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Criminal


Legislation to prohibit flat-fee contracts for indigent criminal defense attorneys advanced unanimously in the Assembly Public...


Environmental & Energy


A new federal lawsuit claims Vistra Corp.'s negligence led to a massive battery fire and explosion at the Moss Landing Power P...



Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment, Government


A union-backed legal team has asked Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup to hold the federal government in contempt if six...


The 2nd District Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of Byron Allen's state lawsuit against McDonald's, finding the company...



Environmental & Energy


LA oil drilling ban struck down by court

Mar. 26, 2025
By Skyler Romero

A judge's ruling voids LA's ban on oil drilling, citing state preemption, handing a victory to well operators and royalty owne...


Intellectual Property


MGA Entertainment contests an injunction in a $71.5M verdict, arguing the OMG Girlz, victorious in a doll likeness suit, face ...



Criminal


Hochman reverses Gascón's death penalty ban in LA County

Mar. 26, 2025
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has rescinded his predecessor's sweeping ban on the death penalty, replaci...


Attorneys for fire victims say newly surfaced correspondence contradicts LADWP's earlier public statements that power lines we...



Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


An appellate panel questioned whether a Los Angeles federal judge acted too quickly in tossing a copyright infringement lawsui...


Civil Litigation


Two lawsuits against Spring Fertility allege negligence and embryo loss, pointing to alleged private equity pressures from Wil...



Environmental & Energy, Consumer Law


Santa Clara County DA targets Edgewell, alleging its Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreens falsely claimed "reef friendly...


Data Privacy, Bankruptcy


23andMe's Chapter 11 filing in Missouri inspires talk of forum shopping, with bankruptcy experts debating efficiency gains aga...



Judges and Judiciary


As threats against judges skyrocket, California lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday to make such threats an aggravating factor i...


Labor/Employment


Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP has relocated its Orange County office to a larger space in Irvine and added two seasoned ...



Land Use, Environmental & Energy


The attorneys will strengthen the firm's bench in land use, regulatory compliance, and litigation. The move reunites key playe...


Tressler LLP continues its California expansion with two new offices and a high-profile team of litigators, extending its reac...



Kevin R. Boyle and 18 other plaintiffs have sued the city of Los Angeles, alleging the Department of Water and Power's energy ...


Judges and Judiciary


The attorneys say Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Murphy has demonstrated a pattern of hostility, bias, and racially charged com...



The bill backed by advocates for changes in the criminal justice system would ban flat-fee contracts for indigent defense in r...


Land Use, Government


A federal judge ruled Los Angeles misrepresented temporary encampment clean-ups as permanent reductions, violating a 2022 hous...



Mergers & Acquisitions


M&A lawyer Craig Menden has more than 1,000 transactions under his belt for companies like Cisco, Amazon, and Google.


Technology, Litigation & Arbitration


The arbitrator found T-Mobile had violated the the Federal Communications Act and by not safeguarding the customer's private i...



Data Privacy, Bankruptcy


23andMe's bankruptcy filing raises unique concerns over its DNA data sale, with experts and regulators scrutinizing consumer p...


Government, Business Law


While many attorneys denounced Trump's executive order threatening law firms that sue the federal government, some general cou...



State Bar & Bar Associations


With just a week remaining before the April 1 deadline, the State Bar reports that over 70,000 California attorneys have yet t...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The Trump administration on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a San Francisco judge's order requiring six federal ag...



While many top law firms hesitated to weigh in, Keker, Van Nest & Peters came out swinging--denouncing President Trump's l...


Civil Rights, Civil Litigation


35 UCLA students and faculty sue UC Regents, claiming campus police and security guards failed to stop an attack on a pro-Pale...



Judges and Judiciary


San Diego Judge Enrique S. Camarena Jr. and family sue Sinaloa Cartel leaders, including Rafael Caro-Quintero, for the 1985 to...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Civil Litigation


After a 67-day trial, Judge JoAnne McCracken criticized attorney Stephan Barber for false statements in the homeowner's associ...