Criminal
Bill to ban flat fees in indigent defense clears key committee
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Legislation to prohibit flat-fee contracts for indigent criminal defense attorneys advanced unanimously in the Assembly Public...
Environmental & Energy
Vistra hit with new suit over Moss Landing explosion
By Wisdom Howell
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
San Francisco judge may sanction Trump administration over rehiring order defiance
By Craig Anderson
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...
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 fights injunction in $71.5M doll dispute with OMG Girlz
By Devon Belcher
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
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has rescinded his predecessor's sweeping ban on the death penalty, replaci...
Lawsuits claim LADWP power lines caused Palisades Fire, claim cover-up
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
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
9th Circuit panel appears split on copyright fight over Sam Smith's 'Dancing With a Stranger'
By Craig Anderson
An appellate panel questioned whether a Los Angeles federal judge acted too quickly in tossing a copyright infringement lawsui...
Civil Litigation
Venture capital's role in IVF clinics under fire in lawsuits
By James Twomey
Two lawsuits against Spring Fertility allege negligence and embryo loss, pointing to alleged private equity pressures from Wil...
Environmental & Energy, Consumer Law
Santa Clara DA sues sunscreen giant over "reef friendly" claims
By James Twomey
Santa Clara County DA targets Edgewell, alleging its Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreens falsely claimed "reef friendly...
Data Privacy, Bankruptcy
23andMe bankruptcy filing sparks forum shopping debate
By Wisdom Howell
23andMe's Chapter 11 filing in Missouri inspires talk of forum shopping, with bankruptcy experts debating efficiency gains aga...
Judges and Judiciary
Bill to address threats against judges clears key hurdle -- despite opposition
By Malcolm Maclachlan
As threats against judges skyrocket, California lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday to make such threats an aggravating factor i...
Labor/Employment
Vorys expands in Orange County with office move, key hires
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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
Stoel Rives bolsters environmental team with 7-lawyer team from Downey Brand
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
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 Boyle sues LA over Palisades Fire that destroyed law office
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
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
17 attorneys seek disqualification of LA judge citing bias, abuse
By Skyler Romero
The attorneys say Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Murphy has demonstrated a pattern of hostility, bias, and racially charged com...
Criminal
Proposed law aims to overhaul how 24 counties pay attorneys for criminal defense work
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
LA's encampment clean-ups aren't reductions, judge says
By Devon Belcher
A federal judge ruled Los Angeles misrepresented temporary encampment clean-ups as permanent reductions, violating a 2022 hous...
Mergers & Acquisitions
O'Melveny adds veteran tech deal lawyer in Orange County, Silicon Valley
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
M&A lawyer Craig Menden has more than 1,000 transactions under his belt for companies like Cisco, Amazon, and Google.
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Greenberg Glusker secures $33M award from T-Mobile in SIM swap
By Laurinda Keys
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 bankruptcy requires unique scrutiny, experts say
By Wisdom Howell
23andMe's bankruptcy filing raises unique concerns over its DNA data sale, with experts and regulators scrutinizing consumer p...
Government, Business Law
General counsel, law firm leaders weigh fallout from Trump's sanctions threat
By David Houston
While many attorneys denounced Trump's executive order threatening law firms that sue the federal government, some general cou...
State Bar & Bar Associations
State Bar warns tens of thousands of attorneys to meet trust account deadline
By Malcolm Maclachlan
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
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block reinstatement of 16,000 federal workers
By Craig Anderson
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
UCLA students, faculty sue over attack on pro-Palestinian protesters
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
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, family sue cartel members over DEA agent's torture-murder
By Devon Belcher
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
Litigation director rebuked by judge denies wrongdoing, client seeks new trial
By James Twomey
After a 67-day trial, Judge JoAnne McCracken criticized attorney Stephan Barber for false statements in the homeowner's associ...