Oil developer sues to block targeted law
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Sentinel Peak Resources says the bill's author intended to target any "low production well" in California that was within 3,20...
Labor/Employment
Disney to pay $43M to 14,000 women employees for unequal pay
By Skyler Romero
The settlement brings to a close years of litigation between the company and women who said they were systematically paid less...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
Some attorneys find JCCP court assignment decisions opaque
By Skyler Romero
JCCP proceedings can be switched to different courts without explanation, some attorneys say, while the Judicial Council says ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Class action against Temu stayed, arbitration clause approved
By Devon Belcher
U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia found Temu's arbitration agreement is reasonably enforced, and he stayed the case pen...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court asked to rule on gun show sales
By Craig Anderson
C.D. "Chuck" Michel, a senior partner with Michel & Associates PC, wrote Wednesday in a writ of certiorari for a gun show ...
Technology
Legal Services Corporation awards $290K in technology grants to California legal aid organizations
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The California recipients will use the grants to enhance their technological capabilities and improve service delivery to low-...
Criminal
DOJ, US probation office disagree on sentence for political rally attacks
By Devon Belcher
The Department of Justice disagrees with the probation office's analysis that reduces the government's proposed 24-month impri...
Government, Civil Litigation
Los Angeles is paying out a staggering amount of liability claims and one lawyer says he knows the solution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
In October, City Administrative Officer Matthew W. Szabo released a report indicating that the city has exceeded its planned e...
Entertainment & Sports
Marilyn Manson drops defamation suit, pays ex-girlfriend's attorney fees
By Skyler Romero
The rock singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, sued actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2022 over public allegations of abuse made ...
Lawyer angry Court of Appeal won't publish decision over San Diego municipal building
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
"The case has statewide implications because the court rulings allowed local government to evade the debt limit law by agreei...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
More counties open Care Courts as Monday deadline looms
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Most California counties faced a Dec. 1 deadline to roll out their programs. In recent days, superior courts in Alameda, Butte...
Lawsuits are rare under California's 2019 CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against Black employees for wearing "natural" o...
Torts/Personal Injury
Jury delivers $7.1M verdict against LA schools
By Jack Needham
The jury found that the school had been negligent in its supervision of the student on the playground.
Civil Procedure
Ex-Secret Agent seeks sanctions for claim Girardi bribed him
By Devon Belcher
The agent says a costume designer had no cause to include him in a federal lawsuit that primarily targets Erika Girardi, an en...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges share their favorite holiday recipes
Superior Court judges from throughout California responded to a Daily Journal request to share their favorite holiday recipes...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Mountain West seeks dismissal of Pac-12 poaching penalty suit
By Craig Anderson
The response seeks dismissal of a lawsuit the Pac-12 filed in the Northern District of California arguing that a penalty again...
Judges and Judiciary
2 justices confirmed to Court of Appeal, 3rd is elevated to presiding justice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Justice Brian M. Hoffstadt to lead the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 5. He also nominated...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US judge approves final tuna price-fixing case settlements for $220M
By Devon Belcher
In the multidistrict lawsuit that was initiated in 2015, StarKist Co. and several related companies were accused of fixing the...
Civil Rights
Courts to determine Title IX's applicability to transgender athletes
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Advocates on both sides of the legal and political divide have accused each other of flipping Title IX on its head when it com...
Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law
Man ordered to pay Gilead $31 million for selling counterfeit HIV drugs
By David Houston
Lorik Papyan admitted obtaining HIV medications from patients in the Los Angeles area and repackaging them with over-the-count...
Civil Litigation
Lawsuit filed against Bakersfield carrot producer following E. coli outbreak
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Attorneys for man in Sonoma County say their client suffered serious complications after assuming the affected carrots.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit panel rules against Amber Heard in insurance dispute
By Skyler Romero
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Heard's insurer had not breached its duty to defend the actress in her defama...
Civil Litigation
Jury awards $292M in false advertising case
By Jack Needham
A jury in San Francisco found that cancer test maker Natera made false and misleading claims about rival Guardant's product.
Environmental & Energy
Environmentalists sue to block carbon capture and storage project
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The groups argue that the project will undermine the state's climate goals and grow the county's polluting oil and gas industr...
Slideshow, Community News
Scott Edelman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher was honored at the event in Beverly Hills.
Government, Class Action
VA budget shortfall testimony cited in LA housing dispute
By Devon Belcher
Attorneys representing the VA in a dispute with homeless veterans have pointed to department officials' testimony before a con...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Former LA politician appeals conviction for soliciting favors for son
By Craig Anderson
Alyssa D. Bell, who represents Mark Ridley-Thomas, told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that her client was trying t...
Banking, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Citibank claims former executives solicited its law firm clients
By Wisdom Howell
A trade secrets complaint accuses the executives of taking the business to their new employer, BMO Wealth Management.
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court allows securities case against Meta to move ahead
By Craig Anderson
The one-sentence opinion was unsigned and quickly followed oral arguments in the case on Nov. 6, in which justices voiced skep...
Civil Litigation
LASC to begin mandatory eService Dec. 2
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Civil, family law, probate and Mental Health-LPS cases will eventually be required to utilize eService as well, with full impl...