Criminal
Central District's post-plea CASA diversion program is expanded
By Laurinda Keys
Each participant in the Conviction and Sentence Alternatives program is required to attend therapy, treatment and court sessio...
Environmental & Energy
CEQA lawsuit seeks to block huge Lake Tahoe development
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint seeks to force Placer County to set aside its latest approval. It also requests preliminary and permanent injunc...
Civil Litigation
Shutdown of tiny home maker brings multiple lawsuits
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaints state that the company's founders knew they would never be able to deliver homes for resale to the plaintiffs w...
Most experts agree that a light regulatory touch in internet businesses that was envisioned by the Clinton administration and ...
Data Privacy
Owner of The Hill website targeted with privacy lawsuit
By Wisdom Howell
The complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, accused Nexstar of re-installing targeted advertising tracker coo...
Torts/Personal Injury, Judges and Judiciary
Gen Z jurors are driving big verdicts. And defense lawyers are swiping left
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Gen Z's "desire to do social good" and mistrust of large corporations makes them likely to rule in favor of plaintiffs in case...
Government, Constitutional Law
Both sides claim victory in San Francisco homeless ruling
By Craig Anderson
U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu in Oakland dismissed most claims in a lawsuit against the city but left others intact in a ...
David A. Warrington is a partner at Dhillon Law Group.
Civil Litigation
Ex-school worker sues for 5-year custody awaiting 'not guilty' verdict
By Devon Belcher
Kaedian LLP partner Katherine C. McBroom and Los Angeles attorney Ian M. Wallach filed a federal civil complaint against those...
Judges and Judiciary
Lawmaker renews push for tribal judges' protections
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria introduced her bills amid rising concerns over the safety of judges across the nation.
Government
A brief history about presidential pardons
President Joe Biden's pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, is just the latest in a number of controversial and downright dubious ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Yelp seeks injunction in California against Texas state action
By Craig Anderson
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Yelp in state court after the company wrote in 2022 that crisis pregnancy centers provi...
Land Use, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Costa Mesa didn't discriminate against sober living facility
By Skyler Romero
Sober living facility Ohio House failed in its disparate treatment claim targeting Costa Mesa's zoning ordinances.
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit panel asks if ammo background checks violate Second Amendment
By Craig Anderson
One question in the case is whether the law requiring background checks on all ammunition purchases falls under permissible st...
Civil Litigation
Former worker sues Northrop Grumman claiming wage violations
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
A former Northrop Grumman worker claims the aerospace giant required off-the-clock work and denied its employees proper breaks.
Judges and Judiciary, Government
No precedent for broadness of Biden's pardon of son, attorneys say
By Laurinda Keys
Without a precedent for a presidential pardon spanning 11 years and including crimes that "may have" been committed, a federal...
Government
Legislators offer nearly 100 new bills, some aimed at Trump administration
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Other proposed legislation includes a measure to protect tribal judges from violence, bills targeting social media companies a...
Nathan Hochman said he rejects extreme policies on both sides of the pendulum, such as mass incarceration and "decarceration" ...
Technology
Musk seeks injunction against OpenAI becoming fully for-profit
By Devon Belcher
If granted, the injunction would prevent OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, from requiring investors to hold off on funding compe...
Criminal
Judge denies Girardi new trial claim, says he proved his own competence
By Devon Belcher
In denying his bid for a new trial on the grounds his mental competency had deteriorated during the proceedings, the judge foc...
Judges and Judiciary
Bill to add 63 judgeships predicted to pass House soon
By Craig Anderson
The bill would give President-elect Donald Trump 22 new district judgeships to fill during his upcoming term, including seven ...
Education Law
Education Department didn't round up, wrongly denied funds
By Jack Needham
The California Department of Education "violated the mandate" of the Education Code with its denial of funding to a Los Angele...
Judges and Judiciary
Federal judge accuses President Biden of trying to 'rewrite history' with pardon
By Craig Anderson
U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi of Los Angeles took aim at Joe Biden's press release announcing the pardon.
Civil Rights
Cognizant says jury didn't have enough data to find biased hiring
By Devon Belcher
The company's attorneys, who asked the judge to reverse the jury's October verdict, filed a brief Friday replying to the plain...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Apple's policies place employees in 'panopticon,' lawsuit claims
By Skyler Romero
The technology company is accused of suppressing employee speech and making them sign away their right to privacy in a new law...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Animal rights activist ordered to repay millions of dollars plundered from 97-year-old
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
In his Nov. 25 ruling, Judge Jonathan L. Rosenbloom found that Melya Kaplan used millions of dollars from the trust for person...
Civil Litigation
AIDS group breached patients' privacy, lawsuit claims
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The use of tracking codes by Meta and Google meant those companies received identifying information about patients using AIDS ...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
En banc 9th Circuit panel to hear nonviolent felon gun possession case
By Craig Anderson
Assistant Federal Public Defender Sonam A.H. Henderson challenged the conviction on the grounds that the "felon-in-possession"...
Senate confirms LA County Judge Anne Hwang to federal bench
By Craig Anderson
Appointed to the state court bench in 2019 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Hwang previously worked for a dozen years as a federal public...
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