Technology, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Facebook suits could mean 1st forced breakup in 100 years
By Winston Cho
While Facebook has long maintained its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were not anticompetitive, a coalition of 48 stat...
Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law
More federal contractors exempt from discrimination laws under new rule
By Jessica Mach
The Department of Labor rule makes it harder for employees to make discrimination claims against religiously affiliated employ...
The El Segundo based toy maker announced the appointment of Jonathan Anschell on Tuesday.
Judges and Judiciary, Government, Criminal
LA judges reject motions made under new DA’s policies
By Tyler Pialet
Since a directive went into effect Tuesday to withdraw sentencing enhancements, at least three prosecutors in DA George Gascon...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Community News
Margaret Morrow leaving Public Counsel, search is on for replacement
By Kamila Knaudt
Morrow said the pro bono firm “would be best served by having new leadership that can bring fresh eyes to the many challenges ...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
US courts in California limit proceedings, jurors, observors past New Year
By Gina Kim
Health Care & Hospital Law, Constitutional Law
Judge lifts dining ban in LA county; state order remains
By Blaise Scemama
While Judge James Chalfant enjoined the county’s order, restaurants in California will still be precluded from offering outdoo...
Technology, Securities, Civil Litigation
Family dispute over Palantir investments escalates
By Winston Cho
In a countersuit against Disruptive Technology Associates founder Alexander Davis, Kenneth Rickel alleged he was cheated out o...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Governor appoints 4th District justice, 12 county judges
By Kamila Knaudt
San Diego County Judge Truc T. Do would become the first Vietnamese-American on the 4th District Court of Appeal if she is con...
Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ex-Modoc County judge barred from bench after public admonishment
By Craig Anderson
David A. Mason resigned from the bench Oct. 31 and agreed not to serve in a judicial capacity ever again, according to a commi...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Legislators aim to rein in governor, prevent evictions in 1st bills of new session
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The tumultuous events of 2020 will set the agenda, at least in the early going. For Republicans, that will mean trying to conv...
Government, Criminal
Bills on who sets bail, revenge porn, police records introduced in Legislature
By Tyler Pialet
One bill would eliminate the discretion of superior court presiding judges in setting bail schedules for their counties and in...
Labor/Employment, Government
Legislation aims to stem fraudulent unemployment claims
By Jessica Mach
The bills were introduced the same day the Bank of America, which has contracted with the Employment Development Department to...
Legal Education, Government
UC Irvine law clinics to help LA DA review police shootings
By Henrik Nilsson
In a letter to law enforcement members on Monday, Gascón announced he would convene a Use of Force Review Board composed of po...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Ousted utility commission official claims retaliation in lawsuit
By Gina Kim
Alice Stebbins, former executive director of the California Public Utilities Commission, alleged the commissioners resisted he...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit sides with church, San Jose judge holds one in contempt
By Malcolm Maclachlan
In a very brief order, the appeals court denied an injunction sought by a Chula Vista church but sent the case back to the dis...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Court Ops
Courts are limiting trials, juries and the public again
By Henrik Nilsson
The courts closed to the public with exceptions for criminal preliminary hearing witnesses, and attorneys and defendants in ma...
Government, Criminal
Newsom has choices for attorney general, and time to decide
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Literally dozens of names of members of Congress, the California Legislature and local officials in the state immediately sta...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Greenberg Glusker attorneys eager to get back to new office
By Kamila Knaudt
While coordinating the move of 100 attorneys and 75 other employees into an 85,000 square foot office at the Century City Plaz...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Investors’ suit claims Uber misled them about passenger safety
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit challenged Uber’s alleged failure to address serious safety problems and claimed they were intentionally neglected...
Government, Criminal
New LA DA pledges resentencing of 20,000 prisoners
By Tyler Pialet
Beginning Tuesday, DA George Gascón said his prosecutors will decline to file charges in most low-level misdemeanor cases, end...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel asks if employers can break law and avoid court
By Craig Anderson
Two circuit judges appointed by President Bill Clinton peppered Andrew J. Pincus, a partner with Mayer Brown LLP, with skeptic...
Injury firm Peacock Law has worked hard to earn confidence in the safety personnel community.
Government, Criminal
George Gascón to be sworn in as 43rd district attorney for Los Angeles County
By Tyler Pialet
Gascón said he wants to build bridges with prosecutors in his office who oppose his views on the criminal legal system.
Judges and Judiciary
Downtown LA courthouses are virus hotspots, some lawyers say
By Blaise Scemama
Amid a surge in infections and the unconfirmed revelation that seven judges at the Stanley Mosk courthouse and three at the Me...
Real Estate/Development, Government, Bankruptcy
New law may help bankrupt homeowners rebuild financial standing after Jan. 1
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 1885 came together in just a few days in late August, near the end of the legislative year, and it will increase the so-cal...
Technology, Civil Litigation
Judge considers revisions to Apple settlement over throttled iPhones
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila found certain conditions likely locked people out of the $500 million settlement, leading to...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
Lawyer mobility is a challenge for firms, bar
By Henrik Nilsson
According to Allison Martin Rhodes, partner and deputy general counsel at Sheppard Mullin, state-by-state licensing requiremen...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Criminal
Orange County lawyer arrested on fraud charge
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Moses R. Luna, 73, is facing 20 felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly creating a translation and interpreting company...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Newsom appoints 2 new State Bar Board Trustees
By Henrik Nilsson
Melanie M. Shelby, managing director at Gray, Greer, Shelby & Vaughn, and Mark W. Toney, executive director at The Utility...