Labor/Employment, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US magistrate judge indicates Uber must face antitrust suit
By Winston Cho
Despite Lyft’s presence in the market, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero found Friday Uber has enough drivers and riders to p...
Law Practice, Government
Law firms may be able to apply for paycheck protection loans
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The Small Business Administration reversed course in the new financial aid package, allowing firms to list partner salaries wh...
Government, Civil Litigation
Restaurants, groomers shuttered by LA mayor file mass action
By Gina Kim
Restaurants, pet groomers and other retailers shut down by pandemic challenge sanctions issued by Mayor Eric Garcetti and Gov....
Law Practice
Boies losing 15 partners to King & Spalding after bidding war
By Craig Anderson
King & Spalding LLP won a bidding war and is hiring 15 California-based partners from Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, m...
Intellectual Property
U.S. judge mulls reopening Samsung exploding cell battery case
By Winston Cho
The dispute concerns whether it’s too late for plaintiffs’ attorneys to resume the class action lawsuit after both sides agree...
Government
Governor sued over virus relief for immigrants in the US illegally
By Winston Cho
The lawsuit claims federal and state law bar unemployment insurance provided to people in the country illegally and allowing n...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
US high court settles trademark profits award question
By Jessica Mach
While a trademark defendant’s mental state “is a highly important consideration in determining whether an award of profits is ...
Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal
Appellate panel reverses award in gender discrimination suit against UCLA
By Craig Anderson
A state appellate court panel on Thursday reversed a $13 million jury award against UCLA in a lawsuit by a female director of ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
8 financial institutions join bar’s program offering higher trust account interest
By Henrik Nilsson
Lawyers handling client funds that are too small or held too briefly to earn interest must participate in the program but they...
Los Angeles County on Thursday sued the City of Norwalk for trying to block Gov. Gavin Newsom's Project Roomkey plan.
One of the first antitrust class actions to has been filed in the Central District against bank behemoths over their illicit a...
Bankruptcy
Suggestions states and cities can file for bankruptcy bring up constitutional questions
By Justin Kloczko
The legal disputes involve the question: If a state cannot make good on its financial obligations, should that loss be paid by...
The attorney general’s brief further argued that the judicial comity doctrine permits one district to decline judgment on an i...
Government
Governor protects federal stimulus checks against debt collections
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The order explicitly bars three kinds of debt from protection: child support, spousal support and victim restitution payments....
Constitutional Law
Lodi church sues governor after police disrupt service
By Carter Stoddard
“Civil rights are not suspended by a virus. Fundamental and unalienable rights are, by their very nature, ‘essential,’” said t...
Law Practice, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Food and drug regulatory specialists help turn vodka into sanitizer
By Nick Kipley
Structuring contracts, obtaining emergency authorization and immunity from regulations are some of the tasks attorneys are doi...
Criminal
Monterey County remote rape kits raise issues of admissible evidence
By Blaise Scemama
Earlier this month, Monterey County conducted the first at-home sexual assault examination and evidence collection, when a wom...
Education Law
Law schools prepare for the future, teaching how to operate in virtual courtrooms
By Henrik Nilsson
UCLA School of Law lecturer Justin Bernstein sees a future where some judges will allow oral arguments to be conducted over vi...
Law Practice
O’Melveny welcomes 2 real estate specialists back to LA office
By Kamila Knaudt
After 17 and 16 years respectively at DLA Piper, Michael Hamilton and Timothy Evans rejoined O’Melveny as partners in its proj...
Labor/Employment
US judge urges drivers to negotiate with Uber over sick pay
By Winston Cho
The class action against Uber, and two others like it, seek an emergency public injunction that would force the company to pro...
Government
US judge tosses challenge to women on corporate boards requirement
By Malcolm Maclachlan
U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez dismissed a suit seeking to invalidate the law, finding the plaintiff could not show a spec...
Attorneys at Sidley Austin LLP said misconceptions about what physical ownership of a copyrighted product entitles a purchaser...
Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit blasts EPA for delaying decision on allegedly dangerous pet collars
By Craig Anderson
In a pointed ruling that used the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s own mission statement against it, a federal appellate...
Criminal
Defense cites legality of sentencing, health concerns to secure releases
By Tyler Pialet
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan’s office said Wednesday that while the office supports the release of certai...
A deal struck just before oral argument ends a rare civil RICO case filed 10 years ago.
California Supreme Court
State high court returns juvenile release matter to LA court
By Meghann Cuniff
The justices voted to transfer the matter to the 2nd District, which is to issue an order to show cause “returnable before the...
Constitutional Law
US judge denies churches’ restraining order on stay-home orders
By Gina Kim
Churches tentatively denied restraining order on state's stay-home orders.
Criminal
“Protection of the public, victims’ rights and the safety of the victim should not be displaced because of COVID-19 without ca...
Law Practice
Law firms may seek paycheck relief under amended rule
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The difference in calculating payroll regulation means law firms could apply for higher loan amounts and potentially have more...
Civil Litigation
Travelers asks US court to dismiss state suit over coronavirus business loss claims
By Carter Stoddard
The federal complaint seeks to knock out suits filed by Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos on behalf of his own properties and ...