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Civil Litigation


Southern California Edison Co. has fended off claims one of its substations emitted stray voltage, harming residents and prope...


Civil Litigation


The complaint alleges former troop leader Charles “Kip” Yotter met the minor in 2012 and began grooming him “for the purposes ...


Civil Litigation


PG&E’s planned energy shutoffs were only necessary because of its negligence maintaining its transmission lines, according...


Immigration, Constitutional Law


A southern Lebanese Muslim is fighting to keep the federal government from spying on him under the Foreign Intelligence Survei...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge rules Judge can't be 'judge' on ballot

Dec. 19, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

A candidate running for a Los Angeles County Superior Court seat who legally changed his first name to “Judge” can appear as s...


Virginia attorney Timothy Litzenburg approached “Company 1” and threatened to find plaintiffs to sue for manufacturing a purpo...


Civil Litigation, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


will represent consumers who, between May 2008 and April 2016, purchased hard disk drive suspension assemblies for use from J...


Entertainment & Sports, State Bar & Bar Associations


LOS ANGELES -- A former client of Michael J. Avenatti described his slow realization that his attorney was defrauding him, tel...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Government, Constitutional Law


In what both sides believe to be the first federal takings claim to test these post-Knick waters, a Riverside federal judge gr...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law


The high court will decide if teachers at two Catholic schools fall under the ministerial exception, which prohibits civil rig...


The complaint claims Uber has misidentified its ride-hail drivers as independent contractors rather than employees since April...


Civil Litigation, Immigration, Government


A magistrate judge said Wednesday he would approve a settlement of a lawsuit filed by a class of abandoned, abused or neglecte...


Civil Litigation, Government


Renne, Cotchett firms sue Juul for Bay Area schools

Dec. 19, 2019
By Craig Anderson

Five San Francisco Bay Area school districts, along with the San Mateo County Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools...


Law Practice, Law Office Management


Faegre Baker Daniels LLP and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP will combine to create Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath early nex...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A chorus of Republican-appointed judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decried on Wednesday a ruling that granted re...


The judge stopped short of giving explicit instructions to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in her ruling, but...


Obituaries


Marvin Starr, 1928-2019

Dec. 18, 2019
By Nicole Tyau

State real estate law expert was 'indescribable,' colleagues say.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Two current federal cases highlight a growing controversy in class action disputes


Labor/Employment


As a newly launched state website seeks to provide clarity on the Employment Status Law, concerns, critiques and legal challen...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved the Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.'s plan to reorganize the utility despite the gover...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


Attorneys for Gilead Sciences Inc. asked a Los Angeles federal judge Tuesday to postpone entering judgment of a $752 million v...


Government, Environmental & Energy


Trade groups sue state over light bulb rules

Dec. 17, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan

A pair of trade groups have sued the California Energy Commission, claiming the state’s energy efficiency mandates for light b...


Law Practice, Government


Often fighting back tears, proponents of an initiative to raise California’s 44-year-old cap on non-economic medical malpracti...


Civil Litigation, Government


State utility regulators in so many words, declined to offer its viewpoints on strict liability doctrine of inverse condemnati...


Civil Litigation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


Johnson & Johnson wins LA baby powder case

Dec. 17, 2019
By Blaise Scemama

After a day and a half of deliberation, a Los Angeles jury sided with Johnson & Johnson in the latest suit alleging the co...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Slamming his fist and shouting, a federal judge said Monday he will grant a restraining order against a foul-mouthed attorney ...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court


A man convicted of 14 sex crimes against children had three of his convictions reversed Monday by the state Supreme Court, whi...


Civil Litigation


Southern California Edison Co. can share blame with public entities if it's found liable for damages caused by a mudslide that...


The denial of cert in Martin v. Boise could bring big changes to cities without homeless shelters.


State Bar & Bar Associations


Two struggling law schools posted the worst pass rates among California's nationally accredited institutions.