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California Supreme Court

1989 precedent on default judgments overturned

Nov. 19, 2024
By Craig Anderson

The ruling could have significant implications in other collections cases in which defendants are not properly served.


Civil Litigation

LA county joins lawsuit against former official

Nov. 19, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The county has intervened in a federal lawsuit filed against Thomas Shepos and a handful of landlords and developers following...



The lawsuit claims the treatment plant has logged over 500 illegal discharge incidents since 2018, releasing more than one bil...


Superior Court Judge Stephen I. Goorvitch found that the city did not act in bad faith when it denied the project.



Criminal

Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, accused of fatally shooting his wife, will stand trial beginning Feb. 18 in Los Angeles.


Environmental & Energy

Five environmental organizations accused the pesticide regulation department and its directors of purposely failing to adequa...



Technology, Constitutional Law

"It has the effect of impermissibly replacing the judgments of covered platforms about what content belongs on their platform...


Technology

TikTok moves state's consumer suit to federal court

Nov. 18, 2024
By Craig Anderson

Daniel M. Petrocelli, a partner with O'Melveny & Myers LLP, argued in a motion Wednesday that California's lawsuit relied ...



Labor/Employment

Kathi Vidal, formerly Winston & Strawn's managing director, will be replaced by the office's deputy director from mid-Dece...



Judges and Judiciary

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom appointing new judges at a rapid clip, there were 89 vacancies on superior courts as of Nov. 1.


Brentwood law firm to flex muscles for women's charity

Nov. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Donors can pledge contributions based on the total pounds lifted by participants, with a penny-per-pound minimum suggestion.



State Bar & Bar Associations

San Diego County Bar Association elects 2025 leaders

Nov. 18, 2024
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The board will be sworn in at the annual Stepping Up to the Bar reception on Dec. 6.


Speaking at the Consumer Attorneys of California convention in San Francisco, Elizabeth J. Cabraser called the clauses "basica...



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 affirming U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of Oakland, who granted the preliminary injunct...


Obituaries

Theodore Olson, 1940 - 2024

Nov. 15, 2024
By John Roemer

Litigator who won historic cases was committed to equality, rule of law



Constitutional Law

After the program was initially challenged by organizations such as Disability Rights California as "unconstitutional," the pu...


Immigration

The uncertainty over when and how those raids might play out prompted employers to reach out to their lawyers for advice on ho...



Geoffrey Wells, incumbent president of the Consumer Attorneys of California says the civil justice system is the only way to h...


Contracts

In a complaint filed this week, U.S. Bank National Association claimed several family members and associated trusts breached t...



Litigation & Arbitration, Corporate

Following a two-month trial in Riverside County Superior Court, Bird Marella Rhow Lincenberg Drooks & Nessim LLP partners ...


Civil Litigation

DuPont Clinic claims landlord Douglas Emmett and the city of Beverly Hills caved to anti-abortion protesters following the U.S...



Robert Hamilton's career trying cases now helps him resolve disputes, lawyers say.


Construction

Attorneys for Lendlease Construction Inc. argued in opening remarks that Mickey Cheng and Edward Chen, executives for Los Ange...



Intellectual Property

While the name change wasn't intentionally deceptive, it would likely cause harm to San Francisco International Airport's bran...


The 9th Circuit stayed an order for 100 immediate shelters for veterans in West LA while a district judge denied a stay of oth...



Labor/Employment

NLRB rules captive audience meetings unlawful

Nov. 14, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The NLRB noted that an employer may hold meetings with workers to express its views on unionization if the meeting is voluntar...


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Nvidia's company leaders couldn't track revenues from cryptocurrency mining because the data didn't exist, Neal K. Katyal, a p...