det...
Attorneys at the Law Offices of Brian J. Breiter turn improv skills into courtroom success.
U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice
Churches’ attorneys see a way to get fees for pro bono cases
By Gina Kim
In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court recently affirmed nominal damages for a past violation of civil rights satisfied the red...
“These orders do not promote safety; they keep our clients, mostly from Black and Brown communities, in jail when they are pre...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Circuit finds attorney acted with malice in sending news release
By Jessica Mach
Lisa Bloom’s firm issued a news release alleging casino magnate Steve Wynn sexually harassed and retaliated against one of her...
Judges and Judiciary
State’s charity supervision law unconstitutional, judge finds
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“What we think makes this case so significant is … the judge has just thrown out two of the primary enforcement mechanisms th...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
US judge likely to let RICO claims against vaping makers proceed
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick tentatively ruled that Altria must face allegations that it masterminded a criminal ente...
Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
Special master report in LA water cases may answer major questions
By Blaise Scemama
Special master Edward Robbins of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez PC told the court he has a voluminous report to issue next month...
Joshua Weinstein focuses family law disputants on the future.
Law Practice
Sole practitioners relied on each other, legal groups to survive 2020
By Kamila Knaudt
“I had so much support from the legal community whenever I had any kind of question, hardship or anything that was really worr...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar takes over $120,000 in client accounts of deceased attorney
By Malcolm Maclachlan
A Sacramento judge appointed a receiver to unwind the practice of the late immigration and civil practice attorney Alex Gortin...
The case centered on the definition of terms including “list price” and “was.” The plaintiffs argued the company used these wo...
Government, Civil Litigation
Homeless advocates sue to recall Sacramento mayor
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint says there is a dispute over how long an elected city official must be in office before a recall campaign can be...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
Judges must consider means in setting bail, California Supreme Court rules
By Tyler Pialet
In the 29-page opinion, Supreme Court Justice Mariano Cuellar wrote that California’s current bail system, which conditions “f...
Technology, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Rule update: Lawyers must maintain tech competency
By Henrik Nilsson
With the change to Rule 1.1 that went into effect Monday, addressing competency, lawyers now must “keep abreast of the changes...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Newsom appoints 18 superior court judges
By Malcolm Maclachlan
More than half the new judges are Asian, Black or Latino. Three are in their 60s, six are in their 50s and one is under 40. Th...
Insurance, Civil Litigation
‘Respiratory droplets’ theory doesn’t save insurance loss case
By Winston Cho
“At this point I don’t see how you can fix this,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said. “This is a wonderful thing for the...
Each of the 702 plaintiffs will be entitled to an average of $1.2 million — about 12 times more than what thousands of other a...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Does state’s opioid deal cut off others ‘at the knees’?
By Blaise Scemama
“If they’re willing to talk to the California attorney general and the attorneys general of several states trying to reach glo...
Alameda County Assistant Public Defender Richard Foxall had filed a motion alleging at least seven prosecutors in the office h...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Judge tosses reporters’ suit against Hollywood Foreign Press Association
By Gina Kim
Exclusion from Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not result in antitrust violations, federal judge says.
Law Practice
Nonlawyer ownership of firms is gaining traction in several states
By Henrik Nilsson
The Utah Supreme Court made changes last year which resulted in a two-year regulatory sandbox that allows applicants to experi...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
Eli Lilly wins patent dispute, loses $10M in fees
By Winston Cho
While she found Genentech's failure to notify her of a case that weakened its position troubling, U.S. District Judge Janis L...
Civil Litigation
11-year battle for $30M ends (for now) with $70M win
By Blaise Scemama
The case involved a $30 million loan the late Hong Kong billionaire Chen Din-Hwa made to his daughter through his investment c...