State Bar & Bar Associations
LA County Bar’s pro bono arm provided $4.412M in legal services last year
By Blaise Scemama
"This is comprised of the work of 575 volunteers who donated 14,438 hours of pro bono legal services to the clients at our pro...
Intellectual Property, Criminal
Federal prosecutors wave white flag in trade secrets case
By Craig Anderson
Federal prosecutors dropped trade secrets charges Friday against the remaining four defendants accused of stealing confidentia...
Environmental & Energy, Civil Litigation
Judge won’t immediately throw out inverse liability against SoCal Edison in Woolsey Fire
By Gina Kim
After a contentious showdown between SoCal Edison Co. and Woolsey Fire victims, LASC Judge William F. Highberger has allowed i...
Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
DOJ, FTC argue over whether Qualcomm’s ‘no patent, no chip’ policy is good for Americans
By Blaise Scemama
In a rare inter-governmental squabble at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, the Department of Justice said the...
Intellectual Property
Google beats patent lawsuit with venue argument
By Craig Anderson
In a noteworthy victory for defendants sued for patent infringment, a federal appellate panel ruled Alphabet Inc.-owned Google...
George Gascon, who expunged more than 9,000 marijuana convictions in San Francisco in 2019 during his tenure as the county's D...
Law Practice
Carlton Fields’ growing LA office is going where others may fear to tread
By Carter Stoddard
The attorneys, investors and fundraisers who make up Carlton Fields' Los Angeles office all refer to themselves by their share...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court says employers must pay for employee bag searches
By Meghann Cuniff
Justices weighed in on a major Apple, Inc. labor dispute at the request of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Criminal
State Auditor finds privacy issues with license plate readers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State Auditor Elaine Howle announced the findings on Thursday. Her office reviewed practices at four agencies: the Fresno Poli...
Law Practice
Union-sponsored bill would raise court reporter fees by nearly a third
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The bill would also remove the word “civil” from a provision allowing reporters “to charge an additional 50% for special daily...
Mediator Charles Rubin encourages dominant litigators to step back and let him do his job.
Judge Eumi Lee looks for remorse before deciding to expunge criminal records.
Government
Legislation would block sharing of DNA without permission
By Malcolm Maclachlan
State Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, the bill’s author, said SB 980 will be crafted with the specific goal of not interfering w...
Civil Litigation
Microchip must turn over federal investigation documents in $100M fraud suit
By Nicole Tyau
Jeffrey H. Reeves, the senior attorney for Costa Mesa-based Theodora Oringher PC representing Microsemi's executives, said the...
Civil Litigation
NoonanLance achieves $65M SeaWorld settlement for stockholder class
By Carter Stoddard
SeaWorld will pay a class of stockholders $65 million to settle litigation alleging the company’s senior leadership ignored an...
Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution
FedArb brings aboard regulatory expert Ted Ullyot
By Carter Stoddard
Federal Arbitration has added Ted Ullyot, the monitoring trustee for T-Mobile's $26 billion merger with Sprint, to its panel o...
Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation
Amici weigh in on Votings Rights Act case
By Justin Kloczko
Municipalities, councilmembers, and voting advocates have weighed in via amicus briefs on the appealed Santa Monica voting rig...
Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal
Monsanto claims federal conflict in $78M verdict appeal
By Winston Cho
Monsanto said it's impossible to comply with state law labeling requirements because the Environmental Protection Agency would...
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila agreed to narrow the DOJ’s claims against Elizabeth Holmes but only in relation to allege...
Labor/Employment
Judge denies Teamsters motion to lift AB 5 injunction
By Jessica Mach
U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez said the Teamsters failed to demonstrate how the preliminary injunction, which bars the s...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Bill would make utilities share information on vulnerable customers during shut-offs
By Malcolm Maclachlan
AB 2179, from Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-Marin County, would require electric utilities to share information about which homes...
Government, Criminal
LA DA’s race at center of ‘progressive prosecution’ debate
By Blaise Scemama
As this wave hits the Los Angeles County district attorney race via challenger George Gascon, who has received many progressiv...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Edison pays $900K to US for 2014 fire
By Carter Stoddard
Southern California Edison was accused of negligence in what has become known as the “Way Fire.” In its complaint, the federal...
Orange County Superior Court judge Gregory W. Jones wants more information from prosecutors and defense attorneys before he ru...
Labor/Employment
Judge orders DoorDash to arbitrate 5,010 courier claims
By Jessica Mach
"The employer here, DoorDash, faced with having to actually honor its side of the bargain, now blanches at the cost of the fil...
Civil Litigation
Some of former FBI director’s testimony irrelevant in VW trial, judge rules
By Winston Cho
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found Freeh’s testimony, claiming the Detroit federal judge who approved the fine did not c...
Entertainment & Sports
Sign-signaling suit against MLB unlikely to score, experts say
By Steven Crighton
Former Dodgers pitcher Michael Bolsinger faulted a recently discovered sign-signaling scheme for prompting a disastrous career...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government
Drug makers seek to block drug price reporting law
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has filed a motion for summary judgment to block enforcement of SB 17...
Judges and Judiciary
US District Judge James Otero to retire in April
By Blaise Scemama
On the bench for 30 years, Otero plans to go into the private sector as a neutral in alternative dispute resolution.
Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Attorney warns colleges of Title VI consequences for alleged anti-Semitism
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Harmeet Dhillon’s client, the conservative David Horowitz Freedom Center, specifically cited the college’s failure to “take ac...
